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{{Short description|Small cove of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec City}} |
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'''L'Anse au Foulon''' is a small cove about one and one-half miles above Quebec City. In historical literature in the English language it is almost always referred to by the name "Wolfe's Cove". It was a L'Anse au Foulon that the British forces commanded by Wolfe landed prior to proceeeding to the Plains of Abraham where they engaged and defeated the French force commanded by the Marquis de Montcalme, resulting in the eventual ceding of all French territory in continental North America to Britain (1759). Since the majority of historical documents dealing with this battle are written from the victor's (British) perspective, the term "Wolfe's Cove" is almost always used. However in modern Quebec, the name L'Anse au Foulon is used as the current residents prefer the loser's (French) perspective. |
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[[File:Winslow Homer - Wolfe's Cove, Quebec.jpg|thumbnail|250px|{{center|''Wolfe's Cove'', by [[Winslow Homer]], 1895}}]] |
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'''Anse au Foulon''' ({{langx|en|Fuller's Handle}}) is a small [[cove]] in [[Quebec]], Canada. It was located about one and one-half miles above [[Quebec City]], in the formerly independent town of [[Sillery, Quebec City|Sillery]],<ref name="toponymie1974">{{cite journal|last=Provost|first=Honorius|date=June 1974|title=L'Anse du Foulon : un cas de toponymie|url=https://id.erudit.org/iderudit/303329ar|journal=Revue d'histoire de l'Amérique française|language=fr|volume=28|issue=1|pages=67–76|doi=10.7202/303329ar|issn=0035-2357|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref name=villeTopo /><ref name="pointIntérêt" /> until 1 January 2002, as part of the [[2000–06 municipal reorganization in Quebec]]. Since that date, Anse au Foulon and Sillery (reconstituted as a neighbourhood (''quartier'')) have been officially located in Quebec City. |
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The cove was known and referred to as '''Wolfe's Cove''' by Sillery's once-sizable [[English-speaking Quebecers|English-speaking]] population. The first written reference to this appellation pertains to the event which took place at the cove and its cliff in 1759.<ref name="pointIntérêt">{{cite web|url=https://www.ville.quebec.qc.ca/citoyens/patrimoine/quartiers/sillery/interet/anse-au-foulon.aspx|title=Patrimoine / Découvrir les quartiers de Québec / Sillery / Points d'intérêt / Anse au Foulon|website=www.ville.quebec.qc.ca|lang=fr|access-date=2019-12-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/QuebecHistory/encyclopedia/WolfesCove-LAnseauFoulon.htm|title=Quebec History|last=Bélanger|first=Claude|publication-date=January 2005|encyclopedia=L’Encyclopédie de l’histoire du Québec / The Quebec History Encyclopedia|language=en-CA|access-date=2019-12-24}}</ref> |
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On the night of 12 September 1759, and early morning hours on the 13th,<ref name="pointIntérêt" /><ref name=cnrsScrn>{{cite journal|last=Graves|first=Donald E.|date=2004|title=The Anse au Foulon, 1759: Some New Theories and Some New Evidence|url=https://www.cnrs-scrn.org/northern_mariner/vol14/tnm_14_4_61-72.pdf|journal=[[Northern Mariner|The Northern Mariner / Le marin du nord]]|type=PDF|language=en-CA|volume=14|issue=4|pages=61–72|doi=10.25071/2561-5467.534 |s2cid=247465130 |issn=1183-112X|access-date=2019-12-24}}</ref> [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] forces commanded by [[James Wolfe]] landed at Anse au Foulon, prior to proceeding to the [[Plains of Abraham]], where they [[Battle of the Plains of Abraham|engaged and defeated]] the [[Kingdom of France|French]] forces commanded by the [[Marquis de Montcalm]], resulting in the occupation of [[Quebec City]], and the subsequent signing of the [[Treaty of Paris (1763)]]. The treaty marked [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]]'s victory over France and Spain, during the [[Seven Years' War]], and stipulated France's ceding of [[New France]] east of the [[Mississippi River]] to Great Britain. |
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The [[etymology]] of the [[Place name origins|toponym]] originates from a [[fulling]] mill ({{langx|fr|foulon}}) that the [[Séminaire de Québec]] built in 1710, at the base of the cliff which met the cove.<ref name=villeTopo>{{cite web|url=https://www.ville.quebec.qc.ca/citoyens/patrimoine/toponymie/fiche.aspx?idFiche=3505|title=Patrimoine / Toponymie / Fiche : Foulon|website=www.ville.quebec.qc.ca|language=fr|access-date=2019-12-24}}</ref><ref name="pointIntérêt" /><ref name=toposWeb /> The mill's workers traveled on a path that became known as Foulon path (''chemin du Foulon''), as well as its plural (''des Foulons'').<ref name=villeTopo /> Despite the closure of the mill in 1734, the toponym of Foulon persisted.<ref name=villeTopo /> It was not until 1924, that the [[List of towns in Quebec|town]] of Sillery adopted the name of chemin du Foulon (also referred to a Cove Road) for the path turned into road. |
