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IN'icC), I*}i.sliel)ia>' I )a iitoii>i.<, ( 'iiai !i:iiu. N<-\vcastlt'. I'oiiit (ill Chciie. Cliai l(tl rci •)\vii al'tl I'icKMi. aiul !)_v li'ailway and S: catiilMiat (•:illi()tt.sie. Cliulliaiii. N»*w- (.'iisi If and I '.lint iif !>.'(• and {*iriuii. toned, iii^ atCiiat i'laiii, ^'(!W^•a^;| !<*, I'oiiit, *iii ( 'iicni' and ( "liai let It-lowii. Tin- New Vorii and li.-'iiiida Steamers " ('aiiima. " oi" '• ( iiy (.1 1 loiHioii."' will |.MV(^ New York for llauiiiluii, J5iriniida. and 1 la ndii on, lici'ai mia, for Ni-w Yni k eveij 'I hni>.ia_v till fiiiilier U(»tii'e.. Ha vo .-splcwdid cai^iii arcoiii- liiudal ion. 'I 111' •• S. 'net.'' ami '' i\I ii auii(dii " have exi'idlcnt, arcoiu- liiodatiiiii tor I'asseniicrs. Shi|)|M'i.-- hy Qn.-I,.i' SleaiiKMK unu-t pav tlic Qncdicr (far- !u»ii. CoinaiissiwiKM.s wliai la-^e iM|i,.,.s iiiiisi products a i-eit ilicaK; lor haibui'u" (lues h(tt(ii»-' ;^<»'« Ka»l, India AVharC, Qm;hcH!, STKVI'-.N'SOX ^^ Lie V 10. Unieial I'atirtcnm.'f -AgcMifri. TW> ^:.....*.v„^ '^ ^v;'. ^^ (^OIN J)K.S lUJKS Nfltre-Daiiie et Cote fle la loiilagne, PIEO DE LA. COTE, MANUFACTURE IE HARUES FAITES DANS 'I'ors l,i',S O <> "U ^X" H , PRIX MODERES. Unc visite des Etrangers est soUicitee. ?r-i T^'f^'Ty rr^ DI'lAIJOli IN 7 >. ^^•^4 HARNESS. lUKlTS k SIIOKS OF ALL RLM)S, Jio^ 1^6, St. Valier Street^ ST. ROCH, OUEBKC. i .4 . f?-*"* M ^m -♦•^. s^'jv- 2»>v ^^S'-'i i'olei ST. LOUIS STREET, QUEBEC. This llOTKT. which is inrivr.ilcd to;- SIZIC. S'I'VLK am! LOC'AIilTY. ill (^iinhcM*. i.s (ijt.'ii ihioiigh I he y«';ir J'oi IMcii- siirc iind Hnsiiics.s I'ljiVfl. It is I'liuiiilv sit icitcii ill the !iiinieiii;i t** vicinity of the iu<'::t AND K' i; !• 11 'i'K I ), and call IM'W accoiniiiodate .MX) \'isit()is ; and as-mes them tiial. tiolhiiiu Will l>(! Waiiliiiuf on his pari that will coinince lo llie comfort, ond tMijovmeiit of his j^'iiests. WILLIS RUSSELL, J'ropi jetoi'. i 1, rue la Fubivquc. IIAUTE-VILLE, QUEBEC. Ont constainnicnt en mains un dcs nicillcurs assortinients de Montr cs en Or ei en Ar plenty ])(' iontc sorlc. "^^Totic'fs csJyc.C('S de Bijoux faitcs sur co)}uiia)ide. I '^ C ) i\ ^ ^ J 'J AND WllOMOSAM': l>KAl,i:is/0/fiu\ MEALS ikT ALL IlUUtt^ OYSTKKS IN SOIII^ OK FltlKD. LIQUORS & CIGARS >s( J'l'K'I'. — Tk.w r.M.i:i;,s coinuti/ to Qinhi<- fo rr- fvni (lie same erotvu/, will Jin(l if of (prat of/rfnilnf/c in Icariitfi Uirir l,(f(/(//((j(i at this JIot(.l, Jur a hic/i no (\rtnt cJiftrf/t' frill tw niddc. IjJ Jleals (jiccii at all hours and at inodt rati' j>rii:es. IS. i..\.i^^oiiCM:, ri:(>l'i;ll.l(>i:. Cat'-iey to ilie J^riji^Uit'tcc Cmtiicil (IikI LxjisUiin-'i A.sii''i.,l)!ij. T "irn^ oiintaiu Dill |)oiist, l«'ii'r>t (.'Itoicti AViiui.s. L;(|ii(H.s ;iii(i C,'iiiiii\^. Piict'8 motii.-i ;iie, CT; CO. 'CuC-_;i..i — ^ IV^ Cj •-» U.J L--J UJ >— — -1 .-^ v»j L — • I WIKX.KS VIJ'! AND UKIAII. TE/^ DEALER, GROCER, nir«)i:ri;u ok QLljiufsc ^ Jiijiniu'iif (lEiiriositifu, AM) FOl^ VAC, X W A ]\ E HOUSEMAN, G. BRESSE, MANi:i Ait HKKK Ob' AM- KINDS OF BOOTS k SHOES, OF ALL DESCRIPriONS. < > 1 '" IP 1 C K *.%c J^ II O X* : KOHC HESTER STRJiET, • i I '! t TV*1f r 1^ 33^:1^0 a OF AH tlic IcadinQ' novelties in Shirts, Collars, Gloves, Scarfs, 'J'ies, I'lulcr- wear, &c. Mcintosh Coats, Umhrcl- las, &c. Alexandres and Dents cele- brated Kid Gloves, Imyorlfrl diietl from Ihc j| ouclou l|[arhct. J. DEEaAl^I, 2s 0. 2, Fnhrhjuc Sfrrrf, MAMFACfLRKll AND DirORTKH or GENTS' FOmsmXG GOODS, 17, PLACE D'ARMES, MONTREAL, M : 3, St. JoliD street, QUEBEC. WATCHMAKER & JEWELLER, COIIM'U OF CIIL'Rril k ST. JOSI'PIl STREETS, ST. ROCH, QUEBEC. TANNEUR & CORROYEUR, ET FABRiaUANT DE CUIR PATENTS Wo. 113, rue St Valier, HOTEL ET MAISeX M VE^mm, Bebarcadere de la Coinpagnie Richelieu. lioiiuc taiiU', Cigarvs et Lii^iicurs de premier clmix. Prix inoderes. MONEY CHANGER, ^'0. 13, Iliiadc U. aiiil 3^, SI IN'UrSt., LowtT-Town, PAYS THE HIGHEST PRICE FOR AMERICAN CURRENCY. GOLD aud SILVER constantly oii haiid, CHEQUES oil Banks Cashed at par. t "g^" SnaiiUfMH will do w«;ll to full at li!« oilice beioio <;lialii;ilig cLuwIiCic, HATTER & FURRIER, No. 69i, St. Joseph Street, (OFrosTTE tut: COyVEKT,) ST. EQGK OF aCEBKG. large Assoi'lmcnt of the most fasliiniiablc Goods. Salmon and Trout Fishing secured for Guests. '\'\\U lIOTETi is open for tourists dm iiig tlio pmnnier. Spe«'.i:il iittt'Ution will be pai'' to aociii iii^: ^''^od s;ilmoii 'a\v\ trout, lishing for giie8t?«, iiL^T) boats ami pleiisnro caniagea fmnic^hed. ^ Term?* por day ?"- •>'J " ■' week ^ OO :«« • v" ^noll^h ...r>0 00 Cbildron aufl Sevvauta, half price. WILLIS BUSSELL, I'ropriolor. ^i.. Louis Holt;!, Qncijnc. t t I ! ST. vim:em stkelt, (;or\IlIim)trkda.)ie opposing COURT iiousi: 'riic inidcrsiLnicd wislics to cnll tlu? attciition oftlie '^ri-;iv('lliii,i:" |)u))lic. to the alxtvci lirst class Hot*;!, to wliK'li a Iavli^v addilicm lias hrcn iiiad(? and riirnislicd anew, t(><;«'tli<'r with a J>iHiard Room and 'l\d<'^ra|)h to all parts, inakiiii:; it coMiplctc in every respect and second to none in the city- ilc trusts that l>y can; and attention to th(.' conifort of his i;ii(;sts he will re- ceive a share of the Puhlic }»atronaLi<.'. I. B. DUROCHER, j - i I p^To. ai. Ann Street, Upper Towni NEAR THE ENGLISH CATHEDRAL, I H t QUEBEC. D 9 i GEO. LAMONTAGNE, EOELOdKa & BIJUUTIBU, Coin (les rues dii Pout et dii Roi, St. Eocli, Assoi-tinicfit general do tout co (lui concernc cctte branclie dc coiniiicice. HOTEL, !\o. 47, St. Peter Street, Lower Tomii, QUEBEC. I Lunch, Tabic d'lTotc, Cigars, &c., &c. First class, luoderate prices. E. D. PLAMONDON & Co,, AUCTIONEERS, BROKERS AND ST. PETER STREET, 1 CHARGES MODERATE. P. O. BOX 672. || Storage fur Boudcd iiud Free Goods. il m, St. faHep Street, ST. ItOCIX OJF QUEBEC ,attncrs, mm'm and Ijatiint leatlrcr MANUFACTTTRERS* VHOLSSALS LEATHER MSRGHANTS. . (CONFECTIONER FROM PARIS,) 43*, St. John Street, Ji cencji Cffiifcctionerg anb Coffee, (tj* And all the most delicious articles in that brunch, for PICK-NICKS & TRAVEL. F. X. GARANT& Go.V "booksellers, Stationers ;!^ Jeokbinbers, ; 28, EABRIQUE ST., Complete assortment of CHassical^ Litterary and Scicntilic Works, and ,^, ^ 'AjNcy articles. 7 THE QUEBEC AND U ER ST, LAWRE thad TOURIST'S GUIDE. . - O • (AA^^^^-'^^Ct Ix^C/, M. - and QUEBEC : PRINTED BY A. COT^ & Co., 1875. ("I I 4: Ai6 Entkrkd according to Act uf Parliament, in the your one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five by J. C, IjANfitLiKR, in the office of the Minister of Agriculture and Statistics of the Dominion of Canada. NOTICE TO TOUEISTS. 1 This Guide is intenrJpd to sup]:)ly the tourists visiting Quebec and the Lower St. Lawrence with all neces- sary information. Strangers generally complain, and with reason, that it is almost impossible to visit our city with pleasure, because they do not know Wha to see, How to see it, and Now much time and money thei) must spmd for that purpose, in this book, they will find all possible information they want, given with the most conscientious accuracy. By perusing these pages before reaching Quebec, they will be able to decide at what hotel they will stay, the price of board, the comfort they may expect, how they must proceed to see the objects of interest in the city in a given time, what are these objects of interest, and if they have only a limited time to spend in Quebec, how they must employ it ; they will find the same kind of information about the watering places of the Lower St. Lawrence. In fact, this little book will indicate to them the time and money they require to spend every day and what they will see and enjoy for it. A glance at the table, at the end of the volume, will refer them to the explanations of everything they mny wish to know, and by refering to the chapter 4 — under the head of Monuments j Public DuVdings, Ac, such as indicated by the figures opposite the name of each of those monuments in the Itinehaiw, they will find the description or the history of them. For ins- tance, suppose you find montion of the Post Oflice, opposite this name is the figure (41). If you turn to that number in the Itinerary, you will find the legend of the Cfiien d'Or and the traditions about this edifice. In this Itinerary, the visitor will find what he can see each day he stays in Quebec, how he must pro- ceed to see it and how much money it will cost him. By adding the price of his board, indicated in the chapter of general information, according to the hotel he choses, to the prices mentioned for carriages, he will find the exact amount of money he has to spend each day, so that he can calculate, before coming to Quebec, what time and money he will probably require and determine what he will see. We must say that our american friends are in want of all this information. They unfortunately visit Quebec as the last Lion in their tour; not being suffi- ciently well informed to be interested in visiting the city, they remain about twenty-four hours within our walls and return in haste without seeing anything, if we except a few places of more noted interest and about which they can hardly know anything, although Quebec and its neighborhood abound in historical monuments and in the most romantic and charming views, affording a rich banquet to all admirers of the beauties of nature. We hope this Guide will induce and enable them to stay longer in our old city. he sub sup fore and city. Al charf temp from follow whic exhiJt ■ >. • - f ■* _,, me of y will sr ins- Ofiice, jrn to legend jdilice. he can 3t pro- it him. in the e hotel ;es, he spend ling to ■obably are in sly visit ig suit- ing the .hin our ,hing, if est and Ithough istorical farming •s of the , induce y. L VJ 1"' %' ^ ' ^t GENERAL INTORMATION. On arriving at Quebec, the visitor should learn what he can concerning hotels, stores, carters, and other subjects of expenses. This chapter is intended to supply him with this information and give him, be- forehand, a correct idea of the expenses he will incur and the comfort he may enjoy while staymg in the city. _ _ • Tariff of Carters. * Although they are honest and moderate in their charges as a class, some of our carters are often tempted to exceed their tariff and exact high rates from travellers who do not know the tariff rate. The following is the tariff of carters in force in Quebec, of which every driver is required to have a copy and exhibit it w^hen required. 6 — PLACES AND DISTANCES. Steamboat land- ings and the Stands in the Lower Town.... The Stands of the Upper Town h ' **'; '«< > St. Paul's mar- Market Coach two Any plnce within U. T. and j vice vernO, 'Any place within St. John's ward, vicPvevHd Any place within Champlain ward, vice verHci Any place within St. Peter ward, vice versd Any place within St. Koch ward, vice versd Any part of Upper Town, vice vend Any part in St. Peter ward, vice vernd Any part of St. Roch, St. John and Champlain wards, vice verad . Any part of Upper Town, vice I verad Any place within St. Rooh and St. Peter wards, vice verad.... Any place within St. John and Champlain ward a o o OS cts. 37| 50 37i 33 50 {3 33 87J 37i 33 50 ;.% ;-i«;|fv '■*a--'.'^ Per hour — 1st hour. <( 2nd hour Erery subsequent hour... I ■ ■ ] J u.^^- ~t_ drawn by horses. Coach drawa by one horse. The voluntary tarifT for the drives out of the city is as follows : To Montmorency Falls : — Coach with two horses (four persons) $5 00 Waggon with one horse (four persons)....... • 3 00 To Cap Rouge : — Coach with two horses (four per- sons) $5 00 Waggon with one horse (four persons) 3 00 To Indian Village of Lurelte .—Coach with two horses (four persons) $5 00 Waggon with one horse (four persons) 3 00 To Lake Beauporl : — Coach with two horses (four persons) $8 00 Waggon with one horse (four persons) 5 00 lo Lake St. Charles .-—Coach with two horses (four persons) $8 00 Waggon with one horse (four persons) 5 00 To Chaudiere Falls : — Coach with two horses (four persons) $6 00 Waggon with one horse (four persons) 4 00 Mr. Olivier Montreuil, always to he found at the carters station in front of the French Cathedral, will drive for these prices and has good horses and carriages. As all the hot^^ls, except Blanchard's and P'rechetto's^ are situated in the Upper Town, strangers must take for their guidance, when they pay a carter, the tarilf from Steamboat landing to the Upper Town. They must also be aware that baggage is not carried with passengers in coaches drawn by two horses, but only in simple coaches and caleclies. - - This tariff, of course, only applies to the limits of the city, so that if strangers hire coaches to go out of _%'_ the limits, they must fix the price with the coachman before starting ; otherwise they may be charged ex- cessive rates, against which there would be no remedy. The rates for the drives to Lorette, Cap Rouge, Mont- morency Falls and other places are mentioned in the part of this hook where those drives are respectively described, and in the table above given. Strangers hiring coaches should always notice tho number they bear, so that if any trouble ^arises with the driver, they can have redress by applying at the Central Police Station, in St. Ursule street. The carters having the best coaches are Messrs. L. Julien, Thom. Gilchen, Olivier Montreuil, Louis Lali- berte and John O'Connor. Mr. Russell, proprietor of the St. Louis and Russell hotels, has also first class coaches for hire at moderate prices. Strangers wish- ing to hire single coaches without drivers can have them at Mr. Charles Hough's livery stables, in St. Ann street. H-.-T' -., , :^■K,^- ■t ■' ■ ■*l._ .tj^'vvi;-- Hotels. ■'f r- m; .ill Quebec possesses hotels to suit the taste and purse of every visitor. In some of them the comfort is per- fect and the board comparatively dear whilst in others persons will find good cheap accommodation. In or- der to enable the visitor to make his choice, we give him a description of the principal hotels of the city. St. Louis Hotel, St. Lewis street, W. Russell & Son, proprietors.—This is the fashionable hotel of Quebec and most assuredly the best. It is distant two or three minutes walk from the Governor's garden and — 10 — Durham Terrace, in the aristocratic part of the city. The kitchen is superintended by a first class french cook and it is with reason that all the gourmets are fond of having a dinner at the St. Louis Hotel. The rooms are large, richly furnished and supplied with everything requisite for comfort. Of course, some are better than the others, according to dimensions and the floor in which they are situated, but all are in general equally well furnished. There are several drawing rooms for ladies, with pianos and everything of the sort, and a reading room in which gentlemen can see american, english and Canadian journals, be- sides a splendid billiard room. It is useless to add that this hotel is very quiet, though crowded during the summer season. The best wines and liquors can be had here at moderate prices. For the board, ihe price is — per day, for each person, $3.50. Children and servants are charged half price. Weekly arrange- ments can be made at reduced rates. There is a telegraph office in the house and coaches for drives within and without the city can be procured at the lowest charges by applying at the office. An omnibus of the hotel takes the passengers from and to steamboats and railroad landings. Travellers need not care about their baggage, ever\ thing will be delivered safe at the hotel if they only remit their checks to the driver of the omnibus. ^ .. Jiussell House, — opposite the Episcopal Cathedral, corner of St Ann and Garden streets, is another first class hotel belonging to W. Russell & Son. It is newly fitted up, richly furnished and has splendid rooms^ lar^e, high and well ventilated. As it is the case in — li- the St. Louis Hotel, the rooms situated along the south-eastern wall command a magnificent view of part of the city and harbour and of the beautiful sce- nery on the north shore of the St. Lawresnce. The best proof that it is a first class hotel, provided with every modern improvement leading to comfort, is the fact that it is owned and managed by Mr. W. Russell, an aniorican gentleman, whose rei)jlation is as well established in th<^ travelling community of the United States as it is in Canada. The price of the board in that hotel is ^'2.50 per day for each person. Children and servants pay half price. There is a telegraph ollice in the paih r, anfl billiard tables are placed in the lower story. The omnibus takes travellers to and from steamboat landings and railroad station. Carriages can be procured at the office for the lowest prices. As soon as the stranger has remitted his check to the driver of the omnibus, he may be su^ that his trunk and other things shall be taken to the hotel saie and immediately. • . f .^ .. j, Albion Hotel, Palace street, W. Kirwin, proprietor. — It stands at some sixty feet from St. John street, the < Broadway » of Quebec. Before opening it, last winter Mr. Kirwin went into thorough repairs, so that this house may be considered as new, and the furniture and accomniodations of all kinds aro all really new and most comfortable. The rooms are large, not wanting in ventilation and designed to make strangers comfortable and easy. The kitchen, to w^hich special attention is given, is very good and remarkable for its variety. The service is done by polite and active servants. Choiced liquors cai.i be had at fair prices. ^•'■: ' ^12 — The omnibus of the hotel takes tie travellers from and to the steaTiboats and railr.iads landings* By applying at the oflice, carriages caa be had for drives within and without the city, at the lowest rate?» The price of the board is for each person, per day, from $2.00 to $4.00, according to accommodation. Children and servants are charged half price. Satisfactory arrangements can be made for board per week. Hencheyfs House f — opposite the Episcopal Cathedral, on St. Ann street, is situated in one of the fmest places of Quebec. It is remarkable for its quietness and neatness. Strangers are quite at home here and to scrae extent dealt with as they should be in a friendly family. It is the " at home " of travellers. The table is abundantly supplied and the kitchen good. As tO" the rooms tbey are large and the most part richly and elegantly furnished. The establishment has a well deserved reputation for the priority of its liquors. There is no omnibus to carry the travellers from and to the steamboat and railroad landings and stations. To persons wishing to be quiet and at home, and caring more about the comfortable than the fashion- able, we should give the advice to go at Henchey'^s House, of which the price of board is from ^1.50 to $2.00 a day. Moimlain Hill House, in the street of the same name, J. Trudeau, proprietor, — is a good ordinary hotel, much frequented by the mercantile class, especially the country merchants. There are some good rooms for married people and neat little rooms for single per- sons. The table is a good family table, and the service done by attentive servants. There is a drawing room wi^h a good piano. Th« hotel has no omnibus to -carry the strangers. This is a good place to board in for people coming to "Quebec on busin-ess and having to go round the Lower Town. Well to-do tourists can also be accommodated here H prices varying from '$1.50 to $2.^0 a day ipw e^ch person. Dlartthard' s ffolel, in fro?it of the Lower Town 'Church, J. B}ancha*rd, 'proprietor,^ is another good •comnn^rcial hotel fi^quented by business men. It is Very weH situated At this -class of persons, being near the railrua-ls and steamboat landings and in the center of the commercial part'of the ci-ty. The comfort about rooms, ^rvice, Ac, is very good. As to the ■^able, it niu^i bcHjbserved iha* th3 ^ood cooking of toeat^ 'especially of roast-beaf, is ^ speciality in this housB. All Ihe ?ervants ffre polite, obliging and -attentive. The price of t*e boa«*d is : $l.&0 and $2.00 per day for^aoh person, according to accommodation. To mercantile p«'Ople coming to Quebec on business, Ve recommend t^is house, i« which every attention •is givum 4o *tlie boarders, ^\ :./ \^ . > ■tvr--: roprictor,^ — is a good 'e8tabU^h^H©at, of which tl^e •neatness is reniark^ble. "The table, a Hable dhole -or faarily table, is good, •^^abundant aad well attended to by polite waiters. 'Persons wishing to have something mc^e than the ^ordinary bill of fare can have it by giving notice in due time. Theliquors and cigars«re good and sold at I'M •-14 — fair rates. Travellers arriving at Quebec in themorning to leave at night by steamboat or railroad would do veil to stop at the Chien d'Or, where their trunks or other objects shall be taken care of gratis. Mr. La- force, the proprietor, is a very amicable gentleman and will be delighted to give strangers any information they may ask for. This establisliment is most res- pectable and much frequented by business and pro- fessional men. The prices are moderate and propor- tionate to the character of the table : they vary Irom forty to sixty cents a meal. i . Mavgard's Restaurant and, Cafd Francois, Palace street, opposite the Albion Hotel, kept hy Mrs. Mau- gard, — is quite a first class establishment. Jt is re- commended for promptness and politeness of the ser- vice, comfort and elegance, exquisite kitchen, lirst class comestibles, and quite nr w lurjiitur^. This i» a french estabiishment, having for its .speciality the french wines and colfee. Mr. Marcus, 'barged with the preparation of the coffee, makes it as it is prepared at the Rolonde, a celebrated Paris establishment in which he was employed. The rooms are remarkable for their neatness and comfort. It is a most quiet and respectable establishment frequented exclusively by persons of the best society. A limited number of boarders can be accommodated with rooms, and per- sons degiring to be quiet and comfortable could fmd no better place than this restaurant. The price of the board is very moderate, as is »hown by the following figures; C^r»°9 _is — ' Per week at table d'hdte, viz. family table i ** Single person (room included) per week ...