Jul 15th, 2008
When history is left behind gas pipes
Quebec-City lovers know that there is excavation work currently underway on Couillard street in the older part of the town, near the convenience store and the Temporel coffee shop.
What these lovers may not know is that this work is going on on a spot designated as rich from an archeological standpoint.
In a 1998 study, the firm Ehtnoscop stated that lot 022 shows masonry structure that was on a 1709 map. This building, built on the former course of the street, was built before that date. Some archeological works already found a stone structure and artifacts.
[Details, excavation work, Couillard street]
How does the city of Quebec treat this heritage? Easy: it uses shovels and scraps the stones.
Very sad.
And just to make matters worse, I’ll put up this picture of the Intendant’s Palace, the residence of the French governor of the colony. So there you have all the 400th-anniversary historical celebration you need, while going to the Paul McCartney concert.
Mea Culpa: User «P» on the French version of this post noted that water pipes werebeing repaired, not gas pipes.
