Awards and Honours

Here are a few honorary distinctions won by the National Battlefields Commission:

2011 - Winter Pentathlon - Corporative Challenge
Conviviality Award

2010 - Canadian Museum Association
Museums and Schools Partnershio Award for Student Masterworks, in partnership with the Commission scolaire de la Beauce-Etchemin
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2009 - Communities in Bloom – National edition
Special attractions category
Five-flower mention and special outstanding innovation mention for the Info-plant terminal

2009 - Jeunes explorateurs d'un jour Program - award to corporative officer: Lucie Benoit, guide - coordinator

2008 - Société du 400e anniversaire de la ville de Québec - Commemorative Medallion of the 400th

2008 - Communities in Bloom – National edition
Special attractions category
Five-flower outstanding achievement and special mention for community outreach

2007– Communities in Bloom – National edition
Parks and grounds category
special five-flower mention – recognition for urban forestry

2006 - Association québécoise d'interprétation du patrimoine
Merit award for heritage interpretation: “1759: from the Warpath to the Plains of Abraham”

2006 - Festival international de l'audiovisuel et du multimédia sur le patrimoine
official selection - virtual exhibition: “1759: from the Warpath to the Plains of Abraham”

2006 - Société des Musées Québécois (Quebec Museum Association)
Télé-Québec audio-visual and multimedia award: “1759: from the Warpath to the Plains of Abraham”

2006 – Communities in Bloom – National edition
Parks and grounds category
special five-flower mention – recognition for showcasing history and heritage

2005 - Collectivités en fleurs (flower competition) – National edition
Parks and landscaping category
special four-flower mention – floral arrangements

2004 – Quebec Bus Owners Association
La Grande Séduction… en groupe, privilege product: “Wolfe and Montcalm give a show of their own”

2003 – National history and heritage show
Best exhibitor

2002 - Québec en fleurs (flower competition)
first prize – Canadian community

2002- Quebecplus.ca – The best in Quebec City
Best location for hiking

2002 - Bienvenue Québec
Best exhibitor

2001 - Association québécoise d'interprétation du patrimoine
Merit award for heritage interpretation: “Council of War at the Martello Tower”

1999 – Quebec Tourism Award - regional
Best tourism employee: Benoît Gilbert

1997 - Québec en fleurs (flower competition)
First prize – Canadian community

1996 – Quebec Tourism Award - provincial
Public enterprise award

1993 – Quebec Tourism Award - regional
Public enterprise award