$ 7 00 - Two persons (in one room) " -' ... 14 00 f'or each meal....* * * 50 Strangers inviting friends to dinner should do Wei) to call at Mrs, Maugard's establishment, whore theV will always find exquisite french vi'Ines and coffee at very moderate prices. ... Central House, at the end of Couillard and Fabrique streets, Theo. Gosselin, proprietor,— is situated in one of the most frequented parts of the Uj/per TowUi U is at the same tima a restaurant and a hotel, capable of accommodating a Hraited number of room boarder?^ This establishment is very recommend;ihle and enjoy? a well deserved reputation of high respectability. Tho french cook allnejaed to it attracts many persons fond of eating a good aieaL The price of the board is : ^ i^iu^l^ f)«JiS0«.4)er week (room in«lu^fed). . $9 00 * ft ' I day I %t ... 1 60 The price of a meal i« regulated by the bill oi fare^ Chalmers^ Comm^cial Hestauranlt corner of 81* 'Peter and Arthur streets, Lower Town, P. ChaJraerS/ fwoprietor, — is the aristocratic establishment where the bankers and business men of the Lower Town usef to lunch. It is a first class restaurant, where persons visiting Quebec on business are sure to fseet business men. There are no rooms for strangers. -^s^'* Boisvert^s Restaurant, Alexander Boisveft, pro' ^netor, 8t. Peter street, is a maritime hotel where all persons engaged tn maritime trade use to resort. It is « food and ^uiet establi^ment and strang^s havieg -.16 — any business to transact with sliip masters and steam- boats agents should do we\\ to call there. The hotels being generally crowded during the summer season, tourists should do well to telegraph or write in advance to retain rooms, so that they would be sure to have them and would have no trouble to find a lodging when they arrive. ... '■r. Stores of every kind. Visitors being in the necessity of buying something during their stay in the city, should call at the fol- lowing establishments, which are the best in Quebec : Di^ and fancy goods. — Glover & Fry, Fabrique street, No. 20, and Leger & Rinfret, next door, No. 21, of the same street. These are importing houses, always keeping on hands the very latest novelties of Paris^ London and New York. Ladies dresses can be had here, made on order in one day, in the latest and most fashionable styles for balls, parties, Ac, and to suit the taste of the most extravagant women as re- lates to richness and prices. Silk goods, kid gloves and other toilet articles can also be bought cheap at the splendid and new store of Mr. L. N. Henault, 45 St. Joseph street. "- Tobacco Stores. — There are several others, but that of Mr. Adolphe Goldstein, wholesale importer, 15 St. John street, is one of the best in the city. Gents Furnishing Stores. — ^The only establishments in this branch are those of Mr. T. Demers, 3 St. John street, and of Mr. John Deegan, 2 Fabrique street. All kinds of gents furnishing goods, in the latest and — 17 its hn et. nd most fashionable styles, can be had in these establish- ments at cheap rates. Tailoring establisfimmis.—Qlover & Fry, Fabrique street, No. 20 ; Leger & Rinfret, next door ; J. Byrne, same street, No. 14 and D. Morgan, Lower Town Hill, all importing houses. Gentlemen can have any kind of clothing in these establishments, at comparatively cheap prices. The cut is perfect and a complete vest- ment can be made in one day at any of these places when the order is so given, so that parties in need of a toilet when invited at a ball or party may be sure to have it made to suit their taste. '" Drvgs and Perfumery. — The fashionable establish- ments for toilet boxes, perfumes, and other articles of the same kind, are those of Messrs. John Musson, op- posite the Post OiTice ; W. Laroche, corner of Dauphin and Buade streets, opposite the french cathedral, and J. McLeod, 24 Fabrique street. Hats and Furs. — Marcou & Renfrew's, opposite the french cathedral, is the most fashionable establish* raent, although those of Messrs. A. Lapointe & Son, 45, and O. C6te, corner of Palace and St. John streets, and Dugal Bros., St. John and Fabrique streets, and G. MalouiU; St. John street, No. U, and J. B. Lali- berte, 54 St. Joseph street, are also first class and perhaps cheaper stores. Jewellery. ^-3. Seifert, No. 26, Fabrique street, and G. Duquet & Co., i St. John street, are the best and most fashionable houses in that branch. Messrs. Du- quet & Go. not only sell but also manufacture magni- ficent jewellery pieces. They have made the episcopal cross and chain of the present Archbishop of Quebec, *-18 which are cohsidered by clever persons as tnastet pieces* We highly recommend their establishment to persons wishing to buy something in that branch; They also have good paintings for sale. Wines, liquors and fruits.-^Ada m Wtitters, St; John street, opposite the end of Pa'abe street, keeps the best assortment in this trade. His cellar is worth seeing by amateurs, who liud there wines forly and fifty years old; Mr. W&tters only keeps chuiced liquors and fruits, and tounsts desiring to buy those articles for pic-nics or other jmrpos.es could find no better place* *rhey can get here nothing but first class articles, pure ttnd genuine. "'■" '<^-^f^ '>'"'"- -''•->;"• "^'' <:.-t% ^..vt^\' Confeclionaries ^i^lUhe most recommendahle esta* blishment is that of W. McWilliamG, No. 52, St. John fitreeii — Creams, 6yrltps> nectars, Ac, can b*i had here at anytime until ten o'clock at night. Beyond the store are rooms where it Is customary for gentlemen to go with ladies to take rest in the Warm eveuiiigs and drink wectar or eat cream. Next to it come those of Al^sssrs. Scott, Wind field and Delahaye (this is a french establishttient) on the sawie plreet. B'JofiS and iifetv»papers.-^Ai Mr. Holiwcll^s store, in front of the Post OlTioe, tourists l^ill find a good col- lection of popular novels and periodicals) besides some english and american journals and post stanjips foi^ letters. >;M-ty, , .;.„ .^^i ,..- ..-t: . i, Messrs. Pierce & P«ltefsoti*s store, Ifo. 10, t'abriqtw 6t'*ect. is the lalrgest stol^e of english books and best suited to the wants of tourists. Their stock comprifes all the latest engiish And einerican novels, ciassical mid 2HSt«rioftl bookS) and fan^y articles wlttoh tiid ftrti6i*i(ian travellers delight in colletJtihg. they have collections of stereoecopic vie\Vs taken by the best artists. Polite an the publishers of the most ancien Canadian paper, also have a good esta- blishment, in the Mountain Hill street ; but it is more specially devoted to the wants of commercial people. Hailway guides and all books of this character are to be fouiid in Ibis store. ^ '» • •-• ' P/ioWftraphs.-^'l he best establishments are those of* Irfess^rs. L. P. Vallee, No. 10 ; Liveruois A Bienvenu^ Mo. ^ ; Kliison & €o.. No. 39^, St. John street, and John L. JO'nQs, No. 10, Fabrir|ue street. These photo grapJis have for sale splendid collections of views of the monuments, buildings of Quebec and landscapes of* the surrounding scenery. They ai*« worth eolleeting. 9he Pest Offioe 'U i is situdled in Uie tipjicr Town, at the Conner of l^^rt ajid BUade sinets. It is op'med every day froni 8 A. Mm to 6 P. M., and from twelve to one o'clock P. M., on Sundays, the tarilTfor letters pf less than half an ounce weight is, When letters are prepaid, foi* the United States five cents ; any part of the G^na* dian Dominion three cents ; England ten cents ; Franco {^ ounce) sixteen cents, iiegistratioti fee is two cents, on letters Intended for Canada, and five cents on those addressed to any part of the United States. Uegistration does not jnake the postal antho-* hties responsible Pt/e ?alue« eentained in registered — 20 — letters, when lost ; it is only a certificate stating that such letters have been posted. Strangers having any reason to complain against the post office em- ployes must apply to Mr. W. G. Sheppard, post office inspector : resWeuce, 42, Ste. Anne street, — office in upper story of the post office. v ; Banks and Brokers. Strangers desiring to exchange American currency for gold coins or Canadian money may call at Mr. McNider, St. Peter street. Lower Town, Mr. Barrow, Mr. Peter Shaw, 8 Gowen's Building, same street, or at Mr. Barrow's office, in the Upper Town, Fort street, near the Post Office. These brokers also exchange drafts of the American banks, so that American tourists can get money here on drafts when they are accept- ed by the banks of their country. The banks of Quebec also give the same accommodation and give money for bills of change. '-, I'l Telegraph Oflaces. The Montreal Telegraph Company's lines, in con- nection with the american and transcontinental lines, have offices in several parts of the city, and especially at the St. Louis and Russell hotels. It would be im- possible to give the tariff in this guide. ^•iMO ^i- Bolioe Bureau. ni»: • In St. Ursule street, opposite the central fire station, is superintended by major Voyer and captain Heigham. Any stranger can have here all the informations and 5'---;r,-;. ^« " -V; *> '■^y^:''*'-'^. .X-^'0'^.-^'.J?-' m^ * CHURCH OF THE COiNGREGANISTS, (Roman Catholic). Rev. F,-X. Plamondon, officiating minister ; Rev. P. Vignon, chaplain ; Mr. L. N. Delisle, organist. Cor- ner St. Joseph and Caron sts., St. Roch's. .«i^i^^^»«t 09 CONCREGATIONAL CHURCU. Rev. H. D. Powis, minister. Hours of service, M a. m. and 7 p. m. ; Wedneslay at 7J p. m. Comer bl. Helen and Palace sis. CONGREGATION CHURCU, (Roman Catholic). . Rev. P. Vignon and E. Iluygens. Corner d'Autoui) and Dauphine lis. ; -'^ GARRISON CHAPEL, (Glmroh of England). Rev. C. Wetherall, B. A., chaplain to Her Majesty's forces. Hours of service, 11 a. m. and 7 p, m. Si. Sta- nislas St. PORT CHAPLAIN AND CHAPLAIN TO MARINE HOSPITAL. ', r ^ Rev. J. S. Sykes. ST. ANDREW S CHURCH, (Church of Scotland^. Rev. John Cook, D. D., minister. Hours of service, 11 a. m. and 7 n. m. Liule St. Ann st. ST. JEAN-BAPTISTE CHURCH, (Roman Catholic). Rev. A. Racine, chaplain ; Revds. Athanase Lepage «Dd Chs. Bourqoe, vicars ; Oustavei^agnon, organist. Hoursof service, :^a«m. and 2 «p, m. 6i. ioJin tl. without. — 23 — ST. Matthew's CHURCH, (Church of England). Rev. Charles Hamilton, M. A., incumbent ; Rev. E. A. W. King, M. A., curate. Hours of service, lOJ a. m. and 7 p. m. St. John st. without. ST. Michael's chapel, (Church of England). Rev. A. A. Von Iflland, incumbent. Hours of ser- vice, 1 1 a. m. and 4 p. m. Sillery heights, Cap-Uouge road. ST. Patrick's church, (Roman Catholic). Rev. B. itlcGauran, chaplain ; Revds. J. Neville, J. E. Maguire and J. Connolly, vicars ; Adolphe Hamel, organist. Hours of setvice, 10 a. m. and 3 p. m. St. Helen st. V. Paul's cathedral, (Church of England). Right Rev. J. W. Williams, D. D , Lord Bishop ; Rev. G. V. Housman, M. A., rector; Rev. C. Rawson, B. A., minister. Hours of service, tl a. m. and 7 p. m. Garden st. .i'l ST. Paul's (mariner's) chapel. Rev. R. G. PJees. Morning service, I Oi a. m. Dia- mond Harbor. « ^^ ft /^ - irf^i. ■ ST. Peter's chapel, (Church of England). *^^ Rev. M. M. Fothergill, incumbeni ; Rev. H. Burgess, (Ae;. ^- ft. A., curate. Hours of service, lOij a. m. ttud ^ p\ to, St. Valier St., St. Roch. i /;< 8T. ROCH'8 CHURCfi, (Roman Catholic). feev. ^. Charest> curate ; Revds. F. X. Plamottdon, t*. X. Gosselin and Ph. Lessard, Vicars ; N. Levas- . "seur, organist. Hours of service, 94 a, m. and 1i p. m^ ^t, Joseph Bt., §1. JHg^. " ::-.u,';---2-i.0-'- '.\.:,.^ ST. s; UVEUR ClltJlCH^ (Roman Catholic)^ ., . Rev. L. Lagler, snpei'ioi' ; ReVds. PP. J.-B. Bei^-^ iiard, A. iBurke ; J. Bte. Lapointe, organist. Hours X)r servii^e, 9i a. m. End 2 p. 4;; Messue bU, St. Stu* J'., m>^- . . i> 1 ft - Rev. jToshua Johnson., minister. Hour* ot" sei-vldev lOi a. m. and 6^ p. m. , prayer, Wednesday, at 7^ jk tn. ; Jcttpelin^, Friday, at 7 J p. ni. Gorner Dauphind iand 3t. StaaisUs i^ts. , ^^ i^ ^i .,,.4 »?:.?! v f'.*if:?? .' : v^ -- ' » J ■ ' : i. iE^'lsil SYNAnOGt)E»«^GAr(!en st. f'.';-fe,f '.-A Quebec ts (Jonn^oled with Monlneal by the Richelieii i»lavigation ahd Union Navigation Companies lines of Ueamboals and the Grand Trunk i^^ilway ; with th^ Various pitices in the Lower Stv Lawrence as for as himouskj and the Saguenay district, by the steam* foo«*s of tine St. Lawren'sfe ^nd Saguenay line ; with . ! — 25 — the other ports of the St. Lawrence, further do^^vn than Rimouski, and Ihose of New Brunswick and Nova Sco*ia, by the steamers of the Quebec and Gulf Ports Navigation Company ; with the cities of the United States, by the Grand Trunk Railway, the Massawippi and Connecticut River Railways, branching with the Grand Trunk at Sherbrooke, and with Kamoaraska,* Riviere-du-Loup, Cacouna and Rimouski, by the eastern section of the Grand Trunk and the Interco- lonial Railway. ^ : .■ Itinerary. '"'t!"I:''- ■'.•"'^^^ As many tourists have very often not much time to spend in Quebec to see everything indicated and described in this Guide, we pive here an itinerary that will satisfy all, since it indicates what to see each day, for one, two, three and more days, and what it cost to see it, for each day. - .1 > ji ^: ^ . One or first day — The city within the walls, pro- ceeding as follows : v r•v.v^i :? 'fm» 5,f Taking the St. Louis Hotel as a point of departure, turn to the right when you go out, walk up Haldi- mand street until you reach the first transversal street and cross it to enter the Govornor's Garden to see the Monument erected to Wolf and Montcalm (53). From the base of the monument, you have a splendi•-«'. t .f,jii-,.., * .. .. ..^^ .• 4 , ■ *i" < — 36 — The height of the fall is two hundred and forty-live feet and its width at the brow of the cliif sixtv feet. Although not juissessed of the grandeur of Niagara, the fall of Montmorency is just as attractive. The visitor will easily discover that the waters of the cataract underflow in a great measure the bottom of the river beLw the fall. The Natural Steps are another attractive object for persons linving a taste for the admiration of the marvels of nutiu'e. These steps, which are at some distance from liureau's Hotel, on the eastern itank of the river, have been formed by tfie rising of ihe waters in the spring and are in as regular a gradation as if they wore the result of art. The scenery all round is wild and very line. Many tourists chose that place for indulging in the use of champjign or kindred liquors. It is a matter of fancy. On his way back, at sun-set, the visitor enjoys almost all along the road a most magnificent view on the city and harbour of Quebec. The suburbs and the Upper Town are easily discerned by the walls, and all that forms one of the most picturesque landscapes than can be seen. The cost of this drive, In a two horses coach, is $5.00, and $3.00 in a single horse covered waggon, both carrying four persons. This includes the drive through the principal streets of the city on the return. hourlh (/a?/.— The visitor should cross over to Levis in the forenoon, leaving the hotel at half past nine. The Quebec and Levis ferry boats leave their waarf, near the L inlay Market Hall, every ten minutes and • — 37 — the fare is threo cents one way. When on the other side of the St. Lawrence, the tourist should ])ass bet- ween I he rows of carls and waggons without using any and turning to the lolt as he falls in the main road, called Ojmmercial street, and follow it until he ri?achcs the top of the hill. There ho will see Qu'.'bec, its wharves and steamers, the Citadel and the mouth of the St. Charles river, which present a line jianorama. Thence, he may go to the Catholic Church, in front of which he will enjoy the same view and visit the town which has nothing to attract him, or return by the same road to the Ferry Landing and thence to Quebec. The drive to the Indian Lorette should be had in the aft -M'noon of the same day. It is about nine miles from the city, in a western d rection. The road we advise is by C6te d' Abraham . id St. Vallier street, and the south side of the St. Ch^, ^os when going out from the city, and returning by Charlesbourg, which affords an occasion of viewing the city at a great distance w^hile in the road from the Church of Lorette to that of Charlesbourg, which is a fine spectacle about sun-set. . . When ajjproachiiig the carters station on St. Valier street, at the entrance of St. Sauveur, the visitor per- ceives to his right the spire and building of the Gene- ral Hospital (15). A few acres more drive will lead him near the church of St. Sauveur (39) seen on his left hand side and coming to the toll-gate he discovers on the right hand side, rather far in the field, the Hopital du Sacre Coeur (16). A few acres more brings 1 j i 1 t 'i T ~S8- t ■■ ".:♦,• '1! him to the St. Charles Cemetary (64), near which and Scott's Bri«ige was the house where Arnohi and his officers took their lodging during their attack on Quebec in 1775. Nothing particular remai.iS to be seen before reaching Loreite. 'There the visitor will find a common tavern and a so called Indian village of which the inhabitants cannot understand a word of their Huron ancestors language, although in their church, which is near the falls and a few acres distant from that of the fronch Canadians, they sing hymns in this language. Though retaining many of the caracteristics of the children of the forest in their houses and style of living, they have adopted in great measure, not to say exclusively, the habits of the Canadians. The manufacture of snow shoes, mocassins, bead and bark work, afTords a prin- cipal source of subsistence, aided by their shooting and fishing excursions. One of the grand sons of Zacharie Vincent, who boasted pure huron blood, was admitted to the priesthood some two or three years ago : he is the first Indian priest in Canada. This remnant of the once powerful Ilurons who sought refuge in the neighborhood of Quebec .iflor the massacre of their tribe by the fierce Iro({Uois, inhabits the village settled in 1697, and beautifully situated on the banks of the St. Charles, in the vicinity of a pic- turesque fall. The name of the village is derived from that of the first little brick church built there and which having much the appearance of that of Lorette, in Italy, was called by this name which was also given to the village. In the year 1825 four chiefs of rm the villaj^o wore presented a^ Windsor castle to George IV, who ])resented each ct* them with an enji^raved hkeness of himself and gold and silver medals of great value,, which are slill preserved amongst the members ol the tribe in remembrance of the visit of their chiefs to England. The greatest attract of this village is the extensively varied and agre.ible landscai)e and jtrincipally the wild and beautiful view of Quebec and its suburbs it exhil)its. Visitors going to Lorette to see an Indian tribe in tht'ir wighams should be quite disappointed. Tlio price of this drive is live dollars for a two horses coach and three dollars for a single liorse waggon ,' .: . .^ ,, .j.-:iKX/:,'k.