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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mdthode. 32t 1 2 3 4 5 6 qfO 4 i h O 4 xj)^_y4 >- , V > 1 8'82 H AND THE Lower Saint -Lawrence COMniSJ> SKnSS&lT fOS T81S SUS&S * 15 i| !r 1^4. e^W, /nf//t4^€f/. >4^ QUEBEC A W 4.^' o ig^if> OR. lOOK^toj^^o^'fe^l^^fcfe,i.^><>^ K.C^iEtoie .*?■/•> -i^ jk><'Hi;-K>OiKI«50|[3i o my 1^1 '^^''O"^' Library Biblioth6que nationale ■ ^B of Canada du Canada 1 I I THE MOST BUCT aOIITI<] FROM QUEBEC TO THE Mf E AND FBANCm IfllTAINS IS -yrXJ^ THE Passumpsie Railroad PASSING LAKE MEMPHREMAGOG By this route passengers can have the great advantage of breaking the journey at NEW-PORT Vt. where the steamer " Lady of the Lake " is taken for Ithe round trip on LAKE ?.IEMPHREMAGOG returning to NEWPORT, from whence the journey can be resumed via St. Johnsbu^ by fast express trabis running direct to the PBOFIUB HOUSE, FABIAN HOtlBE (where connection is made with the famous MOUNT WASHINGTON RAILROAD to the SUMMIT OF MOUNT WASHmOTON) also the GIIAWFOBD HOUSS, Mt. PLEASANT HOUSE and other celebi-ated White Mountain resorts. Your tickets should read via Sherbrooke P. Q., and Newport Vt. They can be procured either at the offices of the Grand Trunk or (^^uebec Central Railways or at the PASSUMP- SIC RAILROAD office, 8 Sous le Fort street, comer Of Dai. Hocsra street, opposite the Richelieu Line Steamer wharf, Quebec. H. E. FOLSOM, Superintendent, W. RAYMOND, General agent, N. C. LOVERING, jr. Gen. ticket agt. J. R. MICHAUD, Gen. Canadian agent, (at Quebec office.) The Passumpsie Railroad is also the best route to Boston, Springfield and ail other cities in New -England also to New- York and all points South. f C ^{j> MA.P OF LAKE MEMPHREMAGOG, NEWPORT, VT (oiicTWH or hnnsiiticiiiBi.EitKnll^ -5 I WHY QUEBEC IS IXTKRESTINd jtiavt—***"'""* lAP OF ,MPH»?tMAG06, /PORT, VT juMTvn) or cinsiEtfienEJi Toarifttes in soai-cl. of a cits- roinni-kablo for iu oommeffial activity, fine l.iuWin^.sand modoni inipro- vcmonts should not come to Quebec, hi this respect il»o '• ai^cient capital " is rather behind time. But lor all lovers of beautiful landscape, ft-rand sceneries and picturesque panoramas, histoi-ical monuments and records of by-gone ages, it is unique in Canada and unsuipassed in North America. No othei- city than Qnebec can boast of having been the birth-place of french civilisation on this continejit, and for one hun- dred and fifty years the home of those famous disco- verers, soldiers and missionai-ies, who explored the vast country extending fi-om the Arctic Sea to the Gnlf of Mexico, between the Alleghanies and the hooky Mountains. Prom their clumsy castle of Cape i Dia^iond, the governors of New Prance held the swaA- I ot the - christian kings " over three fourths of North 5 America, and through tlieir alliance with the Indians f^pt in al)eyance the populous and thriving colonies pt New-England. Amongst the cities of this norther.i lontinent, Quebec is the only one which was five TZ .f^^tf ^^ '' ^^^'^^^" «»^"^>'- fiv^erywhere n this the eldest city of Canada may be seen the jeiics of those ancient contests. I Quebec is above all an historical city. It has kept f 1 the salient traits of the feudal system and the state II civilization iindfr wisjj^Vi •■* ^vw f i > j • . _ -- ! — .. J8H .1 ,1 ,vat5 nmntloa and I'atsted — 4 -^ . ♦• in ^P?*^*';'!' eiehteen* century . ;, „„lci«e fortress of the e.gh ,t, Q«« jjew-York ■ ^^^"'^'"^ !l.;^i*^'»>**'"'°ttWdbyt«o , ■•» "' *rC it^tands on the pomt ^^ ^.e and rit*«^"^' 't Ukethem,Tncet'»b" ,i,ers a"'' j ,iver«, though "«'^' ;, o„e of *^' ;, tte Saint ^ Ue»«« «-"*-^: com^e ; and the <^he. » j^„„ ,tiU roUs «^<'»f,;*:Sf into the g;:;f^4„Ur point rharies, emptying 1 tlnw forming ** ".„ ? general ?heSor*-^-\t:\tS. » -«.»-• '"a^te'uniihe »'?'"'*' r^^CTon the oo^t 'anyof^eoW'^e- any other plae^ ,^ep, !*« "*"4„^ „t France, nai-ww, irregul»t a" tend^ »„dtt.^ c»thedraU ports on our ^^^^M^r^g? °^"',, « e ^est, are see» ^he eccles.ast.cal •> 1, ^„d »„ tl.e ,^^^^ ^,, ,h«che». converts \^._^g secu a, » ^^ j^^,„, to predominate ev y ^„„„«j_ ^^^^^, cathedral town n a P. P ^^ ^.^ f *« p together «* *" ristocratic and te«d» ^„„erci« ^^frf'of =>« *«.°r Jo Great Britain. Singing to the «a... This G city of (^ Saint-La I gers gen I to visit ( I not kno^ \ learn, w, I money th 1 This 1 ■ given V perusing enable t fort the of inter* have to to speni ; enable 1 I expense. ; Simil ing-pla Strai Inot suf |by ini |terc8t lome 1 mt se< ►laces lardlj leighl le m ichl n ?vi\nw n reality fovmce oC Hhottld be has keP^ r. l^oton\y janormat^ \ — O — NOTICE TO TOUllISTS This Guide is intended to give tourists visiting the city of Quebec and the watering-places of the Lower Saint-Lawrence all the information required. Stran- .ern generally complain that it is next to impossible to visit our old city with pleasure, because they do not know, and cannot procure a good guide-hook t« learn lohat to see, how to see it and h>w much time and mney they must spend for that purpose. - This little guide-book contains all this information, given with the most consciencious accuracJ^ ihe perusing of these pages before reaching ^ll'Zl enable tourists to form an exact opinion of the com- fort they will enjoy, of the special objects and places of interest they will see, of the the time they will have to stey in the city and of the sum they will have to spend In a word, the perusing of this guide will enable tourists to make up the itinerary and the bill of expenses of their visit to Quebec. Similar information is given respectmg the water- : ing-places of the Lower Saint-Lawrence. . Straneers really want all tKw information. Being ''' ""^iZlt Inot suf^iently well informed, a.o very often deceived ^^^' "^^iy inexact american guide-books^to find any m- ^ '-'''' "" rl\ W in their visit to our city, they spend a fowlone- ^' ^'^^ 'T!t^c iome hours within our walls and leave in haste with- the place, ^^^'l|accs of more or less interest and about which they fo^alappeai^ f ^ know anything, although Quebec and its g and coin«^®!^ I . ij^o^j.hood abound in historical monuments and m n America, ei 1 ^ j^^^^. ^^^antic and charming views, affording a t Britain- |^^ banquet to all admirers of the beauties of nature. ,cc is ^iniqvie . ,ei^e>v-Vork ,«,ed by V^ . ^eriminis- ^^^^ ^e rivers and ,r is the Saint , stream from •iangular point i,, its general duite unlike The streets are Y of the old sea those of ^France. lor the _ 9 — GBNKBAli INFORMATION U„.Mine, before .■oMaung Quebec «« l^Ul « >^_^^ TARIFF FOR CARTERS AND DRIVF.S -. n\'\<» siro honest and AUhough oo,. m;^-^ ;; :„t ;f "em may be ,„^e™le^ n. then' ^^^^^^^^ „^t „.horbiUu,t temptel to exceed theuta^ „„y trouble of that vates from "t™"^;^. ^^^^/'^o , J at the following UM,to«r>Bt.w>l lonb^ha,e ^^^^ ,ity, »„,, of exhibit it ^'hen asked for. OMjECHK • * o«xr n cents. TWO HORSES VEHICLE lionest and n may be ixhorbitant ,le of that >c following city, and of L. copy and tiin the city ccntB. If to atcs. When ) be charged. 1 persons, 75 I additionnai mte. From any i)lace to any other place withi.i the city limits: lor 2 perwon.s, $1.00 ; 2 or 4 persons, $1.50. If to return, add 50 per cent, to the above rries. If the drive exceeds the hour, hour rates to be charged. By the hour, for the first hour : 1 or 2 persons, $1.00 ; :j or 4 persons, $1.50; each additionnel hour : 1 or 2 persons, t5 cents ; 3 or 4 persons, $1.00. Provided always that the rate per day of 24 hours will not exceed $10.00 : $5.00 for caliche, $7.50 for waggon and $10.00 for two horses vehicle. Fractions of hour are charged at^;ro raia hour rates ; but not less than a quarter of an hour shall be charged when the time exceeds the hour. The tariff by the hour applies to all drives exten- ding beyond the city limits, when the engagement is commenced and concluded within the city. Fifty per cent, ape added to the above tariff rate* from mid-night to fbur o'clock in the morning. — 8 — BAGGAGE For each trunk or box carried in any vehicle, 5 cents; but no charge shall be made for travelling bagB or valises which passengers can carry by the hand. Kbjiark. — Accoiding to the above official tariff, the rates chargeable for a drive from any steamboat lan- ding or railway station to any hotel or place in the city, and vice versa from any hotel or place in the city to any steamboat landing or railway station, are as follows : CaUche—l person, 25 cents; 2 persons, 40 cents; Waggon— I or 2 persons, 50 cents; 3 or 4 persons, t5 cents ; Tow horse* vehicle— I or 2 persons, $1.00; 3 or 4 persons, $1.50. Caution— Whenever you engage a carter, be sure and take note of his number— which is to be found on the back of the vehicle and on the forehead of the horse— so that if there is any reason of complaint against him, you may easily have redress by giving his number to any policeman or police-station. TARIFF FOR SPECIAL DRIVES •<#'/ The iol lowing rates, without regard to the official tariff, are commonly charged for drives to any of the following places : Montmorency Falls, Cap-Rouge and Indian (^so called) village of Lorette : Two horses vehicle, four persons or less $5.00 One horse waggon, four persons or less 3.00 — — vehicle, 5 oiling bags 10 hand. 1 tariff, the mboat lan- ilaee in the ace in the station, are to cents ; 4 persoiiP, DO; 3 or -1 ter, be sure be found on lead of the f complaint IS by giving ion. the official any of the p-Rouge and iSB $5.0G >88 3.00 Ghaudiere Falls, on the south shore of the Saint-Lawrence : Two horses vehicle, four persons or less C.OO One horse waggon, four persons or less.... 4.00 Lake Beauport or lake Saint Charles: Two horses vehicle, four persons or less.. 8.00 One horse waggon, four persons or less 4.00 The above are the highest rates charged for those drives, and a reduction is generally -lade on these ])rice8, to which are to be added the fares for toll-gates and the ferry over the Saint-La wreiico, for the drive to Chaudiero Falls. Remark. The proprietors of the Kusseil an. Arrangement by the week at reduced rates. Russell Hmse.— It is another fii*st class hotel, owned and managed by the ]>ro]>rietor8 of the Saini-Lmds hotel, Messrs. W. Russell & Son. Table, same as at the Saint-Louis. Largo and well ventilated rooms, with better light than those of the other house. The rooms facing Saint-Ann street command a magnificent view of a part of the city and harboui-, and also of the beautiful scenery on the north shore of the Saint-Law- rence. The Russell House, like the Saint-Lonis, is eligluly situated, near to and surrounded by the most delightfull and fiishionable promenades — the Gover- nor's Garden, Dufl'erin Terrace, the Places d' Amies, the Bamparts, the Citadel and Essplanade, which i'ur- nish the Siplendid views and magnificent scenery for which Quebec ih so justly celebrated and which are scarcely surpassed in any part of the world. Pi»ri«Js pari of the the Gover- rhe kit<5hcn Qs are large ban others, they stand ; wing rooms ni, in whicli f England, d cigars arc nnibusGH at ) arrival of :;hildronand duced ratoH. lotel, owned Saint-Louts same as at ited rooms, liouse. The magnificent [1 also of the B Saint-Law int-Louin, is by the most -the Crover- ies d'Armes, , which i\n- seenery for d which are id. PiuUi'8 — 11 — and omnibus at railway and steamboats landing on the arrival of all trains and steamboats. Ternis.-$2.50 per day. Half rates for children and servants and reduced rates for week boarders Albion ITotel-ThiH hotel y,vaB reopened by its pre- sent proprietor, Mr. L. M. Blouin, two years ago, and thoroughly refitted with every regard to comfort. Crood table and attentive servi.j. This house is situated in Palace street, about sixty feet from Saint John street, which is the " Broadway " of Quebec It occupios a central position and is only a few minutes from the Dufferin Terrace and other promenades and places of note and interest. Tourists are sure to find in this hotel a good, quiet and comfortable home Porters and omnibuses at railroad and steamboat land' ings on the arrival of all trains and steamboate. Term-$2M per day and upwards according to bcation of rooms. Half price for children and servants Dming room, best in the city. dominion Kouse-This is the only good hotel situa- ted m Samt-John suburb. It is a good house, much frequented by those who take an interest in sport and horse racing, and persons coming to Quebec for purposes in connection Avith nport and races should stop at the Dominion House, 109 Daiguillen street where they will be at home. The table is goorooke With the Passumpsic Railway and is the most di ect route between Quebec, Boston and all the other cities of NcAv-England. It is a good road, which, o" account of its connection with the PaBBump;ic rail^^ itho Pi 4ts far ■ Mr *th(' cit hent vi li-overii his line fl will {1 Quebec niles- I Railway. Mr. an accommodate aiigoi'H may rely to the quality ol ITS ines of railways f sketch of each ers to select the Quebec is con- f-places of the haleurs, as also of Nova-Scotia ;. John, Pictoii, Quebec to St. 8 to Halifax. 8t direct route nth steel rails, rhe equipment I, elegant smo- be line runs is ainion, combi- . and offering meets at Sher- id is the most i all the other ad, which, on npsic railway. — 15 — Iwoil known as one of the best lines, should receive the |)atr()nago of business monandoffamiliestniveliinglWr pleasure. I Grand Trunin Jiaihratj.—'nus line al>o connects with |the PasHumpsie at Sl,oibi-.„,ke. and extends westwai-d luH far as Chicago. I North Shore Jiaitway.—Thc terminus of this line is in |he city of Quebec. It is acknowledged to be one of the Ibest i-aiiways of the Dominion. It was built by the government of the province of Quebec and nothing |vas spared in its construction. The rolling stock, espe- *-ially the palace andsleepling cars, are f-ir superior to mything of the kind to be found on other lines. The trains are run with the greatest regularity and are Incver behind time. The countiy through which thin i'-ailway passes is one of the regions that were first settled by the French. In fact, a ti-ip over the North 5hoi-e Railway, which extends along the St. Lawrence .)otween Quebec and Montreal, is the best means of brmingand exact opinion of the fronch peasantry of he province of Quebec and we especially advise tou- i'lsts not to miss that trip. In Montreal, this road has |onnections with tlie Canadien Pacific Railway, the |rrand Trunk, and the SoUth-Eastern, and througii the fPassumpsic it communicates with Boston and the New- England cities. ; Quebec and Lake St. John Jiaibvay.—The building of j his line is actually in progress and before some years it will afford direct and easy communication between (^lobec and Lake St. John, a distance of about 1*75 '^^'^' ^^'«t section is finished and in operation much- — 16 li I. ' ^ as liiv us St. Raymond, ul.out ibrty-flvo miles fro (^lebee. Sf. Lnirrear.e Xiwi(jatioii Cjmpany's TAne. — TJ. stojimons of'tliis lino ply heiwoen Qiieboc, the watorin; plai'cs of the Lower S(. Linvrence. and ascend the S., ^^uenjiy as lar as (Jhicoutinii, whicli is the terminus . | steam navigation in this di.ection. These bouts are i j r^j^^,. all j-especl first class and nothing is wanting to soeuilQ J^' the comf.)!-! of passengers. As explained' olsewherJ % the whole u trarersedhy day-light. The tourist, insearcf"^!, of health and pleasm-e, cannot possibly select anf m! ! route better calculated to meet all his expectations anl to present that peculiar and unusual combination, j,'^^^^"^* whei-e else found, within limits easily reached, tha the one here described. er. ] is sph e evei ow ol Richelieu and Ontario Namgation Company.— Fvo\^...y Quol)ec to Montreal passage may be made on one (fhere. the staunch and commodious steamers owned by th J The C company and called the Montreal and the Quebec. Tlifide, as voyage is mjide during in"ght and with the greatel rden ] comfort. Between Montreal and Hamilton, the eonf crow pany has another line, composed of splendid steameiiie wall and running through the thousand Islands, the rapidihich a< of the St. Lawrence and lake Ontario, the whole foil The re ming one of the most picturesque voyage that can Ae fine made. Tourists coming down from Niagara should l.fouse tc all means come by this line. Jn«r the inte-Fi ns, th le westi M&me tim ii pruder ty-flvo miles froi 17 — any'6 fme. — T) leboo, (he wat(M*in and ascend (he S » is the terminns > These boats are i t wantini^ to seem cphiined eisewher le tourist, in scare )Nsihly .select an is expectations an U combination, i isily reached, th.'i, Com])any. — Froij be made ou one < lers owned by thit id the Quebec. Tli with the greate lamilton, the com splendid steameij [slands, the rapi rio, the whole foi oyage that can li S'iagara should h\ AVALKS, DKIVES AND BXCUBSIONS WAr.KS AND PROAIENADES There are several very fine walks in the city and mention them in order that tourists who have a mcy for this sort of amusement may enjoy it durinir 'eir leisure hours. The finest of these walks is undoubtedly the Bufferm 'errace, which is crowded every night during 'sum- ior. Pure, cool and bracing air is never wanting on 18 splendid promenade, which is much frequented in ie evenmg by weak and sick persons. The unrivalled ow obtained from this platform is described else- here. The Governor's Garden is another very fineprome- ide, as also Des Carridres street, which separates th«* irden from the platform. It is more quiet and not crowded as the terrace, and during mid-day hours e walks are protected against sun rays by the trees ihich adorn this garden. The ramparts constitute another lovely promenade le finest part is that extending from the Parliament ouse to the Grand Battery, along the wall surroun- [ng the garden of the Seminary. Further on, between ^inte-Famille and Palace street, along the fortifica- •ns, there is another very quiet promenade; but e western part of it, in rear of the Hotel-Dieu, is !.,..H ,,„,,^ .