Golden Square Mile in Montréal, Québec — Central Canada (French-Canadian)

École Polytechnique Massacre

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 22, 2024

1. École Polytechnique Massacre Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

This tree was planted by the students of McGill University in memory of the fourteen women slain at École Polytechnique on December 6, 1989

Cet arbre a été plante par les étudiantes et étudiants de l’Université McGill a la mémoire des quatorze femmes assassinées à l’École Polytechnique le 6 décembre 1989

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Notable Events • Women. A significant historical date for this entry is December 6, 1989.

Location. 45° 30.232′ N, 73° 34.675′ W. Marker is in Montréal, Québec. It is in Golden Square Mile. It is on Rue McTavish 0.2 kilometers north of Rue Sherbrooke Ouest (Québec Route 138), on the right when traveling north. The marker and tree are near the southwest corner of Morrice Hall on the McGill University campus. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3485 Rue McTavish, Montréal QC H3A 1Y1, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Canada.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

and the Western World.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and Rupert’s Land.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Frank Dawson Adams (within shouting distance of this marker); Le Cercle Universitaire de McGill / McGill University Faculty Club (within shouting distance of this marker); The Right Honourable Sir Wilfrid Laurier

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(about 120 meters away, measured in a direct line); Second World War Commemorative Garden (about 150 meters away); To the Memory of The Honourable James McGill (about 150 meters away); The International Labour Organization (ILO) / L'Organisation internationale du Travail (OIT) (about 210 meters away); So We Will Not Forget: / Puissions-nous ne jamais oublier : (about 210 meters away); Hochelaga (about 210 meters away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Montréal.

Also see . . . École Polytechnique Massacre (Wikipedia).

Excerpt: The École Polytechnique massacre, also known as the Montreal massacre, was a mass shooting that occurred on December 6, 1989, at the École Polytechnique de Montréal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Fourteen women were murdered in the misogynistic, antifeminist attack; another ten women and four men were injured. Among the injured was eventual gun control advocate and politician Nathalie Provost.
On December 6, 1989, Marc Lépine, armed with a legally obtained semi-automatic rifle and a hunting knife, entered a mechanical engineering class at the École
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 22, 2024

2. École Polytechnique Massacre Marker
The marker and tree are near the southwest corner of Morrice Hall on the McGill University campus.
Polytechnique. He ordered the women to one side of the classroom and instructed the men to leave. After claiming that he was "fighting feminism," he shot all nine women in the room, killing six. The shooter then moved through corridors, the cafeteria, and another classroom, specifically targeting women to shoot for just under 20 minutes. He killed a further eight women before turning the gun on himself. It was the deadliest mass shooting in Canada until the 2020 Nova Scotia attacks.
Lépine killed fourteen women (twelve engineering students, one nursing student, and one employee of the university) and injured fourteen others, ten women and four men:
• Geneviève Bergeron (born 1968; aged 21), civil engineering student
• Hélène Colgan (born 1966; aged 23), mechanical engineering student
• Nathalie Croteau (born 1966; aged 23), mechanical engineering student
• Barbara Daigneault (born 1967; aged 22), mechanical engineering student
• Anne-Marie Edward (born 1968; aged 21), chemical engineering student
• Maud Haviernick (born 1960; aged 29), materials engineering student
• Maryse Laganière (born 1964; aged 25), budget clerk in the École Polytechnique's finance department
• Maryse Leclair (born 1966; aged 23), materials engineering student
• Anne-Marie Lemay (born 1967; aged 22), mechanical engineering student
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Sonia Pelletier (born 1961; aged 28), mechanical engineering student
• Michèle Richard (born 1968; aged 21), materials engineering student
• Annie St-Arneault (born 1966; aged 23), mechanical engineering student
• Annie Turcotte (born 1969; aged 20), materials engineering student
• Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz (born 1958; aged 31), nursing student

(Submitted on May 25, 2026, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Credits. This page was last revised on May 26, 2026. It was originally submitted on May 25, 2026, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 12 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 25, 2026, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.