It was moved to its current location in front of the Allan Building on rue de la Commune at Saint-Pierre in 1997.

His efforts were so important that after his death in 1878, he was considered to be the "father" of the port.

A figure of Neptune, symbolically representing the St. Lawrence River, sits at the base of the monument.

[citation needed] This monument in memory of John Young was unveiled on October 4, 1911, the year of the hundredth birthday of John Young.

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