^^^ ,.^gjjt by rough people whom it prudent not to meet. i — 18 — games wh.d. „e ,„ayed ovory night on ,1™ g," ' ' The Gm«• « "rida, ven, J oTa,: r~"h"''".r ""> ''"'''^ '''ap of the feathery foa,„ ovJ ,i ' ' ""'' ''«''<=»1' « rare scene of tl.e nic 1 '""""" ^""■••nomoiv The width of th ZT2T""" '!'■■""">■ •'""■"^ -'doningat high w"eTto Itvo'," "'""' ""'^ '"-'' either side of the ,„«i„ , " ce. f T"'^ '"'""• O. "own the sea.s of the "o ^ '7'"'' ""■<"'«'« --,. of white or silvery brightnL V" T''™"™ ""^•« »Ppro.ch direetly to tife S' .1"""""' "'«'" '« '" flight of st,.„s bum dot t^ ttee ,':"' ""'"■'"' " «tod where the spray and foa^ "'^ "'''''"'''' """ •ho white mass below '"" ™* 1'"'' JO" into « n.de cart at the time it f ' "^"^ """' o'-0'»ing in The bridge was Ir 'rX"i t a^'lf^ ■""" •--■• solitary upon the banks! ' '"' "'™" ''a""! ro't'Sa:i:„;tr:^,j::7 «^ ■-. <. „,.ter eone, down which ad..^^ ^""'^^ '" « '""T^' : • known in locIiXlf "ir""^ "'' '" ^-^'-ou Stops, " threo'^quarterl 'T^^!^^' ; The "Natural oxtend for half! mi le aW ^r ?• "'""■'' ""o «"'«• *!•- ^='^^r, and havT the ™^ '"""'^"'"^ ''a»k« « hLw I , , 'he rognlarity pf the work of hiteness, rollii,.. 'aters bolow, aj) ^iifo as tho foldn f»en this dolicafr 'ra rocks of (he "yourjiicmorv lieaniy beauty )out any feet, cnty feet. On streams creep 'I'pentine lines »ei* view is to a^^ descend a ! of rock, and past you into owerN of the ^^» «go, and ^^y, pi-ecipi- 5 crossing in mass below, ^wers stand t i'' winter a hui^e iftT' * P-i'i";^i/neu e " JSTatural the falls, e banks of e work of | — 21 — Ilotmnlng to tlu' city by tho same, or a ."ittereni ro.itc, you will he inteivstod by the view presented from the different points. The tin roof of the Iar/vo. 'Takmg the St. Louis Hotel as a ^Hin to the rio-hf l.r """' "'" " ^'"^'"^ ^^tlepartiire, n.and st..^ ^n 3^ '::r:hf r ^n ^^^'' "^^ ^^'^^- -1 cross it to ente^; "g ; :^::vrr"''"' ^^"^* Monument erected to \Clf 3 ^^' f V'' ''" vo russlan ne of the i. and eon. s?troet, in' ts legen- — 27 — vhich is the entrance to Lavjil University, where visitors are admitted. When you come out of the University, you can follow two different Avays : either along tlie I'amparts or proceeding to the left by the load in front of the building. If you follow the ramparts, in order to enjoy th.' view of the fine .scenery seen therefrom, you go out h,v the gate through which you entered, turn to the lei't and Avalk down close by the walls till you reach the •spot where stood Hope fixate (demolished). Proceeding- forward in the same way. always taking the road to the right at the end of the street.s terminating at the ramparts, you come, passing the walls ofthe//ot^^ Dieu on your left, to the place where was Palace gate and fall in the street of the same name. Walk up that street about an acre and when you ari-ivc at the Oon- Mji-cgational church, at the corner of Palace and St. Helen streets, fake this last named stiTct,on which is St. Patrick's church, and turning to tl»e left -- 28 — nivain follow tJio fii-nt ntvooi ^it Qfn • i I'oof.i, fK^ fl X . «nect, fet. .Stanislaus, until von , ot (ho G,n-,vgal,„„. On y„,„. ,,v|„, ,, „,„ nin.r to tl.o rit „ « • '" •'*'■''*'•' »'"' ''«'■« t"'- tlie road l'3achng to the Citadel. At thi.s "»• ''■■t,/rZ[uX I*w,., street ,,„til yo„ come to - M.e «a„.e .u.e of f,e .t.-e'et, ,'::• ^^T^^ No. 72, on you,- left. As indicated by tl,e «l,i e ' street and when you find n k ■'^'**''''' -^.-st.et/,;^o:t;:r:„r::L:i:j;: '>y Messrs. Tal- — 29 — entrance to the Urseline Gouvent Going out ,>f this convent or its church, turn to the left, walk clown Garden street as long as you don't perceive on your right the english or Episcopal Cathedral, sur/oun- ( led by a fine ground planted with trees, in front of the Russell House. After the visit to this cathedral oonio to the Busscll House and following Stc Ann' street go on until you are in sight of HL Mreu'S Church Immediately opposite the church, in rear oI)r. Cooks house, you discover the Morrin College and next to .t, on the hill of the same street, the Wes- leyan Church. Now following back the same way, you reach the Russell House again, turn to your left and walk alongside the wall to arrive at the Upper Town square, ihei^ you have on your left the ground where the JmiiU College stood, on your right the Fi-ench or ■nonmi CatMlc Basilica and in front, next to the »3asihca, the entrance to the Seminary of Quebec. riicnce the visitor comes back by the same way to the ilussell Hotel, passes it and turning to the left to enter he first street, arrives at the St. Louis Hotel, the point of departure. ' We would advise tourists, if they are able to walk not to use a coach ; but if they use it, they will have to pay from three to four dollars. A covered ^vaggon with one horse will cost two dollars and a cafehc from $1.00 to $1.50. It is understood that the coach or waggon must cany four persons, ^y adding these nnu a. .nve uic amount; wlncii he has to spend to ^!il ~ 30 — «tay one day in Qucboc uud ^cc all (ho buikliuL^. and nionuineuts within the walls. ^ ^W ^ay.-Thi,s day sliould bo devoted to the tai) Kouge drive, about twenty juile« in all. For this dnvc touri«t8 should instruct their drivers to go h,j the St-Lewis road and return by tlic Ste-Foye road winch shall enablo them to enjoy a better view of the' valley of the St-Charles, and its mouth. Going therefore by the St-Lewis road, the tourist ^liBCOverB to his Mi, as soon as he passes out the ualls, the glacis of the citadel extending to the pre- cipice overhanging Chanipjain .street. " The visitor «ays O'Brien, should not fail to ramble over to the nver side as ho will be well repaid for Ids trouble by the magnificent views he will obtain of the river and the coves of each side. There lie may also trace dis- tinctly the remains of the french fortifications, and jierhaps may find some of those quartz crystals from winch the spot derives its name of Cape Diamond " The first edifice you find on your right,near the gate ■s the Skating Rink, very quiet in the summer, but very gay and noisy in the winter season. You are now on the fimious Plains of Abraham, on which was fought in 1759 the battle which ended by the capture of Quebec by the English troops,after the death of both the french, and enghsh commanders, Montcalm and Wolfe The large cutstone buildings next seen are the new Departmental Buildings, and the first spire you next discover to the right hand side is that of th^ Convent of the Good Sheppard. As you go down the little hill, look at a round tower on your left : it is one of the Martello Towers, derivinir their name fm,,. ti^-^t of 3 buikliii^h and levototl to the 1 ull. For this •ivers to go by ^te-Foje road, or view of the C6' of Mr. da Gasjw?, was hung tijr having nmrdered her husband. Fromtliesc heights nrc seen to the west the Monument des braves or of Slc-Foye, the vallej' of tho St-Charlcs as far as Lorette. Xext to the Martello Towei-, also on the left hand side, comes the Female orphan Asylum and :il»out one acre further, on the right, the St-Brigit .Uylum ; on tho opjwsite side of the road, -a little further again, is soon the white brick building of the Protestant Ho)ne. Tlion comes the toll-gate. Im- luediatel}' after you have }>asscd it, you see on your Mi a short road leading to Wolfs monument and tho new District Jail. Continuing from the gate on St- Lewis road, you reach after five or ten minutes ride the grounds of Spencer Wood, enclosed by a black wooden railing or fence. There the road de- viates to the left and thence to the right in the vil- ijigc and soon leads to the entrance of Mount Hermon Cemetery, opposite St. MicliaeVs Chapel. Thoncc you go on along the cemetery and soon find on your left the i-oad to Sillery and next to this j-oad the Academy of Jesus-Marie, a large white brick building on the left hand side of the St. Lewis hi — 32 road. Lcaviiiif (h your way to Cap Roug, fe'inocoiivcnl, you (• >n tin 110 followini ;. V-" ""J- ■'^^"fft^^ passing for over I...ir„ ' through a fine little foroHt. half a mil «t')pat Capfioug We viiiaffe would lagc three common hotels and n'oVh not advise tou >^v the hill, where' Ih rint.s to ere arc but tw o or Thence you ascend th '".^'attractive to besecn. IeadingtoQuobec;Xo::\ "''^^«^■^-•-'■ ofthe 8t. Charles lo vo ir 1 T ,"' ''" ^''*"^^V tJ^e valley, i„ a gro4 vm, d" ^" '^•^^^^^'^'«t P^^ i ^•hurehof rAncienneLoeZ ^T^/^- ^P"- of U.c it, on an elevation thol ^ ^^^^ "orth-oast ot '-oiBe or ,7..;x:j Th^iT ^';^"'" ^^■«^- '^- -•de. FuHhcr aga n » W , r ^"''' ''''''' ^'^- i"-gh spires of the Xr h of C r; ? ''' ''''' '""^ ^^^^ near the southern b 1 of' 'he ^t""'^""^' '^^^^^^^^ the church of Beauport '^'' ^''^^^'^y^^'^, those of temporarily settlflm^^lo o't, " ''""" '"'^^^"^ ^"ghway, near tho end of tho !' T'' '^''' ^^ ^'^^ Foye road to the entrLo r^ " '"'^"^^^ ^^'^"^ «'• 'and Farm o wK i '^P^^^er Wood, is Hoi- «Klc is -on'n.et tt 1^^"^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^'^ '^«-hI Belmont C.neten, Ttnee von ' "'' ''^'^"^' ^^^ (Convent, on the riL.ht i ."^ ,'^'"' *^ ^^^^^^''^^ ther, on the le n I do " ./*"' ' '^^^' "^'^'^^ ^"'•• cl^^ traces or of T^^; i. '^'"^''' ^'''^'"--^ ^-- Be.repassS:\:;;;r^^^^^^^ ontiniio following ovor halfamilo «pat CapRoxjgv a^'o but two or I'activotobescon. J'» HOC the vjllloy 10 lowest pai-t rj' '• tbcMpireoftlio be iioi'tli-east ot J-cboH of St. Ani- 'tron Indians rc- ai'c Been the two urg and beyond, 'I't'i^c"^, those oi- fiit side of the Huron Indians ame side of the wading from St. ■ Wood, m Hol- i House, now o the loft hand 3ad leading to ^ to Belief m bw acres fur- lid Monument ^vbicli standH soon St. Sau- of St. Roeb e inscription . — 33 — in front of ihe building draw the attention oi tl.c vi- Mtor on Finlay Asylum, on the left band side-, Ihenee you enter the city by St. John street, wbiel, .s the extension of St. Foyo road and s.)on discovo,- ,m. your eft the church of .SV. Jean-Bapfiste and fur- tber down, on the otber side of the street, in the ce- i"etery, St. Matthew's Chapel. Before reacldn.- tbe fortifications, the visitor will see on his left, i rear „f St John street, the convent of the Sisters of(%trit,j Ihe Glacis, on the southern side of the street between the walls and the Cote-a-Coton, wei-e former- ly used as a place of execution : hence the english 1)0- jHilation of Quebec call them ihe (lalloics. It is herr that an American horse dealer was hung in 17f)7 f ,r having represented liimself as an emissary sent by tbe fi-ench republicain to induce the French Canadians to raise the rebellion flag against England. The name of this rmerican was Alexander McLean, who died a victnn of his boasting and of the unfounded fears of tbe english officials. Pa.ssin^r through St. John's gate you enter tbe Uppei- ^Fown and reach your hotel This drive, one of the finest in the vicinity of Que- .ec, takes from five to eight hours, according to the ^n^^o spent in visiting the various places of interest. Ihe use of a two hoj«scs coach costs $5.00, and that 01 a single horse waggon, both carrying four persons, ^-.oO, besides a few cents to reward the driver ^vhe.i lie sbows himself polite and obliging. The visitor making that drive sdiould leave at ten o clock in the moi-ning, so that he may return for the ai't of the evening on the Platform, which otter's n Ix'aullful view of the harbour at night. Third day. — The forenoon should be devotebo<'. Visitors sh(mld leave at two o'clock p. m.. in order to return at sun-set, when the distarit view of the ci(\ and harbour enjoyed while on the road is most H])len- did. The drivers should be dii-ected to go by ('o(c d'Abraham and Crown street— what ihev dont M-ener- ■? ully intal ^ iiiarh ^ 4 the ( stree 1 chesl fl road, the 1 whic I'olk 1. a tur the t 1 whei * wall. 4 over llOUi^. i ofM. 1 Fu ■1 I'OUII, 1 'A alonf touri '^-: hope i the I and 1 1 trees 1 stanc A brid^ -'K Bare «i They k. |)er8c — 35 ti to the pun <)( )>i(l)t'r, in which i> of Ahnihum I- ih<> scene in omit to sj)onsc|»h sti-eet, the Convent of till' Coni;regation and St. Jlorh chvrrh on the same street. Thence you cross the St. Charles on Dor- chester Bridge and fall in the Beaupoi-t or CanardiOre road. The first largo stone building your discover on the left is the Quebec (vulgo Beauport) Lunatic Asylum which cannot be visited after five o'clock \^. m. Fdlhnving the same direction, after the road has made a tin-n to the right and you have crossed the bridge at the dam of Brown's grist mill, you ascend a little hill, where the right hand sideof the road is fenced by a stone wall. When you come near the top of the hill, you see over the wall the remains of an old Jiigh-gabled stone house : this house was for sometime the head quarters of ^Montcalm in the summer of 1159. Further on is seen the parish church of Beauport, a I'cally fine building situated a few acres from the road, along which young boys and girls will bother the tourists by repeatedly ottering them bouquets in the hope of getting a tew cents in return. Before crossing the bridge over the Montmorency river, the road turns and makes a circuit arouiul a fine ground planteed with trees and in rear of which, on the brow of the cliff stands the Mansion House. After crossing the l)ridge, visitors will stop at the first house on the left, Bureau's Hotel, the only decent one in that direction They shall have to pay twenty-five cents for each |»erson to have permission to enter the field in which are the various paths leading to tlio places from which the falls are best seen. By going down at some dis- - 36 - tanco, the visitor shall find oii-ciiits in thn (.iii e « hieh the falls arc viewed in f,.„n Ltthl E ^ '' 'loi-o it is seen above. On the ent .»„ >, " -pen"o<. a bHd^e b.,i,e hy'tho T -X «o rcC :wrr:::!;rat;;e-r--^"""~^^^^^^ «-e.-e m-eeipitated int^lX'^iTZTf ^" neve., the least pa-eol neith J)?:? tL't tl'; ^V,':: cart «-as seen again. This aceident took place ,n flii s .s had from the bank on either side at the fo„ of the mighty torrent, and the visitor «b»l] h„„ .•ewarde'''<"•«» raoro bi-iiiOT him to the ar .cular re.nai,,, ,o 1. «oo„ tefo,, roaohi .g Lo o"" There ho vm.tor wiil find ^ eommoa t^ern < m .' «. oaliod ,„d,an village of wioh the inhabitantldo ot ;." er.s.a„d a wor.l oftheir Huro,, a„eo,t„rrt„g,re ai hough „, their oh„reh, whioh is near the falf ami ;. few nore.di„ant fr„,„ that of the French , an iC oys,ng ,,.,„,. i„ thi« ,„„g,,,,,. T,, ;- -. of anhsi.,to„ee, aided h, Lfs'hta g3''S;: 39 — ma: -'U' orthcij" tribe by the fierce Iroquois, inhabits the villairo settled in IGOT, and beautifully situated on the baidvs of tlie St. (JhurleM. in the vicinity of ii jiic- trtre.-;([ue i'all. The name of (he village is derived from that of the first Utile bii(*!< church built there, and which having much of tlieap]>earance of that of Lo- retto, in Italy, was called by this name, which was also i^iven to the village. In tlie year 1825 four chiefs ol' the village were presented at Windsor castle to George IV, who presented each of t'hem witli an engraved likeness of himself and. gold and silver medals of great value, Avhich are still preservcil amongst the members of the tribe in remembrance of the visit of their chiefs to England. The greatest attractiou of this village is the extensi- vely varied and agreablo landscape and principally the i'ar and beautiful view of Quebec anil its suburbs it exhibits. Visitors going to Lorettc to see an Indian tribe in their wigwams will bo quite disappointed. The price of this drive is five dollars for a two horses coach and three dollars for a single horse waggon. Fifth day. — The drive to Lalce Bcau])ort should oc- cupy this day. This beautiful lake is situated at thirteen miles fron^ the city. The road to it lies through the populous village of Charlesbourg, in rear ofwhichisthe hermitage or Chateau Bigot, well de- serving a visit. As you leave Charlesbourg beUindand the raaeadamised load, the route assumes the wild and rugged aspect peculiar to those northern mountains ; you are surrounded by the dark vault which covers the undul.nting surface of llic lulls tiud allow yon to their cool and delightful i-etreats while tlie mor« jtect is picturesqtie and agreahle. At Mr. Pepin's Hotel, visitors can have neat (piarters and generally goo<| lifpiors and meals. The drive being rath<^r long and partially through more oi- less good roads, the visitor should leave Que- he<' at ten oeloek in the morning, in order to have ample time to visit the Hermitage, enjoy rest and, if he likes, take a bath in the lake. This drive eosi $8.00 in a two horses coaeh and !j^5.00 in a single horse waggon, both earrying four persons. >SV.r//t .%.— It should be devoted to a piek-niek to lalce St.