. Lake Superior to the Sea. by the Americantroops, the Commissioners of Congress, Franklin, Chase and Carroll,met under Benedict Arnold. Other points of historic interest are: the PlacedArmes, the Champde Mars; the Bonsecours Market; the Warehouse in Vaudreuil Lanewhere John Jacob Astor laid the foundations of his vast fortune; thebirth place of Pierre LeMoyne on St. Sulpice Street, and a hundredand one other places associated with the early explorers and church-men whose names are part and portion of the history of the country. Founded as a religious settlement, Montreal, even with itsremarka
. Lake Superior to the Sea. by the Americantroops, the Commissioners of Congress, Franklin, Chase and Carroll,met under Benedict Arnold. Other points of historic interest are: the PlacedArmes, the Champde Mars; the Bonsecours Market; the Warehouse in Vaudreuil Lanewhere John Jacob Astor laid the foundations of his vast fortune; thebirth place of Pierre LeMoyne on St. Sulpice Street, and a hundredand one other places associated with the early explorers and church-men whose names are part and portion of the history of the country. Founded as a religious settlement, Montreal, even with itsremarkable commercial development, has lost none of the religiousatmosphere that so distinguishes it from other metropolitan every hand—interspersing skyscraper, hotel, store, and residence—rise cathedral, church, convent, and college, giving the city a some-what old-world appearance. Chief among its sanctuaries is the Church of Notre Dame, one ofthe most magnificent ecclesiastical structures in America. A splendid. Place DArmes Square, Maisonneuve Monument, Montreal 56 Canada Steamship Lines, Limited example of the Gothic, its twin towers rise to a height of 227 feet. Itis furnished with a fine chime of eleven bells, of which one, LeGrosBourdon, weighs twelve tons. It was here that the principal religiousexercises of the Eucharistic Conference were held. Other famous Catholic edifices are: St. James Cathedral, a replicaof St. Peters, Rome, in Dominion Square; Notre Dame de Bonsecours,the oldest church in the city; Notre Dame de Lourdes, St. Louis deFrance, and the Church of the Jesuits. The more important Protestant churches are: Christ ChurchAnglican Cathedral, the Erskine Presbyterian Church, the FirstBaptist Church, and the St. James Methodist Church. Montreals most famous colleges are McGill University, foundedin 1811, and Laval. No visitor to Montreal should forego a visit to the mountain,which can be reached by incline railway, foot, or its summit
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