. Routes and rates for summer tours ... 1888 . |^A^^)t;.c{ ,5-^. I ^. X ^^A 1^--^^ X^^Ri. LiS:^ rii. -mxh gm- .:. Xj, At J-- z ^^ Tu^-it^a q^cti. \-V CITY OF QUEBEC. ROME, WATERTOIVN AND OGDENSBUKG RAILROAD. CITY OF QUEBEC. One of the oldest cities in America is Quebec, founded in 1608, and also one of the mostinteresting. In population and maritime commerce it is one of the chief cities of British NorthAmerica, ranking to Montreal. The form of the city is nearly a triangle, the Plains ofAbraham forming the base, and the Rivers St. Lawrence and St. Charles the sides. The city isdivided i

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. Routes and rates for summer tours ... 1888 . |^A^^)t;.c{ ,5-^. I ^. X ^^A 1^--^^ X^^Ri. LiS:^ rii. -mxh gm- .:. Xj, At J-- z ^^ Tu^-it^a q^cti. \-V CITY OF QUEBEC. ROME, WATERTOIVN AND OGDENSBUKG RAILROAD. CITY OF QUEBEC. One of the oldest cities in America is Quebec, founded in 1608, and also one of the mostinteresting. In population and maritime commerce it is one of the chief cities of British NorthAmerica, ranking to Montreal. The form of the city is nearly a triangle, the Plains ofAbraham forming the base, and the Rivers St. Lawrence and St. Charles the sides. The city isdivided into two parts, known as the upper town and the lower town. The upper town is stronglyfortified, and includes within its limits the citadel of Cape Diamond, which covers the entiresummit of the promontory, and embraces an area of more than forty acres. St. John and , suburbs, are also included in the upper town. The citadel occupies a commanding site,345 feet above the river, and is the strongest fortress in America. Quebec is pre-emin

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