^Charles, distant about thirteen miles from the '•ity. There the lover of pietui-esque, the sportsman and those who contino theii- enjoyment to the con- sumj)tion of good thing, of this life meet to indulge in their several tastes. The road, as it ascends the immn- tains. passing the Indian village of Lorette. which could I'o visited ir^ the same drive, to sa^e lime and money since It IS only about a mile to the left, otters a magni- ticent spectacle. The view of (Quebec, which here opens iipon the spectator as the route increases in elevation, is very beautiful. The highly cultivated valley, the city and suburbs crowning the promontory which overlooks the lake-like bay, with the blue and misty outline of the southern mountains, form too-ef her a delightful picture. The road now becomes wild and — 41 — wo(xiy and in crossing the Bellcvuo mountains shows an enchanting view of the hike at a distance of two miles. Its longht is nearly four miles and its gratcst breadth about one, a narrow channel dividing it into equal parts distinguished as the upper and lower lal;e. The latter is the least interesting, its shore being comparativolj' flat and its prosi»ect confined ; but oji entering the former you arc at once impressed with its rich and romantic loveliness. Its banks still co- vered with the jnumeval forest, which rising out of the placid water enriches the scene with its de])th and variety of shades, attract the visitor to their bracing retreat and impress the mind still more strongly with a sense of the sequestered solitude of the scene. Within a pretty ba} to the left of the upper lake, visitors may amuse themselves Avitli an echo which is never evoked v/ithout success. Passing over to the opposite extremity, you enter the Huron river, a deep and clear stream which sup- plies the lake. The angler has here a good opportu- nity for indulging his patient art, as the lake abounds with trout which generally rises freely to the fly. At this place and the northern end of the upper lake will be found the be^t fishing, but little S])ort being had in the other lake, Avhich is much nu)re shallow. A house kept by Mr. Veri-et, on the bordt -s of the lake, affords comfortable quarters to visitors ; but they must bear in mind, in this case as for all other di-ives, tliat the indispensable condition in these excursions is to bring their materiel with them, without which they may bo exposed to an unvolun- — 42 — tary fast. Largo l.out.s uro i,i fcadiucss and offer a safe mode oi' coiivcyaiico on the lake. Seventh ^*y.~-Tliis day should bo reserved Ibr a drive to the Cliaudiere Falls, on the south shore of the 8t. Lawrence, at ten miles from (iiiebee and nine from Levis. The visitor ought to hire his carriage in Quebec, cross over to Levis on the ferry boats, whicii costs tifty cents for a double coach and thirty cents fov a single liorse waggon, both ways, and leave at ten o'clock in the morning. On his way, let him not omit to pay a visit to the queer paintimj^ of tJie church of St, Momuald. 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 8t. Lawrence. The falls themselves are an object of great interesi aiid preferred by many tourists to those of Montmo- rency, on account of the romantic wildness of tJie sce- nery which surrounds them. •• Narrowed by salient points, says Bouchette, extending on each side, the l)i-ecipice over which the waters i-ush is scarcely more than one hundred and thirty yards in breadh and the lieight from which the water descends is about as many feet. The masses of rock rising above the sur- face of the cp.rrent, Justat the back of the fall, divide the stream into three portions, forming pai-tial catar- acts that unite before they reach the basin which re- ceives them. The spray thrown up, being quickly spread by the wind, i)roduces 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 imjwsinglv grand : the next point of view is from a parallel ledge behind 3 1 43 — H, and leave at the former ; there \>i alno a «^oo(l view from the K'dgo of roeks above the fall, looking down and across the fall and up the river. " This fall is formed by the Ohaiidiere. a river that takes 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 (jhaju- plain street to Pres-Ville and see the place where Montgomery fell in the morning of 31st December 1775. The spot is indicpted by the golden inscription, TF/i^/r Montgomery fell, placed in the rock above the part* of the street where the American General expired. Thence following back the same street to the Cham- plain market Kail and Notre-Dame street, you visit the lower town or Nbtre-Dame des Victoires church, in front of the square. As soon as Mountain hill street is reached, turn to the Aght in St. Peter street and you will see the banks, the Custom-House, and at the entrance of St Paul street the places where stoml the barriers attacked without success by Arnold in 1775. By Hope or Palace streets, you will find your way to the Upper Town, after inspecting the Docks from Peter street. — 44 — PLACES OF INTEREST THE CITADEL AND FORTIFICATIONS The citadel otcii2>ic.s an ai-ca oi'aboul Ibrt^- aci-cs. It was commenced in 1823, at the suggeslion of llip Duke of Wellington, in the same time as the walls which encompass the Upper Town, and both were completed in 1833, at a cost of about $25,000,000. The walls or fortifications arc continued all round that portion of the city which is termed Upper Town. They go towards the river, right through the heart ol" the city, dividing the Upper Town, which is within the lines, from Lower Town, which is without them ; while on the land-side, they pass between the city and the suburbs of St-John and St-Roch,with an open gj-as- sy space beyond the ramparts, on which no houses are permitted to be built. These fortifications consist ol bastions connected by lofty curtains of solid masonry and ramparts from twenty-five to thirty feet in height and about the same tickness, bristling with heavy cannon, round tower.s, loop-holes and massive gates recurring at certain distances in the circumference- As the old gates were a nuisance to circulation, they Avere demolished some years ago and partially i-cpla- ced by those modern structures, viz. St-John's, Kent and St-Louis Gates, which form part of the proposed " embellishment works. " The lenght of the fortifica- tions enclosing the Upper Town is a little over two mile.", and three quarters. — 45 — KST :iATIONS ml Ibvty acres, h iiggcslioii of the imo as the walls , and both were $25,000,000. tiuuecl all round ed Upper Town. 'Ugh the heart ol' which is within s without them ; oen the city and ih. an 02)cn gran- oh no houses are itions consist ol )f solid masonr)' ty feet in height ing with heavy id massive gates c circumference- iirculation, they I partially icpla- St-John's, Kent of the proposed of the fortitica- a little over two All round the lines which oncompuMs the citadel. :iro formidable battorio.^ pointed in every direction, with numerous willy-p()rt.s,covcred-ways foi' protecting. tlio (litches and for passing from one part of the post to another, and all executed in, the lest an4 army wa^ made is not g^reai. It is 8ome what shorn of its rugged character hy the leveling effects of time and the elements, but is still j)recipitouH and forbidding. The name of Plains of Abraham is applied in i\\v history of Canada to all that vast table-land whicli extends under the ramparts of Quebec and is term! nated towards the south by an abrupt clift', indented by small coves on the St. Lawrence, and towards the north by a lower hill, which separates it from tlu' | valley of the river St. Charles. The biblical name under which those famed plain? are knoAvn has but a very remote relation Avith the | father of the Hebrews ; it comes from a certain Abra- ham Martin, who originally owned part of this piece otl land and was simply a pilot of the St. Lawrence, iiij the beginning of the french settlements. Two highways run paralled through these piainsj one on the St. Lawrence side, and the other on the side] of the river St. Charles : the first is known as the Grande AlUe, or Saint-Louis road the other is thof Sainte-Foye road. The Grande Aliee runs along a large| tiold laid out as a i\'ice course, which extends from thol Mpot — indicated by the monument — where Wolte felll to the ground, near the fence, where he formed his troops for the attack, in the morning of the 13th ot | September 1759. The position taken by the troops otl Montcalm occupied the grounds extending beyond tht^ monument, between the heights on which stands tin Jail, and the fortifications. On this latter part, tin road i"^ hoi-dered by countrv seats and l>y a portion o — 4f> — the Montcalm siilmrl*. The heights called Buttes-n- Xeveu, and on whicli stands the ningo of the f< )ur .>rartello towers, are in a ^reat part the remains af tlie earth- works built by the Frcncli as a protection ai^ainst the enemy. The Sainte-Foye road runs through the ground on which was iought the famous battle of the 28th of April 1*760, and in which the British troops of(Jeneral Murray were beaten, routed and forced to seek refuge within the walls of the city. This >v'as the last victory won by the French in Canada, tind also in North America. The place where the most bloody part of the action took place is indicated by the Monument des Braves, described elsewhere. The site of the monument is beautiful in the extre- me. You reach it from the Sainte-Foye toll-gate after live or six minutes walk thronirli uu avenue boitlercd on either side by handsome villas and tine gardens, and half shaded by over arching trees. It stands on an open field on the bro v of the cliif ovei'hanging the valley of the St. Charles. As you turn towards the mo- numental pillar, you have before you the valley oi' the St. Charles, along which the populous suburbs of St. Sauveur and St. Koch are gnidually making their way. Beyond the limit of the level ground, the llill^ rise up terrace-like, bright with the verdure ofgai- dens, and rendered still more attractive by the endlej;^ succession of villas, farm-houses and villages which dot the rising ground at intervals until they are lost in the distance, far away in the rear^ behind Lorette. • iiarjesoourg and Beauport, where the blue summits of the Laurentian range rise to the skie^. On the left, 50 11 i at one end of the valley, the prospect is rendered still more grand by the mountain heights and thickly wooded skirts of the valley. Along the whole lands- cape, one can trace the windings of the St. Charles from the foot of the niountains on the one side until it mingles with the bi'oaxl St. Lawrence on the other. The whole scene, indeed, contains every variety of physical feature which can add to beauty of lands- cape. The two battles, that of the 13th of September 1759 and that of the 28th of April 1*760, occupied nearly all the plateau of the Plains of Abraham. The first was fought chiefly on the St. Louis road, whilst the second took phico on the Ste Foye road. Each locality has its monument, one erected in the honour of Wolfe, on the identical spot where he fell, the other to commemorate > the glorious fate of the combatants of 1760, where the carnage was the thickest, viz. on the site where stood Dumont's Mill, on the Sainte-Foye road. Among modern battle-fields, none surpass in ro- mantic interest the Plains of Abraham, whic>h Avill ever be famous for having been the scene of the deadly contest, between the two leading nations of Europe, France and England, in which the fate of (^iunada was decided and the empire of the French in North America destroyed for ever. DUPPERIN TERRACE The eastern part of thia terrace occupies the site of one of the earliest public buildings erected in Quebec, viz, the Castle of St Lewis, of which Champlain laid the foundations on the 6th of May 1624, or 258 j-ears — 51 — a^o. The ])Ositi()n chosen i'ov it was a most voiiimaii- (linju; one ; on the very 0(l.i>-e of an ainiosi |>erpcn(li('U- lai* precipice of rock nearly 200 led ahovc the rive r^ yet close to its edge, as, helween the clilf and the stream, there is only just room enoim-h foi- one narrow avenue, culled Champlain street. In this castle the French and I'^nglish governors i-esided till 1800, when it was found necessary to erect a temporary new huil- , iling for their use, while the old one underwent i-e|)air. After this, it continue I to bo the seat of government as hefbre, and also the scene of all the public levees and private entertaintnents of the governors and their families, and was thei'efore the constant resort of all the gay and fashional)le society of the Province. In 1834, however, this ancient edifice was entii'ely des- troyed by Arc and it has never been rebuilt ; but Lord Durham, during his sliort stay here, had the site cleared of the ruined heaps that still covered it. and the whole area of the former ediiice levelled, floored with Avood and convei'ted into a beautiful platform, with a tine iron railing at the edge of the precipice, making it one of the most beautiful promeinides ima- ginable, commandijig an extensive view of the St. Lawrence down as far as the Island >^f Oi-leans, and the north shore as fiir as Cape Toiirmente. a distance of tliirty miles. The old platform, thus built at the suggestion of Lord Durham, extended only to the lhir undertaker, that the Rev Mr. l)e Montmolin, the military chaplain, was in attendance an;! the l>usiness thus finished before 1 got there." In 1818 the body was taken oul from the grave, i'lentified by major Thompson and cai'ried by goieral Lewis to New York, where it was reinterred in the I'lu-ying ground of St. Paul's church. vSoon after his 'loath, tho Continental Congress ordered a magniiiceiit epitaph to be erected to his memory, in 8t. Paufs church, ]^ew York, with the following inscription : • Montgoniorj fells ! Lot no fond breast repine That Hampden's glorious death, brave chief, was With his shall freedom consecrate thij name, Shall date her rising glories from thy fame. .Shall build her throne of empire on th^ grave — What nobler fato can patriot virtue ci-abe ! "' IS thine. 50 - WOLFE S MONUMENT The «r.st monument built to indicate the spot where Wolfe exi)ire(1, after luiving received three wound.s - 6t - was a half column nine feet in hei^-lit and made oConc single stone. It was erected by Lord Aylmer, Gover- nor-General of Canada, in 1835, and carried awav l)\' visitors piece meal. The present monument, Avliich is the second, was erected in 1849 by the ofHicers oi the army in Canada, at the suggestion of Sir IkMijamcii D'Urban, commander of the forces. It is a very chaste, fluted colnmn, suraiounted by a joman sword and helmet, and surrounded bj- an iron railing. Tlu^ inscription of the first monument iBcarvey a laurel wreath : Aax braves de 17()0. irUfi ^Kir la Soriii^ ,attle tool; place on the 28th of April HOO. IIOLLAXIi HOUSE This wati the residence of general Montgomery dur- in"- the siege of Quebec by the Americains in Itto. It istituated in Ste. Foye, and the americain tourist ca-i only sec the pUice where the general resided, since the house which he inhabited has been demolished anti replaced by a new one. 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 Plnins of Abraham in 1750, and surveyor-general (»rtlje province after the conquest. THE MANSION HOUSE Is actually the residence of G. B. Hall, esquire, pro- prietor of the immense sawmills below. It was built by Sir F. Italdimand, governor of Canada from ltT8 to 1701. Ttis a plain looking building, which bas beeii enlarged by the construction of new wings. It Avas for sometinies after the residence of the Duke of Kent, during his stay in Canada. • The main portion of the Mansion House, says Mr. Lemoine, is just as he left it. The room in which he usc-.l to v>rite is yet shown ; a table and chair-post of his furniture are to this day — 62 — III if ill' •"^1' '' oi the I'jver. cataract opposite Bl'EiNCKRWOOD Tl,c rcidcnco of His E«ollcncy ll,e Licnto.an. .ove,.n„,,a t,vo«torie, brick bnildingoi'lSS Crso With a \A'inir 56 feet hv fK,-..f„ * -^ *^"- of^Ohv ir, r ? / .."^ thirty-tree ; a stoue buildinrr Of oO by Id feet for the use of the domestics • -i b.-^^ summer house measuring 14 bv H f.w . ■ ^--IclingH for burracH stablings 1 "^' '""^^"^^ TJ,e site of Spencer Wood is one of the most beauli K.oun,. i.s u fine fore,! of pretty lar J o ent a^d "/ •o-sod by ...avel rond, i„ varioLdi^^ction Thop .t " fi-on ,» planted with trees, while the .lilt adorned with all kinds of flowers " ' Tourists are gener.lly admitted to ride over ,h g...ve road to the ho„«e and to vi,it the gt ujls , noi, o( fourse. the mansion house. ' * 6II.LKRV AND CAP-EOUOE The first of these lopil-i^z-a -*- • ■- 1 ., . loiaiitios IS reraarkaUie for hnvin. been the s.te of the Jesuits establishment in Lg anf ig cataract e opposite nor, is si. 'lo city, on St. J^aw- deseri 1)6(1 ienteriant- eot by 50. building ; a brick immense >t beauli- nouth of The rear and tra- t'ho park ii'den is ver the ids, but having 19, and — 63 — the ])!:u'(' of refuge of the Algonquin^ and Moiitugnai.H indiaaiH. it ii^ hei-o that occurred the massacre well known in the hisioi-y oCtho tlrsl period of the colony. 'Chis phue was also the abode oi Mi's. Franci.s Brooke, the ^vife of an eiigli>h otiu-cr, who wrcvte there the flrst Canadian novel, in ITtiT, 'I'he Jlistori/ of KmUy Mon- tague, in four volumes. Until those last years, the le. mains of the stone chapel built b- liu. Jesuits were yet to be seen. Cap Rouge is only intei-esting for beiuj the phu*' where Jacques Cartier wintered his 'hip^ during one of the visits in which ho discovered Uanada. THE HERMITAGE OR CHATE.VU HIOOT Ts situated at Bourg Royal, in rear of Charleabourg. [t was a private castle, of very mo"<" ' ■• «as n.mie, hnt no clue to the murfeiw dixcove.ed So„,e report, traced the deed to BigotV wife and »ome other to the avenging mother of Oarolint who «a» lmr,ed „, the cellar of the castle and the letter C e..grave.l on a flat stone which, till within the la few years, marked her ,-esting phice >i , ,!! ""'.f^^'K""""" of the place to anticipate ;'. 