-/ \.:}---::^ Fiflh day. — The drive to Lake Beauport should oc- cupy this diy. This bountiful lake is situated at thirteen miles from the city. The road to it lies through the populous vill.ige of Charlesbourg, in rear of wl)ic[j is the hermitage or Ch"leau Bi(jol (00), well deserving a visit. As you leave Charlesbourg behind and the macadamised road, the route assumes the wild and rugged aspect peculiar to those northern mountains ; you are surrounded by the dark vault whi'di covers the undjlnting surface of the hills and allow you to their cool and-delightful retreats while the more distant mountains with their endless undulations and dark shadows form a magnificent back ground to the picture. The lake is about a mile in length and scarcely lialf that distance across at its witirig, its shore beir.g comparatively flat and its prospect confined ; but on entering the former' you are at once impressed with its rich and romantic love- liness. Its banks still covered with the primeval forest, which rising out of the placid water enriches the scene with its depth and variety of shades, attract the visitor to tht3 r bracing retreat and impress the mind siili more strongly with a sense of the seques- tered solitude of the scene. Within a pretty bay to the left of the Ujiper lake, visitors may amuse them- selves v/ith an echo which is never evoked without success. Passing over to the opposite extremity, you enter the Huron river, a deep and clear stream whicli sup- plies the lake. Tne angler has here a good opportunity for indulging his patient art, as tlie lake abounds witli trout which generally rises freely to the lly. At this place and the northern end of the uj)per lake will be found the best lishing, but little sport being had in the other lake which is much more shallow. A house kept by Mr. Verret on the borders of the lake affords comfortable quarters to visitors ; but they must bear in remembrance, in this case as for all other drives, the indisi)ensable regulation in these ^ excursions of bringing their materiel with them, without what they may be exposed to an unvolun- tary fast. Large boats are in readiness and offer a safe mode of convevance on the lake, in which it is customary to take a bath, the shores in many places being quite suitable for that purpose. t '■ . m i Sf, I ! — 42 — I I 1 Seventh day. — This day should be reserved for a drive to the Chaudiere Falls, on the south shore of the St. Lawrence, al ten miles from Quebec and nine from Levis. The visitor ought to hire his carriage in Quebec, cross over to Levis on the ferry bouts, which costs lifty cents for a double coach and thirty cents for a single horse waggon, both ways, and leave at ten o'clock in the morning. On his way, lot him not omit to pay a visit to the lino paintings of the church of St Romuald, which is a splendid temple. The road is picturesque all along and otl'ers a new and charming view of the city and the timber coves on the banks of the St. Lawrence. The falls themselves are an object of great interest, and preferred by many tourists to those of Montmo- rency, on account of the romantic wildness of the sce- nery which surrounds them. " Narrowed by salient points, says Bouchette, extending en each side, the precipice over wliich the waters rush is scarcely more than one hundred and thirty yards in breadth and the height from whicn the wator descends is about as many feet. Tae masses of rock rising above the surface of the current, just at the back of the fall, divide the stream into three portions, forming partial cataracts that unite before they reach the basin which relieves them. The spray thrown up, being quickly spread by the wind, produces in the sunshine a most splendid variety of prismatic colors. The best view is to the left from a ledge of rocks that project into the basin ; from this spot the scene is imposingly grand ; the next point of view is from a parallel ledge behind :l I — 43 — the former ; there is also a good view from the ledg-e of rocks above the fall, looking down and across the fall and up the river." This fall is formed by the Chaudi^re, a river that lakes its waters in lake Megantic and carries them into the St. Lawrence, a distance of near one hundred miles. It is through the valley of this river and of the Kennebec that Arnold and his troops came down to Levis from Boston in 1775 to join the army of Mont- gomery in the attack on Quebec. On his return, the visitor should drive by Cham- plain street to Pres Ville and see the place where Montgomery fell in the morning of 1st January, 1776. This spot is indicated by the golden inscription Where Montgomery fell, placed in the rock above the part of the street where the american general expired. Thence following J 'ick the same street to the Cham- plain Market Hall (45) and Notre-Dame street is seen the lower town or Notre Dame des Victoires church (23), in front of the square. As soon as Moun- tain hill street is reached, turn to the right in St. Peter street and you will see the banks (50), the custom house (4*2), and at the entrance of St. Paul street the places where stood the barriers attacked without success by Arnold in 1775. By Hope or Palace gate you will find your way to the Upper Town. FaUs of Ste. Ann / and St. FerreoL / The mountains to the north of Quebec r.bound in picturesque sceneries, falls and lakes in which trout fishing is plentyful. It is there that Criekolf, a Boston ! i — 44 — 4 m I 'III artist well known in the United States for landscape paintings, has taken them on the spot, in natural beauty. Tourists fond of visiting those natural beauties could employ some days more for that pur- pose, and we can assure them that they would be amply remunerated. The finest falls in that direction are those of Ste. Anne and St. Ferreol. The rail of St. Anne is at about twenty miles from Queb»^c ; the road lies through Beauport and the Montmoreu'^y Falls, Ange Gardien and Chateau Richer, where the remains of a francis- can monastery are still to be seen, not far from the picturesque cascade of the San ll-ii-la- Puce. The old frencb church of Ste. Anne is also an object of interest, on account of the miraculous cures effected there by the saint. It is yearly visited by hundreds of pilgrims coming from distant placos, who in proof of their cures leave crutches and other relics su&pended on the walls. The tourist should spend tli'^ night at Bacon's, near Ste. Anne Bridge, and not forget to bring his materiel with him, and start early in the morning, so that he may have time enough to insjr-ct the several falls which the river exhibits wiiliin a few miles. On the west side of the river ihe road gradually ascends for nearl four miles, displaying us ih*' elovrilion increases a magnillcf>nt and CNtensivB prospect. Having arrived on a level with the falls ff Sie. Aiine it will be neces- sary to leavvi the road and have the a-sistance of a guide to reach the fall. On em»^rging fi'om the forest, this noble and singular cataract bursts upon the — 45 — sp'^clator. The extraordinary wildness of the scene could not be described ; the pencil of the artist alone could do it adequate Justice. A pileof enormous rocks rise up in the bed of the river which rushes over and between them with conceivable velocity in three distinct channels that unite ajjain before they come into the cha^m below. Thence the guide should be instructed to return to the vehicle and start for the village of St. Fereol, a distance of four miles. Here the tourist leaves again the road and after seeing (he falls of St. Fereol proceeds through the forest. The guide should be instructed to lead the visitor up the mountain bv the side of the falls. He will thus be enabled, with a little further exertion, to witness another interesting feature in this river, a- series of cascades known as the Seven Falls, which follow each other in rapid succession within a short distance of the fall described above. Before returning to Quebec, the tourist should go to St. Joachim to visit the summer residence of the priests of the Seminary and ascend Gape Tourmcnte, I'.^OO feet high, from the Fummit of which is had a line view of Quebec, thirty miles distant. This excursion would take two days time and re- quire an exp'Mise of about twenty dollars for a double Coach carrying four persons. I II !l iliJ! I l||iiilil iiiij: !ll!i ' ASPECT OF QUEBEC. Quebec is an old fashioned eiiropean city by its ap- pearance. It re«emble3 thti cities of Normandy, in France. It is partially built on a promontory called Gape Diamond, at the confluence of the St, Charles with the majestuoup St. Lawrences The geo{?rapliical position of the city is 40° 48' north latitude and 71° 15' west longitude of Greenwich. The city proper is divided into Lower and Upper Town. This last division is the part included within the fortilications. The Lower Town is under the walls, between the waters of the St. Lawrence and the foot of the promontory. It is here that is carried the wholesale, banking and shipping trade. Outside of the fortifications, on the promontory, to the south- west of the walls, are Montcalm and St. John suburbs ; to the west, between the foot of the promontory and the St. Charles is St. Hoch suburb, and further west St. Sauveur, which is an indepcmdant municipal ity. St Roch and St. John suhuibs are in a grejit part inhabited by the french population, al' hough there are great many french domiciled within the walls and in the Lower Town. Quebec is divided into wards as follo\^s : Champlain ward, from Sous-le-Fort street to Cap Blanc toll gate St. Pder ward, from Sous-le-Fort to St. lioch street, — 47 — and from the river to the walls ; St, Roch ward^ from St. Roch to St. Ours street, from the north side of Sl» Joseph >treet to the waters of the St. Charles ; Jac' ques'Varlier ward, from St. Roch to St. Ours street, and from the south side of St. Joseph street to the foot of the Cape ; St. John ward, from the Glacis or Gal- lows to St. Foye toll-gate, from the north side of St. John street to the limits of Jacques-Cartier ward ; Montcalm ward, from the Glacis to St. Foye toll-gate, from th" south side of St. John street to the cliff of the ])romontory ; Palace ward, from Prescott gate to St. John gate, to the north side of Buade, Fabrique and St. John streets ; St. Lewis ward, from Prescott gate to St. John gate and to the south side of the same streets. As to the appearance of the city, the Revd. Dixon gives the following description of it : I Quebec is unique in its appearance within and without. Like New-York and Pittsburg, it stands on the point formed by two rivers ; though not, like them, meeting in terminis. The majestic St. Lawrence is one of these rivers and still roils along its course ; and the otl.'er is the St. Charles, emptying itself into the greater stream from the north-west and thus forming' the triangular point on which the city stands. It wears, in its general aspect, an appearance of great antiquity, quite unlike any other place on the conti- nent. The streets are narrow, irregular and steep ; like many of the ol(i seaports on our coast (of En- gland) and those of France. The ecclesiastical buildings of all sorts, cathedrals, churches, convents, hospitals 1 ; i — 48 — nm and all the rest are seen to predominate every thing secular, like some old cathedral town in a papist country. This feature, together with the mil itary air of the place, causes Quebec to wear an .aristocratic and feudal appearance, perfectly dissimilar to the trading and commercial aspect of all the other places in Ame- rica, either belonging to the States or to Great Britain. » 11 if ■!*. 'li ill ! nil Historical and Statistical Sketch on Qusb^o. After St. Augustine, in Florida, and Jamestown, Quebec is the oldest city in North America. The site where it now stands was first visited by Jacques-Gar- tier in 1534, and then called Stadacona. Although this site offered many advantages for the building of a city, nothing was done until 1608, when Samuel de Champlain after landing at the mouth of the St. Charles transported his arms, provisions and tools to an elevated ground opposite the site of the Lower Town Church, and on the 3rd July of the same year, laid the foundations of the first building erected by the Europeans in this country. Champlain was the founder and first governor of Quebec and the colony. In 1613 he sailed for France and returned in 1615,, bringing with him three priests and a friar of the Franciscan or Recollet order. These priests undertook to educate the young indians, and before 1620, they had commenced the building of a small lodge on the shores of the St. Charles, where now stands the General Hospital. These Franciscans were in 1625 followed into the colony by three priests — 49 — 'iests rder. ians, igof rhere tcans •iests and two friars of the Jesuits order coming to preach the Gospel to the Indian tribes. In 1620, Champlain left his habitation of the Lower Town, and built a temporary fort on the ground now covered by the Durham Terrace or Platform. Four years after, he rebuilt in stone and fortified this fort, which was called the St. Lewis Castle and has conti- nued to be the residence of the governors of the colo- ny till 1834, when it was burnt. In order to have an easy communication between the fort in the Lower Town and the Castel of St. Lewis, Champlain caused a road to be opened in 1623 ; it was the first highway opened in Canada and it now forms Sous-le-Fort, Mountain and Fort streets. From the registers of births and marriages that begun to be kept in that year, it appears that the first french child born in Quebec was Eustache, son of Margaret Langlois and Abraham Martin, christened on the 24th October 1621. Thig Abraham Martin, the first pilot on the Lower St, Lawrence, settled on a lot of land forming, under the french, part of what is presently known as the Plains of Abraham, which derive this name from that of the first holder. The first wedding was that of Guillaume Gouiilard, who married Guillemette, daughter of Louis Hebert. This wedding took place on the 1st August, 1621. Louis Hubert, a druggist from Paris, was the earliest immigrant coming to Canada with the intention of becoming a settler. He introduced farming into the colony. For that purpose he obtained a piece of land covering all the extremity of the promontory, to the f. I : h -50- U.{\ ! ! north of a line drawn from somewhere at th<' Corner of Collins and St. John streets to the site of the Par- liament buililings. He commenced the clearing of his land in 1617 : this first clf^arng was mndo on the ground which forms the garden of the Quebt'c Semi- nary. In the next spring, Heber*. sowed in small quantity the first cereals that were gathered in Gfinada. In 1619, he built for his residence the first j^rivate ftimily building erected In the colony. The sil i of this house was discovered a few years ago by some re- mains of the wooden foundations found under the entrance of the Seminary from the garden. The colony was progressing when it was conqnered by the English in 1629. England beeing at war with France, the King ordered Sir David Kirt, a french refugee, to capture Quebec. Accordingjy Kirt sailed up the St. Lawrence and his little fleet soon ijpp»'ared before the fort. Having nn provisions to sustain a siege, Champlain was obliged to surrender and gave up Quebec to Kirt the 29th July 1629. By the treaty of 8t. Germain-en-Laye, 1632, Canada was restored to Prance and Champlain returned to Quebec in the same year as governor. He died in 1635. His wife, H^VAn Boul6, whom he had brought with him t • C was the first european woman that cam( Quebec was besieged a second time ii 090. t'hl king of France having espoused the cause ^' the Stuarts, the war broke out and extended to America ; hostilities began between the New England colonistis 4nd those of Canada and an expedition by land and hy water was undertaken against Quebec. The fleet — 81- destined to besiege the city sailed from Boston under the command of Sir W. Phipps, and was seen before Quebec the 16lh October, 1690. Phipps sent an officer to the governor of Quebec, with a summons ordering him in the name of William and Mary to surrender. Frontonac, who was then governor, answered that he acknowledged no king of England save James II, re* fused to surrender and said to the english officer : " I am going to answer your master by the mouths of my cannons and teach him that this is not the manner in which he ought to summon a person of my rank." No sooner had the officer returned to the ships than the garrison opened fire. The english were completely beaten, forced to withdraw and on their way home lost eight vessels in the St. Lawrence. This victory was celebrated in the colony and the king of France caused a medal to be struck to commemorate it. The next attack against Quebec was successfully tried in 1759. Having been beaten and driven back by the French during a campaign that lasted for some years, the english and the New England colonists, according to the projects of Great Britain, resolved to take Quebec. For that purpose, they organised a double expedition by land and by water. The command of the fleet was given to major general Wolfe. After several unsuccessful attempts to land his troops on the north shore of the St. Lawrence, below Quebec, and his defeat at Montmorency, Wolfe determined to land above the city, and by a disguised manoeuvre, he succeeded in landing at the place now called Wolfe's Gove, during the night of the 12th September, I ' f- ' i \ t h^ 'J I hH |: i.. 1^ 1 f It: 1. i i 1759k He scaled the heights and appeared on the I*lains of Abraham the next morning. His troops \vere soon met by the Trench battalions and a sharp action issued, in which both the frenoli and english generals, Montcalm and Wolfe, were killed. Tliough lighting with great courage, the french were beaten and the i8th September Ramsay, governor of Quebec, capitulated and opened the city to the english troops. The next year Levis, who had the command of the french, attempted to retake Quebec. He a|»peared on the Plains of Ahrttliam, met the english troops and fought the battle of Sle. Foye, in which he beaied the english forces, and compelled them lo take shelter Under the walls of the city. Bui he cuUld not force liiem to surren«ier and was obliged to return to Wcntreai without acc')m|>li&hirig his object. This battle is comni'moralcd by a s|»lendid mriiument erected on the place wf^liere it was"principally fought. In 1776, Quebec was still besieged; this time the siege was undertaken by the rebel colonists of NeW Engiauil who hiid resolved to coiiqtier Canada. They organised a two fold expedition commauded by Gene- ral Montgomery anfl (Jolonel Arnold. After capturing St. John, Monirc.il and Sorel, Mont- gomery continued his triumphant march to Quebec, whilst Arnohi, who had left Boston in the middle of September, penetrated With 1,100 men thi'ough the forests of Kennebec and Ghaudiere rivers to join him and arrived first at Pointe Levis, on the 9lh November. The I3th, late in the evening, he embarked his men ia thirty-four canoes, croased to Wolfs Gove ; thea ttTna, 53 be asfnsnded the hill and look possession of Oeflerftl Murray's residence on Ste. Foye road and of the C^eneral Hospital. On his arrival, Montgomery took the command of the united forces and established his head quarters at Hulk nd House, whilst Arnold occu« pied a iiouse near Scotts' Bridge, on the road to Loreile. ^ The american troops established themselves in e^ ery house near the walls in St. Roch suburb, espo* ciallv aroUfid the Intcndant's Palace, below Palace Odie. They maintained the eicge during the Whole month of D«'Ceniber Without succi ss. Despairing to reiluce th»< city by tMal means, Montgomery resolved on a night attack, In the hope of either taking it by storm or of finding tiie gnrrison unj>repared at some, point. This Was commuiiicaied to General Carlton* Who itre[)ared everything to prevent a surprise. At last, early in the mo"ning of the 31st Decembor,^ Montgomery and his New York tronps advanced from the West by the road iollowirig the foot of the Cape' fVom 8ilhry, Whilst Arnold came from the 0-eneral ' Hospital through St. Hoch t AVards the Lawer Town the two parlies having ohler to meet at the foot of Mountain street to force Prescolt gate. To facilitate the meeting of the troops and the storming of the gate, two faint attacks on llie west were to distract the at* tention of the garrtsoili When Montgomery arrived With his tOO men at Pr^s-de^Ville, opposite the place where an inscription commemorates his death, he found the road intercept- «d and commanded by a battery of three small gum I' i If i: ^J ; I. 1 1 I: t ■' t- ; • r • ;; L.. t. :i ' It'! 11 ml P !li --. 54 — « placed in a shed to the south of the pass. This post was entrusted to 30 Canadians, 8 british militiamen end 9 british seamen to work the guns. At day-break, some of the guard discovered a full corps on the march from Wolfe's Gove upon the post. The men had been kept under arms and in pursuance of judicious ar- rangements the enemy was allowed to approach un- molested within a small distance. Thuy halted at about fifty yards from the barrier, and the guard re- maining perfectly still, it was probably concluded that they were not on the alert. To ascertain this, an officer was seen to approach quite near to the barrier. After listening a moment or two he returned to the body and they instantly dashed forward to the attack of the post. 1 his was what the guard ex- pected ; the artillery men stood by with lighted mat- ches and at the critical moment the fire of the gun? and musketery was directed with dread ly precision against the head of the advancing column. The con- sequence was a precipitate retreat. '*' The enemy having retired, thirteen bodies were found in the snow, but it was not ascertained that Montgomery had been killed until some hours aftei- wards, when Geaeral Carlton, anxious to ascertain the fact, sent an aide-de-camp to the Seminary to enquire if any of the american officers there prisoners would identify the body. A field officer of Arnold's div:sion consenting, he accompanied the aide-de-camp to the scene of the action and pointed out Montgo- mery's body among the iiead, besides those of his two aides^ie-camp. The body of Montgomery was 55 — then carried to a house on St. Lewis street, aad de- cently entered near the gate of the same name. , In the meantine, Arnold attacked the north eastern side of the Lower Town with desparate courage, but with no more success. He led his men along the St. Charles until he come to Sault-au-Matelot, where a barrier had been erected with two guns. St. Paul street did not exist then, the tide coming up nearly to the base of the rock and the only path being the narrow alley now existing in rear of St. Paul street under the precipice itself. Here the visitor will find abutting rock where was the first barrier. Arnold was leading the attack oa this barrier when he was wounded at the knee by a musket shot which desa- bled him ; he was transported to the General Hos- pital. However his troops made themselves masters of the barrier and pressed on to the attack of the second one, near the extremity of Sault-au-Matelot street which, with that of St. Peter street, was protected by means of hangards mounted with cannon, from the rock to the river. At this second barrier, the americans met with a determined resistance which they could not overcome, and General Carlton having ordered a sortie from Palace Gate to take them in rear and their rear guard, under captain Dearborn, having surren- dered, the division of Arnold demanded quarter and were brought prisoners into the Upper Town. The officers were confined in the Seminary. In this unsuc- cessl\il attack the americans lost about one hundred killed and wounded and 426 prisoners. 