CA-K701Culture & sport

François-Xavier Garneau, historien national

François-Xavier Garneau, portrait published in 1914. Francois-Xavier Garneau · Shortt, Adam, 1859-1931 · Photo source · Photo licence: Public domain. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.

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François-Xavier Garneau of Québec City, a notary and city clerk, helped found the Institut canadien de Québec. His History of Canada expressed the surge of French-Canadian national feeling provoked by the Durham Report; his contemporaries called him their historien national, and his work became influential in French-Canadian historical writing.

Scope & context

Garneau as described in his designation.

Sources behind this record

François-Xavier Garneau National Historic Person ↗

Parks Canada (Directory of Federal Heritage Designations)

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