. Illustrated Quebec, (The Gibraltar and tourists' Mecca of America) Under French and English occupancy : the story of its famous annals; with pen pictures descriptive of te matchless beauty and quaint mediaeval characteristics of the Canadian Gibraltar. Till-. m;w cui ri Hii>i: 49 Its highest point is the citadel-crowned Cape Diamond,almost 350 feet above the St. Lawrence. Nature no lessthan Art has divided the city into an Upper Town andLower Town, the latter, on its eastern front, beingwedged between the base of the cliffs and the on a promontor), the citj has room for expans
. Illustrated Quebec, (The Gibraltar and tourists' Mecca of America) Under French and English occupancy : the story of its famous annals; with pen pictures descriptive of te matchless beauty and quaint mediaeval characteristics of the Canadian Gibraltar. Till-. m;w cui ri Hii>i: 49 Its highest point is the citadel-crowned Cape Diamond,almost 350 feet above the St. Lawrence. Nature no lessthan Art has divided the city into an Upper Town andLower Town, the latter, on its eastern front, beingwedged between the base of the cliffs and the on a promontor), the citj has room for expansiononly to the southward, across the historicPlains of Abraham, its other flanksbeing girt by the St. Lawrence onthe east and the river and valleyof the St. Charles on the wide range of wharves jutsout from its water front andfurnishes ample accommoda-tion, for its large shippingtrade. The Lower Town isgiven up chiefly to commercebut this has now intrudedinto the Upper Town, whereare the better class of resi-dences. The lumber building trade of thecity have diminished, but onthe other hand manv and. •:.- MONUMENT TO WOLFE .\ND MONTCALM enterprising factories have been established,which for the most part have done well;but the citys commercial importance is notnow what it has been. Montreal with itsmore progressive British element, has oflate encroached seriouslj on its trade. The chief interest of Quebec, however,lies not in its commerce. Like some cities,, - of the Old \\orld—such as Edin-Hirgh—its attractions are thosethat appeal to the historical. and imaginative sense, and toa wealthy and leisured class,who,se tastes are those of:,. their order. Xot a stonesthrow from the landing-place,just under DuSerin Terrace,still .stands the Church ofNotre-Dame des Victoires,erected in 1690 to comme-morate the defeat of Sir Wil-liam Phips and his New Eng-land Naval force. Hard byalso is the site, now occupied 50
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