1« "'■««t«e pile on which the effacing flngei-, of ■me f,ave,hed additional i terost will be'rather die ..nt,., dwelling house, a clearance of a few acres in tl.em.ddleofthc forest and the relics of the "a^de" --- i.!«iK,.,,Oii,-, ut remote occupation. l>«nng ,he sic.c of CJuehec, in 1759. many ladies of watchful le tracking ^ liis castle eiise forest. he would ght figure, ilcl of lore, officer hei' Struck lested her liliar with I'ied man, h came to intl incen- kI July, a )saniond " •t. Search iscovei'cd. wife and line, who J letter C 1 the last hose who nticipate ingers of ther die )f a subs- acres in '■ garden — 65 — the city took refuge there, and the habitans of the neighbourhood have not yet given up the belief that the spirit of the frail damsel still haunts the place. Mr. James Lomoine, in his Maple Leaves, has given a good description of this and other interesting legends. BEAUPORT MANOR HOUSE On the Beauport road, says Mr. Lemoinc,four miles fi-om the city, and a little to the east of Colonel Gugy's present habitation, stands an antiquated high gabled trench stone dwelling. Although it is not the origi..al house of Robert Giflfard, the first seignior of Beau])ort, it is the oldest seigniorii- manor in Canada and tlu^ most ancient remnant of feudal times in this country. In 1*759, the present house was for sometime the head quarters of General Montcalm, which imparts to it another historical interest. la^^>- '^-hop ofQuel.ec and of mtenaed fo. the i„„..uotio„ of tho yo„„g ,„en jl^.-ntl (37 — SCHOOLS Moiilino- jec and of 'cJiisiveJy I destined to the priesthood, but after the ('losin<,' of the Jesuits College in 1*764, by the british government, tiieclasf^es of the Seminary of Quebec were indiscriminately opened to all the young men wishing to complete a classical course of studies. This institution comprises the Grand Siininaiir, and the Fetit Siminaire ; tho iirst is for the students in divinity and the other for tlie young men -iudying lilcrature, philosophy and all the matters included in a tirst class classical com*se. The buildings of the Seminary form four wing?^, four ^l<)ries high, 684 feet long and .42 wide, except the old central wing which is only 37 I'eot in w^idth. This central wing is nearly 200 years old, since it wa9 built hy bishop Laval; there is still to be seen the place where his servants cooked the bread for the use of the iu;4itiition. The building is composed of four large wings, with an additional one now building. The authority of the corporation of the Seminary is vested in a council presided by the superior, actually the Eevd. Mr E. Methot, and appointed by the priests directors of the institution. The priests are divided into agrdges and auxiliairos. The agreges are the j-ea' inondiers of the corporation, to the advancelne^'c of which they devote themsetves for no other considera- tion than their boarding, clothing and lodging, with a sum of $20 a year for their amusement and personal expenses. The auxUiaires are not members of the cor- poration, but temporarily employed by it, at a salary of $100 a year, with clothing, boarding and lodging. The Seminary has large revcmies accruing from ^seigniories and landed ])roperlics bestowed unto it by — 68 _ l.iHhop Laval, wl,„ «•«» „ „„l,|„ „,„„ ,,.,„, very wealthy la,uily,_a„d l,y ,„a„y n.crabe tor h c orgy and oth.,- ,,e,.,„„.„„,„„,, (,/„„ ^.^ ' I lie advaiicemoiil, ol' cilucatioii, ~ ' To the am,.,-u.a,. („,.,ist, ih„ ,Semi„a,.y otter, ,„„„ remembrances <> a national charaeler, tor it/ha ■een the j.laec o, contincnent of the an e ic S J taken i>r„ouer, during the .siego of the city by T Impel eon anung the paintings indicated l.„ ow , enumerated j„ „„|o., p„,,„i„g „,„ ,„,.,,^^ °; hand, from the entrance : " '^ I. rUeSamom- and th, Wommi of S,m,vi„ „l ./„ ■•"6« Well, ,.ar 8,cMr, St. John, ,v-by L.u,k;.L U. r/ie Vtrr/in ministered mto by the Ameh «■],„ recll Wtiolf '"" •"'•~'-^'" '"■'■"'■ "-^ '^■'' •'"•<"«*. "^ "'« itcoiiection ofa viwion of fho w-- « ^ - — 69 jiikI membej- of J y incnibers ofthcl do sojiiethirjii foi '>Jti'y offor.s SOI,,/ ^'•, iov its linviii;r amei'icaii officers city by Ai-nnld at, the only part n <•>!• its col lee the masters of ' this chapel is re a door-keeiicr ies tjiem to the ?atod below and vey on the rhj;h\ Samaria at ,/,/. )y Lagreni^k. ic An(/els, who clotlies for the t, alur^e dguic o monioiit (Us- XIX, 30,— by YL The ^l5tvn.S'"o?« of our Lord Jesu$-C/imt,—hy P, 'lIAMPAGNE. yiT. The Saviours sepulchre and interment, — by [CTIN. Vin. Above the altar,— The. %;*< of St. Joseph to EilUpt. St. Mattliew, n,— by Vanloo. Immediately jtbove \» a small oval rivileges enjoyed by the universities of England, and l r'll r boai'(h"ii" 1' imnu'iio l.nildi n-r sum dt l>"iWin„s ,-:5.^r,:. J ""'**'l lo-'Kl.. of tl.es. (h,,. <"• 60,000 .elocte.1 v„ „e '^ , " » '■<'"™'' 'l-^' "l"-a.v, specimens ;„ *p , '^'""""'"'^ "f pliysiCB, (l,0()ii .^Mjiog) classihed bv thp f..^-,^.. • ^"^ 'r. Sterrv Hunt, fi i ^^'\^'''^''''^ '^'^^^^ru-an pvoiesmv ^ttn^y ii^inl , the botanical depai'tment -i \\vc- i isplond d collection nf r.n, i- ^ '"lenr, a large and about 300 ,.f«t ,;;," :f • ""'■ '""" ^"'*'' '^■"'»' 4 -Mountain See ^''.y, stnclcingetiect — ! niell. 71 :> Port rt'Jt of Calvin, — by LeomtinB (CIih. Pierson.) (? Juno giving orders to Iris, — Daniel My tens. 7 Poiijait of Cardinal Trivuh ins, Prince of Arragon — 1(M3. 8 " of a Maiden. ;» iiiival Scenery. 10 Scenery — bridge, — river, — Aill. 11 '• 12 '' Shepherd and Flock. 13 " Horses and Goats, — Salvator Castiglione. 14 Woman milking cows. Ruins, — '* '• 15 Shepherd and Flock 16 Mountains, bridge, river, waterAdl. 17 Rural Scenery, 18 Mountains and ruins. 19 The Old Convent,— TI. Yargnson. 20 Rural Scener>'. 21 Tame Fowls. ■JM 23 24 25 20 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Peaches and other fruits, — l>y Andrea Monticelli. Flowers and fruits. " " by Grasdurp. " " by Jean Baptiste Monnyer. Vase ornamented with flower's, — by S.-P. Fiesne? Wind-mill by moonlight. Old monastery, Avith river and herd of cattle. Hermitage, — by H. Vargason. Murine, — bv Karl Ycrnct ? I !!i 35 HG li No by KnrI Yernot ? 72 — groes qnarrelliiio. oi, the w] lai'vc.^,— 17 Landscuiie — slicwin hy Andrea Lucatell Sea-port,— by Jos. Vernet ? g i-iver, bri.l^re, Jmftaloes - ^S Ancient Mon a.stery, grotto and lalv( 39 Hunter and dog fight,-by Abrah 40 Stag hunt,— by Van Mullen. 41 Gazelle *' itni T?arb»malc CI'. 42 Landscape. Card-playing on the ground — bv vator Rosa Oopper-plate,-by Bavid Te'niei-s I c Sal- a 44 45 4G Delivery scene. 47 Coi-iolanus disarmed by his mother 48 Little basket, charming scenerv 49 Portrait. 50 ' " II ^1'' l""'' T)emotrius,-by Brown.ig. 52 The Poet. 53 Butcher, baker and sailor,-by John Opie. 04 berenading in tlie street of Rome 55 Torch-light toiIet,-by Schalken. ' 58 59 Outeide scene, l,mch in a pa.-k.-l.v Teniers ■> '>0 Insido " CI Marino,— by Jean Lingelback 62 •' 63 Battle. a 1 the wharvo.n.— found,— l)v Sal- - -73 - 64 Cavalry encountor—botween Saxons and llo- mans, — Jos. Parocel. G5 Cavalry encounter—between Turks and liomans, — Jos. Parocel. (iG Attending to a wounded soldier. 07 Woman returning from market. 08 Flute-player,— by Jean Molinaer. 69 Gleeful bacchanalian,— by PalamcVle (8(aevar.st ) 70 Eair,— by Monnicks. 71 Ponian Antiquities,— by Hubert Robert. 72 Ci olden calf,— by Frank le Jeune. 73 Mart^^rdom of Ste. Catherine, — l)y Francois Chauveau. 74 St. Michael triumphing over rebellious angels. 75 St. Jerome awaiting the sound of the last truni- iet,— by D'Ulin 1717. 76 St. Michael vanquishing the Devil,— by Simon Vouet. 77 Daughters of Jcthro,- by Giovanni Francesco Romanelli. 78 St Jerome in the desert,— by Claude Vignon. 79 Elias throwing his mantle to Elisha.- by Alber van Ouwater. 80 Ste Elizabeth of Hungar}-. 81 Body of our Saviour returned to his mother,— by Antoine Van Dyck. 82 Judith and Holophernes's head. 83 St. Louis Bertrand,— by Pisanello Vittore. 84 Our Saviciu- birth's ant^ounced to the shephei-ds, — by Cornelius Poelernarg. 85 Christ crowned with horns,— by Arnold Mytens. liil mlo. ■ . .. M — 86 Martyrdom of llobert Longer (1764), by H. Alli'- a I. • ■'■"■""'-"♦HI I-i bcho. >l'Athen,s.— (from Raphael) hv f Ant. Ro». rt 128 Burnini^ wi the I >ienzo CJrainiccia? 'h. Pont >ouri 120 Holy i amiiy i St. J(,l miecia. in Baptist.-- hy ( • ra- 130 ,«;t. Joseph and the Inlant Je SllS. s.— X. Polls- ■ 181 Martyrdom of Pope St. Vi^'il —I ^ai-tncr '•y L. W. Ba 11 m- ^i^ ^.^- ^"^''»'oise and Thpodosins.— I lo^ Jesus on the Cross.— I. v- I N F. S .""•riso. y Louis f*ai-racl le atini"-, magician.— Iiy S^hnstien Bonr- 134 Aged inonlv medit 135 Fall of Simon the don. 13G Beligion and Time (allegorical.) 137 David irazmrr at th" »'"i/l rf fr <> r»- Pii^et ? 138 The Fight Felieitie8,~J. Corn, il w^ m liii i 1 1 M i — 70 — laO The Coronation of the Virgin,— by Criaeomo Tin- toretto, 110 The Child .Tosns hlcnsin*,'. 141 Battle between Indians.— by Jos. Ld^aj*^- 142 St. Jerome. 143 Ecce Homo. 144 Louis XIV, — by Quentin Do Latoiir. 145 Marie Liczinska, Queeii-eonHort of Louis XV,^ — by F. Bouehei". 147 Marie- Joseph de Saxe, Dauiihine. mother of Louis XIV, by F. Bouclier. 148 Madame Victoire, fdle de Louis XIV,— by F. Boucher. 149 Madame Adt^iaide. tille de Louis XIV,— by F* Boucher. 150 Madame Louise, filie de Louis XIV, Carmelite, by F. Bouchei". 151 Jesus meeting Ste. Veronique, — by Luis do Vargas. 152 Portrait of Josephte Ourn^, aged 25, daughter of an Abenaquis Chief,— by Jos. L^gar^. 153 The Virgin ami Child Jesus. 154 Head of St. Kicholas. 155 Bearing the Cross. 156 Ascension of Our Lord. 157 Assumption of the Holy Virgiu. The University is the property of the Seminary who have the exclusive control of its financial admi- nistration. The council, composed of the oldest pro- fessors, has the direction of the institution and is presided by the superior of the Seminary, who is -77- GiaeomoTiii- w. IjOxuh XV, — other of Louis XIV,— by F. XIV,— by y- V, Carmelite, - by LuiH (le 25, daughter the Seminary iiancial admi- he oldest pro- tution and is inary, who is ex officio rector of the University, as the rumaii catho- lic archbishop of Quebec is ex officio visitor. Among- (he professors, there arc protcstants and catholics. MORRIN COLLBOB Was founded some twenty years ago. Dr. Morrin having loft $80,000 to endow such an institution, this 8uin was applied to the establishment of the i)resent college, which is presbyterian. Till those last years, the lectures were given in the rooms of the Masonic Hall ; but when the govern- ment abandoned the old prison, the governo)-s of M()i'rin College bought and rcijaired it tor the instai- lution of their institution. It is a very old building, having been ei'ccted in 1810. It is a handsome and compact structure of grey stone, three stories in height, 160 feet long by 68 in breath. 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 rooms and library of the Quebec Litei-ary and Historical •Society. LAVAL NOR^IAL SCHOOL The classes are held in the late St Lewis Castle, near Durham Terrace, on the spot where Champlain erect- ed the first construction to which he gave that name, in 1620. The present building was erected after 1834* when the one built in 1809 was burnt. If ,-. i\' 8tor.es in height, 102 in lonth, 41 in breath and two stones high, with one wing 31 by 32 feet also two fii — 18 — BtorieR high, and another wing 62 by 23 foet and three slories in height, massivo and plain, without the least appearance of architectural ornamentation. HIGH SCHOOL iJiiii " One of the l)est educational institutions, says Ruis- «oll, in his Quebec as it is, kc. 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. " It was establislied in 184t and incorporated in 1854. The building of the High School is a gothic stnu- ture of grey granite, 42 feet long by 32 broad, situatcvl on St Denis street, on the Cape, facing the Glacis and the citadel. It was erected in 1863, at a cost of $15,000. URSULINES CONVENT This is the oldest educational instution for girls in North America. It was founded in 1639 by Madame de la Pcltric, a young french AvidoAV of rank and for- tune. She came to Canada in that year Avith three urseliuo nuns. In 1641 she built the tirst convent that was destroyed by the fro in 1650. It was erected again on the same groimd .ind 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 luodcrii construetiori facing Gai-dcn and Parloiv streets. The convent buildings, a pile of massive >y 23 foet and lin, without the xentation. ions, Hays Ru>*- High School of rend Dr. Cook. in a warm and (luce to its effi- ed in 184*7 and a gothic Htj'iu' broad, situated the Ghicis and , at a cost of on for girJH in 39 by Madame !" rank and for- 3ar with three lirst convent It was erected a similar fate 1641 and the i buildinii; was 3 seen in rear cli uiiu iriiriui) ilo of masBive — 79 — structures of stone two and three stories high, arc erected *n a ground covering an area of seven acres, surrounded by St. Lewis, St. Uusule, Ste. Anne and (rarden streets. The entrance to the convent faces the end of Parloir street. The cha])el, 1>5 feet long and 45 broad, is on (Jarden street. It is quite ])lain 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 Avhich the nuns attend the divine service. Being cloistered, they never come out of (heir cloister, and hence the ncces. sity of that grating. No man. not even the chaplain, is allowed to enter the cloister, and to this rule thei-e is exception only for the members of the royal family. The Ursulines give a first class and highly finished education for a sum ibr which the merest rudiments of insti'uction could not be oI>tained elsewhci-c. They receive pupils of all creeds and |)rotestants give t';om credit for not influencing the i-eligious opi- nioKs OL the pupils who are not catholic. This ac- counts for the great number of english, scotch, Irish and oven american girls of protestant creeds frequent- ing this institution. Some of the scholars are boarders in the institution and others only day-scholare. Besides the regular classes of the convent, there is the Ijaval Model School for girls and a free school, which is attended by a great number of children. The num- ber of the nuns and novices is about ninety and that "I tue pilpiiri-i_ru-i ■Lici ~ — wr, itaj -nvltt/iai n i.:u/ llTl^i LllUSe frequenting the free school about 300, making irj all 625 pupils. The ressourcos of the institution arc the 'iil 'I I I! i i J j I — 80 — fees required from pupils whose parents can pay them and the revenue accruing from landed properties in the city and outside, bestowed upon the convent by Maxlamo dc la Peltric and some other charitable per- sons. ^ The objects of interest in this convent are the pain" , tings and monuments in the chapel. The following is the li«t of those paintings and monuments enumerated in order, commencing the survey to the right from the door : — 1. Over the i\oor~Jesns sitting down at meal in f^mons Home-Mary Magdalena,-hy Philippe de Champagne (french school.) 2. Death of St. Jirdme, (italian school) from the Dominichino. 3. The Guardian Angel (Epistle or right side when lacing the altar). 4. Bishop St. Nonns admitting to penance St. Pilagie, —by J. Prudhomrae (ItST, french school). 5. Montcalm's 31onument, placed thei-o by Lord Aylmer, then governor of Canada, in 1831. 6. "i^ha Miraculous draught of fisaes,—hy de Dieu (french school, 1741). T. Monument erected to the daughters of the Honor- able P. J. O. Chauvoau. 8. Monument erected to tho family of Sir II. L. Langevin. JK Monument in honor of Montcalm, erected the 14lii .September, 1851). The words were composed by the french Academy in 1763. — 81 10. The Wise and the Foolish Virgins, (Italian school of Florence). 11. The Virgin, the Infant and St Catherine, vinjln and martyr. 12. The Annunciation^ scnlptui-e on the two doors near the altar. 13. The birth of Christ, the Shephards, a hove the uUar, by Vignean (french school). 14. The Saviour preaching, by Chani])a^-ne (freuch school). 15. The Saviour exhibiting his heart to Religious. 16. The true jwrtrait of the Saviour, according to St. Luke. 17. The Virgin and Infant, above the pulpit. 18. Redemption of captives at Algiers, by the llev. Fathers of Mercy, by Restout (french school). 19. France offerring religion to the Indians of Ca- nada, an allegory. 20. St. Peter concealing himself to witness the suf- ferings of Christ (spanisli school). Those paintings were for the most part bought in t'^'ance in 1815. The present church in which they ure to be seen was built in 1729 and is consequently one hundred anil fifty-three years old. Within the precincts of this chapel lie buried the remains of general Montcalm, who was mortally wounded in the battle of the Plains of Abraham, 13th September, 1759. A marble slab placed on the wall by ii ,|! — 82 — r-onlAylmor, in 1832, indicates the spot where tl,. My ,vas entcfcl. This legend i„ ca.v.l in ,he U ' (Translation.) ^^«^^^^^^« ' HONOUR TO MONTCALM! MONTCALM- ^r. DESTIX EN LUr B^ROBANT PATE IN OEPRnTNO m.M La Victoire Qf Victory L'a i-c'eompenso par Rewai-cled l.ini by UNE MORT UL.