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St-Rémi-de-Napierville Cemetery is a small Catholic cemetery in Saint-Rémi, Quebec. It is located at 232 rue Saint-André on the south side of the street, east of rue Saint-Paul.
It is the final resting place of Canada's 15th Prime Minister,
Location of cemetery on Google map
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St-Rémi-de-Napierville Cemetery is a small Catholic cemetery in Saint-Rémi, Quebec. It is located at 232 rue Saint-André on the south side of the street, east of rue Saint-Paul.
It is the final resting place of Canada's 15th Prime Minister, Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau (October 18, 1919 – September 28, 2000) was a Canadian politician, statesman, and lawyer who served as the 15th prime minister of Canada from 1968 to 1979 and from 1980 to 1984. Between his no ...
(1919–2000), in the Trudeau family mausoleum
A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the burial chamber of a deceased person or people. A mausoleum without the person's remains is called a cenotaph. A mausoleum may be considered a type o ...
that can be seen from rue Saint-André. During the night of April 24–25, 2008, the Trudeau family mausoleum was defaced with " FLQ" and the French word for "traitor" written in spray-paint.
See also
* St. Thomas Aquinas Cemetery, burial place of Louis St. Laurent in Compton, Quebec * Maclaren Cemetery, burial place of Lester B. Pearson in Wakefield, QuebecReferences
External links
*Location of cemetery on Google map
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