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Sunday, April 06, 2008

Quebec City wants fire-ravaged armoury rebuilt (CBC News)

From CBC News:

April 6, 2008

A day after the Quebec City Armoury was destroyed in a four-alarm fire, Mayor Régis Labeaume was calling on the federal government to rebuild the landmark building.

The armoury is located just outside the walls of the Old City and is home to the Voltigeurs de Québec riflemen, a Canadian Forces reserve unit that's also the oldest French infantry regiment in the country.

Pierre Labrie, the general manager of Quebec City Tourism said the armoury's location on the main access road into the old city make it a "landmark and focus point."

"It's part of the signature of any aerial view of old Quebec City and upper town," he said.
Built in 1884, the armoury boasted the largest suspended wooden ceiling of any building in Canada. It also contained First and Second World War memorabilia, along with artifacts of the Riel Rebellion.

The museum housed personal and regimental souvenirs, various types of arms, papers, archives, flags and pictures, said Labrie.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/04/05/armoury-fire.html

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