41 i ~B8- MS.:,: ■I "■')* •IP VJ hi H m The siege now resumed its former character of a blockade without any event of importance until March, when the Americans received reinforcements that increased their number to near 2000. In April Arnold was relieved by brigadier general Wooster. His army noW approached the ramparts and reopened their lire with no more success than before. In the hight of the 3rd May they made an unsuccessful attempt to destroy the ships in the (;ul-de-yac, with the intention of profiting by the confusion to attack the v/alls by escalade. Then, giving up all hojes of Bncc(»?if5, they became impatient to return to their country and the 5th May general Thomas, who suc- ceeded Wooster, called a council of war in which it was resolved to raise the siege at once and proceed to Montreal. They immediately began their prepara* tions, and broke Up their camp in the next forenoon and retreated with precipitaiion after having block* aded the city for over five months. t Since that siege, no hostile banner has been dis» f)layed before Qaebec, which is remarkable among the cities of North Artier ica for having been five times invested by regular forces : l" in 16:19, When it was captured by Kirt ; i" tn fG90, when it successfully resisted the attack of Phippi 3" in l759, when after the battle of the Plains of Abraham it Was once more entered by the English ; 4" in 1760, when Levis Vainly atteii^pted to recohcjuer it, and 6» in 1775, Drhen alter having been stormed and blockaded for bver live months by the Americans, these Were com* pell^d io abandon their expedition in deepairi — 57 — 11 Quebec has been the capital of all the french do- minions in North America till 175!i and of Upper and Lower Canada, then forming one province, till I70i ; since that date it has continued to be the capital of Lower Canada as late as 1841. At this date the seat of the Government of the united provinces of Unppr and Lower Canada wa.^ transferred to Kingston and thence to Montreal till 1849 and aft^r thu to Qm^bec in 1851, where it remained till 1807, except during the period from I8r)5 to I8')9, when it was in Toronto. By the Conte-lHration act of 1867, Qu bee is perma- nently estaiilislicd llie capital of the fYovince of Que- 1)(H',, firmeily Lower Ca- ada. It is also the seat of the ronian catholic arclii^piscopal and of the angiican epi>copal sees. The city has boen mnnicipally incorporated in 1^3;^ provided wiih g:z aocommodation in I84H, with water works and a complete system of drainage in LS53 and a splendid fire telegraph in 1865. It is now the ac*inowledg«'d healthiest city of North Ame-» ric i, esj^ecially in smnnifi-. For these and other impro- vemenls. Quchec h is contracted a debt which, on the I2ih of June 1^7'2, amounted to $3,326,095.35. The nssess<>d value of th.^ immovable property is $•24,000,000, of which ^8 000,000, representing mili- tary, government, religious or school properties, are exempted from taxation. P'or the year ended the 12th June, 1872, 1 he revenue of the city was $234 98*^ 26 and the ordinary expenses $248,649.74. Besides th^ taxes revenue above mentioned, there was received $7,994.36 for bank dividends, $4,748.22 for interest oH ( , n' .,11 rfr-l r if ■ In ip i n"!;! [H llflra — 58 — debentures and $3,979.16 for miscellaneous, which make up for the whole expense. The water works which bring the best water from Lake St. Charles, nearly twelve miles from Quebec, to the city, yielded in the same year $72,056,69. The affairs of the oity are entrusted to tlie management of a city council » composed of eight aldermen and sixteen councillors, presided by the mayor, who has a salary of $1,200 a year. Owen Murphy, Esq , is now (June 1874), mayor of the city. The good order and protection against anything in contravention to the by-laws of the city are entrusted to a provincial police force, composed of seventy- three men and paid partly by Ihe council and partly by the Province. It is an excellent, if not very nu- ;^ merous force. Captain Voyer and Captain Heigham are the superintendents of that force : their ollice, where any information can be had, is at No. 3, St, Ursula street, opposite the fire station. The population of Quebec has regularly increased I *it numbered 60 persons in 1620,-— 7,000 in 1720,— 9000 in 1759,-19,880 in 1816,-20,390 in 1825,— ^5,916 in 1831,-40,000 in 1848,-42,053 in 1852,— 69,090 in 1861 and 59,699 in 1871. The decrease during this last decade is, in fact, only apparent and more than accounted for by the removal of the impe- rial troops and government officials in 1865 and 1870. According to nationalily, our population is divided as follows : french Canadians 40,890, english 3,974, irish 12,345, scotch 1861, dutch 8, Italians 69, jews 15, russians 29, Scandinavians 48, Spanish 20, welch -^6D — 24, Swiss 8, gerraans 334, africans 12, Indians 5, vafious origins 13 and origin not given 47. According to religion, it is thus divided : — roman catholics 52,357, anglicaiis 4,059, baptists 166, Jewish 81, luthe- rans 29, congregational 130, adventists ?, methodists 794, presbyierians 1,613, proteslants 399, and various creeds 54. There are twenty c/tJ/rc/t^^ in the city : — 1 baptist, 9 roman catholic, 4 anglican, 3 methodist, 2 presbylerian and one for common use. The benevo* lent inslitulions are f numerated as follows :— 5 hos-» pilals with 450 inmates, 4 orphanages with 278 in- mates, I gt^neral asyl'im with 04 inmates, besides the Beauport Lunatic Asylum with 830 inmates. Of edU" caiional imtitulions tliere are six colleges and univer- sities Irerpier! ted by 372 pupi's, 6 boarding schools f6r young ladies frequented by 875 pupils. The com- mon schools of the city are attended by i 0,245 children As to i/?t7fra/c, 0,283 are unable to read and 8,821 unable to write. Our population includes 49 deaf and dumb and 51 blind persons. In 187(J the number of births was 1,786 and the number of deaths t,ll9. The area comprised within the city limits Is 7,386 acres. The number oUiouses is 8,302, of which 7,941 are inhabited and 361 not inhabited, besides 106 building. The inhabitants of these houses form 12,264 families. The male population is 27,962 and the female 31,737. — It must be observed that ail the above figures on the population, schools, dwellings, &., of Quebec are compiled from the last census of Canada* taken in April 1870, or over four years ago. Quebec is the most important seaport of Canada. h^ % 1: I 1 f h !.II — 60 — During the fiscal year 1872-73 there was registered at the Custom House 1002 seagoing ships of an aggregate tonnage of 783,316 tons entering the port and 989 ships of an aggregate tonnage of 767,787 sailing out, making a total tonnage of seagoing vessels, inwards and outwards, of 1,551,103 tons. The goods imported during the same year were valued at $7,504,140 and those exported at $1 1,931,077, making a total trade of $19,435,217. The products of the forest exported were valued at $9,986,142, those of the animals at $669,569 and those of the farm at $591,195. During the same period 50 ships measuring 11,982 tons were built at Quebec, and 62 vessels measuring 14,076 tons were registered at the Custom House. There are four banks having their principal offices in Quebec : — the Banque Nationale, with a paid up capital of $1,961,250 ; the Quebec Bank with a paid up capital of $2,386,530 ; the fJnion Bank, with a paid up capital of $1,910,850 and the Stadacona, opened in February last, with a paid up capital of $314,250, making for those four banks a total paid up capital of $6,572,880. We have besides these local banks a branch of the Bank of Montreal and one of the Bank of British North America. Besides these banks of discount, there is the Notre Dame Savings Bank, which has three offices : one in the Lower Town, one in St. Roch and one in the Upper Town and the Quebec Provident and Savings Bank. The two buildings societies are the Quebec Permanent and the Stadacona, All these banks realize goods profits and give ail the requisite accommodation to our trade and commerce. ^mi — 61 — The principal induslriei of Quebec are the ship- building, the shoe, cabinet, india rubber and leather factories. Shoe making eirtploys nearly 2,000 hands, the india ruljb»'r over 300, tbe large cabinet factories of Drum and Vallieros about 350, and the tanning of leather nearly 300. Quebec is the largest leather ma- nufacturing jil.ice of Canada, and its cabinet factories are only equalled by that of Jacques «k Hayes, of To- ronto. We al.-o have large steel works, in which is adopted the new Vigor process for smelting stoel by one fusion only. These steel works are situated on the north bank of the St. Charles, in rear of the Marine Hospital. The rubber works, St. Paul street, Bresse and Woodley shoe factories, Dorchester street, St. Roch, and St. John street, St. John suburb, Drum's, St. Paul, and Vallieres', 28 St. Valier street, are cer- tainly worth seeing by persons taking some interest in manufactures. a # r The newspapers published in Quebec are the Quebec Gazelle, tri-weekly, established in 1764, the Quebec Mercury y daily evening, established in 1804, Le Cana- dien (french), daily morning, established in 1806, and the oldest french paper published in America, the Morning Chronicle, daily, the liadgel (english), daily evening, the Journal de Quebec, french, daily evening, VEvenemcnl, french, daily evening, and Le Counter du Canada, a french tri-weekly. Le Canadiea and the Chronicle, both published in the Lower Town, are the only morning papers devoted to commerce, iinanco and trade, besides politics and literature. 4;i 1 \ , > J' ) lAsJk TF III MONUMENTS, PUBLIC BUIIiDINGS, Etc Quebec has no fine public buildings, as is well known ; but to those fond of seeing something anti- que, it offers many interesting edifices and places. In order to enable the tourist to visit these historical places and buildings with some interest, we will make an historical and descriptive sketch of each, classing them by order and marking each with a number cor- responding to the Itinerary. MILITARY EDIFICES A^'D WORKS. vr ^ 1. The Citadel. It covers an area of about forty acres, on the highest part of Cape Diamond. It was built in its present form by the imperial government. In 1769 capt. Gordon and capt, Mann, of the Royal Engineers, made the plan of a citadel to be erected on that ground. The atlack of the city by the Americans in 1775 proved the necessity of realising that jtlan and in 1779 the military authorities commenced the building of lemporary work?, according to a desi^rn drawn by capt. Twiss. These works soon became : decaded, and in 1793 capt. Fisher reported the fact ^ to the military authorities. However it was only in 1823 that the british government, at the suggestion — 63 — of the duke of Wt'llington, commenced the present ciladel and tlie walls which surround the city. The first railway built in Canada and perhaps Ame- rica was useil to carry the stone from the river to the summit of the Cajte. It was a tramway asccndijig the cliff and in which the load'd cars were drawn up by a stationary engine. The remains of that tram* way can still be seen by ascending the Foulon stairs from Ghamplain str-^et. The citadel and walls were com])loted in 1832 and 1833, at a cost of about $25,000,000. It is quite use- less lo say that they are of no more use, which accouMts for their decaded condition and the demolishing of ihe gates and walls. The citadel is now employed by the Canadian troops as barracks. The armory which was formerly an object of great interest has disappeared with the british troops, and the tourist would vainly seek for something really military. What remains of the buildings only shows what the citadel was in former times, when occupied by the english red coats. The road to the citadel is cut through the Glacis^ and enclosed on each side by solid stone walls. It leads into the outward ditch of the ravelin and thence into the principal ditch of the work, built upon both sides with walls of solid masonry and extending along the whole circumference of the citadel on the land and city sides. The main entrance is through Dal- housie gate, a massive construction. Within the arch of this gate are th'^ guard-rooms. The visitor there has only to ask for a soldier to accompany him, and is not allowed to go any lurther with his carriage. Out- ;rl i'p 11 i i ff l« « — 64 — sMo of this gafo, bnforo entering; it, is a sjacious area use-l as a parade gruurnl, or ralher an «nlarg''rMenl of tlie ditch formed by thn reliring angles and tall of Die bastion. In the face oi'ihis bastion are loopholes for ihe lire of muskelery from within and on the top are embrasnres for cinnon. The hjOj (holes st.Tve also for the admission of air and light into lh'3 case mated barracks within. On the top of the bastion is an extensive covered way or broad grav'.5 '■■llllllli !!r ,■!*'■ 2. The Fortifications around the City. We extract the following description from the ac- curate work of Hawkins, published in 1834 : f The fortifications are continued all round that portion of the city wliich is termed the Upper Town. They consist of bastions connected by lofty curtains of solid masonry and ramparts from twenty-live to thirty feet in height and about the same thickness, bristling with heavy cannon, round towers, loopholes aLd massive gales, recurring at certain distances in the circumference. On the summit of the ramparts from Cape Diamond (the citadel) to the Artillery Bar- racks, near Palace Gate, is a broad covered way or w^alk. This passes over the top of St. John's and St. Lewis Gate (now demolished). « The ^jty being defended on the land side by its ramparts, is protected on the other sides by a lofty wall and parapet, cased upon the cliff and commencing near the river St. Charles at the Artillery Barracks (between St. John's and Palace ^ates). From Palace Gate (demolished in 1873), the I'ortiticatio.^s are con- tinued along the brow of the cliff overlooking the mouth of the St. harles until they reach Hope Gate (demolished), a distance of tnree hundred yards. The wall near Hope Gate is loopholed for musketery and all the app'^oaches are commanded by the works which here present a lofty and formidable appearance, projecting over the rugged clifi. At Hope Gate com- mences the gradual elevation of the ground which terminates at the oasit^rn point of Cape Diamond. Be- yond the gate the wall is continued until it reaches a - ■ ■ -r — «t — ■ ?•■ ■'^* ■ point opposite St. George street. Then it reaches the perpendioular clifr called iha SauU-au-Malelol.. From this eminence the Grand Battery commands the basia- and the harbor below. In front of the Grand Battery the stone parapet is only a few feet high. t Close to the Bishop's Palace (where Parliament buildings now stand) is Prescott Gate, (demolished in 1871) built of stone and presenting an appearance of massive sLronght. It is protected on either side by powerful defences and by works which connect it to the right with the Durham Terrace. There the stone rampart or wall forms part of the building and is supported by counter-forts built upon the solid rock and immediately overlooking the Lower Town, at an elevation of more than two hundred feet. To the right or south-west side of the Durham Terrace is the Governor's Garden, within which is a small battery, also commanding part of the harbour. In front of the Governor's Garden the fortifications are contmuod for three hundred yards, until they reach the foot of the GiJLcis or acclivity towards Cape Diamond, crowned at that point by the round tower and Hag staff (of the citadel). « The circuit of the fortificaivms which enclose the Upper Town is two miles and three quarters : the total circumference outside the ditches and space reserved by the government, on which no house can he bu'It on the west side, is about three milos. The average diameter is about fifteen hundreri yards. » The payxorama from some parts of the fortifications is splendid. Above St. John's Gate, there is at sun-set .11 ; I l 1 rN HI! _68 — one of the most Leautiful views imaginable. The St, Charles gambaling, as it were, in the rays o/' the departing luminary, the light still lingering on the spires of St. Roch, Lorotte and Gharlesbourg, until it fades away behond the lofty mountains present an evening scene of gorgeous and surpassing splendor. COLLEGES, UNIVEHSITIES AND SCHOOLS > > FOa GIULS. 3. The Sominary of Quebec Was founded by Monseigneur de Laval Montmo- rency, first roman catliolic bishop of Quebec and of Canada, in the year 1663. It was at first exclusively intended for the inslruciion of the young men des- tined to become |)riests ; but after the closing of the Jesuits College in 1764 on account of the oriier being suppressed by the Pope, the classes of the Seminary of Qiebec wore indiscriminately opened to all the young men wishing to complete a classical course of studies. This institution comprises the Grand Seminaire and th Petit Seminaire ; the first is for the students in divinity and I lie other for the young men studying literature, philosophy ond all the matters included in a first class classical course The number of pupils attending the classes of the Petit Seininaire, the only catholic institution of the kind in Quebec, is generally much over 300. Some board at the Sei.iinarv and II — 6() — olhfirs in their families. For the boarders the price of boarding and luition for the year is $100. Eighty of them only pay hall this price, the other half being covered by tho rent of houses and other properties given for that purpose by some members of the ca- tholic clergy. 'I'lie non-boarders pay $1.25 a month for tuition when their i)arents are rich enough, while p lOr children are not n'quired to pay a single nt. The biiildin^^s of ihe Seminary form four wings f>ur stories hi;:h, 684 leel long and 42 wide, except the old < entr il win-^ which is only 36 feet in vv^idth. This central winj^ Is nearly '200 years old. since it was built by bis!iop Laval : there is still to be senn the place where his servants cooked the bread for the use of the institution. Thu building is composed of four large wings. The authority of ihe corporation of the Seminary is vest'^l in a council prpsided by the superior, actually the Kevd. Thos. E. Ilamel, and appointed by the priests directors of the institution. The priests are divi !ed into ag>-e,gh and auxiliaires. The agrige^ are the real members of the corj)oration, to the advance- ment of which they devote thninselves for no other consideiation than th^ir boarding, clothing and iod« ging, with a sum of $20 a year for their amusement and personal expenses. The auxiliaires are not mem- bers of the corporation, but temporarily employed by it, at a salary of $100 a year, with clothing, boarding and lodging, of course. The Seminary has large revenues accruing from sei'jniories and landed properties bestowed unto it lli'^ lit i. - |;] i'-'i i I'' 1' 9 It' » 1 ' li"' 1 11:1 1 pi I H" 1 ~ ' H'^ i ijf U ■■i' ■■]:;i .; J- ll i ': ": yj ', * " ^ ^ • i'^'' by bishop Laval, who was a noble man and member of a very wealthy family, — and by many members of the clergy and other persons zealous to do something for tlie advancement of education. To the american tourists, the Seminary offers same remembrances of a national character, for its having been the jilace of confinement of the american oHicers taken prisoners during the siege of the city by Arnold and Montgomery in 1775. Besides tliat, the only part worth seeing is the chapel, well known for its collec- tion of fine and origmal paintings by the masters of the french school. The entrance to this chapel is through that, of the Seminary, where a door-kee])er receives the visitors and accompany them it the chapel containing the paintings indicated below and enumerated in order, pursuing the survey on the right hand, from the entrance : • I. The Saviour and the Woman of Samaria at Jacob's Well, near Sychar. St. John, iv — by Laghe- KEE. II. The Virgin ministered unto by the Angels, who are represented as preparing the linen clothes for tha child Jesus, — by Dieu. III. In the lateral chapel on the right, a large figure of the Saviour on the cross, at the precise moment described by the Evangelist. St. John, xix, 30, — by Money. IV. At the entrance, — The Egyptian Hermits, in the solitude of Thebais, — by Gun lot. , , . V. In the chancel. — The terror of St. Jerome, at the -n' ■ .. -71- ,^ recollection of a vision of the day of Judgment, — by D'HuLLiN. (Copy). VI. The Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ, — by P. Champagne. „.■... ;„«^.,,.,:. , ,• .-.-^>-.,... .. VII. The Saviour's sepulchre and interment, — by HUTIN. V ■'■■; P^rt■;;^:. ,:^,V:.?v'.v. ..i:'^ - VIII. Above the alt.ir,— The flight of Joseph to Egypt. St Matthew, ii, — by Vanloo. ■'' Immediately above is a small oval delineating two Angels, — by Lkdrun. IX. The trance of St. Anthony, on beholding Child Jesus, — by Parrocel d'AvioyoN. X. ThB day of Pentecost. Acts ii, — by Ph. Cham- pagne. XI. St. Peter's delivrance from prison. Acts xii, — by DK LA Fosse. ^ Xfl. At the entrance of the lateral chanel on the left, — another view of the Hermits of Thebais, — by GUILLOT. . ■ '■ ■ XIII. In the rear, — The Baptism of Christ. St. Matthew, in, — by Claude Guy Halle. XIV. St. Jerome writing, — by J. B. Champagne. XV. The wise men of the East adoring the Saviour. St. Matthew, ii, — by Bounieu. The shrine on the right of the chief altar contains the relics of St. Cement: that on the left, the relics of St. Modestus. This chapel was erected about a century ago. i 5 ! ... ■ '•. -'•'V' ,,.' ■■■■ J '' ? 