Notre Dame de Bonne Esperance - Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories
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wildwoodke
N 66° 15.124 W 128° 38.683
9W E 515965 N 7348052
Notre Dame de Bonne Esperance is located in Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories.
Waymark Code: WM2WY1
Location: Northwest Territories, Canada
Date Posted: 01/01/2008
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Plaque Text
Notre Dame de Bonne Esperance
"Begun in 1865 and largely completed by 1885, this building influenced the design of Oblate mission churches in Western Canada. It is one of the oldest surviving buildings of this type and its design, particularly the interior detail, offers a fine and unique example of a church decoration in the northwest. The building is further distinguished by its association with Father Emile Petitot, renowned ethnologist, linguist and geographer of the northwest, who lived at the mission from 1864 until 1878 and was responsible for the design and the partial execution of the building's interior decoration. "
Historic Sites lists this church and location as:
Church of Our Lady of Good Hope,
National Historic Site of Canada
Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories
Date Designated: 1977
Plaque status: Plaqued in 1981
Early northern Oblate mission church, outstanding interior decoration, 1865-85