predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place office birth_date term_start spouse image article_title term_end name
josué boisberthelot de beaucours nicolas sarrebouce de pontleroy 23 march 1756 toulon , france québec city , new france chief engineer of new france 03 october 1682 1719 marie-renée legardeur de beauvais gaspard-joseph . jpg chaussegros de léry -lrb- 1682 -- 1756 -rrb- gaspard-joseph chaussegros de léry -lrb- military engineer -rrb-
 1756 gaspard chaussegros de léry
gaspard-joseph chaussegros de léry -lrb- military engineer -rrb-

gaspard-joseph chaussegros de léry -lrb- october 3 , 1682 -- march 23 , 1756 -rrb- , was louis xv 's chief engineer of new france .
he is recognised as the father of the first truly canadian architecture .
in 2006 , the historic sites and monuments board of canada designated him a person of national historic importance .
it highlighted his contribution to the development of new france through the quality , variety , importance and scope of his work in the fields of military engineering , civil and religious architecture , and urban planning .