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On 5 December 1968, the [[Commission de toponymie du Québec]] recognized ''Wolfe's Cove'' as the topographic feature's official name;<ref name=EINGJ>{{cite web|url=http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/EINGJ|title=Place names: Wolfe's Cove|author=Natural Resources Canada|author-link=Natural Resources Canada|website=www4.rncan.gc.ca|language=en-CA|access-date=2019-12-24}}</ref> however, this decision was superseded on 17 August 1978, when the commission recognized Anse au Foulon as the official name.<ref name=EIWFW>{{cite web|url=http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/EIWFW|title=Place names: Anse au Foulon|author=Natural Resources Canada|website=www4.rncan.gc.ca|language=en-CA|access-date=2019-12-24}}</ref><ref name=toposWeb>{{cite web|url=http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/fiche.aspx?no_seq=74910|title=Fiche descriptive : Anse au Foulon|author=Commission de toponymie du Québec|author-link=Commission de toponymie du Québec|website=www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca|language=fr|access-date=2019-12-24}}</ref> |
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* [[France in the Seven Years War]] |
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* [[Great Britain in the Seven Years War]] |
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Latest revision as of 08:42, 30 October 2024
Anse au Foulon (English: Fuller's Handle) is a small cove in Quebec, Canada. It was located about one and one-half miles above Quebec City, in the formerly independent town of Sillery,[1][2][3] until 1 January 2002, as part of the 2000–06 municipal reorganization in Quebec. Since that date, Anse au Foulon and Sillery (reconstituted as a neighbourhood (quartier)) have been officially located in Quebec City.
The cove was known and referred to as Wolfe's Cove by Sillery's once-sizable English-speaking population. The first written reference to this appellation pertains to the event which took place at the cove and its cliff in 1759.[3][4]
On the night of 12 September 1759, and early morning hours on the 13th,[3][5] British forces commanded by James Wolfe landed at Anse au Foulon, prior to proceeding to the Plains of Abraham, where they engaged and defeated the French forces commanded by the Marquis de Montcalm, resulting in the occupation of Quebec City, and the subsequent signing of the Treaty of Paris (1763). The treaty marked Great Britain's victory over France and Spain, during the Seven Years' War, and stipulated France's ceding of New France east of the Mississippi River to Great Britain.
The etymology of the toponym originates from a fulling mill (French: foulon) that the Séminaire de Québec built in 1710, at the base of the cliff which met the cove.[2][3][6] The mill's workers traveled on a path that became known as Foulon path (chemin du Foulon), as well as its plural (des Foulons).[2] Despite the closure of the mill in 1734, the toponym of Foulon persisted.[2] It was not until 1924, that the town of Sillery adopted the name of chemin du Foulon (also referred to a Cove Road) for the path turned into road.
On 5 December 1968, the Commission de toponymie du Québec recognized Wolfe's Cove as the topographic feature's official name;[7] however, this decision was superseded on 17 August 1978, when the commission recognized Anse au Foulon as the official name.[8][6]
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[edit]- ^ Provost, Honorius (June 1974). "L'Anse du Foulon : un cas de toponymie". Revue d'histoire de l'Amérique française (in French). 28 (1): 67–76. doi:10.7202/303329ar. ISSN 0035-2357.
- ^ a b c d "Patrimoine / Toponymie / Fiche : Foulon". www.ville.quebec.qc.ca (in French). Retrieved 2019-12-24.
- ^ a b c d "Patrimoine / Découvrir les quartiers de Québec / Sillery / Points d'intérêt / Anse au Foulon". www.ville.quebec.qc.ca (in French). Retrieved 2019-12-24.
- ^ Bélanger, Claude (January 2005). "Quebec History". L’Encyclopédie de l’histoire du Québec / The Quebec History Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
- ^ Graves, Donald E. (2004). "The Anse au Foulon, 1759: Some New Theories and Some New Evidence" (PDF). The Northern Mariner / Le marin du nord (PDF). 14 (4): 61–72. doi:10.25071/2561-5467.534. ISSN 1183-112X. S2CID 247465130. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
- ^ a b Commission de toponymie du Québec. "Fiche descriptive : Anse au Foulon". www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Retrieved 2019-12-24.
- ^ Natural Resources Canada. "Place names: Wolfe's Cove". www4.rncan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
- ^ Natural Resources Canada. "Place names: Anse au Foulon". www4.rncan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
- Lawrence J. Burpee, The Oxford Encyclopaedia of Canadian History, London and Toronto, Oxford University Press, 1926, 699 p., p. 692.
- Rickard, J. (1 November 2000), Louis-Joseph Montcalm (1712-1759), http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/people_montcalm.html
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