>K,KLSE ! A ULORIOUS DEATH ! Some year, ai^o, it ).oi„. „eoessa.y to repair tl.o Hall, an ao-cd nun, sistor Bul.d, who had attended the l»* fi««>f nh-A ■' --11 . ' ' "'""^" , "''^ objeui, iiuu Kcop iia»ao3 in which ai-*. educated over 700 girls, more than half gratis and tli* — 85 — rest for ten cents a month. The nnmber of'infirm.sand orphans varies from 100 to 150. Wlien they tind an occasion, the sisters i)lHce tliose orphans in ^ijjood tiuTiilies. This convent, u massive stOno building, situated on D'Aiguillon street, near IheGLicis and St. John's Gale, was established by bishop Turgeon, who raised the ne- cessary funds from charitaljje persons through all his diocese. The sisters have no means of their own. except their work and small grants from the Govern- ment and the school trustees. Over $10,000 must bo raised by subscriptions every year. It isacknowletlged lliat this convent is a blessing for llio city. HOSPITAIiS AND ASYLUMS THE HOTEI.-DIEU It is ths eldest institution of the kind in North America ; it was established in 1G30 uv the duchess /Ythe convent is a neat and convenient church; but il contains nothing pecidiarly distinctive in character. excei)t its orruunonts. Tlie paintings are copies ordy oi the oviifhM'ls In thgi other churches Jind chapels. For the bu.ulinx^ furniture, &c, of this liospital, bishop de St. .Vallier oxpended 100,000 crowns. The insti- Intion was endowed by grant of landed properties which are, with the labour of the nuns and a yearly grant from the Government of nearly $2,000, the only ressources of the establishment. To superintend the convent there are the superior and seventy nuns, all cloistered. The number of sick and old persons re- ceived in the institution generally exceeds one hundred and fiftv annually. Arnei-ican tourists should not forget that Colonel Ai-nold, commanding with Montgomery the New England troops besieging Quebec in lYTS, was trans ported to that General Hospital after he was wounded in the attack upon the anultau^Matclot barrier, in the morning of the 1st January, 1116. 89 — s situated in le St. Charles y the second e St. Valior. invalids and )us and tom- llellograni of lenirth and ving projects d. Attached chiiroli ; but in character. 5 coj)ie8 only and chapels, ipital, bishop i. The insti- d properties and a yearly 000, the only )e)'intend the rjty nuns, all persons re- one hundred hat Colonel y the New ), was trans vas wounded irrier, in the THE HOPITAL DH .SACft^-CGEDB Here is quite a modern institution, founded in l^T3 by the present archbisiiop of Quebec, Mgr. Tasche- leau. The building, a plain cut stone edifice, thj stories liigb, was completed in the fall of 187-t and the hospital immediately opened for the reception of foun- -llings and persons attacked by hideous or contagious diseases, which is the object of this institution. ^The nuns in charge of that convent were taken from the General Hospital. This Hopital du Sacre-Cceur is situated on the south bank of the St. Charles in St. 8auveur, not far from the road to Loretto. FEMALE ORPHAN ASYLUM This asylum was established and maintained by the English forces in Canada to aiford a refuge to the widows and orphens of the man dying here in the f^ervice. The british troops having been withdrawn irom Canada some ten years ago, it was converted into a female orphan asylum. The building, situated on St. J^cwis road, near the Martello Towers, is a good sized stone structure, two storifes high. LADIES PRO'iESTANT HOME A little further, on St. Lewis road, than the Female Asylum is this " Home, " a benevolent institution established and maintained through the subscriptions of some charitable protest.. nt ladies. This asylum is intended for tho reception of sick and distressed iomales of protestant creed. It is a plain, but good looking white brick building, erected some years ago. IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) loyed aixl rented by the Male Orphans Asylum, independant of the Finlay Asylum, and established for the purpose indicated by its name. This buikling was erected at a cost of $14,000. If is a cut stone structure, rather massive, situated in a fine place near the toll-gate of the St. Foye road. 91 MARINE HOSPITAL blishcd that aM-- ifi;'m 2)erson8 ot a board of trus- C'Oi?tribiitions ol nt of the Legis- >niorofSt.Lewis ; the la "«> contains a' « " ha 1 1 Lnce'a %"*" "' '^P^' medical ofHccrs mom. f ' "P'^'tn'onts for the ;;;.--t>--ci;nx:;f:;3^^^ contains ward! for o! '"""'"'"' """ *^' fo-'t'' .■"omibr362 ,c.tn! r"'"' "'*'"*>' '" ^'''^ -'•»'«. a»d cold l,;hr .ho T '""'^ """•" "^"ho' for the rocrcation and exeiTisp nf f k^ V "^^P"^'' o- -^ea. iLu uuiin ouiiding, but completely — 93 — isolated from it, stands the Cholera Hospital, a wooden structure 202 feet long and 24 in breadth, two stories high and capable of accommodating one hundred and fifty cholera or fever patients, in case of opideray. The management of this hospital is entrusted to a board of commissioners composed exclusively of phy- sicians and appointed by the Dominion government. The resident physician is Dr. Catellier, one of the professors of Laval Univorsity. The maintainance of this establishment costs from $20,000 to $25,000 a year, of which the local government of the province of Quebec contribute $4,000. QUEBEC LUNATIC ASYLUM On the splendid property of ju'-ge dc Bunn, pur- chased for th-it purpose, this asylum was built as a rel\ige and place of special medical treatment for the insane. The site is very fine and most appropriated to such an establishment. From the buildiiigs, the pa- tients have a view on the harbour and city of Quebec, whilst in the other direction they enjoy the magnificent spectacle oifored by the lofty Laurentides mountains. The grounds are adorned with trees, flowers and mea- dows in front of the main building, near which flows a little stream. Attached to the establishment is a large and a first class farm, on which part of the vegetables used in the institution are raised. There are two buildings : one for male and one for female patients. This last named is a cut stone cons- i.„,,_i.: — iv„,. ^i^-,,:^c ui,fU jn tlir> centf»>'- three at the extremities and two for the sections between the i( ' i'l' } I i i — fl4 _ '''■c-P e.l l,v 11,0 o„„.a„,, .^T ,f "';• r""-"' 1""-' i-^ ■■'■•<' "'0 kitchen, the ,1 r "' ' ''■■'*'™'»- I" "'"■■ 100. '"° ''"iltu>ae.« of the oetablfahnZT T T '*"''" ''y ""^ «- J.-en>o„t, who .stalt ; 1 ':"*-"""' '''"•'•'" i'«"lth3'ues6,its fine posifin, , f ' " ""'"""f "^ "s ■Vcialist, who" JuM r r "^ '■'<>'"«""• "'»ke a complete er„l:-!'°r ""' ""■'''"»■ "'"> fe'i't half a .lay 2" u °n "' "''""'' '•^'l'"™" "i ''•''.V ean^,ave a™" . ;°.''";'."^"°'''''-S'-'"''«man n>»y wish fo. ■' ■""""'^'""" "'■ |a.n„i,„io„ thev flS-- '•^ HurmoiiiiU.,1 i (-entraJ paj-t i.s »nt 200 iVet h\- «'in<.i less orua- ''t'^- T])esixc Ijout the sanu' ts four stories 'O' '^team, as »'f u million ,V I>r Lanilrv lake it a flj-si »n, this insti- 'PQi't, on the 5 miles and losen by tjje *S8, Moi'i-iu c'omit of its on. 'jlum. and Jvquii'os at to Di' ]?o\', ;entleinan, •"^wion they CHUECIIES AND CHAPELS CHURCH OF NOTRE-DAME DE8 YICTOIRES It is only interesling on account of itg antiquity and being the first roman catholic church erected in — 96 — CM.ada. The building, which stands i„ the W„ though the .xTt . jr t :..:ur" '°"'""^'' l>.-cvio„sly to 1C90, since tl^Tave ^t b r "'T" ly dcoiished d„H„g the ^Ji^::CJl7ZT" in this church Tb thfnh Oct^L^'T.T,"^" ^*'*'"-'"«'' on Which the H..st t^^^P^l^ 'J? 1g aC;:fthr'x::rx;:rirr- favor, this church received the name of ^/n"' ;nscHpL stating S'^fn The^r jj^hef "" tinu the chu;ch a:d Lw r T :r::„,!;7r"^'''«'' There is no regular service in this ohuvoh .- long time, and it is only looked JZ'l T' " Hdministration of the Vnn^' " f ""^'' ^^'^' Lppt, ^„^^„ ^}^^^^.^j^ authorities. 9t - THE BASILICA The building of this^ cathedral was oommenced and pursued under the auspices of bishop Laval, and on the 18th July, 1G66, it was consecrated under the name of Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. It superseded the chapel of the Jesuit's college, which was for sometime used as the parochial church of Quebec. This building has suffered much from the flies occasioned by the storming of the city during the siegoM, but the foundations and part of the walls are still the same, so tliat it may be said with accuracy that this church dates from nearly 216 yeai-s. It is the eldest church in America. It is distinguished rather for its solidity and neat- ness, than foj* splendor or regularity of architecture- The ailes or wings, considerably lower than the nave of the chui-ch, and the lofty tower and spire built without and separated from it on the south side, destroy all external symmetry, yet do not detract from the religious appearance of the pile. Within it is very lofty, with massive arches of stone dividing the nave from the ailes, above which is a s,'allery on each side, running the whole length of the interior. It is described by Colonel Bouchette as 216 feet in length by 108 in breadth. It can seat a congregation 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 different saints. The walls are decorated with fine paintings, of which follows a list enumerated in order, commencing the survey to the right from the entrance! ll "I — 98 — following the passage along the pillars which divide the nave from the wings : l.~The Holy Family, by.Blanchard (1600-1630 ordinary painter to the King of France ) J"~'^XfZ'Z '""'''^^"^ ^y ^^' Soldiers,St. Mat thews XXYII 27 31,-byFleuret, (freneh school.;" rt'^.t'"'! . . '""' ^" '^' ^^^^^ ^'"^^y Chapel. The flight of Joseph into Egypt, a copy of the original 5.-In the choir, on the right hand side, Our Sa- mour attended fo by the angels after the temptation in the desert, by Rentout, {im-HlS, freneh school ) 6 -Above the main altar.-ne Immaculate Con- ception, Lebrun's, (freneh school) style. 7.— In the choir, on the left hand side^^S^ Paui^ extacy, by Carlo Maretti (1625-1713, italian school.) Qv^r^\^\^'l"'' ^^'""P^^' ^^^^ ^'^^ «^tar, Miracles Of tlv2ZX ""' "'^^'^^^ "'''-' ^^' ^ '-^' the Cross by Van Dick (1599-1641, flemish school)- This painting ib one of the most remarquable in Ame rica and certainly the best in Canada. 19. --On the third pillar, The Pentecost, by Viffnon (freneh school.) ; "^ vignon, ■nl^T^"^. ^^\ ^''f *^ 1'"^^^' ^''' Announciation, by Restout, (freneh school.) ■ ^ 12 --.In the chapel, above the altar, Laying into the sepulchre, copied by A. Plamondon from the original by Hutm, in the Semitiary Chapel ^ T8 which divide — 99 -. .irfir7,?/f^'?" -^ '^''''''- ^y ^'•«»«»'• c*-«u.ycTaHs;'orti?rh tS-T'.r "-^ '"^ choir, the jyo?„ to,,7„ , ° , J ' """ '"'"' ''"the Theophiie S::t E^T^r ;r:' ^^ and withoutTe choh- co„f" """'P"'' ^«P«' »''*« and the Yiru:in clm^w] L,Tt' » frenoh .artist, Family, by C^rf^^Zrt ^""^ ^^'^' *^^ ^^^^ CHURCH OF THE CONGREGATroN Also in Sf. Eoch and nn cj^ t i fc "viMt. It IS a roman catholic church. ill: though not yo( ■ Francis and St. cut stone ediflcc. )nier of the front. 4,000 sitters, h t; of the double inthian columns, in the chapels eir elegance and not numerous, :Iiincc at them. mrection of the "itle side, in the the original by I'cat talent and Gospel side, the >el, Gospel side re representing a frenoh .artist, side, the Holy reet, is a plain 1 has nothing olic church. — 105 — PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND HALLS THE PARLIAMENT HOUSE • In its present condition,has a front of 2*76 foct, and is situated at the eastern extremity of the Grand Battery vfhere it stands at an elevation of about 150 feet above tlie St. Lawrence. It consists, j)rincipally, of a central portion measuring 60 feet in front by 135 in depth, three stories high, and of two wings, each 108 feet in lenth, 43 in breath, and two stories high. The build- ing is of english fire-brick. It was constructed in 1850 and 1860 for the sum of $61,514. The site upon which this structure stands contains '76,993 feet of ground acquined in 1831 from the roman catholic bishop of Quebec for a yearly and unredeemable ground rent of $4,886. This building contains the halls of the Legislative Council and Assembly of the province of Quebec, and a well chosen library of near by 25,000 volumes, in charge of L. P. Lcmay, esquire, a Canadian poet. THE NEW PROVINCIAL BUILDINGS When completed, these buildings will be the finest edifice of the city and alSo of the whole province of Quebec. They are designed on the plan of the Palais du Louvre, in Paris, and in the architectural Ht^le of the freuch edifices of the 17th century. They form a square measuring three hundred feet on each external I ?^a — 106 — side. Each angle has a pavilion,a(lorned with uilastor f on. the ground to the groat cornice and .even^ vt fi-ol to the cornice above the atticks. The front wTll Wl:"!^' "^L'^''^^' """-ndoffic^'of^;^ ^■-.igwKiti^e Assembly and the Legislative Council of ":er:^Xi:''orr"'''-'"^^^^ ab^ir,, 000:000 "• "■""■'' "■'"'" ^^Pl^'-^-J.-"-, THE POST OFFICE 01.. ,«st ort^idingtLXT^;!" ""'""n*'^ ^"Vlled Philibert and n? Z ^ ^?"?'^'^ ^'.> '' merchant occured hlVu . T ^^' diHtinction. Differences Golden Do... w) , " ^^^"^ ''' ^^'^^ ^'^*'^^* ^^'^^^ «'' " r)oo, which han been replaced above the main — lot — entrance of the new post-office, to which ho added the following inscription in old french : Je SVI8 VN CHIEN QVI RONQE L'08 En le ronoeant je prends mon repos. Vn tems viendra QVI n'est pas venv QVE JE MORDRAY QVI MAVRA MORDV. Of which the translation is : I AM A DOG GNAWING A BONE : While I gnaw, I take my rest. The time shall come, which has not come When I will bite iiim who r^ow bites me. B^gon determined on a revenge and Philibert, des- cending the Lower Town hill, received the sword of a french officer of the garrison through his body. The perpetrator of this murder left the Province, but the crime was not to be forgiven. The brother of Phili- bert came from Bordeaux to settle the estate, with the determination of taking vengeance on the assassin. Having ascertained that this assassin had gone to the East Indies, he persued him thither and meeting him in a street of Pondicherry, killed him with his sword. The name of Golden Dog was- given on account of this dog having always been gilt. On the place of the building having that dog and inscription in front, the present post-office has been lately erected and opened in the fall of 1873. After the Marine Hospital and the Custom House, it is cer. lainly the finest edifice in Quebec. It is built of grey cut stone, three stories high, and about 80 feet by 40. -i-iiv c^vtuiiwi in jjiUin, Out/ ugruauio, witn mouldingH above the doors and windows. The entrance, at the K i ■ii 1 r '11 — 108 ^ coi-ner of Fort in.i n i "'" 'i"n.™„n;:f,-„!r:.::r' ''"^'^:'"" •"" THE CUfiTOM-HOUSE '•onfluenee „f ;,f "„''*°""'»»'"««.one,.« wharf, at ,1„. Jeep wafer ami nJeetal , "^ '"^""' ''i™' "» I'y 34 feet on it ri^l",V'7'T " l""'""" <"■ «« i« "f the done „X 0^ r '• ^'"'^ P"''"""' "-hicl. '««eme„t. ThlZnTl ,T''''I' """<■'" "'""« 00 square feel, •8 wharf, at ih,. h tJje river St. oriesin heigh i, of the Hvcr in ►yasubstr.ntial 't is 169 feet in ' portico of CO portico, whicli lent supported aet six inches 'U a cut stone about thirty buildings of — 109 — three stories in height ; a wing, with Avater closets of 14 by 26 feet, three stories, on the east side of the last wing; and a south wing, or rear extension of the central block, wherein arc located the chapels for the prisoners, measuring Gfi by 40 feet and three stories ill height. In its present unfinished state, this Jails contains 138 tells, or one half of the number contemplated when the building is finished by the addition of the west wing. There are 70 single and 27 double cells ; 41 are employed for female prisoners. The outside walls ure in course rock masonr3^ This prison is remarkable for its healthiness and good ventilation, while the spot on which it stands is one of the most beautiful around Quebec. # GHAMPLAJIN MARKET Is one of the largest buildings ofQuebec. It is a fine edifice, with a colonnade in the center, situated in the Lower Town. , about one 1 a property added, of a Bs high ; an ' by 48 feet, angles witli 'onstructed, lenght and JACQUESCARTIBR MARKET HALL In St. Roch suburb, is a large white brick building two stories high. The lower story is- used for butchers stalls, and the other is a public hall for lectures, thea- tres, &c., large enough to seat about 2,000 persons. VICTORIA HALL Was formerly the church of the wesleyan congre- gation. It was built in 1816 in its present plain form. After the construction of the new wesleyan metho- V. ,f .■'( - 110 _ tlist church in iSig it i •■••■"."fomedlit into' a ZlT ITJT '^'''''^ "'>» "gam 80ld to entei-prhin" Ion? """■ "» '' ^'^» «n'helot market -ANKS or Q..EBEO ANB .MONTHEAL These are the only banta ,„ r. , The Bani. of M^ fc .dr'ltr ''™''°""°- Paul and St. Peter streetril ?' Tu^ "''™^'' "^ St. "ot so well designed. The Notre nl T* ''•>''«' >»" ■"«'-joh„,treet,i..ja^:::X'::rC"'' — Ill — THE CEMETERIES MOUNT DERMON CEMETERY On St. Lewis road, about two and a half miles from the citj, belongs to the members of the episcopal church. It occupies an immense ground, of thii-ty-two acres in extend, purchased in 1852 from the Quebec Seminary. The first frencli settler that owned, clear rpmnlna nP aoTravol distinguished personages, especially those of the Eev. Daniel Wilkie, one of the ablest preceptors * outh. = ■= f 1 1 i )'>•/ i 'idiih n . — 112 — of John Wil8on, tho celebmied scotlish vocalist, and the only ,s,m of Lord El^n, who wan drowned in tho I'lver St. Mam-ioo. THE BEL.MOXf CEMETERY Is situated tr, the no.