Des Braves Park
Des Braves Park is located on the site of the former Dumont Mill, where the Battle of Sainte-Foy took place in 1760, won by the French army. The park features Des Braves Monument as well as the Lévis and Murray Monuments. The park is connected to the Plains of Abraham by Des Braves Avenue.
The Site of the Battle of Sainte-Foy
In the early 1850s, workers discovered bones that were presumably identified as those of soldiers who died on April 28, 1760, during the Battle of Sainte-Foy. The Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society then undertook to transport them to a common grave on a plot of land offered by a citizen on June 5, 1854.
To commemorate this French victory, it was planned to erect a monument at the site of the Dumont Mill, where the fiercest fighting took place.
After the creation of the Battlefields Park, the land became the property of the National Battlefields Commission. Des Braves Avenue was developed according to Frederick G. Todd’s plans in 1912, and Des Braves Park was built in 1913-1915.
Des Braves Park
DirectionsInaugurated in 1863, Des Braves Monument commemorates the Battle of Sainte-Foy on April 28, 1760. Topped with a statue of Bellona, the Roman goddess of war, it has at its base two plaques commemorating the generals leading the opposing armies, Lévis and Murray.
The monuments honor the memory of the commanders of the French and British troops, François-Gaston, Chevalier de Lévis, and James Murray, as well as their respective allies during the Battle of Sainte-Foy in 1760.
