Salaberry Armoury, Military drill hall in Gatineau, Canada.
The Salaberry Armoury is a military building of 5,578 m2 on a 2.08-hectare lot west of the Hull sector in Gatineau. Designed by architect Lucien Sarra-Bournet in the late Château Style, it has a steeply pitched gable roof and prominent chimneys. It serves as headquarters for the Régiment de Hull.
The structure was built in 1938 during the interwar period as part of a major reorganization of Canadian militia forces preceding World War II. It was later designated as a federal heritage building in 1993.
The armoury is the headquarters of the Régiment de Hull, founded on 7 August 1914 and the only Francophone unit in the National Capital Region. A plaque placed by Royal Canadian Legion Branch 30 Hull carries verses from Robert Laurence Binyon's poem "For the Fallen"; another, erected in spring 1974, marks the regiment's 60th anniversary.
The armoury stands on a 2.08-hectare lot just west of the Hull sector in downtown Gatineau, at 188 Boulevard Alexandre-Taché. It is an active military building: the Régiment de Hull trains, meets and parades here, so access depends on unit activity rather than fixed visiting hours.
A plaque placed by Royal Canadian Legion Branch 30 Hull carries verses from Robert Laurence Binyon's poem "For the Fallen". Another plaque was installed in spring 1974 for the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Régiment de Hull. The armoury is one of twelve built in Canada between the wars after the militia was reorganised and new units created.
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