''La Minerve'' (French for "The Minerva") was a newspaper founded in

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(present-day

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) by Augustin-Norbert Morin to promote the political goals of

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's Parti patriote. It was notably directed by Ludger Duvernay in its earlier years. It existed from 1826 to 1837, and again from 1842 to May 27, 1899.{{cite web , url=http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/topos/carto.asp?Speci=33839&Latitude=46,25&Longitude=-74,93333&Zoom=1700 , title=La Minerve (canton) , accessdate=2009-04-01 , publisher=Commission de toponymie du Québec , language=French Throughout the years, it went from being a radical paper to a conservative one.

History

''La Minerve'' was first published on November 9, 1826, and was soon bought by journalist and future Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society founder Ludger Duvernay in 1827. It was banned in 1837 during the events surrounding the Patriotes Rebellion, which sought to establish an independent

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for Lower Canada. Back from exile in the United States (he had been forbidden to return by Lord Durham because of his role in the Rebellion), Duvernay restarted publication in 1842. ''La Minerve'' then defended the idea of

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and, after the death of Duvernay in 1852, the paper passed through various hands before becoming the organ of the

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. It became a daily in 1864 and defended the

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project which had been denounced by Papineau but was realized in 1867. The paper lost its governmental support when the Conservatives lost power in 1896 to the

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. Funding became scarce and the last edition was published on May 27, 1899.

Trivia

*From June 14, 1830, to September 7, 1848, its namesake

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appeared upon the first page. *The town of

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, and Lake La Minerve within this town are named after the newspaper. *The title of the paper is apparently based on the French newspaper '' La Minerve''. Titles of things such as newspapers and organizations inspired from France were common at the time.

References

"La Minerve (journal)"
in '' La Mémoire du Québec''
"Duvernay (Ludger)"
in '' La Mémoire du Québec''
"La Minerve (municipalité de canton)"
in '' La Mémoire du Québec''

External links

Digitized issues of ''La Minerve''
at the

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Minerve, La Minerve, La Minerve, La Minerve, La Minerve, La Minerve, La Minerve, La Minerve, La 1826 establishments in Lower Canada 1837 disestablishments in Lower Canada 1842 establishments in Canada 1899 disestablishments in Canada

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