Nelson's Column, Montreal

Nelson's Column

French: Colonne Nelson
45°30′30″N 73°33′14″W / 45.50833°N 73.55389°W / 45.50833; -73.55389
Location	Place Jacques-Cartier Old Montreal
Designer	Robert Mitchell
Material	stone
Height	62 ft (19 m)
Beginning date	August 17, 1809
Dedicated to	Horatio Nelson

Nelson's Column (French: colonne Nelson) is a monument, designed by Scottish architect Robert Mitchell^[1] and erected in 1809 in Place Jacques-Cartier, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, which is dedicated to the memory of Admiral Horatio Nelson, following his death at the Battle of Trafalgar. Subsequent to the destruction of Nelson's Pillar in Dublin (1808–1966), Montreal's pillar now stands as the second-oldest "Nelson's Column" in the world, after the Nelson Monument in Glasgow.^[2] It is also the city's oldest monument and is the oldest war monument in Canada.

The public funds raised for building the monument were collected from both British and French Montrealers.