4. Laval University. ;^ ; In 1852 the Seminary obtained from Iler Majesty a royal charter confering upon this institution all the privileges enjoyed l)y the universities of England, and giving to the new university the name of the venerable founder of the Seminary, bishop Laval, This univer- sity is a first class institution and has faculties of Law, Medecine, Arts and Theology. There are eigh- teen chairs in the Faculty of Medecine, i^even in the Faculty of Law ; the Faculties of Arts and Theology are not quite completely organized. Tlie chairs in the Faculties of Law and Medocide are occupied by able professors, chosen amongst the most eminent advo- cates, judges and doctors of Quebec. Several of them have been sent to Europe to complete their studies in the french, belgian and german universities. All those professors are generously renumerated. The university buildings are three in number and have been erected at a cost of JS)238,788, The main building erected on the extremity of the promontary and in tho finest place in Quebec, — is 298 feet in lenght, 60 feet in width and 80 feet in height, five stories. It is a plain, massive construction of tut stone, havir.g much the appearance of an american cotton factory. The Pensionnat pr boarding house for the pupils is another immense building of the same appea- rance and on the same side of the street. The school of Medicine is on the opposite side and not so large. The united lenght of these three buildings is 570 feet. The main building is occupied by the private rooms of the professors, the large rooms for the meeting of T^'''^'««»«|| the University Council, the lectures rooms, thelihrary, of 55,000 selected volumes, the- museums containing 1000 instruments in the department of physics, 6000 specimens in the department of mineralogy an(i geology, classified by the famous american professor T. Sterry Hunt, the botanical department a large and splendid collection of Canadian woo , artificial fruits and 10,000 plants ; zoology over 1000 stufl'ed birds, about 100 quadrupeds, fishes, insects, Ac, mineralogy, two momies brought from Egypt by Dr. Douglass and many Indian sculls and objects of curiosity. The value of the library *and of the museums are not included in the $238,788 mentioned above. The University is the property of the Seminary who have the exclusive control of its financial adminis- tration. The counci', composed of the oldest profes- sors, has tne direction of the institution and is pre- sided by the superior of the Seminary, who is ex officio rector of the University as the roman catholic archbishop of Quebec is ex officio visitor. Amongst the professors, there are protestants and catholics. The Panorama enjoyed from the fiat roof of the main building is said to be equal to that of the bay of Naples. Opposite Quebec, on the south shore of the St. Law- rence, is seen the town of Levis, and further down the village of St. Joseph de Levis ; to the north of this village stretches the extremity of the Island of Orleans, presenting a very agreable view. Between the island and the north shore of the St. Lawrence, the eye dis- covers a high mountain that seems to stretch across the river; it is Cape Tourmeute, having its summit f '^^ ii linim! ii ; It.; I .Ml — 74 — -^ 1,800 above the level of the water. The llle of white houses along the river is diversified by the shining spires of the churches of ^t. Anne, Chateau Riclier, L'Ange^Gardien and Beauport. The mouth of the Montmorency river is seen between the churches of Beauport and L'Ange-Gardion. To the north-west are discovered the village of Gharlesbourg and the Indian church of Lorette. Looking down to bis feet, the vi- sitor embraces in a glance St. Roch suburb, with its large church surmounted by two spires and further west St. Sauveur, which is the extremity of the city in that direction. On the Gape, the Upper Town pre- sents itself to the gaze of the visitor, whose eye dis- covers the two spires of the catholic church in St. John suburb and that of the Gonvent of the Good Shepherd in Montcalm ward, and then reaches the citadel and the St, Lawrence again. It is impossible to describe the beauty of the view offered by the Island of Orleans, the mountains and the valley of the St. Gharles, form- ing by its confluence with the St. Lawrence the bay of Beauport. Whilst he is on the roof, the visitor can see in the Seminary garden the first land cleared by a regular settler in 1617 and under the entrance of the Semi- nary from the garden the place where he built the first private dweUing erected in Canada in 1619. 5. Morrin College Was founded some twelve years ago. Dr. Morrin having left $80,000 to endow such an institution, this sum ;vas applied to the establishment of (he present ni'ii^ l!, ^ iT" i m college. Actually, the Faculties of Law and Medicine, though organised and provided with good professors, are not in operation and there are no lectures given. In the Faculty of Divinity, lectures are regularly given by Revd John Cook, D. D. In other branches, the professors are Revd. John Cook, professor of Moral Philosophy, Logic and English Litteraturo ; Revd. A. McQuairre, M. A., Mathematics ; Revd. Geo. Weir, M. A., Classics and professor of Hebrew ; Revd. J. Douglas, Chimistry ; Revd. John Cook, is principal, and D. Wilkie, secretary-treasurer of the institution. Till those last years, ihe lectures were given in the rooms of the Masonic Hall ; but when the govern- ment abandoned the old prison, the governors of Morrin College bought and repaired it for the instal- lation of their institution. It is a very old building* having been erected in 1810 by ihe pr(jvincial legis- lature at a cost of $60,000. It is a handsome and com- j)act structure of grey stone, three stories in height, 160 feet long by 68 in breath. It is situated between the top of St. Stanislas and St. Angele streets, with the front towards the former. The rooms of the Morrin College contain a museum of natural history and some other objects of interests. In the same building are also to be seen the room.s and library of the Quebec Literary and Historical Society, which are certainly worth seeing. mk \ ii ■ 6. Laval Normal School. This school is maintained at the cost of the Provin- cial Legislature and is intended for the instruction of rr T^ 111 I ill ■m i : -16-. . young mr n wishing to become school teacher?, allhoa;^h many, after completing their course, study Law, Me- dicine and Theology. There is also a common school attached to the institution. ' The classes p'^e held in the late St. Lewis Castle, near Durham Terrace, on I he spot where Ch/imi^laiii erected the first consiniciion to which he gave that name, in 1620. The present building was erected after 1834, when the one built in 1809 was burnt. It is three stories in height, 102 iti h-nght, 41 in breath and two i*ories high, with one wing 31 by 32 feet, also two stories high, and another wing 62 by 23 feet and three stories in height, massive and plain, without the least appearance of architf'Ciural ornamentation. In rear is a garden, commanding a line view on the harbour, for the use of the ]ni]>ils. The personnel of this institution is composed as follows : — Revd. P. Lagace, principal ; F. X. Tous- saint, N. Lacasse, professors of Normal School ; J. B. Cloutier and D. M. Sweeney, teachers of Model School. Boys only are admitted in this institution. .7. High School. I One of the best educational institutions, says Rus- sell, in his Quebec as it is, &c., is she High School of Quebec. It owes its origin to the Reverend Dr. Cook, of St. Andrew's Church, who has taken a warm and active interest in whatever could conduce to its effi- ciency and success, i It was established in 1842 and incorporated in 1845. It belongs to shareholders, amongst whom are annually chosen fifteen lru.stees — 77 — who have the control of the institution, which is non- sectarian, and who receive no pecuniary benefit to ful- lil that position. The professors are, M. Miller and G. Martin ; their classes are attended by about one hun- dred boys, who contribute about $2,400 towards the maintaining of the institution, which receives a grant from the Province. Mr. D. Wilkie, M, A., is the tutor and treasurer, and W. Walker, the senretary of the institution. The building of the High School is a gothic struc- ture of grey granite, 42 long by 30 broad, situated on St. Denis street, on the Cape, facing the Glacis and the citadel. It was erected in 1865, at a cost of $15,000. 8. Ursulines Convent. This is the oldest educatianal institution for girls in North America. It was founded in 1G39 by Madame de la Peitrie, a young french widow of rank and for- tune. She came to Canada in that year with three ursuline nuns and immediately commenced the execu- tion of her project. In 1641 she built the first convent, that was destroyed by fire in 1650. It was erected again on the same spot and met with a similar fate in 1686. The foundations of that of 1641 and the walls of that of 1650 being used, a third building was erected after that fire, and is still to be seen in rear of the modern construction facing Garden and Parloir streets. The convent buildings, a pile of massive structures of stone two and three stories high, are erected on a ground covering an area of seven acres, biP': W' -t". 1 1:-. A ^'iu IMAGE EVALUmTION TEST TARGET (MT-3) 1.0 I.I »M||j|^ 12.5 3 2 1^ t I4S 1.8 1.25 1.4 16 •• 6' ► .*t '# A '<^. % oy ■■■'s ^w /A Photographic Sciences Corporation ^^ i\ ft .^^ o ;\ 'C'^"...>^ % n> 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, NY. 14380 (716) 872-4503 %"■ V> j?^ — 78 — surrounded by St. Lewis, 8t. Ursule, Ste. Anne and Garden streets. The enlronce to the convent faces the end of Parloir street. The chapel, 95 feet long and 45 broad, is on Garden street. It is quite plain outside, but the inte- rior is pleasing, though simple. On the right side of the principal altar is seen a large grating which sepa- rates the church from the choir in which the nuns attend the divine service. Being cloistered, they never come out of their cloister, and her-ce the necessity of that grating. No man, not even the chaplain, is allowed to enter the cloister, and to this rule there was only one exception for the Prince of Wales, who had permission to visit the cloister. The Ursulines give a tirst class and highly finished education for a sum for which the merest rudiments could not be obtained elsewhere. ■ / ; They receive pupils of all creeds and protestants give them credit for not influencing the religious opinions of the pupils who are not catholic. This accounts for the great number of english, scotch, Irish and even ameri- can girls of protestant creeds frequenting this inftitu- tion. Some of the scholars are boarders in theim-titution and others only day scholars. Besides the regular' classes of the convent, there is the Laval Model School fci- girls and a free school, which is attended by a great number of children. The number of the nuns and novices is about ninety and that of the pupils- boarders 200, day scholars 125 and those frequenting the free school about 300, making in all 625 pupils. The resources of the institution are the fees required 61'',' — 79 — from pupils whose parents can pay them and the revenue accruing from landed properties, in the city and outside, bestowed upon the convent by Madame de la Peltrie and some other charitable persons. The objects of interest in this con\x;iit, . e the paintings and monuments in the chapel. The follow- ing is the list of those paintings and monuments enu- merated in order, commencing the survey to the right from the door: — 'Ui a, ;., . 1. Over the (\oor.— Jesus silling down al meal in Simon's House, — Mary Magdalena,^hY Philippe de Champagne (french scool). 2. Death of St. Jerome, (Italian school) from the Dominichino. ' r ;;; 3. The Guardian Angel. (Epistle or right side when facing the altar). 4. Bishop Si. Nonus admilting lo penance St. Pelagie, — by J. Prudliommo (1737, french school). . 5. Montcalm's Monument, placed there by Lord Aylmer. then governor of Canada, in 1831. 6. The Miraculous draught of fishes, — by de Dieu (french school, 1741). 7. Monument erected to the daughters of the Honor- able P J. O. Chauveau, ex -president of the Canadian Senate. This monument was made J^y Marshall, Wood, the celebrated english statuary. 8. Monument erected to the family of the Honorable H. L. Lnngcvin, G. B., ex-minister of Public Works in the Dominion Government and brother to the right reverend Jean Langevin, bishop of Rimouski. This marble was made by an artist of Ottawa. U; — 80 — 9. Monument in honor of Montcalm, erected the 14th September, 1859. The words were composed by the French Academy in 1763. The marble is from the United Slates and the engraver Mr. Morgan, of i^uebec. 10. The Wise and the Foolish Virgins, (italian school orFlorence). 1 1. The Virgin, the Infant and St. Catherine, virgin and martyr. 12. The Annunciation, sculpture on the two doors near the altar. 13. I'he birth of Christ, the Sheppards, — above the altar, by Vigneau (french school). ^ . y t 14. The Saviour preaching, by Champagne (french school). , ^ K .... ' . r 15. The Saviour exhibiting his heart to Religious. 16. The true portrait of the Saviour, according to St. Luke. > '•^../.; •:<•" ...-i.. i. ,. . >:;-.^..:- .,,,.. i 17. The Virgin and Infant, above the pulpit. 18. Redemption of captives at Algiers, by the Rev* Fathers of Mercy^ by Restout (french school). ' 19. P'rance offering religion to the Indians of Ca- nada, an allegory. 20. St. Peter conceoMng liimself to witness the suf- ferings of Christ (Spanish school). Those paintings were for the most part bought in France in 1815. The present church in which they are to be seen was built in 1728 and is consequently one hundred and forty-six years old. Within the precincts of this chapel lie buried the remains of general Montcalm, who was mortally — 81 — <*..- '''\ .,j , wounded in the battle of Abraham, I3th September, 1759. A marble slab placed on the wall by Lord Aylmer, in 1832, indicates the spot where the body was entered. This legend is carved in the slab : HONNEUR (Translation.) # HONOUR , ^;: k * to MONTCALM! MONTCALM! LE DESTIN EN LUI DEROBANl FATE IN DEPRIVING HIM .. La VicTOiRE, Of Victory L'a recompense par Rewarded him by UN£ MORT GLORIEUSE ! A GLORIOUS DEATH ! ; Some years ago, it being necessary to repair the wall, an aged nun, sister Dube, who had attended the funerals, pointed out the grave of Montcalm. The skeleton was found and the skull placed in custody of the Chaplain, actually the Revd. Mr. Lemoino, who shows that relic with pleasure when asked for by visitors of distinction. He also shows a painting which represents Quebec as it was in 1641. English troops were stationed in this convent during the winter of 1759, following the capture of Quebec, and the table on which the first sentence of death was rendered by the british authorities against a woman for poisonin;? her husband is still to be seen in the rear part of tlie convent. "Visitors wishing to visit this institution must, when they go in, ask permission to the Chaplain* whose kindness and amability are never wanting. it • ' — 82 — 9. Convent of the Congregation. » This convent, sitpated in St. Roch's parish, opposite the church, was established in 1843. The cost of building was in great part assumed by the Revd. Mr. Chorest, curate of St. Roch's, who subscribed $32,000 in favour of this and other educational insti- tutions in the parish, g The institution is directed by about twenty-six nuns and novices who educate in an average 300 boarding and 800 day pupils. This convent has a branch at St. Sauveur, with nine sisters and 500 pupils. Out of these 1,300 day pupils, 1000 are edu- cated gratis, 30 pay 20 cents a month, 170 pay ten cents and one hundred five cents. The institution receives yearly $100 from the provincial government and $500 from the municipality of St. Sauveur. 10. Bellevue Convent. ■ » \ It is another branch of the Convent of the Congre- gation and quite an aristocratic institution. The pre- sent building, on St. Foye road, was completed last year and the classes installed in it. No day pupils are admitted in this convent, which is exclusively fo.' the use of boarders. The instruction given here is supe- rior, whilst every thing concerning hygiene, Ac, is perfect. Tourisis taking interest in educational insti- tutions should not omit to visit this convent. 11. Academy of Jesus-Marie. This is another first class institution for the educa- tion of young ladies. It is owned and conducted by — 83 — Trench niinf , the Sisters of J^sus-Marie, well known f'>r the supf riority of * heir teaching. The system fol- lowed in lh.it institution is that of father Lacordaire, which is the best adapted to develope the reasoning and judgment of the pupils who are not required to learn anyihing by memory, but exclusively by analy- sis. All the matters comprised in a first order classical course of studies are taught in this institution. As lo hyi^iene, the academy of Jesus-Marie is un- doubtedly the test institution in Quebec. Ventilation and airing in every room is perfect, and the place whero the convent is situated is one of the healthiest around the city. The ground occupies an area of several acres and is covered with trees giving a splendid appearance to the place and a great deal of comfort to the pupils. This convent is at about three miles from Quebec, on St. Lewis road, behind the parish church of St. Go- lomban of Sillery. It is a fine and large white brick building, spacious and built with all the modern im- provements, under the direction of Rev. Mr. Audette, member of the Board of Arts and Manufactures. Wo would invite the tourist to visit this institution and, through the kindness of Mr. Audette, go up on the roof of the building, from which place he will enjoy one of the finest views of Quebec, the Plains of Abra- ham, the St. Lawrence and all the surrounding country. ii 1^ 12. Convent of the Good SheppercL The sisters conducting this institution have classes attended by a great number of pupils, the most rf --84^ i ii!;!! . il : i iiil! part paying nothing or rnosl nothing. The prin- cipal object of these nuns, whose institution was esta- blished in 1850, is to convert and relieve in their asylum penitent girls. It was founded by means of donations and subscriptions of charitable persons. The number of the nuns is about sevenly-Uve and that of the novices twenty. Besides the 400 or 500 girls to whom they give education, they have about ninety penitents and thirty you\ig girls in their re- formatory. The government grant per head of the latter is $5 00 a month and that from the school com- missioners $800 a year. These sums are far from meeting the expenses of the esloblishment, which exceed $17,000, so that the balance is raised by subs- criptions amongst charitable persons. . This convent is situated in Montcalm ward, Scott street. It is a large stone building surmounted by the high steeple of the church attached to the establish- ment. ^.^^^. ■'%:: „ ■■^^"^^,.r..^■•■c vHf:f.*'% ^.-'^'j'-^Ji'e'-.-'i-^/',:-' :'■;<•■■, ',(■ *, 13. Convent of the Sisters of Charity. A This is another educational and charitable insti- tution. The sisters receive orphans and infirm per- sons, which is their first object, and keep classes in which are educated over 700 girls, more thin half gratis and the rest for ten cents a month. The number of infirms and orphans varies from iOO to 150. When they find an occasion, the sisters place those orphans in good families. This convent, a massive stone building, situated on D'Aiguillon street, near the Glacis and St. John*s 85 — OHle) was cjlablished by bishop Turgeon, who raised the necessary funds from charitable persons through ad his diocese. The Sisters have no means of their own, except their woric and small grants from the ■ Government and the school trustees. Over $10,000 must be raised by subscriptions every year. It is ac- knowledged that this convent in a blessing for the - city. ^ -'■'■'■''■ ' '■■"' ■'■' -^\ «•-•■■;< •^'--:- _ '^^% (■;'?*- ■'■. .a '.3-:-::V .ir :.';-Ki :i*^;- ::; dance tooth from the nuns and physicians, with every ' necessary comfort, is gratuitously administered. The annual expenditures arc considerable and although the revenues are ample, y«^t from the munificence of the relief which is alforded to numerous poor persons • the provincial parliament is obliged to contribute to the liberality of the institution by a small grant from the public treasury amounting to $640 a year. In the convent the sisterhood reside, who now in- cl«€l9 tke Superior and thirty-th^ee nuas and some t-fi" 'W^ I m m I 1^! — 86 — novices. Tho regularity, neatness and purity with which the establishment is conducted and the solaco; of the wretched who find refuge in this hospitable domain are highly exemplary. The convent, of which the entrance is on Palacfii street, is a spacious building, the largest portion extend, ing nearly one hundred and thirty feet by seventeen in depth, and three stories high. Al wing on the north- west side is two stories high, fifty yards in height and as many feet broad. The church is externally plain and the interior little adorned. The entrance id on Charlevoix street. The paintings may be examined on application to tho Chaplain. The following are ori- ginals : The Nativity of Christ, Luke II, by Slella, ihe "Virjrin and Chila, *// Ccppel, the Vision of Sle. The- r^se, by MonagrM and St. Bruno wrapt in ^iec'llation by Le Sueur. '"^t^' t. The ground occupied bv this convent has an area of about twelve acres. The corner stone of the building Included in the present increased edifices was laid l>y Governor Lauzon on the 15lh October 1G54. The duchess d'Aiguillon, and her uncle, the famous Car- dinal Richelieu, endowed this institution with an annual rent of 1,500 livres, first and afterwards doubled this grant. It is by means of this rent and that of other donations that the sisters are enabled to conduct t^eir establishment. 