Salaberry Armoury

The Salaberry Armoury, is an historic armoury located in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada, that is home to the armoured Hull (RCAC)|Régiment de Hull]. The armoury located just to the west of the Hull sector in downtown Gatineau on a lot. The armoury is a prominent local landmark. In the Canadian Forces, an armoury is a place where a reserve unit trains, meets, and parades.

History

Le Régiment de Hull, which is housed in Salaberry Armoury, formed on 7 August 1914. The Regiment, which is a unit of the Reserve Armoured Corps, is the only Francophone unit in the National Capital Region. The armoury was built beginning on 1 January 1938, designed by the architect Lucien Sarra-Bournet in the late Château Style with a steeply pitched gable roof and prominent chimneys.
The armoury was named after Colonel Charles de Salaberry, a hero of the War of 1812. The armoury, which has been identified as an historic site is one of a series of armouries built across Canada during the 1930s. During World War II, this building was the scene of local recruitment efforts.
Salaberry Armoury is a Recognized Federal Heritage Building.

Legacy

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A plaque was erected by the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 30 Hull with a quote from the poem For the Fallen by Robert Laurence Binyon:
"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them"
A plaque was erected in the spring of 1974 for the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Regiment de Hull.
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