. 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. to that of Canada, and onwards to Hochelaga. Thus we find that the name of Canada merely applied originally to the countrj lying between Montreal and the Island of Anticosti. We maj observe in passing that it was not till three-quarters of a century afterwards that the name Canada was applied to the whole country. Cartier having shown that it
. 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. to that of Canada, and onwards to Hochelaga. Thus we find that the name of Canada merely applied originally to the countrj lying between Montreal and the Island of Anticosti. We maj observe in passing that it was not till three-quarters of a century afterwards that the name Canada was applied to the whole country. Cartier having shown that it was not a land of gold or precious stones, the grand objects of search in those days, its majestic scenery had no attractions for the potentates of luirope. The discoverer of Canada had passed into and another century had dawned, before a settlement was attempted at Tadousac. Cartier _„^^,^^ ^^^ ^^^^ That ever burst Into that silent sea. and it seemed as if it were destined to remain unnoticed and neglected, till, in the year 1603, a company of 94 expedition was accordinglyorganized. As a memberof it, Samuel de Champlainbegan his wonderful career inCanada. The tourist, who in days, visits theromantic region of the Sague-. French merchants conceived theidea of the fur trade. It ap-peared to them that gold couldbe obtained from America other-wise than by digging it out ofthe earth. The De Chastes A SETTLER S LOG HOUSE. 95 nay, where the modern hotel supplies him with all the comforts of civilization, finds a different reception tothat which greeted Champlain and his companions when they landed at Tadousac to found the first settle-ment in the wilds of Canada. For these first adventurers the Indians prepared a feast or tabagie. Champlain participating in itwas struck with the primitive table manners of the Indians. A Frenchman, accustomed to the fastidiousobservances of society in the days of the Ancient Regime, might well stand aghast on seeing the India
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