15. The General HospitoL The establishment thus denominated ia situated in 8t. Sauveur municipality, an tbe banks of the &(» -^87 — Charles and was commenced in the year 1C03 by the second roman catholic bishop of Quebec, Mgr. de St« Vallier, who instituted it expressly to relieve invalids and persons adlicted by disease. It is a spacious and comparatively fine structure, aparallellogram of near- ly equal sides, seventy-six yards in length and eleven yards deep, and on the south-west a wing pr jects moro than forty yards by iifly feet broad. Attached to the convent is a neat and convenient church ; but it contains nothing peculiarly distinctive in character, except its ornaments. Tha paintings are copies only of the originals in the other churches and chapels. For the building, furniture, &c , of this hospital, bishop de St. Vallier expended 100,000 crowns. Tho iiistituli jn was endowed by grant of landed properties which are, with the labour of tho nuns and a yearly gnnt from the Government of nearly $2,000 the only resources of tlio establishment. To superintend tho convent there are the superior and seventy nuns, al' cloi.Uered. The number of sick and old persons re- ceivv^d in the institution generally exceeds one hundred and Dfly annually. — .^ ». . :u American tourists shouH not forget that Colonel Arnold, commanding with Montgomery the New England troops besieging; Quebec in 1775, was trans* ported tc that General Hospital after he was wounded in the attack upon the ^>ault-au-Matelot barrier, in the morniDg of the 31st December. 13. The Hopital du Saord CoDUr. Here is quite a modem im\titution, founded in 1873 by the present archbishop of Quebec, Mgr. TascheN -I I ' m — 88 — I reau. The building, a plain cut stone edifice three stories high, was completed last fall and the hospital immediately opened for the reception of foundlings and persons attacked by hideous or conlagrious diseaceS; which is the object of this institution. The nuns in charge of that convent were taken from the General Hospital. This Hopital du Sacre Cccur is situated on the St. Charles, behind St. Sauvour, not far from the road to Lorette. It is worth a visit from persons taking interest in such institutions. ;?;5:v 18. Ladies Protestant Home. ■A A little further on St. Lewis road than the Military Asylum is this i Home, > a benevolent institution established and maintained through the subscriptions of some charitable protestant ladies. This asylum is intended for the reception of sick and distressed females of protestant creed. It is a plain, but well looking white brick building, erected only a few years ago. — 89 — • \ 10. St. Bridget Aaylum. . , The Irishmen of Quebec have established that asy- lum for the relief of the sick and infirm persons of their nationality. It is managed by a board of trustees and supported by the voluntary contributions of the irish population, and a small grant of the Legislature. The building is situated nt corner of St. Lew«s road and de Salaberry street, oppos't»3 the Ladies Protestant Home. It is a neat and large cut stone edifice. >. 20. Finlay Asylum. Some years ago, a Miss Finlay bequeated a sum of ^800 to be applied for the relief of the poor as the an- glican bishop would think proper. Dr Mountain, then bishop of Quebec, invested the money and when it had increased to $2,000, he proposed the erection of the present building, and the institution was inaugu- rated on the fifteenth anniversary of his Lordship's ordination. Some charitable i)ersons, following the example of Miss Finlay, subscribed for the same pur- pose, so that the necessary funds were easily gathered. iThis asylum is supported by the members of the anglican church of Quebec for the relief of the iniirm of what creed. A part of the building is employed and rented by the Male and Female Orphans Asylum, cor- porate bodies independant of each other as they are of the Finlay Asylum, and established for the purpose indicated by their name. This building was erected by Mr. Archer, at a cost f 14^000. It is a out stone structure, rather massive, ti I': 'i ..JiL'J,l|„iJi I!- II r; t '■ ; ill — 90 — Bituated in a line place near the St. Fcye road toll* 1 -■' - 1 ,., 21. MaHne Hospital. This edifice, one of the finest constructions in Que* hec, was d-^signed by M. M. Blalklock, from the Tem- ple of the MusH8 on the Elissus, neer Athens. It pre* Rents a front of two hundred and seventy feet and is Bituated at the northern end of Crown street, otl tiid north of Pointe-aux-Lievres, a jieninsula formed hy a circuit of the St. Cliarhis, near which Jacques-Cartier spent the winter in 1535. The remains of La Petiiri Ikrminc, of about sixty tons, and one of the vessels in Which this celebrated navigator crossed the Atlantic, were found in \^'ik by Joseph IJamel, Esq., bedded beneath the soil, opposit > the uppur end of Pointe-auj;' Lievr^ti at 3,037 feet to the soutiiward of the Marine Hospital. . ' V The outside walls of this building are of cut stone and its roof is covered With tin. tl consists principal* ly of a central corps, four stories high, seventy feet long and fifty-eight wide, and a wing at either end, one hundred feet in lenght. The main entrance to the central corps is through a portico which is thirty-five feet in length and eight an I a half in breadth, formed by four colums thirty inches diameter at the base, of the ancient ionic order resting on a cut-stone base and supportmg an entablature of cut-stone. There i» in this building accommodation for two hundred and Iwenly-five patients. Near the main buildinif, but completely separatecf^ / ^^ '—91 — i^om it, stands the Cholera Hospital, a Woodon struc- ture 202 feet long by twenty-four wide, two stories high and capable of accommodating one hundred cholera or fever patienlSc The lirst stone of the principal building was laid on the 28th of May 1832, the anniversary of the birth day of William IV. The central portion and west wing were completed at a cost of $60,000 in July 1834 when the building was oj^ened for the reception of sick mariners and immigrants. The east wing was constructed in 1851-^5-6 at an expense of about $50,017. The whole expense incurred for the cons- truction of the stone building and of the cholera hos- pital, completed in its present form in 1806, amounts to $118,647. ' The management of this hospital is entrusted to a board of commissioners appointed by the government. 'J he present board is composed of Dr. P. Wells, secre- tary, Dr. Robitaill^ and Dr. Von Ifland: Drs. Landry, L' niieux and Rowand are the visiting physicians and Dr. Caiellier the rcoi.ling physician. In Iheir report to tho government for iliB year 1672-73, the commis- sioners give the following fijjul'es, v^hlch prove the uselulness of the hospital : Total number of admissions •...» 1323 ^ Discharged 1209 ) -Died ^5 I 1323 • Remaining *»«t.M<4..M ♦...««♦» *9 J ____.i" L Of these were; Sailors 723 ) Immigrants 125 I 1328 'Town peopleii.Miii »«ii»*«* ••<• 475 J ^, - I 1 1 '4 r ■■ I (:.:i ; nni ! I 5 II 1 m — 92 — The expenses for the same year amounted to $20,- 142,70. These expenses are defrayed by the federal and local governments, the latter contributing a fixed sum of $4,000 a year supposed to represent the ex- penses incurred for the treatment of town people, who are also received in this hospital, when they have good recommendations and are needy. Well to-do peo- ple, having not their families in the city, are also re- ceived and treated in this hospital, at a very moderate cost. The main building, in which is the resident physician, Dr. Gatellier, a prolessor of Laval University, is sur- rounded by a garden planted with trees, in front, and a line iron railing. A^ v ,. , ^ ^ ? . Tourists should do well not to omit a visit to this hospital, which is about the finest building of Quebec, although situated in one of the least frequented part? of the city. v ,•; , r "\ . - ■ 22. Quebec Lunatic Asylum. ^ ' \ On the splendid property of judge de Bunn, pur- chased for that purpose, this asylum was built as a refuge and place of special medical treatment for the insane. The site is very line and most appropriated to such an establishment. From the buildings, the pa* tients have a view on the harbour and city of Quebec, whilst in the other direction they enjoy a magnificent spectacle offered by the lofty Laurentides mountains. The grounds ajre adorned with trees, flowers and mea- dows in front of the main building, near which flows a little str^m. Att^ch^d to the eetablishmwi is a — 93 — large and admirably kept farm on which part of the vegetables used is raised There are two buildings : one for male and one for female patients. This last named is a cut stone cons- truction four stories high in the center, three at the extremities and two for the sections between the corner towers and the center, which is surmounted by an elegant cupola. The front of the central part is occupied by the entrance, and the lodgings of the superintendent, Mr. G. Vinceiette, and Ihosa of the resident physician, Dr. Belanger. The rest of the building is inhabited by the female patients. In rear ^ire the kitchen, the washing room, the gaz and water works. The size of the building is about 200 feet by 100. ■ % ' ' ' ' • ' In the other building, of more recent and less orna- mented construction, are the male patients. Tho size of this building, erected in 186^, is about the same •as that of the olher, but it is in all its parts four stories high. It is well ventilated and heated by steam, as the female building. ,., - ^,, . ,. . , The whole establishment costs over half a million of dollars. It is owned and conducted by Dr. Landry and Dr. Roy, who neglect nothing to make it a (irat class institution. According to a contract passed with the government, the Province pays a fixed sum for the oMiintainance of the institution and when the number of the patients exceeds a certain figure, the proprietors receive from the government $132 a year for each additionnal person. In his able and exhaus- tive report published last winter, Dr. Roy gives the b M f I w — 94 — following comparative table of the expenses incurred in various countries for the treatment of each lunatic : England $122.00 United States $257.69 France 136.58 Quebec Asylum 108.00 This last figure is the best proof that can be given of the excellent management of this institution, wh'^n it is acknowledged by all specialists that the Quebec Asylum is inferior to none in America or Europe as regards the comfort and good treatment ol the patients who, in July, 1873, numbered 884, viz : 4i8 men and 436 women. From January, 1872 to July, 1873, the number of admissions was 182 men and 133 women, in all 315. The sum paid last year by the Provincial Legislature was $177,000. Although it is called the Quebec Asylum, this insti- tution is situated in the parish of Beaupoit, on the road to Montmorency, at a distance of iwo miles and a half from the city. That spot was chosen by the founders of the establishment, Drs. Douglass, Morrin and Fremont, who started it in 1845, on account of its healthyness, its line position and its isolation. It is the only institution of the kind in the province, that of St. Johns belonging to the government instead of being a private enterprise as that of Quebec. Specialists who would like to see the asylum, and make a complete examination of it, which requires at least half a day, should do well to apply to Dr. Key, corner of Collins street, Upper-Town. Through the kindness of this gentleman, they can have any infor* mation or permission they may wish for. — 95 — u A CHURCHES AND CHAPELS. :' w . 23. Churoh of Notre-Dame des Victoireg« It is only interesting on account of its antiquity and being the tirsl roman catholic church erected in Ca-^j nada. The build ing which stands in the Lower Town square, is plain and maesive within and without and has lost by repeated repairs its antique looking/- though the walls are for the most part those erected previously to 1690, since they have not been complete- ly demolished during the various sieges of Quebec. * In the year IG90, according to Hawkins, amid the oy caused by the defeat of Sir William Phipps in his attempt to capture the town, the fete of Nolre-Dame den J Victoires was established, to be annually celebrated in this church on the 7th October, that being the day on which the first intelligence of the coming of the fleet was received. After the shipwreck of the english fleet in 1711, which was considered a second victory, a little less than a miraculous interposition in their favor, this church received the name of Nolre-Dame des Victoires f in order to commemorate both occasions. It was destroyed by the fire from the Pointe L^ris batteries in 1759. It is said that it contained at that time a picture representing a city in flames, with an inscription stating that « in the year 1711, when Que* hec was menaced with a siege by Admiral Walker and General Hill, one of the religieuses prognosticated that the church and Lower Town would be destroyed' by the British in a conflagration before the year 1760» m I • --96 — It also contained the flag taken by the Canadians from Phipps' ship in 1690. There is no regular service in this church since a longtime, and it is only looked as a chapel under the administration of the Upper-Town church authorities. 24. The Boman Catholic or french Cathedrals . In the year 1647, the building of this cathedral was commenced and pursued under the auspices of bishop Laval, and nineteen years afterwards, on the 1 8th July, 1GG6, it was consecrated under the name of Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. It superseded the chapel oflhe Jesuit's college, which was for some- time used as the parochial church of Quebec. Of course) this building has suffered much from the fires cccisioned by the storming of this city during the sieges, but the foundations an 1 part of the walls are still the same, so that it may be said with accuracy that this church dates from 227 years. It is the oldest church in America. It occupies, says Hawkins, the south side of the market scjuare in the Uppep-Town. It is distinguished rather for its solidity and neatness, than for splendor or regularity of architecture. The ailes or wings, con- siderably lower than the nave of the church, and the lofty tower and spire built wilhGuiandsei)arated from it on the south side, destroy ail external symmetry) yet do not detract from the religious appearance of the pile. Within it is very lofty, with massive arches of fetone dividing the nave iVom the ailes, above which is a gallery on each side running the whole length of 1 , ,^ — 97 — the interior. It is described by Colonel Bouchotte as 216 feet in lenglli by 108 in breadth. It is able to con- tain a congregalion of 4.000 persons. At the east end are the grand altar and the choir, superbly decorated. There are also four chapels in the ailes, dedicated to difTerent saints. In a transverse gallery at the west end is the organ, in charge of Mr Ernest Gagnon, who attended the courses of the Conservatoire of Paris. The walls are decorated with fine paintings, of which fol- lows a list numerated in order, commencing the sur- vey to the right from the entrance, following the pas- sage along the pillars which divide the nave from the Wings: \.—The Holy Family, by Blanchard (1600-1630, ordinary painter to the King of France ) • ^ 2. — Tl}e Saviour insulted by the Soldiers, — St. Mat- thews, XXVII, 27, 31,— by Fleuret, (french school.) 3. — Birth of Christ, a splendid copy of the cele- brated painting by Annibal Garrache, (Italian school.) 4. — Above the altar, in the Holy Family Ghapel, T7ie flight of Joseph into Egypt, a copy of the original by Vanloo (flemish school) in the Seminary Chapel, by Theophile Ilamel. 5.— In the choir, on the right hand side, Our Sa- viour attended to try the angels after the temptation in the desert, by Restout, (1692-1718, french school.) 6.— Above the main altar, — The Immaculate Con- ceptiont Lebrun's, (Trench school) style. 7. — In the choir, on the left hand side, — 5/. Pauts exlacy, by Carlo Maretti (1625-1713) Italian school ) 8. — In St. Ann's Chapel, above the altar, Mirac/ts : ! W !>■ I- — 98 — « of St. Ann, by A. Plamondon, Canadian artist and a pupil of Paul Guerin. 9. — On the tirst pillar, Gospel side, Our Saviour on the Cross, by Van Dick (1599-1641. Qemish school).— This painting is one of the most remarkable in Ame- rica and certainly the best in Canada. 10.-— On the Ihird pillar, Ihe Pentecost, by Vignon, (french school.) II. On the fourth pillar, The Annunciation, by Hestout, (french school.) 12. — In the chapel, above the altar. Laying info the Sepulchre, copied by A. Plamondon from the original by Huiin, in the Seminary Chapel. 13. — Ike Baptism of Christy by Claude Guy Halle (1652-1736, french school.) On application to the keeper of the sacristy, visitors are allowed to see the wards of the church, the orna- ments, gold brocade. Ac, among which is a complete set of ornament given to bishop Laval by the great Louis XIV. 25. English (Episcopal) Cathedral. The ground on which this church stands was for- merly occupied by the convent and church of the recollet priests, destroyed by fire in 1796. As the order was suppressed by the british rulers, they took possession of those grounds and employed it for the building of the present church, which was erected by the bounty of government, on the representations of Dr. Mountain, the first anglican bishop of Quebec, and consecrated in 1804. Hawkins describes it as an -.99 — w^^wi^ edifice of regular architecture and very respectable appearance, standing in a spacious area, handsomely enclosed by iron rails and gates and planted with trees. Its exterior length is 135 feet, its breadth 73 ; the height of the spire above the ground is 152 ; from the floor to the center of the arch within 41. The com- munion plate of this church is very magnificent, and persons in London went to see it while making in the hands of Rundell and Bridge. This plate, toge- ther with the altar cloth, hangings of the desk and pulpit, which are of crimson velvet and cloth of gold, and books for divine service, was a private present from king George the third. A good peal of eight bells, of which the tenor bell is about 16 cwt., was procured by the subscriptions of the congregation. The church has an excellent organ and a regular cathedral choir, but no dean and chapter. Galleries have been constructed, thrown back on each side of the organ, for the accommodation, respectively, of the children attending the male and female national schools ; the front of each is alloted to the orphans of the asylums, in their distinctive dresses. Several handsome monuments, says O'Brien, have been erected within the building, of which the prin- cipal is that erected to the memory of the Rev. Jacob Mountain, first bishop of Quebec, and through whose oxertions the church was built. It stands within the communion rails and is surmounted by a bust repre- senting the bishop in his full episcopal robes. Imme- diately opposite is the monument of bishop Stewart, successor of Rev. Jacob Mountain. Another marble :f| — 100 — slab commemorates the death cf the Duke of Rich- mond whose death was caused by hydrophobia arising from the bite of a pet fox in 1819, while Governor General of Canada. Some other marble slabs are dedicated to the memory of distinguished political men. In the eastern end of the church is seen a colored window representing the Ascension, the Trans- figuf'alion and the baptism of Chrisit by a celebrated artist of London. Opposite the church is a neat cut stone building in which the rector resides ; it was erected in 1841, and attached to it is the Chapel of ail saints, used for oc- casional services. 26. St. Andrew's Church. M This is for the members of the church of Scotland. It stands on a ground, Ste. Anne street, given by the Government to the trustees representing the members of the whole congregation, who collected subscriptions and erected a church which they afterwards enlarged. This church has nothing to attract the visitor. Attached to it is a school house, which was erected by the trustees of the church in 1831. This school is under the management of six members of the church annually elected by ballot at a general meeting of the congregation. In rear of ^le church is also seen a handsome cut stone house occupied by the incumbent, Dr. Cook, who is said to be one of the most learned, talented and eloquent preachers of the Gospel in the city. I: w — 101 — 27. St. Patrick's Church. Through Iho exertions of the Revd. Mr. MacMahon this church was built for the use of the Irish catholics of Quebec. It was commenced in 1831, and opened for divine service on the 7th July 1833. At first it covered an area of 136 by 62 feet, but it has been enlarged since. It fronts St. Helen street. The roof and galle- ries are supported by massive pillards, which divide the nave from the wings. The steeple is handsome and stands 120 feet from the ground to the ball which sup- ports the cross. It can accommodate a congregation of 5,000 persons. 28. Church of the Congregation. There is nothing worth mentioning about that church, which is a plain building situated on Dau- ^euil street, fronting the Esplanade. It is in charge of the Jesuits, and used as a special chapel by the mem- bers of the congregation of men of the Upper Town. 29. The Baptist Church. It stands at the corner ot Dauteuil and St. Helen streets, and was erected in 1844 by the few but zeal- ous members of that church. It is a pretty tine build- ing. The incumbent is the Revd. David Marsh. 