. 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. noble river that laves the feet of the fair citj^ and sweepsonward to the sea. As seen from the deck of the outgoing ocean steamer, or from the Pointe Levis ferry,the retrospect to the Citadel-rock and the high-perched city, is singularly impressive. With so magnifi-cent a theatre for action, what wonder that brave deeds were done before the w
. 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. noble river that laves the feet of the fair citj^ and sweepsonward to the sea. As seen from the deck of the outgoing ocean steamer, or from the Pointe Levis ferry,the retrospect to the Citadel-rock and the high-perched city, is singularly impressive. With so magnifi-cent a theatre for action, what wonder that brave deeds were done before the walls of Quebec, deeds thathave immortalized their actors and consecrated the stage on which they were wrought. QUEBEC TO THE CONQUEST. Quebec occupies a position which seems to have been naturally created for the site of a great the Indians appreciated its advantages when they established here the village of vStadacona with theinstinct of a dawning civilization. But it is to the commanding genius of Samuel de Champlain that thecity owes its origin. This great man, whose character has been compared with that of Julius Caesar,quickly saw the greater advantage of settlement in Canada to colonization in Acadia, and wiseh 30 r I ^k. SPECrALLY ENGRAVtD FOH .LusTRATeo Quebec A VIEW OF CAPE ROUGE OR CAROUGE, NIKE MILES ABOVE THE CITY OF QUEBEC. ON THE NORTH SHORE OF THE RIVER ST. LAWRENCE. FROM THIS PLACE CHOOSEN TROOPS AT THE BREAK OF DAY FELL DOWN THE RIVER ON THE EBB OF TIDE TO THE PLACE OF LANDING. I3TH SEPTEMBER, I759. concluded that those whocommanded the St. Law-rence would hold the keyof Canada. In the yeari6oS he laid the founda-tions of the fortress city bybuilding the Abilalion dcQuebec, of which he hasleft us a sketch. It wassituated in the presentLower Town on the riverhank, in the corner whereNotre-Dame street meetsSous le Fort street. Aftertlie promulgation of theEdict of Nantes, whenFrance enjoyed a respitefrom religious wars ,
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