-th of the St. Foye road, about wo mdes from the eity. It i. the buryin.. ground of he roman catholic churc.e. of Notre-Damt (french suburb, ft was hud out some eighteen years ago and c ntains some fine monuments, especially that ereet- • to the memory of F. 1. Garneau, the national his- oian of Canada. Tl»e site is far from being as beauti- ful as that of Mount Hemon cemetery. ST. CHARLES CEMETERY On the Lorette road, is beautifully situated on the banks of the river St. Charles, near Scott's bridge. 1 he great pines which adorn it impart to that cem- etery a gloomy appearance which becomes very well the place and its object. Immediately opposite is the St. Sauveur cemetery newly laid out, and containing nothing worth a visit.' GENEBAL SKETCH To some travellers, tlie principal charm of .Quebec lies in tho boldness cf its position, as a military post ; > '^^ ^^'^ ^Qmiy ui its surrouiKhng hmdscape • and to others aga n. in the richness and variety of its 113 - isli vocalist, and waH drowned in tY Poye road, about lying ground of e-Dame (freiieli ist, in St. John ti years ago ann , , llllh of May 1535, with .. fai.- wukI ■ I,,,, „»,„. 1 1»..3-. and ultimate,,. ,o„„itej „, tl, C T'"" l;«m,lta„d, on the 2Cth.ofJ.tly. It w'« ^11 ' nn ' Aug«.t, the tc«tival o, Saint W.„r,hM L « " ".a.lo a «,ifieiont ontt-y into (ho gL! l-^!' ctat to .00 hat it wa, filled with i»lamls and lodlr a eo,' Klot-ahlo depth into (he land. I„ l,o„„,. „fZ S-Z ho,.ofo.e, on who»e festival it ,va„ than (a e„t o I ToX ri^xr of'^'-V"/: ' ""' -"•'^qucntly extended 10 tncne, ol wlueh thm was the outlet into the xo. Horn heueo they proceeded «,,wani« br the I |„„, ,, An . o„t., then atlvanced a„ fa,. „« the L.,- fC^n^' which they entered on the l,t of s«„.„„ " roachod on the eth .K„ 1 1 5 ^P'«»»''ej-, and u oil UK otJi the Maanx-Coudres m- T«i„ , 4,' it QUilBEC IN 1535 There wa;. irt,., r,H ihi adacoiij called Stadacona, a.,d the y L'.irtior, who wont into Donna' cona'H canoi , 3 ai took of hroad and wine with the IndianK. und made every one pleased with themselves and witii each other. Hero, therefore, Carticr deter- mined to wintci ; and tinding, in the small river Saint- (Uiarlos, which joins the Saint-Lawrence a little to the north of the promontory of Quebec, a safe and good place for that purpose, he moored his vessels here, on the IGth of September. The descri])tion of this — the tirst description of Quebec over given, as writtcji by Cartier, reads as follows : FIRST DESCRIPTION OF QUEBHC *' There is a goodly, fair and delectable bay, or creek, convenient and tit to harbour ships. Hard by, there is, in that river, one place very narrow, deep and swift running, but it is not the third part of a league ; over against which, there is a goodly high piece of land, with a town th*. rein. That is the place and a^'odo of Dnnnacoha; it is called Stadacona; under whicl. ^v/vvn, towards tho north, the river and port of the Holy Cross (now Saint-Charles) is, where we staid from tho 15th of September, 1535, until the 16th of May, 1536 ; and there our ships remained dry." FJUST WINTER AT QUEBEC The further progress of Cartier from hence up the river Saint Lawrence as far as Hochelaga wMth a small number of his men, while tho rest was ^left to take I I" if ? — 116 — care of the ships, i.s well known -md if to boa(Idcd,that after loosimr^?' '"''""'"^ ^"'j tion from B;urvy a,u cold 1^^'^' ^^^thcoxpedi- -Bt, save three 'being l^tlv J': ^T"" '' «" ^hc of the ch-.ate, Ihe, Xn^XllltlV^^?'^^' carrying with them the chief Dn.' •^'' ^^^^'• other Indians of rank alloftr "'''* ^"^ ^^^o by the king of FrancVa d lltT^r "'" ^"^^^^^^^ - as to become enti ^ ,^1^0 St'^"^^" CARTIBK AND BOBBBVAL Ab every Buccessivo TOya„o mad,, c. i- this quai'tor of the globe seomerlf^ "' Europe to interest felt in il« thtJZ Zh^ ™*'* "■" S^^™' ..ation of this .ecolTe;Xr:*f c T '"" ""•'»'- was set on foot, of whiehl^!i, "'■*""■' » ""ml the lord ofKoL:^; t picZ r'f .''' '" '^'""• and military eommand, and of whr P !•" *'" "'"' i>ave the maritime command TJ, « f '*'*'■ ™^ '° five ships, and the vvhoTe cost of^h' ' "°"''^*^ "' vided for by the kin,/ Th ,"■ ""**' "^"^ P™- on the 23 Jof May f54i f^ r,''*"* '*^™ ^'""'•Malo Saintc-Croix, i,X' ri™! Sat 'i"! ™'^.'' *'"' "»'•' "' <'fAug«st,Eobervalnotv. ?^''''"'*'" *''<' 23.xl now .^cended the sL„^ T ^"^ *•""" "* ""• Cartier time, and fi^ed his n w w T™"'" '" """'' » '"^^M of the river Th^hoZiZTr'''""' "' '""^ ™°»«> '•enceatCapeWrah' ?''"'" "'" ^'''''^I"'"- Ci-oix Hero hTSf ""V'T "*^ ''"">™ S^int*- f -ter. :d':n''ot rr'ti:;: '-f -"" -P-utotUoftherocHoeon^riltmLt: it i-emains only nsoftheoxpedi- ealth of all the V the severity- e in Jn\y, 153J icona and two well r^^eived 80 much kind- ► their fate. oni Europe to ise the general on the termi- ''tior, a third ' de la l^oquo. have the civil irtier was to consisted of itfit was pro- a Saint-Malo 'h the port of iH the 23rd all. Cartier '8 a second t the mouth Saint-Law- ove Sainte- levol with 5 hill, with om the one — in- to the other, calling the port Charlesbourg Eoyal. He then proceeded up as high as Montreal, examining the river and the rapids in his wa}--, and descended to Charlesbourg-Royal for his winter quarters ; from where, when the spring came, he set out to return to France. In the meanwhile Roberval, who had failed in his engagement to accompany Cartier, had left France in April, 1542, with three largo ships and two liundred pci-sons, as settlers for the first French co- lony to be founded here, and in the roadstead of Saint- John's, in Newfoundland, Cartier, on his return voyage, met Eoberval on his outward enterprise. Cartier pur- sued his voyage to France, where he soon afterwards died, while Eoberval proceeded to Canada and esta- blished at the position last left by Cartier at Cape Eouge. Ho remained here for one winter, returned to France in 1543, engaged in the wars of the time bet- ween his sovereign and Charles the Fifth, and six years afterwards, having got together a large num- ber of settlers willing to try their fortunes in the New World, he, with his brother, left France for Canada, but the fleet in which they sailed was never heard of more. FIRST VISIT OP CHAMPLAIN Fi-om this time, up to 1603, a period of more than a century, there were several voyages of minor interest and importance that took place, one of LaEoche, another of Pontgrav($ and another of Chauvin ; but ilv- iiiiL/\ii vtliiu i v,'olii f:? tt vt \-' rri. ^rr^ ••* v» "j _ - - however, the celebrated Champlain, who had served ii:ii i^ji II n — 118 — ill tho West Indie, with r,,.,.»t i,„ to command a new exnln )?'"'' "'"» "I'l-oi-K^'l ^^-ge up the .sllinM:" :: " ^f "•-"". ; ;-"" ■■■' "^ P'-ossed himself deenlv i,„. ', " "'■""' """ ''^' »-''• '>'■ the position now cei 1 T" . ""'" "'« "'^''"'^"''^ "■•« intention to mir-'t^f^*;"-. ="«' '*"'«' raent of the French Ti.i 1 " *""'" "'■ "«"''• "•"il «ve yea,, afttwll ^ ""' '""^"'''' ''"—•■ "•■'lie promontoiT ellTed fl^"" n" '"' ''■™">'"''"'>" S»in.-Charlesa„d.he1„ede '^ ^"'""'""' "'^ '"•«'■ foi-med here by on'osL ? ""'' ^''"'''""^ '""•'«"'■ 0*ans, he vays regardless of mon^r^ "', '"''' '''"""''•'■ i;---ved the sembilrof tho*"''/r'"'"™'- M'-ong wooden wall ,„™ , '"'''itation. - A !'"'«> for musket ;!„:,:~«' , \ » «»>->■ loop. »« qiianers for hfrns^f II L^'' t^n' """"" i^ieii, together with a li:f , was appointed fie called Neu 8j he here Jaitj hee, the oldesJ n Florida, and Nation of the that point of •fl now occu. treetH. This- «ite of the n the Lowei- ' Parkin an, iipective has ation. " A alery loop- 8, contain- her with a — 119 — com-t-yard, from one side of which rose a tall dove-cot like a belfry. A moat surrounded the whple, and two or three small cannons were planted on salient plat forms towards the river. There was a large magazine near at hand, and part of the adjacent ground was laid out aji a garden. THE FIRST MISSIONARIES In lt'13, Champlain sailed for France and returned ml6]5, accompanied by three priests and a friar of the Eecollets' order. Father Dolbeau was charged with the construction of a chapel in the Lower-Towns where they were located, and by the end of June he had the satisfaction of celebrating the first mass in this little chapel. In the fall of 1619, the Recollets laid the foundations of their monastery on the bank of the Saint-Chavles, on the ground now occupied by the General Hospital. There they undertook to educate the young Indians and preach the Gospel to the savage tribes of New France. THE FIRST SETTLER Louis Hebert, a droguist from Paris, was the first immigrant coming to Canada with the intention of becoming a permanent settler. He came to Quebec with Champlain in 1617. It was he who introduced farming into the colony. For that puii^ose, he ob- tained the piece of land forming the eastern extre- niity of the promontory, including the ground where the French Cathedral .and Seminary wcro afterwm-ds erected and actually stand, together with the land ■'Mi'- r '* i< I II C; — 120 — exlendi«ft. from Sainte-Famille street to tl.o TT . , IJiou convent, on Charlevoix andP.!' . *''" Hebert made Jiis first clearinTinT '^'"'^«- of 1617, on the .a-ound now "^ ? '""'^"^' ^"^» ^"" theSen.ina,^^;tZrS,^^^^^^^^^^ "Pnng, 1,0 sowed in small ouand v ,i' f ''«"'«' tbat w.,.o .-ais..! i„ Canada folS l! ,'t 7""'^ I'esidcnoc of l,is f,„„i||,. ,, ■*" \"'''. ''o tailt for ,he -oced in ,ho colony Tloed'or'";'" '""'"»""" ''"««o ,ve,-o discovered some ' " ™ . "' "^""'^ ve,.di..o nea,.U,e doo. leld /C Z ^^^ '!'"*'^^'- tliogai-don. IfoHlao built ■Lll , ^emmaiy (o at the point where FeH ^'t'in Tk ■ ""^ " """ fall mto Gai-nca., street. Hebe, •« w ? 7f " '*™<"'^ - we,.e the «,.* eu,.opea„-wo,l„n Tl *"" '""«'" bee, whore they arrived wiM,! , "'"«'» Q™" i mined w,thh,m,n leir. Oneoftheir THE FIRST MaBKJAoe daughters was, in the fall oflRls ■„„ ■ ^ Jonqnet. a native of No,™„ndy ' ihTcf *" ^'''"^^ pe,-fo,,ned by father Le CaroT and it '"?^' """^ "'arriage whieh took place in ti? '""" ""' ""* '"".-iage which took place i,lvr''S'°T '^''^ «'*' l«>vard Winslow to HZLl wH ^"«'*""' """ "^ .;.tPb-mo„th on the"^;"" m:'"',;;: '•«'«"■•'•'«<' J the garden ol' y- In ihc next lie first cerealn he built for the 'ate Jiabitation idations of this fo hy ahU La- e Seminary to "se and a mill ''lavien streets nd his daught came /o Que- r. One of their ed to Etienne eremonj^ was ^vas the first y- The first land, that of 3 celebrated ■) or nearly ^^ite, Helene Quebec with ic built, on — 121 — the ground no%v occupied by the eastern oxtreniily of Duiforin Terrace, a wooden structure to whicli he ii;ave the name of Saint-Louis Castle. He caused a road to be opened between the castle and the liabita tion in the Lower Town. This road now forms Notre- Dame, Mountain Hill and Fort streets and was the iirst highv/ay opened in Canada. FIRST FRENCH BIRTH Guilmette, the second daughter of Louis llel)ert, was married on the 1st of August 1621 to Guillaume CouiHiirl. The first child born in Quebec was Eusta- cho, son of Abraham Martin and Margaret Langlois ; he was christened on the 24th of October 1621. This Abraham Martin, the first pilot on the Saint-Lawrence, settled on a lot of land forming, under the french regime, part of what is presently known as tlie Plains of Abraham, which derive their name from that of their first owner. In the summer of 1622, the benevolant Madame de Champlain realised Avhat living at Quebec really meant for Europeans. The fierce Iroquois landed in thirty canoes close to the settlement ; a large band of these ferocious wai-riors hovered about Quebec. Cham- plain and most jmrt of his man being absent, women and children all shut themselves up in the fort. The Recoilet convent on the banks of the St. Charles was assailed ; the friars fortified themselves. Whilst some prayed in the chapel, the rest, with their In- dians, manned the walls. The Iroquois respected their redoubts and demi-hmeH, and withdrew, after burning the Huron prisoners. — 122 — Tl,e ,Saint-Lo,,is Castlo to., reb„ilf • '. ma .strongly fortified. These I « '" """*' '" 1«24 l^cginning of (l,e more eXl """"' ^™"'"' '"'o erected by the Pronch „„, " "'M™'*« '^■•"""l" ;l.i.h the British Gove ClT "? '""""^Wons of ftrtifieations of Quebeo pX^";! ,"»"' *•"> P-s». "■as destroyed by fire the W t " ^^^*' '"''«'' " the residence of the fl. ,,, „ '^"'f ^"^''^ '">« ^cn Canad..,. ''""'' <">«"«'' governors of THE JESDIM AT QUEBEC ,«;/flvf/;it:^* -^^^^^ into C..,„ -"• •-'"•.va. at Quebec Cje::'";: 'T'' ^P»" tl'e eouvent of the KewIIefs W • "'' '"'''*<"• "' »'encedtheelear,ngofagrold * ™™<^'"«'% com of their o«-n. They obtotaed , '"^'™ " ^o't'ement on the northen, banirof th„ = ^"""" "'' '"'"' «""««! 'nouth oftheriverlLt itfri''''""''^^' "«"•• "■« q«o.s Cartier l>ad found wfl^! '" *« ^^'^ "'^e^'o Jae- 1535. Thi., place wan hj , .?''''''°™''" '"'^ ^^'l^ "' Cartier, because it Js 1„ L ""'" "^ ^"■•' J^ue.- Jiscovorer of Canada had erected?' TT *"' *">»' «'e fort in which he founTslct •"* ""*' ""'»"'"■ •535.3M,„.inghisserdvS': '" "'« --*- of to the Jesuits included a ij^^'. Jf" f '""t made ■'» far as the river of Beaupor T. ' '"'^'"^'"f^ seignorial rights and it „J ■ ^'"« fant implied 'o"-od by that ,„ade to Ko,.,,, «i„.a,;rX ,^,2 — 1 23 tirst luyinan fseignior of Boauijort and of the colony. The JesuitH gave to theii- eHtal)lishment tlio name of Xotre-Dame-des^Anges, which wan extendod to Iho whole seigniory. The residence of Xotre-Danie-dos-Ange!< wa.s coniplot- ed ann„,„ ,' " '"'"' M^ss^ehusetta. TIk- «'""t«, wa il- t '■'' T''""^'"' "'" «"•*« of tlu. "o»'' •<"<>» »««■■ J'>0'"-l., the Now p { "'"' •^'"'»<'» I'^o'lB by tl,c •■"«' lan,l, ai:rt r~ „,; 'r r'*^' '""h by «e„ "'« P.'eiK.|, colony Zo vr 1 '"'"'• ''^^'"■''tio.. of of "pwLso" rtv ^" .^''"-"P'^i"; ^-'"le« flee, ''-'Bailor., ui: •::'!', t"" ""- ««-» <"■■- «■»» .lospafchoci froS To* "'"^ '""«''•«' "ilitia, '"'" Maj,,. Waili ^'""'' "'«'«''S''- William Phipp- "-■" -it., p^wt-on? , d rrjr '°" r-^.'^^-'"^' Ix'OJi slowly, bu( ^u^'Ji it hay J.a.i (I been the scene was attacked In- massacred moM )ut were success. ill«. •ig"'iin attacked achusetts. The 3 cause of the o America, and of New-Fran cc" ii^y, soon aftei- •n Falls by tJie determined to , both by sen destruction of ce of thirteen >P and Major It n2)on Mon- while a fleet >y fifteen hun- idred militia, illiamPhipps le or nothing. )!' 8Up2)Iying iort. Phipps, '■e (Quebec on — 125 — the 16th of October 1690, and immediately ' '>»" becomo '«'vi„g behind th«, «; " ^'^ .'""^'! »«''f''«ion, '"«! "■hicb bad been taken ,n ""' 'J"""' "^ ■"•«"«" I'odition posted out of H,V ht *d'l " ''.'^^'"fited „,. ".1C despatched a rc„o,-„n., ''""''■ ^">'>"- '•>ance, and the kiTl^C^^'lT *" **" "«»'■' ■"■ eo,«memo,-atio„ of tt, v , 1, T " '" ''<'^""* "' of Quebec. p„,. the so™„ '' ^^^^^^fil defe„«. the appeiiatio:' o^sr L" r;'^'' -■"■ o.'octod in the Lowe,- Town, whce ittti,."^:^::' "'^ CAPTUBE OF QUEBEC IN IY59 The great struiriiJo fm- iu^ was reserve,!, hcvcve,- for .,1''°"*°'"?" "^ '^'"'''"" "■•-"•of 1753, between ti,oP;,fl'"'"""'' ^^59- Tbo eoutinent, wher: t'^,,"" T, ,*''.'' ^™<"--'" milita,.y post. f,o„, .:';™'' h-"' oetabhshed a line of •'"■a «,-o«,,„ .niii^r .'po cf rfr'p ^^ '"^ "'^ "'' "tood Quebec, its .,; ' T ""* '" ^™«"'^'i l"--ti«n all combin ^r .Mr it'" '"T"' ""'' '" o 10 give It precedence as tlio within ningooffJio *><.V. Tiiose attack- -0th, when it \\;is on board the ad,,,!. > eapturo the place (lonastrous to f),,. ch damaged, and «»Iley liad become h confuwion, and >ieco.s of artiUorv lio soIdiorH rc-eni- le discomfited e.\- c river. FrojKe- y to the court of J to beatuick in iccossful defense low church, witli « Victoire, was ^till exists. 759 sioii of Quebec od, 1759. TJic the French, lerl the American lished a line of the Saint-Law. A-t the liead of ch in America •ength and its edence as the — 127 — Rcat of empire in the west, lis reduction becnmo, therefore, an object of inteuHC dewii'c on (he part of (he BrItiHh ; accordingly a plan of C(nnbined opera- tiouH, the firnt idea of which was Huggested hy Gover- nor Pownal, ofMassachnsettH, to Mr. Pitt, was deter- mined on, by which Heveral points nhould be attacked at once. In persuance of this plan, General Amlu st was to attftck Fort Ticonderoga and C'rown Point on Lake Champlain, from New York; Sir William John- son, with a large bfKly of Iroquois Indians?, from the valley of the Mohawk, wan to attack Niagara, and if successful descend to Montreal ; and General Wolfe, supported by a naval as well as a military force, was (() conduct the attack on Quebec. In persuance of this ]^lan. General Wolfe sailed from Spithead, in England, with a portion of the troops to be placed under his command, joined by the ships of war under admii-al Saunders, on the 17th of Febru- ary, 1759. They rendezvoused at Halifax, where they were joined by other regiments, making the whole land force 8,00C men. It was not till the 6th of June that they sailed for the Saint-Lawrence, nor until the 26th of the same month that they anchored off the Isle of Orleans, near Quebec. It may be in- teresting to state that among the officers of the naval expedition was the celebrated captain Cook, the cii- cumnavigator of the globe, who was then serving in the capacity of sailing-master on board the Mercury, one of the fleet. — 128 — BATTLE OF MONTMoRJCNCr Tl,., H,.s, «l,c„,,„„ „,-,„o n,.it,>h ,vc,-c »«»„cc.