30. Chalmer's Free Church. This is a very beautiful specimen of church archi- tecture erected in l8o2 and situated at the head of Ste. Ursule street. It is the place of worship of the mem- » I I V I '' iil — 102 — bers of the scotch free church. It is certainly one of the finest buildings of the kind in Quebec, well designed and surmounted by an elcgnnt spire resting on a tower. The minister in charge of Ihis church is the Rev. W. Clark. 31. Congregational Church Is a neat, but externally unpretending building, in the gothic style. It stands at the corner of St. Helen and Palace streets and is comfortably furnished. The commandments and texts of scripture are painted on the walls. Rev. II. D. Powis is the minister of the congregation. 32. The Wesleyan Church, Situated in St. Stanislaus street, opposite the Morrin College, who've members are united with the english conference, was built after 1850. It is a large and rather elegant cut stone building, in the gothic style. It is provided with a good organ and can accommo- date 1600 sitters. The incumbent is the Rev. Joshua Johnson. 33. St. Mathew's Chapel, Which belongs to the episcopal congrogalion and is attached to the prolestant burying ground in St. John suburbs, on St. John street, was fitted up in 1828, destroyed in 1845 and rebuilt in its present form. It is a plain and massive cut stone structure, internally neat and capable of sealing 400 persons. Service is hold daily, in the morning during summer — 103 — and evening during winter. The Rev. Charles Hamil- ton is the incumbent and the Rev. E. A. W. King the curate. There is a Sunday school attached to this church. 34. St. Peter's Chapel Was erected in St. Vallier street, in 1842, for the convenience of m»^inbers of the Episcopal Church residing in St. Roch. It is a plain but neat chapel, in charge of the Rev. M. M. Fothergill, incumbent and of the Rev. H. Burgess, curaie. It has nothing worth visiting. 35. St. Michael's Chapel, Another place of woiship for the members of the episcopal church, situated on St. Lewis road, opposite the Mount Ilermon cemetery. Tho building is a neat cut stone structure, of good looking appearance. In- cumbent : Rev. A. A. Von IlHand. 36. Church of St. Jean-Baptiste, On St. John street is the church of the roman ca- tholics residing in St. John suburb. It was erected in 1848, unfortunately not according to the design Of the architect, which accounts for som'? discr*»pancy in its proportions. However, it is a very line and large cut stone building, >yith two square towers on which are erected the lofty spires which are seen at a great distance. The ceiling is well tinished, the nave divided from the ailes by fine Corinthian columns and all the interior neat and elegant. It has seats for 2000 per- f < — 104 — eons. The walls of this church ara adorned with paintings copied from the originals of celebrated masters of the french and italian schools. The list is as follows: 1. Above the grand altar — The Baptism of Chrisif copied by Legare, a Quebec artist, from the original of Claude buy Halle. 2. In the rear part of the choir — Sainte Cdcile, co- pied from Raphael by A. Plamondon, an artist of Quebec. 3. 5/. Charles Borromh giving the sacrament to the pestiferes of Milan, copied by Plamondon. 4. La Vierge Sixtine, copied from Raphael by Pla- mondon. 5. Sle. Anne, by A. Plamondoa. 6. In the southern galWry— The Assumption, copied from N. Poussin by Plamondon. 7. Xn the nortliern gallery— 77ie Transfiguration, copied from Raphael by Plamondon. 8. In the choir, Epistle side — Jesus curing the blind of Jericho, copied from N. Poussin by Plamon- don. 9. Tfie Adoration of the Wise men of the East, copied from Raphael by Plamondon. 10. In the choir, Gospel size— Jesus handing the Keys to St. Peter, copied from N. Poussin by Plamon- don. 11. The Scena, copied from L. de Vinci by Pla- mondon. 12. In the northern chapel— TVte flight to Egypt ^ copied from Vanloo by Plamondon. \ ^105 — 37. Church of St. Roch. This is the church of the roman catholics of the parish of Si. Roch. It was built in 1845 and opened the 25th December of the same year, though not yet completed. The site is between St. Francis and St. Joseph streets. It is a large and fine cut stone edifice, with lofty towers and spires at each corner of the front. This church, which can accommodate 4,000 sitters, is internally very beautiful. The center of the double rank of galleries is supported by Corinthian columns which reach the ceiling. The alters in the chapels are worth noticing, on account of their elegance and neatness of design. The paintings are not numerous, but we advise the visitor to take a glance at them. Above the grand altar is seen the Hesurreclion of the Christ, by ('halis ; on the right or Epistle side, in the choir, the Holy Family, copied from the original jy Theophile Hamel, a Quebec artist of great talent and distinction ; opposite, on the left or Gospel side, the Chrisl. St Roch and St. Joseph chapel, Gospel side and without the choir, contains a picture representing SI' Roch and a Virgin, by Blanchard, a french artist, and the Virgin chapel, on the Epistle side, the Holy Family^ by Colin de Vermond.' 38. Church of the Congregation Also in St. Roch and on St. Joseph street, is a plain and well looking cut stone edifice, which has nothing deserving of a vi?it. It is a roman catholic church. I m ? ■ p ^ i ! Mi — 106 — 39. Church of St. Sanveur. This IS another catholic church, the only one in the parish of St. Sauveur. It was almost destroyed by the great fire of 18G6 and repaired immediately, except the spire, which has not been rebuilt. The present edifice is as all the other catholic churches of Quebec, a large and imposing cut stone building, capable of seating about 4,000 persons. PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND HALLS. 40. The Parliament House In its present condition, has a front of 276 feet, and is situated a^the eastern extr:^mity of Grand Battery, where it stands at an elevation of about 150 feet above the St. Lawrence. It consists, principally, of a central portion, measuring 60 feet in front by 135 in iei> WOLFE VieiORious Sept. xiii, M i> G C L I X . HThe following inscription, carved in another part of the base, indicates by whom and why this monument was erected : € This monument was erected by the british army in Canada, A. D. 1849, His Excellency Lieutenant General Sir Benjamin D'Urban, G. C. C, K. C. U., Ac, commander of the forces, to replace that erected by Governor General Lord Aylmer, G. G. B., in 183S,. which was broken and defaced and is deposited be- neath. > 65. Monument des Braves. This monument, which is decicJecfly the finest pablic monument in Quebec, is erected in an open fieldi, at abou* five minutes walk from the to}l-g"a?e of i\^<^ St. Foye read. It consists ofa cohimn, Oi^ bronzed m^lal, standing on a stone base and surmounted ^y a bronze statue of Bellona. The face of ihe pedestal fronting ^ --. 121 --. Sle. Foye road has the simple inscription, surrounded foy a laure- 9VTeaih : tAux braves de 17G0, engSparla iSocielS SL J-ean-Bafiisle dc Quebec, 1860. i On •the face looking towards the city is the name i Murray, » on an oval shield surmounted by the arms of Great Britain and Ireland and supported by british insignia. Dn the other side is the shield heaving the name t Levin, > surmounted by the arms of France under llic Bourbons, the crown and lilies, with appropriate supporters at eacli side. In rear, looking towards the valley of the St. Charles, there is a representation of a wind-mill in bas relief, in allusion to the wind-mill wiiich W'as an object of alternate attack and defence to both armies ou the occasion of the battle. This por- tion of th« j)odestal also bears the national arms of CanaJa Four bronze mortars are placed on the cor- ners of the pedestal* The height of this monument is «iboul ninety f»et. ^ As indicated by the inscription above mentioned^, Ihis monument was erected by the t Societe St. Jean- Baj>tiste d.3 Quebec, » with the subscriptions of the . society and of other iiersons. The idea was conceived many years ago, but for a long time the plough of the farmer and the shovel of the workman, as he kboured at the foundation of new buildings along tho St. Foye road, turned up human remains, evidently the relcg of those who were slain^ In IS53-54 an usual number of those bleached fragments of humanity were found, and the St Je&n-Baptiste society conoeived the idea of having them all interred in one spot. They were Accordingly collected and, on the 5lh June 1854, tMutied with groat pomp to the rbman c«ithoUc cathe- I \^ ■{■■■ 'A^ ■■! w ■ i II — 122 ^ dral, where a solemn Requiem was sung. The remains were thence conveyed in the same, state to the field on St. Foye road, where the death-struggle had taken place between the 78th Highlanders and the french Grenadiers de la Heine, where they were deposited in a common grave. , The project of an appropriate monument was started «bout the same time and appeared to meet with gene- ral approval. However, it was the french Canadian national society which took the lead, as it had done on the previous occasion and as it has done since. Arrangements had progressed to such an e:^tent that it was intended to lay the comer stone of tlie monu- ment on the 24lh June 1855, but it was thought desir- able to postpone until the I9th July follovrinf,', when the presence in the harbour of the Ircnch imperial corvette, La Capricleuse, added new solemtiity to the occasion. The Honorable P. J. O. Chauveai was the orator of the day. His speech was a nio$t brilliant effort, worthy of his reputation as a public speaker, replete with brilliant imagery, couched in the most eloquent language, governed throughout by sound j'ldgment and good taste. During the following years, the St. Jean Baptisti? Hociety labored earnestly and unceasingly for tha purpose of collecting subscriptions to complete the monument. Success was attained and in four or live years the base was crowned by the noble pillar which now rises its line proportions on the historic heights of St. Foye. Baron Gauldr6e Boileau, then consnl general of France in Canada, obtained from Hi9 Highness Prince Napoleon the beautlAil statue of — 123 — Bellona which forms such an appropriate ornament on the summit of the monument, which was inaugu- rated with a great pomp, in presence of at least 25,000 spectators, on the 19lh October 18G3. The design of this monument was made by Mr. C. Bail large, of Quebec. It commemorates the valour displayed by the frcnch and english troops, on tho very spot where it slands, in the battle of Ste. Foye, when Levis, in the spring following the capture of Quebec by Wolf, alt^mplcd to reconquer the city and defeated the troops of G»^neral Murray, although he could not force the english general to capitulate nor lake possession of the city. This battle t^.ok place on the 28lh April 1700. 66. Holland House. This was the residence of general Montgomery dur- ing the siege of Quebec by the Americans in 1775. If is situated on St. Foye, and the american tourist can only see the place wh«Te the general re?ided, since the house which he inhabited has been demolished and replaced by a new one. It is actually the property of Robert Cassels, esquire. The name of this place is derived from its having been the residence of major Holland, one of Wolfe's companions at the battle of the Plains of Abraham in 1759, and surveyor-general Of the province after the conquest. 1)7. ^e Mansion l^nse t+. :\ ;r . J Is actudlly the residence of G. B. Hall, esquire, pro- prietor of the immBiise saw mills below. It wa« buili — 124 — by Sir T. Haldimand, governor of Canada from 1773 to 1791. It is a plain looking building, which has been enlarged by the construction of new wings. It was for sometimes after the residence of the Duke of Kent, during his stay in Canada, i The main portion of the Mansion Ilousg, says Mr. Lemoine, is just as he left it. The room in which he used to write is yet shown ; a table and chair-post of his furniture are to this day religiously preserved. » It faces the roaring cataract of the Montmorency and is seen from the opposite side of the river. 58. Spenoer Wood, Actually the residence of the Honorable R. E Caron, Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Quebec, de- rives its name from that of Spencer Perceval, who possessed and inhabited it while collector of customs at the port of Quebec, from 1815 to 1830, after Sir James Craig had occupied it as his summer dwelling whilst he was governor of Canada, in 1809. The last private proprietor of Spencer Wood was Henry At- kinson, Esq., who made one of the tinest, richest and most poetical- residences that could be seen in any country. He sold it to the provincial government to be used for the residence of the governors of the co- lony. Lord Elgin, whose sumptuous dinners and balls are not forgotten, Sir Edmund Head and Lord Monk inhabited it whilst governors of the country. Spencer Wood is situated about two miles from the walls of the city, on St. Lewis road, on the north h&nk of the St. Lawrence. The property embraces -^125 — ftixty acres of land. It was purchased from Henry Atkinson in 1851 for $40,000 A new wmg, outbuild- ings and a wall of stone and brick, enclosing a ))Ortion of the grounds, were afterwards built. Tht-se im- provements were commenced in 1851 and completed towards 1856. at a cost of $i 42,667.70. On the eveninij of the '28lh February, 1860, the whole of the state j>ortion of the building was destroyed by fire. It was reconstructed in 1862 and 1863 in its present form at a cost of $28,015.71. Tiie buikiings in iheir actual state may be described as follows : The residence of His Excellency the Lieutenant- Govprnor, a two stories brick building of 185 feet by 50, with a wing 56 feet by thirty- three ; a stone building of 30 bv 15 Triet for the use of the domestics ; a brick summer house mcasurim; 14 by 15 feet and immense buildings for barracks, stablings, Ac. The site of Spencer Wood is one of the most beauti- ful ; from it are seen llie St Lawrence, the mouth of the Chaudiere River and the south shore. The rear ground is a lino forest of pretty large extent and tra- versed by gravel roads in various directions. The park in front is jdanted with trees, while the garden is adorned wilh all kinds of flowers. Tourists are generally admitted to ride over the gravel road to the house and to visit the grounds, but not, of course, the mansion house. 59. Sillery and Cap-Bouge. The first of these localities is remarkable for having l)eeii the site of the Jesuits establishment in 1639, and ii — 126 — Iho place of refujfe of the Algonquins and Montagnais Indians. It is here that occurred the massacre well known in the history of the first period of the colony. This place was also the abode of Mrs. Francis Brooke, the wife of an eng'ish oflicer, who wrote there the tirst Canadian nov^l in 1767, The iHslory of Emily Mnnla* guc. in four volumes. Until those last years, the re- mains of the stone chopel built by the Jesuits were yet to bo Feen. C;ip Houge Is only intoresting for bning the place where Jacques Cirtier wintered his shi|>sduring one of the visits in wiiich he discovered Canada. 60. The Hermitage or Chateau Bigot, Is situated at Bourg Royal, in rear of Charlesbourg. It was a private c?i«-tle, of very modest construction, built by Bigot, I he last inlendant of Canada under the french. Its building duty's fn.ni 1757. There Bigot u^ed 10 assemble his companions of dcbauche and give sumptuous festivals, while the population of Quebec, reduced to famine by the war, had only a few ounces of horse Ilesh to eat for each person. Bigot, who had the financial administration of the colony under his exclusive control, thus dilapidated the money sent by the King of rnnice to defray the expenses of war. After the conquest, he returned to France, was tried an(#condemned for his robberies and bad administration. About this hermitage there is a legend, of which the exactness has never been proved, saying thai Bigot selected this ^pot for the residence of a lady whom be — 127 — found it necessary to protect fVom the walchful jealousy of his wife. It is reported that while tracking a d*»er, Bigot was strayed far away from his castl« and overtaken by night in the midst of a dense forest. He sat down to ponder on what course he would pursue, when he perceived befjpre him a light figure. Jt was an algonquin beauty, Caroline, a child of love, born on the banks of the Ottawa, a french olllcer her sire and an nlgoiiquin woman her mother. Struck with the sight of Fuch beauty, he requested her guidancH to his cfistle, as she must be familiar with evrry path of the f >rest. Though a married man, nigol kept her in his isolated castle, which came to the ears of his wife, residing in Quebec, and incen- diated her j^alou^y. Oa the night of the 2nd July, a masked person rushed upon this i fair Rosamond » and plurged a dagger to tlie hilt in her heart. Search was made, but no clue to the murderer discovered. Some reports traced the deed to Digot's wife and some other to the avenging mother of Caroline, who Was buried in the cellar of the castle and the letter G engraved on a II it stone which, till within the last few years, marked her resting place. Whatever may be the truth of this story, those who are led from the designation of the place to anticipate a picturesque pile on which the effacing lingers of lime have shed additional interest will be rather dis- appointed when they find but stone walls of a subs- tantial dwelling house, a clearance of a few acres in the middle of the forest and the relicts of the garden and other indications of remote occupation. During the siege of Quebec, in 1759, many ladies of i -> 128 — the city took refuge ihere, and the hahilans of the neighbourhood have not yet given up the belief that the sjjirit of the frail damsel still haunts the place. Mr. .Tames Lemoine, in his Maple Leaves, has given a good description of this and other interesting legends. 61. Beauport Manor Hous3. On the Beauport road, says Mr. Lemoine, four mile» from the city, and a little to the east of Colonel Gugy'9 present habitation, stands an antiquated high gabled french stone dwelling. Although it is not the original house of Bobert Giffard, the first seignior of beauport, it is the oldest seigniorial manor in Canada and the most ancient remnant of feudal times in this country. In 1759, the present house was for some time the head quarters of General Montcalm, which imparts to it another historical interest. THE CEMETERIES. Q2. Mount Hermon Cemetery, On St. Lewis road, about two and a half miles from the city, belongs to the members of the episcopal church. It occupies an immense ground, of thirty-two acres in extent, purchased in 1852 from the Quebec Seminary. The first french settler that owned, cleared and cultivated it was one Sebastien Langelior, a native ftom Normandy, near Houen. The site is quite pio< turesque and beautiful, sloping gently towards the — 129 — St. Lawrence, which flows two hundred feet below the rugge'i cliff, it is planted with large trees, oaks, pines, spruces, and admirably laid out, which was* done in 1852, by an american gentleman, major Dou- glass, author of the design of the Greenwood cemetery, iipar New York. A drive, upwards of two miles in f»xtent, affoids access to all parts of the grouruls and by applying to the keeper, whoso office and house is at the entrance, visitors are allowed to go in with their carriages. From the brow of the cliff, whore seats liave been placed for that purpose, the view extends on the St. Lawrence as far as Quebec and on the lum- ber coves. The villaxje (A St. ttomuaid or New luver- y>ool, with its large saw mills and fine roman catholic vjhurch and convent, is seen on the opposite side of the river, a little southwards. In this burying ground lie the bones of several dis- tinguished p«TSonages, especially those of the Rev. Daniel Wilkve, one of the ablest perceptors of youth, of John Wilson, the celebrated Scottish vocalist, and of the only sun of Lord Elgin, who was drowned in the river St, Maurice, As to the monuments, great many are certainly very fine pieces, made in Scotland and Montreal, and in Quebec, by Mr. Morgan. It would be impossible to d for sea bathing. The only inconvenient is the coldness of the water, which makes it dangerous for very weak ]»ersons to take baths in that locality. The vicinity of the town is quite picturesque and surrounded by hills and mon-itains, while the Rinious- ki river, flowing into tin? St. Lawrence, aflbrds the view of G fine stream, in which salmon and trout are caught. I the If the this lence irb'C lurch le, as k i^ isorl. indo- le by Hotels. There are several hotels in Rimouski, but the best is that of Mr. St. Laurent, in which all the comfort found in first class hotels is enjoyed for the moderate price of $1.50 or $2 00 a day. Tie mails to and from Quebec are daily, and the Montreal Telegraph Company has an oflice in the town. From Quebec, Rimouski is reached directly by the steamers of the St. Lawrence and Soguenay line, those of Quebec and Gulf Ports S. S. Company and the Grand Trunk Railway continued from Riviere du Loup by the Intercolonial Railway, — 140 — Cacouna, at six miles from Rivicro du Loup, is so well known as alirsl class watering place that, it would be useless to attempt giving a long desctiplionor it. The view on the St. Lawrence is assuredly lino ; but that is the only mention tuat we can give of the place as Car as picturesque is concerned. The long array of cottages which Ibrms the village are built on a level Held hav- ing no moanla.ns beyond to form a good landscipo The sea baths are just as good as those of Murray Bay, Kamouraska and lliviere du Loup. Thore is a mail daily and a telegraph