St-Rémi-de-Napierville Cemetery is a small Catholic cemetery in
Saint-Rémi-de-Napierville, Quebec and located on the southside of rue Saint-André east of rue Saint-Paul (232 rue Saint-André).
It is the final resting place of 15th Canadian Prime Minister
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau ( , ; October 18, 1919 – September 28, 2000), also referred to by his initials PET, was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 15th prime minister of Canada from 1968 to 1979 and ...
(1919–2000) – in the family
mausoleum
A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the interment space or burial chamber of a deceased person or people. A mausoleum without the person's remains is called a cenotaph. A mausoleum may be con ...
that can be seen from the rue Saint-André.) During the night of April 24–25, 2008, the Trudeau family mausoleum was defaced with "
FLQ" and the French word for "traitor" written in spray-paint.
See also
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St. Thomas Aquinas Cemetery, burial place of Louis St. Laurent in Compton, Quebec
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Maclaren Cemetery
Maclaren Cemetery is a small cemetery in the town of Wakefield, Quebec and the final resting place for Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson. Established near the 1870s, the cemetery is located in the clearing below the hills bordering the Gatineau Ri ...
, burial place of Lester B. Pearson in Wakefield, Quebec
References
External links
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Location of cemetery on Google map
Cemeteries in Quebec
Roman Catholic cemeteries in Canada
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