Montreal; the Canadian metropolis and its picturesque environments . From the Towers of Notre-Dame west extended to the foot-hills of the Rocky Mountains and the far off shores ofHudson Bay. It remained under the rule of France until 1760, when Vaudreuilcapitulated to General Amherst, and the ancient regime came to an end. Threeyears later, by the treaty of Paris, France ceded Canada to Great Britain, and theFrench Canadians became British subjects. The town was occupied for a time, in1775, by the Americans, under General Montgomery, who afterwards was slain ina gallant but unsuccessful assaul
Montreal; the Canadian metropolis and its picturesque environments . From the Towers of Notre-Dame west extended to the foot-hills of the Rocky Mountains and the far off shores ofHudson Bay. It remained under the rule of France until 1760, when Vaudreuilcapitulated to General Amherst, and the ancient regime came to an end. Threeyears later, by the treaty of Paris, France ceded Canada to Great Britain, and theFrench Canadians became British subjects. The town was occupied for a time, in1775, by the Americans, under General Montgomery, who afterwards was slain ina gallant but unsuccessful assault upon Quebec, and here in the old Chateau de MONTREAL Ramezay, the home of the old Governors, lived Benjamin Franklin and CharlesCarroll of Carrollton, the American commissioners who came to negotiate thecession of the country to the United States. During the war of 1812-15, Montrealwas thrice threatened by invading United States forces, but fortunately the wallswere not entered by the Dominion SguARE, Montreal, from Canadian Paciiic Kv. Station Since that time the development and progress of the city have been continuousand rapid, until it now possesses, with its suburbs, a steadily increasing populationof about 350,000, the majority of whom are French Canadians, and boasts of awealth ec[ualled by no other city of its size in the world. MONTREALS PARKS AND SQUARES. THE CITY is adorned by numerous beautiful parks and S(4uares, among themtwo that are most picturesque—the Mount Royal Park and St. Helens drives wind around the mountain, from which the city derives its name, MONTREAL and lead to the summit, from which there is a glorious panorama of a rarely-placedcity and the broad valley of the St. Lawrence, through which the gleaming riverflows to the sea. Beyond are the peaks of Beloeil, rising abruptly from the plain,eastwards of which the Green Mountains of Vermont can be distinguished on aclear day. To the distant south are the famed Adirondacks
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