. Montreal province of Quebec Canada . a striking tower andheavy corner turrets, and cost in the neighborhood of $525,-000. On the wall is the tablet: To Jacques Cartier,celebrated navigator of St. Malo. Discovered Canada andnamed the St. Lawrence, 1534-1535. In front on the river slope of the ridge, is Jacques CartierSquare, at the upper end of which stands Nelsons tall column, surmounted by a statue of Lord Nelson,was erected by public subscription in 1809. The square isused as an open market. In a house to the east lived theHonorable James McGill; on it is a tablet: The reside
. Montreal province of Quebec Canada . a striking tower andheavy corner turrets, and cost in the neighborhood of $525,-000. On the wall is the tablet: To Jacques Cartier,celebrated navigator of St. Malo. Discovered Canada andnamed the St. Lawrence, 1534-1535. In front on the river slope of the ridge, is Jacques CartierSquare, at the upper end of which stands Nelsons tall column, surmounted by a statue of Lord Nelson,was erected by public subscription in 1809. The square isused as an open market. In a house to the east lived theHonorable James McGill; on it is a tablet: The residenceof the Honorable James McGill, founder of McGill Univer-sity, 1744-1813. Adjoining this is the famous Chateau de Ramezay. It isnow the museum, containing many interesting relics. Twotablets on its walls set forth its history: Chateau deRamezay, Built about 1705 by Claude de Ramezay, governorof Montreal, 1703. Headquarters of La Compagnie des Indes,1745. Official residence of the British governors after the CAN A DA 21 Young Mens Ch. cession. Headquarters ofthe American Army, 1775 >of the Special Council,1837. In 1775 thischateau was the head-quarters of the American^ . Ww Brigadier-General Wooster, and here, in 1776, underGeneral Benedict Arnold,m Association Building. the Commissioners of Con-gress—Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Chase, and Charles Carrollof Carrolton—held council. Here Franklin set up his print-ing press and printed The Gazette, which still continuesas a Montreal daily paper. In the council room Lord Elginsigned the Rebellion Losses Bill, after the rebellion of 1837. Place Viger is situated on Craig street. It was namedafter Commander Viger, the first mayor of the city. Thechief French residential quarter lies to the north, up St. Denisand the neighboring streets. Opposite the square, on Craigstreet, stands the Canadian Pacific Station and magnificientPlace Viger Hotel. This is a handsome building of red sand-stone, and, like the Frontenac at Quebec and o
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