„sMul .incl I Ki-crmdici's. will, Wolfo at Ihoi.- hm\ w, -.Snaliy dofoatcHl nca,. „,e Falls of Mont J: "J •;'•;; «eo„nc,lofw«r hcM ,oon aftor thi,, Wollb Xd I. It CcnomI Townscnd, Hio thinl i„ command sn-« ■•"I'ted and com- II uie I5th of May, when a large fleet of EnfflisI, n,,.H of war arrived in the river, which JedS, J'"' to rn,Ke the sioge and retreat to Montreal. SIKOE Of QUEBEC liV THE AMEBICANS did^'lnoirtr" "'' ''■«,'"»«™"" '•^™'»«on, Canada i thl ,r '■'=^""«' ""lonio'-bnt continued firm 1 eve f;;":: '" "■" '■'™™ "<• ^"s'-"- ^^ it wa« «o It ^ Amer,ca„», that an attack upon Quebec oT ^r""""^'' ■■""' ''""• «"'"l''i"''»ee "11 Canada .t« exocufon conm,it(e.l t., two an.orioan genera", AI, ntgomcry and Arnold. The Hr^t advanotl f o m th,. „li If '' ''^' "'"■>■ "'' *« Kennebec river 'ie°i'f ?"";:;' '";' """"^^ ""■""«'■ «'»«"" '- '- \.illey of the Chaiididro river. After captuiung St. John, Mont,-eal and .Sorel Alonl S«.nery continued hi» triumphant n,arc t^il' Quebec, whi„, Arnold, who h'a., ,,f, Boston irtht le English com- ^Ti giving the iIk- city under fioM rook place Jiid, where now '0, erected to • English and on the 28th of ited and coni- hey remained et of English speedily des- i the Marquis Montreal. [JANS ion, Canada ttinued firm As it was ipon Quebec e all Canada lanned, and n generals, meed f]-om i fi'om the lebec I'ivor da l.y the >i"ol, Mon(- ^ towards on in the . -_ 131 _ middle of September, penetrated with 1,100 men through the forests of the Kennebec and Chaudic^re rivei-s to join him, and arrived first at Pointe-Levis, on tiio 9th of November. On the 13th, late in theeveninL^ he embarked his men in thirty-four canoes, crossed to Wolfe's Cove, ascended the hill and took possession of General Murray's residence on Ste Foye road and of the General Hospital. On his an-ival, Montgomery took the command of the united forces and established his head quarters at Holland House, whilst Arnold occupied a house near Scott's Bi-idge, on the road to Lorette. The american troops established themselves in every house near the walls in St. Euch suburb, especially around the Intendant's Palace, below Palace Gate. They maintained the siege during the whole month of December without success. Despairing to reduce the city by that means, Montgomery resolved on a night attack, in the hope of either taking it by storm or of finding the garrison unprepared at some point. This was communicated to General Carlton who prepaied everything to prevent a surprise. At last, early in the morning of the 31st of Decembei-, Montgomery and his New- York troops advanced from' the west by the road following the foot of the Cape from Sillery, whilst Arnold came from the General Hospital through St. Roch, towards the Lower Town, the two parties having order to meet at the foot of Mountain street to force Prescott gate. To facilitate the meeting of the troops and the storming of the gate, two faint attacks on tiie west were to distract the attention of the garrison. — 132 — /''•«-*i- vak, opposito the place where an inscWn L comme„.o™te hiB death, he fo.„ul the road interce, ! n commanded b,- a battery of three ^a,': ' l.hiccdma shed .« the sonth of the pas«. Thi/Z and J britisli soamen to work the o-nn« Af ,io u . om fl olfe s Cove upon the post. The men had been kept under arms and in p„.«„ance of judicious amn goments the enemy was allowed to LroacT, ,mmo" lested within a small distance. They haC ' ll ,' w^ seen to approach ,„ite near to the ':,',;". Aft:: istomng a moment or two, he returned to the bod, DEATH OF M0NT(50MERr tomul n, the snow, but it was not ascertained that •Montgoniery h.id been killed until some houi^-tfl " wa,-d.,, when General Carlton „„,.io,„ ,- . "."*'?" ^cl, son. an aide-de-camp -[onieC:—::;,:;: lis TOO men at an inscription oad intereeptecl ee small guns ass. This po.s( sh militiamen At day-break, 3 on the march men had been dicious arran- proaeh unmo- dted at about Li'd remainino- led that they 18, an office I' arrier. After to the bod\- attack of 'the the artillery it the critical 3ketry was e head of the a precipitate -- 133 — if any of the american officers there prisoners would identify the body. A field officer of Arnold's division consenting, he accompanied the aide-de-camp to the scene of the action and pointed out Montgomery's body among the dead, beside those of his two aides- de-camp. The body of Montgomery was then carried to a house on St. Lewis street, and decently entered near the gate of the same name. In the meantine, Arnold attacked the north eastern hide of the Lower Town with desparate courage, but with no more success. He led his men along the St. Charles until he came 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 narro\. alley now existing in i-ear of St. Paul street under the precipice itself Here the visitor will find a jutting I'ock where was the first barriei*. Arnold was leading the attack oji this bai-rier when he was wounded at the knee by a musket shot, which desa- bled him : he was transported to the General Hos- ])ital. ARNOLD'S DIVISION MADE PRISONERS bodies wore tained that hours aftei'- jcertain the to enquire 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 tlie river. At this second barrier, tlie Americans mot with a dotormined resistance which tliey could not — 134 — -..ought ;Lcrtrc:^vr"T^^^^^^^^^^^^^ •n I. THE SIEOE RAISED wh«n *L IZtZL 7^''^'''' "ntilMarch, A«j, Luty inaae an unsuccessful atfpmT^+ +^ i x tlie ships in the Cuklo-Sae wifh *"^^"^P^ *« ^*^«ti'oy M"eneral Thomis xvh^ u j 7 "nine 5th of May «oge at once and proceed toMonZ Thl '"""' f*"" 'cly began their pmparatior and hi ^ "'"'''"■ camp in the next iLLn andCL^w'.h"^ '''''" tatiou after having WoeW^^t the tt I '??' montlia. -^^ ^^^ over five 3rderod a sortie and their rear »g- surrendered, rtcr and Nvere 1. The officers is unsuccessful lumdrod killed iaracter of a luntilllarch, enients that ipril Arnold r. His army led theix- Are :Jitoftho3rd ?t to destroy tion ofpi'o- by escalade, became im. SthofJifay er, called a o raise the yimmedia. up their th precipi- • overlive — 135 — QUEBEC FIVE TIMES BE SIEGED Since that Hiege, no hostile banner has been dis- played heforo Qiielioc, which is remarkable among tlu' cities of Nortii Amoi-ii'Ji for having been five times invested by regular forces : 1«> in KJ20. when it was captured by Kirke ; 2" in lt>90, when it successfully- resisted the attack of Phipps; 3o in 1759, when aftei' the battle of the Plains of Abraham it was once more captured by the English; 4" in 1760, when Levis vainly attempted to reconquer it, and 5o in 1775, when after having been stormed and blockaded for over five months b}- the Americans, these were compelled to abandon their expedition in despair. Thus far, the history of Quebec has been briefly- sketched, from the first voyage of Cartioi-, in 1534, and its fii-st founding by Champlaiu, in 1608, up to its last defense by General Carlton, in 1776, since which iio military operations of importance have been con- ducted here. All else belongs to its civil history and condition, and this will be best exhibited by a des- cription of Quebec as it is at the present moment > with such notice of its principal establishments, a« may be necessary to render that description complete. PRESENT CONDITION The situation of Quebec is highly advantageous, in a commercial as well as a military point of view, and its appearance is very imposing, from whatever quarter it is approached. Though at a distance of 350 miles li'om the sea, the mao'iiificent river on wlxich it is seated is three miles in breath a little below the town, — 13G — -fflcient depth J^J^^^'^ "" >-"' "-se pa,,' -■"I of vessel., at a tin, " ZT^7T '"'" * "'°"^'«' "<^t'0" with the St-W,.e„ ; teltf r''^'^'"'"" tl'e |M'onu»to,.y of (Jane D,. '" '""^ "«'•"' o*' -t point ,,»o.l50 fecTa^~' "'''«'' "'"« '^'^^ "'"■"' .-,.e,.dio,„,a.. cit,, toUt:, r 'wr."^""'^ DXVlStOxVS OF THE CITY •t^^^SlIZZ^:;^^- "^o". tho and ascendin.r UB,vn„i. e ' , ' °' "'« Promontory f Cape Diamond ^ tt ■', ^f' "" '"« -"»■"" Upi«r Town, the former ;„.!. '"'" ^"^^^ «»<' tl'o ramparto, or lorHM ,ine 1, '"f "" ""'* '« "^'o"- ';>« »" that is above an^. ' ^ t T' """i^^l^ond- t .ose, there are two Ce IZf""' ■""■"«'•• B«'« St- '«el ground, Tl ese s h" ""' """ '» '"'"t on exclusively by th Z„: '"'•t "'•«, ","«"'' ">m the Place it-Louis gate. H'eat part by d exclusivelv It is the aris- [ue street, in thin the forti- the toll-gate i-oad. It is ided with a ^Saint-Peter street, in the Lower Town, is the princi- pal street of the city. It is on this street that the banks, insurance companies and the most part of the merchants' offices are situated. It is continued tow- ards the north-west by Saint-Paul street. Saint-Joseph street is the principal street of St-Roeh suburb, which it devidos into two equal parts. It is on this street that the greatest activity prevails in the retail trade. It is also occupied by some private dwellings and churches, and provided with a street railway which extends towards the west, through Saint-Sauveur, as far as the Saint- Valier street toll- gate, and in the opposite direction, through Saint-Paul and Saint-Peter streets, to the foot of the rock on which the citadel is built. POPULATION Quebec, according to the census taken in April 1881, contains 11.53 square miles, or 7,836 acres. The total population of the city is 62,446 souls, divided thus: males 28,923; females 33,523. There are 9,116 married males and 9,*761 married females, representing a popu- lation of 19,537 which enjoys the marital condition of things. There are 1,002 widowers, and the number of widows is set down at 2,529, together making a total of 3,531 who have lost, by means of death, husband or wife. Of children and unmarried persons, the returns shew 18,145 males and 21,233 females,— a total of 39,378 souls. Of families there are 13,898. There are iu the city, according to the figures of the census, but two shanties (tcmpoiary dwellings,) 9,167 inhabited — 140 — Church of Bngla^, ' loj Co„ • ^'"''°""'«' 3,32S pies, 47 Jow,^7 Llhl^Xf """"''^ '' »'-'- 1,228 Church of cSp,5t '*'' "'' ^''««''^' 2 Univorsalfate, 2 rank uTunl ^r^'' ^ ^"''«"»"- Denomiuatio,.;.. 5 nt %t"Jd "' "^ "' "°"'- "ot given. The origins of ir' , '^'"''" ''»'"' « wo have 7 Afrinanfal °W ""'"'» ^'-W : 263 Ge^ans, 5 Indiana fo^fr'""; *?'"« *>«neh, Jc™, 6 K„3sian and Pd ah «/™''' ,«^ "»"«'■«- 35 Scotch, 12 Spaniarfa, 2^ I rfr?"' '■'''" other origins and 102 wrre\"f , ' ** ^*™'''' nished. The birth placelom- "f"^ '^ ■"" <■"■- aw thus put- 670 v'Tf ^''^^ of Quebec city «1 New.BrunswM 57 5.70 , "'"''•' ^"^^ Scotia, Manitoba, 24 NewIXj ^rcf' ''t .°'"*™' ^ other British possessions T33 Pra?cr3"8V"''"'^' '' Italy, 10 Russia and Poland V,T'- *^«™'"'y, W 32 Sweden, N-onvav and n' ,^P*'" '•"'l Portugal, 29 other oountZ^" ^t sr^^'d'o'." "'"''''^ S'"^' "ativity is not given. ' *"" "^ ^^^o^e Pl«ce of "^^^ population or Oucheoh„^ ■ of' houses being c^ty, the return, > Fi-ee Will B.,p. Catholics, 3,328 naHsts, 18 Discf- urch of Canada ts, no Pagans, 'Sj 3 Koforroed or, 1 Unitarian, 'ead of " Other whoso faith is re thus stated . 6,444 Pronch, 53 Italians, 35 inavian, 1,683 h, 59 various ty is not fur- >f Quebec citj *,815 Ireland, J^ova Scotia, 4 Ontario, 2 Islands, 25 Germany, 19 tnd Portugal, nited States, hose place of as follows' ► in 1720,— 6 in 1825,— 446 in 1881, — 141 — which makes an increase of 2,74t for the last ten years. According to the number of the population, Quebec is Uie third city in Canada, Montreal being tirst and Toronto second. TRADE OF QUBBEO For the last three yearR, the trade of the port of Quebec was as folio a's : * I^^o r.^f!f' ^''^"'^' Total trade Zl * .*'''f'^^^ ^''^^^'^^^ « 7.551,455 1880- 6,448,997 4,242,775 10731772 1881-12,160,778 4;507;530 I'Sol Ihese figures apply only to foreign trade and do not include the large coasting trade carried on with the ports of the Maritime Provinces The following figures, for the year 1881, show the Mhippmg trade of the port. SHIPS ENTERED INWARDS rROM 8«A S-; ^1^ :....4oi,2ie) Canadian 62.. qi a ^^^^'^^^O ,1 -Aiw ^79 »r^ I ■■■•r: iss,7fii '«'•-" of ti,e ,„„„„; r : ; 7;7i«'"^ tijo toiinnr>t' U Novoi-al .ships ■■e'l irnvai-dK ji( oos to Qiicl.cc, f''<' fbi'o.st and 'i« hilJ, called ftico of u-],icJ| ^'nce, in the »*e, opposes a ve8.sel, up n,. ^- ThehiJi, 'jonnds witlj "^■«ncy, and >0 in height tlie .'= 'ommandin'";"', '''"'"" "'" ^^'"»- Town «o ■■"««"■ ...»n,- ,„nc„ ,V J::;, '/; "-"on, ,22 THE loWiiB «T. LAVVREXCB AND •St. Lawrence and pa^ ,, ^j^^^ » "■" -'°wn t;,o Lower -'t-ing-p.a.0.. Ss par ^; u^;'^^'-^>^'>'«.mo„» .™r visited by thousand Ld t """'"■■^ '■» ^^'^y """king pleasure and the im!. """"^ «'' «ranse« ^ch they never fai,t il'Tr "'"'"«"'• "-''h ;■'« to Quebec .hould CincolTl '"'"''''''''""■ ^ 7" 'ho St. Lawrence of,'*' r'"""" » ™n »'*.■ to admire the «, ' c bl It ■>""""^' '« '""-'-cape on the „„,,h bafk ot7^ """ «™"'i«">' of I" orfer to help fouristTh, 1 ""^'"'^"t river. Mrip down the S^.la;r;:t7«l'!"««-^>''>« ' ""' '*"« iiow it is madp xrn " • "5"^""J rivers is *'-' the narrative™:^:;, ^tfZZ ''' ^'"'" y ono of the members — 144 — of tho Massachusett Press Association aftei* an exeiii-- sion to those places : — OFF THE SAGUENAY The crowning feature of the excursion was a trij) up the romantic Saguenay river. The party left Que- bec Tuesday morning in the fine steamer Saguenay. Captain Michel Lecours, of the St. Lawrence Steam Navigation Comj)any's line, which maintains almost daily communication with Ha ! Ha L Bay and Chicou- timi during the season of simimer travel. It chance to be the opening trip of the Saguenay for the present year, and everything about the vessel was in the best of order. The assignment of quarters had ah*eady been made by President Merrill of the excursion party and the purser of the steamer, Mr. Joseph St. Ongc, and everybody was soon made at home. An excellent breakfast Avas one of the early incidents of the trip, and in this connection I would remark that an ele- gant and substantial bill of fare, in which delicious and fresh salmon invariably figures, is served on the Saguenay, and I presume on the other boats of the line. The other steamers which ply between Quebec and the Saguenay are the Union, and the St. Law- rence, THE SCENERY ON THE ST. LAWRENCE The view of Quebec from below the city is excee- dingly lino. The Upper Town is built upon, n northeasierly slope, and not only the citadel whicli crowns the hill, but the tin-roofed church spires nixl — 145 — ■\^ iifter an exoiii' buildings of the whole upper section, and also the Lower Town from in front of the citadel around to St. Roch's and St. John's suburbs, are at one seen. The only complete view of Quebec, in fact, is had from the river below the city, or from the heights on the opposite side of the Biver St. Charles. Soon after leaving the city, as the steamer approaches the south-westerly point of the Isle of Orleans (which old Jacques Cartier in 1535 christened the Isle Bacchus), the white veil of the Montmorency Fall is in plain view, several miles distant. The Isle of Orleans, twenty one miles in length, and in some places five miles wide, is covered by fine farms, and much of the garden produce which finds its way to the Quebec market is here raised. A ferry boat plies between the city and the island, and furnishes the means of communication with the outei- world for five or six populous parishes. Below the Isle of Orleans the St. Lawrence broadens into the semblance of a great lake, and the scenery along its l)ank8 changes greatly. The main channel of the river is in the south side of Orleans, but the steamer's course after passing the island is along the northerly shore. The other boats of the line pass more to the south, as Mun*ay Bay is their first stopping place. There are populous villages on the north shore as far as St. Joachim, near the mouth of Ste. Anne's River, which empties into the St. Lawrence twenty-four miles below Quebec, but the mountainous country below is sparsely settled. The south shore from Quebec River du Loup, and indeed for an hundred miles below populat ■■''■ o jiacu iTiCl several large padshes upon the river hank, llslet. — 146 — Kamom-aska, River du Loup and Kimomki beins of the number. On the north shore the ontlayers ofthe Laurentmn mountains app^aeh the river a,^d Th^^ are some precipi,„„, l,i„, „hi,h ri.e f™,„ ihe tate"» edge, and adown whieh triekle romantic cas*^^^ Anne the highest of the Lanmntian range sVenfmm he nver is 2687 feet high. It is sH^a ed ^etlT t«-^nty mUes fjw the river, nearly opposite thoTowl'- orifr "' ' '"«"' "'«"ty-«ii?ht miles fi.«m Quebec, IS a prominent object in the down-river view X^oT^" ^'f^t'"!"^'-'. Cape Orioanne" hShlr^m r'"'.