. 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. -;ai- , .fJMMM IfPpI »| HOUSU. 29 serving, however, much of their unique military character. To these the eye of the visitor willbe drawn as well as to other places of noteworth}- interest, such as the Seminary of Quebec, I^avalUniversity, the Ursuline Convent, and the Hotel-Dieu Convent and Hospital. These will recall to theh
. 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. -;ai- , .fJMMM IfPpI »| HOUSU. 29 serving, however, much of their unique military character. To these the eye of the visitor willbe drawn as well as to other places of noteworth}- interest, such as the Seminary of Quebec, I^avalUniversity, the Ursuline Convent, and the Hotel-Dieu Convent and Hospital. These will recall to thehistorical student, not only the France of the Bourbons, but a Canada which was once her cherishedmilitary and clerical outpost. But perhaps the chief attraction, for at least the Hnglish-speaking tourist,will be the scenes famous in the annals of British , the Plains of Abraham, Wolfes Cove, theCitadel and ramparts, with the magnificent jjanorama spread out to view from the Kings Bastion. There ishardly in the world a grander outlook than that from the Kings Bastion, or from the terrace below, thefavorite promenade of the citizens. From either point may be seen the wharves, the shipping and thegleaming river ; the fortified bliifTs of Po
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