Sights and shrines of Montreal; a guide book for strangers and a hand book for all lovers of historic spots and incidents . Street was then a suburban swamp, with abranch of the Little Eiver running through. Near by, at the corner of Notre Dame Street, is atablet thus marking the site of the memorable BecolletGate : Becollets Gate : By this gate Amherst tookpossession, 8th September, 1760. General Hull, , 25 officers, 350 men, entered prisoners of war,20 September, 1812. General Amherst, the Britishcommander, after the capitulation by the FrenchGovernor, de Vaudreuil, ordered Colonel F
Sights and shrines of Montreal; a guide book for strangers and a hand book for all lovers of historic spots and incidents . Street was then a suburban swamp, with abranch of the Little Eiver running through. Near by, at the corner of Notre Dame Street, is atablet thus marking the site of the memorable BecolletGate : Becollets Gate : By this gate Amherst tookpossession, 8th September, 1760. General Hull, , 25 officers, 350 men, entered prisoners of war,20 September, 1812. General Amherst, the Britishcommander, after the capitulation by the FrenchGovernor, de Vaudreuil, ordered Colonel FrederickHaldimand to receive the keys of the city and occupythe western quarter of it. That officer at once did sowith his brigade, and was the first Fnglishman to passthe walls of the new possession. Nothing now re-mains of the old fortifications, except a small portionof the wall which may be seen from the rear of thestore occupied by F. E. Grafton & Sons, 240 St. JamesStreet. Proceeding eastward along Craig Street, we come toViger Square, extending for several blocks on Craig SIGHTS AND SHRINES OP MONTREAL. 37. +- 38 SIGHTS AND SHRINES OP MONTREAL. Street East, at the corner of St. Denis Street. Itreceives its name from Commander Jacques Viger, thefirst Mayor of Montreal, a man of spirit, and thefather of local antiquarianism. With its well-growntrees, its shady nooks and walks, it is the pride of theprincipal French residence quarter. On the westside is a Bronze Statue of a patriot of the rebellion of1837—synonymous of political freedom. On thelower side of Craig Street, facing Viger Square, isthe Place Viger Hotel and Station—trainsleave here for Quebec and Ste. Agathe districts. In sight of Viger Square, westward, on the hillside,is the long Champ de Mars, the military parade-ground of theBritish garrisons when they existed here. It is a levelpiece of ground surrounded by decayed poplar trees,and overlooked by the Court House, City Hall, Church (the
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