office in the St. Lawrence Had. Everything, especially carriage hiring, is comparative- ly dear. Cacouna can be characterized in a few words by saying that it is the most fashionahle summer resort, where young gentlemen and ladies fond cf making af quainlances and finding a rich wife or luisb'and should not omit to go, if lliey prefer those things lo the comfort enjoyed at Murray Bay, Tadoussac, Ri- viere du Loup and Kamouraska. i Hotels. There are some other good hotels, but by far the best is the St. Lawrence flail, in which all the comfort of the best hotels of New York, such as the St. Nicho- las and the Fifth Avenue Hotel is enjoyed. There is an immense and splendid ball room attached to the hotel and balls are given almost every night. These alford a good chance to young persons to tlirt and make 7ieiu acquainlances. — Although we have enqui- red from Mr. Kennedy, the manager of the establish- — 141 — s so ould rhe at is ar as ,age3 hav- Bay. mail Hall. ilive- Is by •esori, aking sb'and gs 10 Ri- the jufort licho- ?re is the ihes'3 and [iqui* >lish- ment, we couM not procure in order to publish them the pr'ces of the board at th(3 St. Lawrence Hall. Coconna is only reached by carriage or by railway from IliviAre du Loup, a distance of six miles. Tadirassac is situated at the mouth of the far famed Saguenay river, 134 miles below Quebec. The har- bour is smnii, but well protected and capable of af- fording anchorajT^e and rofuge to 20 or 25 large ships. The watfT rises twenty-one feet at high tide. The small village of Tadoussac is charmingly built on a semi-circular terrace surrounded by mountains. The terrace is composed of alluvial sand, has an elevation nf about llfiy feet and is washed at its base by the waters of the Saguenay which are there mixed with those of the St. Lawrence. The beach is sandy, hard and quite suited for baths taking. The western point of the terrace is formed by an abrupt rock stretching into the waters of the Saguenay. There the french had erected a redoute commanding the Saguenay, the village and the basin This stretching rock gives to the harbour its semi-circular form. Here the rock takes the name of llet Point. On the terrace appear the few houses of the village, surrounding the old chapel. This chapel, built in 1673 and consequently the oldest place of worship in Canada, is still in good repair. No place of summer resort on the Lower St. Law- rence combines more attractions to the tourists than the old french settlement of Tadoussac. There a few days may be pleasantly spent, enjoying the beatitiful .itants, pposite fty-five at this change along- i some lad's in es and d there on the ng and souls, of the and is tments, [xty-six irming ;ar the eleva- Iboule- Iclouds 149 and fleecy formations drift along its sides. There is a good pier at this place and another at Murray Bay, sixteen miles below, which is the next land- ing place. M urrayBay, or Malbaie, eiiyhty-two miles below Quebea, not only has a population of some 2000 of its own, but in summer it has a large number of fashionable visitors from Quebec and Montreal. The summer residences are chiefly at Point a Pique and Cape a L'Aigle, on either side of the old settlement, and at the former, near where the steamer's I'^nding place is situated, there are three hotels — the Lorn House, Du B^Tger's Hotel and the Warren House. Although Murray Bay is some six hundred miles from the Atlantic Ocean, *' sea bathing " is one of its chief attrac- tions. From Murray Bay the steamer takes a diago- nal course across to the south shore, where Ri- viere du Loup is situated thirty miles below, and one hundred and twelve miles from Quebec. The village, which is situated two or three miles back of the long pier, presents a very pleasant appear- rance on the approach by the river, and its charms are greatly enhanced on a closer inspection. There are some romantic falls back of the village. A branch of the Grand Trunk Railway runs to Ri- viere du Loup from Point Levis, opposite Quebec, and the new Intercolonial Railway, which is to connect the Lower Provinccb* with Quebec, has been opened sixty-miles below to Rimouski. This latter is one of the most thoroughly built roads in ^150 — lit '■'1 4? re I!,! America. Cacouna, the most famous wateri' 3 place on the St. Lawrence, is situated six or eight miles below the landing place at Riviere de Loup. There is a large hotel at this place, St. Lawrence Hall, which was formerly kept by Mr. Hogan, of the St. Lawrence Hall, Montreal, but is now in other hands. A GORGEOUS SUNSET. From Riviere du Loup the steamer takes a dia- gonal course across the St. Lawrence to Tadousac, which is situated at the mouth of the Saguenay. The distance between the two points is twenty- two miles, the actual width of the river being about fifteen miles. A most glorious sunset was enjoyed on the way over. Leaden clouds hung like a canopy over the St. Lawrence, but the northwesterly shore marked their limit and be- yond was the clear sun-lit sky. Deep, blf.ck clouds which hung about the mountains oflf to- ward Muiray Bay seemed to indicate that tho showers which had been encountered in the early afternoon near Mount Eboulements were still playing about the lofty elevations in that direc- tion. A long range of clouds, beautiful in their, rounded outlines and snowy whiteness, hung along the course of the Saguenay and beyond, seemingly marking the course of miwsfroin LakoKenwan- gonii, empticn into the Saguenay at this point rver a beautiful fall of forty or fifty feet, which is in plain view from the steamer wharf. At the parish church which has taken the place of the ani ient edifice, high mass was being said in honor of St. John Day, and in several localities about the village flags were flying in honor of the day. The steamer " Saguenay,'' too was decorated with the English, American and Dominion fl igs, the Stars and Stripes being shown to Chiooutiuji prpbully for the first time ; j"^! DOWN THE SAGUENAY BY DAYLIGHT, ■^ Our stay a Chicoutimi was limi'ct'^d to an hour by the state of the tide, and at ihe end of that space, CaDt Lecour.« turned the steamei^'s head down the river. The downward trip was pleasanter than that of the ev<'ning previous, when we as- cended the river in the eyes of a terrific wind. Every inch of the river presents some beautiful scene, but the grandest scenery — Tab'eau Rocks ; Statue Pointy Cap Trinity and Point Eternity — was not reached until fche early afternoon. Dinner had no aitr ictions compared with the ^iews to be obtained from the steamer's deck, and every eye was strained to catch the first glimpse of those stupendous cliffs, Trinity and Kteruity, These V'-S-?/' f Jesnit \ were The ill wan ' point which At the of the honor about le Jay. jorated 1 fl 'gs, routimi T. ♦ '■ n hour f that head santer we as- wind. utitul ocks ; lity — inner to be T eye those [These \ 161 — are situated on the southwesterly shore v>f the river, forty-one miles from its mouth and twenty- five miles bolow Ha! Hal Bay. Cape Trinity is the upper point, although some cr the maps make, the strange mistake of putting it down as the lower one. It is a mountain of solid rock, rising in three successive precipices both upon the river and the island sides, each of the precipices being about five hundred feet high. The topmost pinnacle rises to from 1500 to 1700 feet. Upon two of tlie acclivities of Trinity are profiles, one of which, on the second acclivity, is very clearly defined. These are better seen on approaching the cape from above than from below. Eternity rears its head to the hight of eighteen hundred feet, its sides being partly covered with trees, although on many parts there seems nothing but rocky precipices. It is surprising to see trees arrowing wh(3re there seems scarcely earth enough or even sufiicient flat surface to which the roots can cling. Down the sides of Eternity a moun- tain torrent pours^ the white dashing waters having the , j nearance of perfect stilness in the distance. The recent rains havcHiied the moun- tain lakes and streams, and tlie scores of rivulets and cascades which are seen on the descent of the Saguenay are found to wear their most romantic aspect. The cascade on the side of Eternity is fed by a lake some twenty acres in extents* Between Kte ity ity deep inlet, called Eternity Bay. It has fi depth «f hundreds of fathoms a largo vessel uuiy approach Mit '''■i^i.&i^. — 162 — ?;S l''> within a few feet of the huge rock of Cape Trinity, which on this side rises in a sh-^er pre- cipice, almost overhanging, fully fifteen hundred feet. The ''Saguenay " steamed up alongside the cliff and then it was that its awful majesty was realized. How little did man seem in compaiison with these eternal edifices, the handiwork of nature's God. " Praise God, from whom all bless- ing flow " burst almost spontaneously from the lips of the wonder-stricken throng on the steamer's deck, and that glorious song of homage to the Creator seemed never to have had more signi- ficance than in presence of some of his greatest works. As we sailed under the broad shadow of Point Eternity the beautiful hymn " Hock of Ages," was sung with equal emphasis and eijual eignificance. The solemnity of the scene was felt by all, and there was a meanuig to the sacred words which touched every heart, > Before leaving the bay the wonderful effect of the echo was tried. The wind was so strong, however, that the best results were not obtained. The discharge of a cannon elicited several loud responses from the opposite crags, and the Bteamer'o whistle was also answered with a whole series of shrieks. ^5 >;\^"^ The Tableau is a column of dark-colored rock nine hundred feet high, the front surface of which is six hundred feet high and three hundred feet wide. It is situa^id eight or ten iiiiles above Cape Trinity, on the same side of the river. Nearer still to the cape.- is Statue Point, a huge 163 Cape r pre- indred ide the -y was )aiison )ik of I bless- in the amer's to the signi- reatest dow of ock of eijual n\s felt sacred Foot of trong, ained. 1 loud the whole rock ^hich feet ibove iver. I huge precipitous cliff, with an inaccessible cavern far up its craggy side, which might serve as a niche for a statue. . Cv-jpt. Lecours took the "Saguenay" farther into Etei'nity Bay than any steamer ever went before, and subsequently to descending the river among the St. Louis Isles, /aried his course by • going inside both Roy and Barthelmi Island, where the passasre seems scarcely wide enough for a vessel to pass, although the depth of water is sufficient to sink Bunker Hill Monument out of sight. Not far below the River Ste. Marguerite, which flows into the Saguenay from the north, a short distance from the St. Louis Isles, the pilot pointed out the rock where the steamer " Magnet'* ' ran ashore in August, 1869, an incident which one of the passengers bore in vivid remembrance, and which was related in the colums of The c/ownia/ at that time. , : ,, '. TADOUSAC. '--•,■, V ■■■■..■ The wharf at Tadousac was reached not far from five o'clock, and an hour was afforded for the passengers to visit the old Jesuit church, the hotel and other points of interest. The hotel, which is a famous place of summer ressort, is kept this year by Mr, G. Lulham of Montreal. It is very pleasantly situated on a bluff overlook- ing a romantic inlet and beach. Now that Lord Dufferin, the Governor General of Canada, has establbhed his summer residence here and built l;-v^^V>> — 164 — an expensive habitation, Tadousac will doubtless be more frequented than ever. The steamer line furnishes easy means of communication. Among the private summer residences here are several pretty cottajres belono;ing to Mr. Price, and others owned by Mr. Willis Russell of the St. Louis Hotel, Quebec, Mr. .Powell of Philadelphia, and Colonel Rhodes, President of the North Shore Railway. The old church is situated a short distance east of tlie hotel. It was here the first church in Canada was erected. The ancient edifice was burned, and the present structure, scarcely larger than the original, occupies ihe same site. The bell is said to be the same which hung above the old church, and two pictures are shown which are said to have been brought from France by the early Jesuits. The preseut church date back to 1746. ■:;>' .iv : THE RETURN TO QUEBEC. The return from Tadousac to Quebec was over the same route previously described, and a great part of the passage was accomplished in the night without any incident worthy of special mention. Quebec was reached at an early hour, in ample time for a connection with the Grand Trunk Railway, for which Captain Lecours kindly brought his boat to a landing on the Pointe Levis side instead of at her usual dock on the Quebec side. In closing the account of the Saguenay excursion, the writer cannot but convey ths — 165 — pjeneral expression of the journalistic voyngors in thanking Captain Lecours and Purser St. Ongo for their personal kindness and courtesy in adding to the enjoyment of one of the most delightful pleasure trips it is possible to take on the Ame- rican continent. over ;reat light ilion. iiple junk idly lev is bee [nay Ithe '•J RAILWA: AND ;,X^.- •:^;A.: MVIMION LINES FROM OUEBEC, I ■■•V'^^'^.'r * .\.' I i. , ' ' » 1 '• .' 'i " . tfir ■-* ^ Grand Trunk Railw^ay.— This is the only railway line which connects Quebec with the other cities of Canada and the United States. The terminus is on the south shore of the St. Lawrence ; but the ferry boat of the Company plies between the terminus at Levis and the ticket and freight office of the Company, on the wharves, in front of Champlain Market, Cul de Sue street. The eastern branch of the Grand Trunk tcrmU nates at Rivli^rti du Loup, 120 miles from QuebeCj, where it connects with the Intercolonial Railway, Pf: i ^1: M ■■ t — 166 — which shall extend to Halifax, N. S., but is now opened only as far as Rimouski, 186 nuiles from Quebec. To the west the Grand Trunk extends to Sarnia, Province of Ontario, branching at Ilichraond to Portland, at Sherbrooke, by the Connecticut and Passumpsic Railway to Boston, New York, and all the cities of the Atlantic States ; at Montreal to St. John and Rouses-Point and thence, by the Vermont Central and the South Eastern Railway to lake Magog and all the cities of the United States ; at Prescott to Ottawa by the St. Law- rence and Ottawa Railway, and to the States by the railways from Oiijdensburg ; at Belleville to Ottawa and Pembroke, by the Canada Central ; and at Toronto to all the cities in the West and to lake Huron by the Northern Railway. — Mr. Shipman is the ticket agent for the Grand Trunk and several other lines : Office: No. 7,Buade street, near the Post Office. The Richelieu Company^s Iiine.-— This is the finest line of steamboats on the St. Lnwrence, affording daily communication between Montreal and Quebec, by the fine iron steamers Quebec and Montreal ^ commanded the first by Capt. Labelle and the second by Capt. Nelson. It is impossible to find more comfort, politeness and kindness than what is met with on board the steamers of the old, wealthy and popular Richelieu line. One of the boats leave Montreal at 7 p. ni. and the other Quebec at 4 p. m. every day, except Sundays. _ ^. a — 167 — Union Navigation Zfine.— This line is newly opened, in opposition to the Richelieu Company. Their boats are good, but far from those of the Ric^^lieu, as to speed and comfort ; the fare is higher. St. Iiaurrence &. Saguenay Line. — It connects Quebec with all the ports of the Lower St. Lawrence as far as Rimouski. Tt is composed of the three fine sea-sounding iron deck steamers »S^^ Lawrence, Capt. Lecours, Sngnenay and Union, The comfort enjoyed on board can- not be surpassed, and it is an acknowledged fact that the table on board these steamers is equal to that in the St. LouU Hotel and St. Lawrence Mall, The steamers of this line always wait the arrival of the Richelieu Company's boats from Montreal and leave at 8 a. m., for the lower ports, generally reaching Riviere du Loup between 4 and 5 p. m., and thence cross over to Tadoussac to as- cend the Saguenay during the night and descend it in day time. j^. %■< UXl The Quebec Sc Gulf Ports Go's Ziine — Connects Quebec with the southern ports of tlie Gulf St. Lawrence and even with St. John K B. and Halifax N. 8. This Company's boats sail every Tuesday from Quebec, and every alternate Friday from Mon- treal. — 168 — ;;h 3JUesfrom Quebec. 175 to Father's Point.. 1st class, • •.•...93 ""LUU.. 2nd claax. ....$ 2.00 200 <' Metis 443 '' Gaspd , 472 '' Perc(5 543 *' PaiSPdbino 5.50.. 10.00.. 11.00.. 2.50 4.00 ... 4.25 5.00 598 " Da housie , 14.00. ... 5.50 791 '' Chatham 796 " Newcastle....... 991 " Shediac 14.00.. 14.00., 15.00.. .... 6.00 .... 6.00 .... 7.00 1021 *' Pictou. «»•••'• X J.v/U.) ..... 7.50 By this line, american tourists can return via Portland and Boston, going down the St. Law- ■ rence and enjoying the fine scenery of the Gulf islands, as far as Monkton, and thence by rail to St John, to reach the steamers plying between this city and Portland or Boston — or as far as Pictou and thence by rail to Halifax to reach the boats plying between that city and the places men- * tioned above. This is one of the finest and heal- tliiest trips a tourist can make, and a very cheap one too. The comfort on the steamers of this Company is above what can be wished for. ii The tickets for all these lines can be procured at the respective offices of the various Companies, and at Messrs Levi and Stevenson, St. Louis street, opposite St. Louis Hotel and Mr Shipman, Buade street, near the Post Office, General ticket agents. — 169 — d clans. $ 2.00 . 2.50 , 4.00 4.25 . 5.00 . 5.50 . 6.00 , 6.00 , 7.00 ,. 7.50 turn via 5t. Law- the Guif y rail to between IS far as ach tlie ;o,s men- id heal- t-y cheap of this krocured lipanies, Is street, Buade agents. Th8 tradd of St. Roch. To complete all the informations the tourist must havo to visit Quebec with pleasure and ad- vant.ige, we sh ill say that tourists wanting to buy anything in furs, jewellery or shoes should visit the establi.shaients of St. Roch, where they will buy everything ch'iaper, especially those of jlr. L:iliberte and of M. Gingris for furs, and of Mr. Jacot, iMr. Brunet and Messrs. Duquet & Dallaire for jewellery. ^ v- ^^ IL m ' 9^ ^»^ ^v^ fe* 111 ' '^n (ESTABLISHED IN 1830.) 2, Jtok^^Diim^ Sc)itflri:, TBW\ (Q.tl.l'SEjg, €ji.s.^n'jL. SEA BATHING. ST. LAWRENCE HALL, THIS f'iiH}ii<>ii;il)lH WHteiini,' phicft will bo opened uUoiit tho l.st ot'.Iiinc I'or t.lio i«H'(»|)ti<)i» d' (JiicstH, 'I'lin toUowiiii,' nio- 0 " I ami over 2 per tluy. 'rniusient GneHf, if'i.')0 per (biy. JiesiHonnble nUes tor Nurses aiid (Mjildreii. j5'or uud further iiilormatioii, apply to W. T. SUTTON, IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) // '§L^, :/ 5r -C/^ #2^ 1.0 I.I iim 1^ IM M b ■ 40 IIM 2.2 2.0 1.8 1.25 1.4 .6 ^ 6" — > V] '^ O A ^y >^ / /«« PhotograpHc Sciences Corporation 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, NY. 14580 (716) 872-4503 "o' <> %^ w % ^J w- CD o B O Q I I 1 O in » CD o CD H P 00 (D GD CD P (D o o P 03 B ^ hj o ^ W CO *~*i p "^ p p p. tJ W ^ UJ P hri ?J '-'' ^ M- 3 2. gj' ^ ^ T O CO ^ O o CD GO H P 09 Q t— ' CO ^ P Pi Hi ^3 a. 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J^ank Sftackdi, kau^lit and S.aLd, /■>: ,!•: U C // J iMPOirrrji of «'B^ AND Bogs to call your attention to liia niagnilicent stock of ]m\m^ fjold Jaucllcrn and j]|atck^» Having made ** Fine Jewellery " a speciality, and importing direct from the best Manufacturers in Europe, the public will find at this establishment the most extensive stock of Fine Je- wellery, of the latest and most elegant designs, at lower prices than the same class of goods can be bought else- where, ^ '5 ET, kof llC^n cl^cf jy a ,rom i the nent [rant anie ^Ise- OMNIBUS to and from Steamboats and^ Railway Stations. —Prico of board : $2.00, with reduction for children and servants. m- TELEGRAPH OFFICE IN THE HGUSE.-©a 0. O^ (g TH E ..h mm PLACE — AND SEl-SIBE RESORT OF UML eyiURKAY BAY, North Shore Lower St. Lawrence, Zf'LLLe. JCaiLth. maSf JfCeciLUiij^ (liuL Jf'riLLicjo^atuic^. <^aLL, Liz jILcl£hl- ficaiit SlecuTLa^A, flairt TllK Lome house jiiui (/Ottages ure rejuly for the season. It iri the reii(l«'/-votis ot'Oltl stud Yomig of the beat, society. Yoii tind th(!re Ut^st. I'hnisiire. Oiiiety, Good Liviiij,^, Com- fort, and every at tent ion paid to your witshes. liii(i<,r«'t ami Siiiolvinu liooms well stocked will) the best. Harhcr'rt Shop attached. ^lotitr«^!il Corn and Stock l<]xchaiiges reported (iaily hy teU'uraph. CHAMARD & Co., rropiletora. Ivaon. ;iety. eat. mmMi mm NOTRE-DAME STREET, (St: Alt COIiSXll OF ST. JIEXISJ MONTREAL, CANADA, ■ ♦ ■ Ira. The above First Class Hotel has just been reopened by a Joint Stock Company on Alay ist 1875, and has been completely refurnished and re- fitted. It contains larg-e airy and well ventilated rooms. The undersioned Manai>"er has established a Mrst Class Cuisine on the French and Kno-Hsh plan. Table d'Hote, Cafe Restaurant with Ices &c., with first class attend- ance, choicest brands of imported Wines and Cigars, Billiard Rooms, Telegraph Office to all parts of the world in this House. Omnibuses and attentive porters in attendance on ar- rival and departure of Trains and Steamboats. A. de FUNKAL, Manager. b (From GENEVA, Switzcdaml), CROWN STREET. 37, ROWN ^.^^.taSMffl^l^ STREET. IMPf)IllM':U OF Fine Watches and Fine Pieces. Fashionable Jewellery, Dia- monds &c. Mr. J boprs to iuroriii the public and Tourists that liis establish ricnt is wu!l /issoited of Gii^Iisli, FiTsicli, tJermaii Jewellery AND WATCHES OF ALL GllADKS. oo>xr*jE:TiTxo:v r>ii:Fiii:r>. Tliis Houpc is recoi]iiiion