New elementary geography : adapted for use in Canadian schools . for the im-ports of has moie manu-factories than anyother city in theDominion—cottonmills, rolling mills,sugar refineries. City of Quebec. , ?, i- ^ • tohacc(j lactones,boot and shoe factories, rubber factoiies, andmany others, representing almost every branchof industry. Its commercial supremacy, itsvast wealth, its unrivalled situation, its pic-turesque mountain and fine park, its elegantpublic Iniildings, all combine to make it themost important city in Canada. The VictoriaJubilee bridge, 65 feet Avide, and weighinga
New elementary geography : adapted for use in Canadian schools . for the im-ports of has moie manu-factories than anyother city in theDominion—cottonmills, rolling mills,sugar refineries. City of Quebec. , ?, i- ^ • tohacc(j lactones,boot and shoe factories, rubber factoiies, andmany others, representing almost every branchof industry. Its commercial supremacy, itsvast wealth, its unrivalled situation, its pic-turesque mountain and fine park, its elegantpublic Iniildings, all combine to make it themost important city in Canada. The VictoriaJubilee bridge, 65 feet Avide, and weighingabout 22,000 tons, crosses the St. Lawrenceheie with 25 spans and a total length of6,592 feet. Quebec—The provincial capitalwas founded in 1608 by Cham plain at Cape Diamond, whichmarks the head of theSt. Lawrence is the oldest and themost pictiuesque cityin America, and holdsthe niDst connnandingsituation. The fortifi-cations stand 333 feetabove the river, theharbor is magnificent,and Quebec ranks asthe third commercialcityofCanada. Itisthe. Basilica of Sainte Anne de Beaupie. ST. LAWRENCE PROVINCES. 59 great timber marketandtheheadquartcrsof theocean lnnil)er trade,and lias extensive l)ootandshoe factories, Ixsides ship-lniihhng and otherincUistries. lvaihoa<ls connect it with Lake , Monti-eal, and Ottawa. The historic as-sociations of (^uel)ec would fill a volume. Sixtimes it has been assaulted by hostile forces,and has been the scene of many stirring , on the south side of the river, has alarge graving dock. From it tlu; railroadsradiate to southern (^ue])cc,the Maritime Pro-vin(;es, and the United States. H////, a thriv-ing city on the north side of the Ottawa River,opposite Ottawa, is an important lumberingand manufacturiiii;-centre. Tlu; watcipower of the Chan(Here Falls is utilizedto work the extensivesaw mills that manu-facture the timberl)rought down theOttawa. Matches,wooden ware, paper-pulp and paper aremade on a largo
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