. Canada, an encyclopaedia of the country [microform] : the Canadian Dominion considered in its historic relations, its natural resources, its material progress and its national development. Agriculture; Canadian literature; Finance; Natural history; Natural resources; Agriculture; Littérature canadienne; Finances; Sciences naturelles; Ressources naturelles. CANADA : AN K\f '.IHA. -••17 by Her Majesty the (,)iiefii to tlic I^aval Univer- sity, l>r()ii>,'iit into existence by tliu Quebec Sem- inary, wliieli w;is founded in ibfwS. Later on a generous citizen, tlie late Dr. James Mor
. Canada, an encyclopaedia of the country [microform] : the Canadian Dominion considered in its historic relations, its natural resources, its material progress and its national development. Agriculture; Canadian literature; Finance; Natural history; Natural resources; Agriculture; Littérature canadienne; Finances; Sciences naturelles; Ressources naturelles. CANADA : AN K\f '.IHA. -••17 by Her Majesty the (,)iiefii to tlic I^aval Univer- sity, l>r()ii>,'iit into existence by tliu Quebec Sem- inary, wliieli w;is founded in ibfwS. Later on a generous citizen, tlie late Dr. James Morrin, left a money ^rant (sii|)plementecj (piite n?cently by a bequest of the kite Senator James Koss) which Rave us Morrin Colle^re in its present eiihir^^cil form. The opening by Government of the city Normal Schools was another measure con- ducive to the dissemination of popular education and the improvement of Qiubec. Tiioii^di the decay of the square timber trade was a disaster to its port, dei)rivinR 5,000 or 6,000 able-bodied labourers of vry remunerative employment dur- ing; the summer months, recent chanj^cs have been made in connection with labour orj,'ani/ationB, and the port of Quebec, with its unrivalled facilities for trade, may yet, as heretofore, be souj^ht by the lar},'est ships from European ports. Quebec is bountifully provided with churches, hospitals, asylums, universities, and educational and charitable institutions for every denf)i:iina- tion of Christians. The Hotel Dieu, recently much enlarged ; Jeffrey Hale Hospital, Le Hon Pasteur, Hospice de la Maternite, Finlay Asylum, Ladies' Protestant Home, St. Bridget's Asylum, etc. It can boast of one of the most ancient fanes on the continent, the Basilica Minor, datiiii; back to 1647. Bishop Laval's diocese in those earlier days extended from Acadia to the Gulf of Mexico. The Anglican church, a handsome temple of worship, dates back to 1S00-4 ; the St. Andrew's church was built in 1810 ; the Congre- gatio
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