They are located on Sherbrooke Street West and are at the northern end of the very short but broad McGill College Avenue, which starts at Place Ville Marie.

Amy Redpath Roddick commissioned Grattan D. Thompson (1895–1971) to carry out the work on the monument.

[1] In 1922, Gratton D. Thompson had married Elizabeth Grace Redpath.

[2][3] Since April 2024, daily pro-Palestine protests have taken place at Roddick Gates in connection with the McGill student encampment.

Since the dismantlement of the encampment the protests have been led by Samar Alkhdour.