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1926-2009<\/em><\/p>\n

*** Version originale d’un article<\/em><\/strong> publi\u00e9 dans le journal Le Devoir le lundi 24 ao\u00fbt 2009<\/a><\/em><\/strong> ***<\/p>\n

Alors que certains lieux de m\u00e9moire perdurent, d\u2019autres sombrent rapidement dans l\u2019oubli si bien que quelques ann\u00e9es apr\u00e8s leur disparition, plus personne n\u2019en a le moindre souvenir. Occupant depuis plus de trois d\u00e9cennies une maison construite sur un terrain riche en histoire, le propri\u00e9taire lui-m\u00eame ignorait, jusqu\u2019\u00e0 ma visite, que s\u2019y dressait autrefois une construction qui aura fortement influenc\u00e9 la toponymie des environs.<\/p>\n

John Ogilvy, propri\u00e9taire d\u2019une maison de ferme situ\u00e9e \u00e0 l\u2019ouest du chemin de la C\u00f4te-des-neiges, vouait une profonde admiration \u00e0 Horatio Nelson, le c\u00e9l\u00e8bre amiral de la bataille navale de Trafalgar qui eut lieu le 21 octobre 1805. L\u2019ann\u00e9e suivant la victoire de la flotte britannique, il fit d\u00e8s lors \u00e9riger, sur sa propri\u00e9t\u00e9, une tour de pierre qu\u2019il d\u00e9signa par la suite sous le nom de Trafalgar.<\/p>\n

\u00c0 l\u2019image d\u2019une pratique alors courante en Angleterre, soit celle d\u2019\u00e9riger des monuments \u00e0 la m\u00e9moire de prestigieux disparus, la tour de Trafalgar \u00e9tait pourvue \u00e0 son sommet d\u2019un petit canon dont on tirait quelques coups une fois l\u2019an, \u00e0 la date anniversaire de la bataille.<\/p>\n

Vendu par John Ogilvy en 1835, le terrain sera rachet\u00e9 de Mary Ann McGregor une d\u00e9cennie plus tard par Albert Furness. En plus d\u2019y \u00e9riger sa r\u00e9sidence en 1848, celui-ci apportera quelques modifications \u00e0 la tour.<\/p>\n

Ayant \u00e9t\u00e9 laiss\u00e9e quelque peu \u00e0 elle m\u00eame avant cette seconde transaction, la tour gothique, dont les signes de d\u00e9t\u00e9rioration avanc\u00e9s lui donnait alors un aspect sinistre, inspira la plume de George Boucher de Boucherville qui \u00e9crivit un conte fantastique \u00e0 son sujet en 1835.<\/p>\n

Dans ce texte \u00e9crit \u00e0 la premi\u00e8re personne du singulier, le narrateur expose le r\u00e9cit de son aventure en ses lieux. \u00c9tant all\u00e9 s\u2019y r\u00e9fugier lors d\u2019un violent orage apr\u00e8s s\u2019\u00eatre perdu dans la for\u00eat, ce dernier affirme y avoir entendu des bruits de pas, vu des traces de sang sur les murs et avoir senti une main glac\u00e9 se serrer sur son cou. S\u2019enfuyant de la tour \u00e0 toutes jambes, il apprendra par la suite que celle-ci aurait \u00e9t\u00e9 le th\u00e9\u00e2tre d\u2019un double meurtre quelques ann\u00e9es auparavant.<\/p>\n

Reproduit \u00e0 maintes reprises dans diverses publications aux cours des d\u00e9cennies suivantes, ce conte attisera pendant longtemps l\u2019imagination populaire si bien que la fiction se confondra par la suite \u00e0 la r\u00e9alit\u00e9.<\/p>\n

Sujette \u00e0 de nombreux t\u00e9moignages d\u2019\u00e9v\u00e8nement surnaturels racont\u00e9s par des gens qui sont entr\u00e9s \u00e0 l\u2019int\u00e9rieur de ses murs, la tour sera reconnue au d\u00e9but du 20e si\u00e8cle par bon nombre de Montr\u00e9alais comme \u00e9tant la tour hant\u00e9e.<\/p>\n

D\u00e9molie \u00e0 une date inconnue, son terrain est d\u00e9sormais occup\u00e9 depuis 1955 par une r\u00e9sidence unifamiliale situ\u00e9e au 3134 du chemin Trafalgar\u2013Heights.<\/p>\n

Bien qu\u2019aucune trace de la tour ne subsiste au sommet du terrain escarp\u00e9 o\u00f9 elle se trouvait autrefois<\/a>, quelques pierres de taille provenant vraisemblablement de cette structure font maintenant partie d’un muret \u00e9rig\u00e9 au bas de la pente<\/a>, en bordure de l\u2019avenue Trafalgar.<\/p>\n

Symbole d\u2019une victoire britannique sur la flotte franco-espagnole puis repr\u00e9sentation d\u2019un lieu maudit, la tour de Trafalgar aura par cons\u00e9quent marqu\u00e9 l\u2019histoire de Montr\u00e9al en laissant son nom \u00e0 de nombreuses propri\u00e9t\u00e9s et voies de circulation avoisinantes.<\/p>\n

Source de la photo : BANQ, P600, S6, D4, P61<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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