. 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. ) ^.fWlf The Chateau Froiitenac is the name of the new hotel on the celebrated DufFerin Terrace ; an esplanadeunrivalled on the continent, and in some respects unequalled by anj in Europe. The site and the hotel areworthy of one another : the one crownin;^ the mercantile portion of the city of Quebec and affording in three directions magnifice
. 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. ) ^.fWlf The Chateau Froiitenac is the name of the new hotel on the celebrated DufFerin Terrace ; an esplanadeunrivalled on the continent, and in some respects unequalled by anj in Europe. The site and the hotel areworthy of one another : the one crownin;^ the mercantile portion of the city of Quebec and affording in three directions magnificentviews of the lovely sceneryof the St. Lawrence and the\alley of the St. Charles ;anil the hotel, complete inits appointments combinesan architectural beauty andexcellence of constructionunsurpassed by any similaredifice in North Chateau Frontenac isbuilt of Scotch fire-brickand grey-stone, in the six-teenth century style of ar-chitecture. It cost abouthalf a million dollars. Overthe main entrance is a stonefound in the walls of theold chateau when that wasbeing torn down, and bearsthe date of 1647. CHATEAU 111 ■^*^i^^^, jfi^;
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