^°';>'' Tourmente, is stil highe,-2ni feet. Cape KaiUard is a lesser peak which rises near the mouth of the Kiver BoueC and the little settlement of St, Franyois-Xavi^ ' lie fe-st stopping place of onr steamer is at ,St Paul s Bay, a pm-ish of about 1500 inhabitonts, at the Z n'fl T ,'"'"■ •'""*^' -"1 "PP"^'" 'he upp:," par of the Me „ux- Coudres, fifty.five miles below Quebec. Back of St. Paul's in the parish otZ Urbain are some iron mines and a rolling mil! not now in operation, and there are said to b<; some valuable u-on deposits on the Isle aux Coudros It ? ''^"' "? "'"'" '""8 ""-iha, a population of about wo hundred souls. This island wrgmnted the eceesiastics of the Seminary of Quebec f« long ago as 1687, and is still held by them The ne^t landing place is Les Eboulements, eleven miles below St. Paul's Bay, and sixL v miles from Quebec. This place has a fUrmi,; ^p^ ■ ' "' ^'""' ''^'^ »s snuatod near tiio foot 'uski being of tlayersofthe er, and there tri the wateris cascades. Ste. ige seen from lated nearly ite the lower nente, which ' miles from "^n-river view 9e Grioanne, ante, is still lesser' peak, >r Bouchftwi avier. I' 18 at St. ants, at the the uppei- ailes below Irish of St. Uing mil;, mid to be s Coudres, population as granted 3c as long >ulements, sixty-gix ling popu- tiie foot — 147 — of Mount Eboulements. which has an elevation of 254*7 feet. As we aj)proach Les Eboiilemonts the mountain's crest is draped with, clouds mvl flcocv formations drift along its sides. There is a good pior at this place and another at Mui-i-ay Bay, sixteen niiio.s below, which is the next landing placi. Murray Bay, oi- Malbaie, eighty-two miles below Quebec, not only has a population of some 2000 of its own. hut in sunnner it has a hirgo number of fashion- able visitors from Qucl)ec and 3fontreal. The summer residences ui-e chiefly nt [ „int a Pique and Cape X L'Aigle, on either si the old settlement, and at the former, near whti j ine steamer's landing phice is situated, there are three hotels— the Loi-n Jlouse, Du Bergei''s Hotel atul the Warren House. Although Murray Bay is some six hundred miles from the Athwitic Ocean, " sea bathing "is one of its chief attractions. From Murray Bay the steamer takes a diagonal course across to the south shore, where Riviej-e du Loup is situated thirty miles below, and one hun- dred and twelve miles from Quebec. The village, which is situated two or three miles back of the long pier, presents a very pleasant appeai'ance on the approach by the river, and its charms ai-c gi-eatly enhanced on a closer inspection. There are some romantic falls back of the village. The Intercolonial Railway runs to Eiviere du Loup from Point Levis, opposite Quebec. This line is one of the most thoroughly built roads in America. Cacouna, the most famous \vatf>ri r>o'-i-)l!i/iJ'>ntr(?al, but is „ou' in otho,. ! I i A ooBaEorrs sunset son,., co.u.e ::,. ^V^^''^'^'^'- '"^es a dia- «hic^ i, situated at the mouthTf t'^^ '" '''""'""''■ 'listan CO between the t™T,!, S'-'a"cuay. Tho »l.o actual vvidtl, of ,1,! -1 7 " ^^•''<»'ty-t^c .niJes, I'oa P^ ""'' ">« »'■ I'""- towani, Mr.rray Bay se^^edV '"ouutainw off — vhich ^''^iZ'Zl^irr '"'''" ^'>- nooH uear Mount Rboulemel ""'■'•>' *"<»•• «•>»« the lofty elevat^, T> llr:,;"" ^y^"^ ^«"e„a/a„d Cnt ^^SJCT "^ '"» ot the mighty river Th^i.. i^ «^a'King the course «-'i>.ing',„^ a^d n-t ot%rr,""™""^ ">• '"o Inioas the orb otvi.. , , '"''*'' ''''"' « Pui'Dle ■■■'tie ««::; >:it-'wrch ';'""' "••' ^--". -^L pathwerce„d.h^,;; "■ nr''" ""■°^"^"> "b ^" the onchantil c feS ! e'f ''' '""°"'^- ^^^'^ W«e mountain rfdrio, the „„"',?' 7"'' ""^ <"«'»'" -j-.ewve,.,andT':rerti:^:' ::;:.''-'«'- nf! 5tud 'St. Lawrence Ifogan, of the * now ill ofhei- takes a dia- to Tadoussae, f»6uenay. The 'ty-two miles, fifteen miles, he way over, the St. Law- iiarked their ^^y- Beep, ountains* off that the sho- t^arly aftor- till playing- on- A long- led outlines ►urse of the ' the coarse ined by the ^ a purple izon, while 'ctlyin his ig. Added the distant the broad, — 149 — its expanse above and below Eiviere du Loup, from Hare Island, the Pilgrim Isles and the '' Brandy Pots down to the lovely groups off Isle Verto and Trois-P.stoles-the whole fbrming a picture of nnsu" passed beauty. In these northern latitudes the davs are longer than with us, and after 9 o'clock, long aft:er we had entered the black waters of the Saguenay it was possible to read ordinary print in the twiufght Although the historian Prikerton tells n« that an' expedition was fitted out under Be Eoberval for the exploration of the Saguenay river as early as 1543 very little has been known of it, or of the interesting ^untry through which it courses, until quite recently Bouchot.o made some valuable explorations of the river and its sources in the early part of the present century, a„d these form the basis of all moderA ma," andtopographical desdriptions. Of the results of Do Koberval s expedition which numbered eight barges and seventy men, nothing is known beyond the ffjt hat one of the vessels and eight men were lost. In II 2 ^T' ^' ^^"^^^'^ ^^^1« '^' futile attempt to settle on the Saguenay. and Champlain records that ho died at Tadousac, or Tadoussae, as all the old authorities spell the name. The exclusive right to trade in the Saguenay country was ceded to Sieur Bemonts in It'Tf '"^ *^^^ '^' ^'''^^' ^^ '^''''' concessions was defined to extend from the lower end of the Eboule- ments to Cape Cormorant, a distance of eighty leagues along the St. Lawi-ence fi-ont. ^ ^ Before entering upon a recital of our own pleasant expe^-ienoes rmon tHia iv,;«u+., ,.: i. ,, . " ,. , ^ " ""6"^j ny-cv ot me north, it would bo well to glance at the map and traee the L Hill' ' i: — 150 — course of this, the greatest of the tributaries of the St. Lawrence. The Saguenay proper flows from Lake St. John, a large body of water, o^ nearly circular shape, some forty odd miles across, which is situated Just below the 49th degree of Jiorth latitude and on the 72d degree of longitude, west. The northerly feeders of the lake rise in the range of mountains which divides Canada from British Nc ■ .h America. The waters of Lake Mistassini, which lies a short dis- tance north of these mountains, flow into Hudson's Bay. The farthermost sources of the Saguenay are some two hundred miles west of Lake St. John. Thej-e are eleven rivers flowing into Lake St. John, and nineteen other tributaries add their waters to the Saguenay between the lake and the St. Lawrence. Of the rivers flowing into that lake, the chief are the Assuapmoussoin, Mistassini (which has no connection with the lake of the same name), Peribonca, (or Curious river), Ouiatshoanlsh, and the Metabetshouan (near the mouth of which are the chief settlements originally founded by the Jesuits). Of the thirty rivers which are tributary to the Saguenay, twelve are navigable by canoes. The Saguenay is navigable for ships of the largest class to within nine miles of Chicoutimi, which is ninety-four miles from the mouth, and large steamers have no difficulty in rea- ching Chicoutimi, advantage being taken of the tides and of the channel, which is marked by buoys. The connection ibonca, (oi* tabetshouan settlements, ^ the thirty lay, twelve .8 navigable ne miles of from the Ity in rea- of the tides toys. The tn is about Ea2)id8 of I!hicoutimi. ! Bay the Hpriiig tides rise eighteen feet and at the mouth of the Saguenay their height is twenty-one feet. The general course of the river i^ E. S. E., but it is often diverted from a direct course by the jutting points of rock. The Saguenay flows between two mountain ranges, v.'hich rise from the water's edge, and is immensely deep. At the mouth, where the banks are more con- tracted than they are above, it has been impossible to Hnd bottom with 500. fathoms ot line, aud there are other places where no soundings are hatl. indeed, the only anchorage grounds between Tadousac and Ha ! Ha! Bay are at the mouth of the Eiver 8tc. Mar- guerite, fifteen miles from the mouth, and in 8t. .John's Bay, seventeen miles above the last named l)oint. The Ste. Marguerite, which is one of the lar- gest of the rivers flowing into the Saguenay below Lake St. John, is noted for its salmon fisheries, which are leased of the Government by Mr. Willis Russell, of the St. Louis Hotel, Quebec, and Mr. Powell of Phihi- delphia. Posts for trading with the Indians were early established at Tadousac, Chicoutinu, Lake St. John, the Isles ds Jeremie, near Betsiamits, and at various other points. They ^ were called King's Posts. Together with the privileges pertaining thereto, these ])0sts were leased to a corporation of Scotch mer- chants known as the Northwest Company, who at length united their fortunes to those of the Hudson Bay Company. Within a few years past still further changes have taken place. The Hudson Bay rVviY,^%o«V lioirjp.ip OAMUAll tCl 0.\[fit IJl 1 tS old forM. all the old posts about the St. Lawrence and the 1'' w — 152 — «aguenay huve been discontinued except that n 'ar Betsiamits, which is on the north side of the St Law rence, about fifty miles below Tadousac. Furs in considerable quantities are carried to Tadousac everv sprmg and shipped to Quebec by steamer. The Indians who formely occup'ed the countrj- about the Saguenay were the Montagnais, the des- cendants of the powerful Algonquins. Disease and the excessive use of fire-water have depleted the ranks of the red men, and their number is now small. In 1824 here were altogether not over TOO of them, a decrease of 300 in twenty years. The Saguenay is generally frozen over from the St Louis Isles to the head of navigation about six months in the year. The nver was clear of ice this year May 27. There was considerable snow on the mountains as late as June 8, and at the present time a huge patch of snow and ice is to be seen on a mountain side a few miles above Tadoussac. A NIGHT ASCENT OF THB SAQUINAY « • The Quebec steamers are run on,—at least the Saguenay, which takes a somewhat different course than the others— so that the tourist passes the first night in ascending the Saguenay. The boat roaches Ha ! Ha ! Bay at one or two o'clock in the morning and lies in there unt: seven or eight, when it pro- ceeds up to Chicoutimi, returning to Tadoussac and liivicre du Loup by day, and from thence passing up the St. Lawronco tn Oufi^iAo ^inrip^ +i j .-l^^ ihis programme was carried on this occasion, with ept that u^ar ►fthoSt. Law- isac. Furs in adoufiac every (1*. the countr}- lais, the des- isease and the the ranks of mall. In 1824 3m, a decrease • from the St. it six months' his year May 10 mountains ime a huge aountain side NAY at least the brent course sses the first boat reaches the morning ^'^hen it pro- tdoussac and e passing up eeond night, casion, with — 153 — the exception that the chief stop was made at Tadous- sac on the return instead of going up. As we rounded out from the harbor at Tadoussu<' sf)on after sunset and the steamer pointed her i)ro\v on the river which gave her a name, a severe north- west wind was encountered. It is a somewhat remar- kable fact that the only appreciable winds eneonntcrod on the Saguenay are from the northwest or the north- last. The wind on this occasion was particularly strong and it drove all save a few advent uious spirits from the deck. One of the doors of the pilot house, carelessly left swinging, was twisted from its hinges in a twinkling by a sudden gust and hurled into the water with several tools from which some of the pas- sengers had just retreated. A short distance from the mouth of the river towei-ing cliffs rise upon either side and directly in front. Tete (le Boule is a prominent mountain with a ronnded toj), which appears to rise from the middle of the river several miles above Ta- doussac, but the stream, it is soon found, takes its course to the Northward. All the heights about Ta- (loussae bear the marks of devastating fires, and far- ther up the Saguenay are seen the effects of a terrible forest fire which occured some sixty years ago, and which destroyed the timber for a broad extent, and the earthly deposits as well, leaving scarcely anything to which subsequent vegetation might cling. The birch, hemlock are about the only woods found in close proximity to the river, although many other varieties formerly flourished here in great profusion. Further buck ou the tributary water courses the forest grov/th is more profusd, and the lumbering operations, which m ii — 154 ~ |.t present form the only business along iheHagnenuv "iul their sources of supply i„ those vo^Wms. Of the;, ".ore anon. The mountain near the m.,.nh ofthe river .•"•0 of hberal dimensions, but upon the further ascent elevations assume still greater pn,portioMs and bolder outlines, until the huge and imposing cliflFs at Point ii-te,-iuty and Cap Eternity, which rise perpendicularly from the water, burst upon the view in all their giani- ilv-e and grim grandeur. These points were passed f.otNveen eleven and twelv<. o'clock at night on the upward trip, and as a matter of course could not be appreciated by the passengers, some of whom had already retired, while a few timid ones were deter- mined to be - up and dressed " until the boat touched the wharf at Ha ! Ha ! Bay, "which it did about two o clock. While passing Point Eternity, the little stea- nier " 8amson ' was encountered, towing a ship up the nver -one of the crafts employed to carry lumber by Mr. Price, to whom the little steamer belongs The Hparks from the - Samson's smoke stack made a fiery train against the dark back-ground of the huge cliff adding a ^yeird aspect to the grand spectacle presented by the mountain and its grand san-oundinelong8. The made a fiery e huge clift' 'le presented igs. or the Bale amations of by mistake, iver instead come from ountrv and fished and hunted about its waters. The place is also known as Grantl Bay. The aspect of the shores is materially changed at this point, rolling hills with cultivated fields taking the place of the steep and inaccessible mountains which line the river below. There are two parishes on the shores of Ila ! Ha ! Bay, St. Alphonse, where the steamer lands, contain- ing a population of about 1700, and St. Alexis three miles below, with a population of about 1400. The inhabitants arc almost all Canadian French, and con- sequently Catholics. There is a large church in each place, ijsually, when the steamer reaches Ha ! Ha ! Bay about half the population turns out with caleches to treat the passengers to a ride to St. Alexis, or over the hills back of St. Alphonse, while here and there an humble descendant of the Algonquin, who knows French but not her mother Indian tongue, ofltbi's bead- work or basket work for sale. In the present instance not a solitary caleche or a solitary squaw invaded the wharf. Either our early and unannounced arrival (this was the " Sagucnay's " first trip, it Avill be remembered.) or the fact that evei-ybody was prepar- ing to celebrate St John's Day, deprived us of a sight of the inhabitants. There is a largo saw-mill at St. Alexis, but of other manufactures Ha ! Ha ! Bay can boast of none. The people generally subsist on their own ressources. In the early fall large quantities of l)lueberries and some other fruits, with farm products, are sent to the Quebec market, the annual shipments, perhaps, reaching $15,000. These blueberries, which (ft>r.-.-rr f\r\ +ViQ Tioi nrVil^niMii fr mnnntnin siidoa in orivMit rki'o- fusion, are placed in ])oxes closely ressembling coffins — 15G — in shape, each box containini? a bushel or more The bernes a-e commonly «old at twenty-five centn a box and Bometimes as low as eight cent/a box There is' overland communication with Ila ! Ha ! 13av Chicon a iomi leading down iVom Quebec tl.rough tl.o Lm,- ntmn Mo,„„ain to Bay St Paul, Ebo.demonfs and -UuiTay Bay, and tlienco across the country, but i„ >nm,ner u better and more rapid means of ...knsi, i. 1' I THE LUMBERING ON THE SAQUENAY Of lato years there has been a large increase in the lumbenng operation on the Saguonay under the di- |-oct.on of the Messrs. Price, who own or control housands upon thousands of acres of the Saguenav anc^. Hon. David Price, who is ger.erally known a' the lung of the Saguenay, " reside at Quebec, John Price at Quebec, and other brothers live abroad and manage the European branches of the business. The Pnce h. .e mills at Ha ! Ha ! Bay, Chicoutimi. St. John Bay, Tadonssac, «imousld, little Bergeronne hscoumins, and at several other points. Little Berge' ronne and Bscoumins are on the northerly shore of the St. Lawrence, below Tadoussac. They also have offices in Quebec and in England. Their business amounts to half a millions a year, and last vear the^; Med thirt3--8ix vessels with lumber for' England This year they will sent out forty ship loads. But for the enterprise of the Messrs. Price tho .qo.,„en"v w(j)uld see but little business life. "" ' "" 15t >r more. The e cent8 a box, )x. There in Bay, Cbicou- iii the winter, igh the Lau ilements and [in try, but in of transit is I i« then bin rAY 3rea8e in tJie nder the di- » or control le Saguenay y known as uebec, Joini abroad anti iness. The coutimi. St. Bergeronne little Berge- y shore of also have ir biisinesH year the\ • England. J. But fov t'^agucnav CHICOUTDII Chicoutimi, or Sholcutimiah, as the Indians called it, is a place of between 2000 and 3000 inhabitants, at the head of navigation on the Saguenay. A church was built here by the Jesuit Labrosse as early as 1127, and the Indians wore converted t » Cai lolicisni in larire numbers. The Chicoutimi rive •, whicl flows from Lake Kenwangomi, empties into t!;- Sagiena} at this point over a beautiful fall of forty ' Hfiy feet, which is in plain view from the steamer wharf. At the parish church which has taken the place of the ancient 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 Ihiglish, Americain and Dominion flags, the Stars and Stripes being shown to Chicoutimi ])robably for the lirst time. DOWN THE SAGUENAY BY DAYLIGHT Our stay a Chicoutimi* was limited to an hour by the state of the tide, and at the end of that space, Capt. Lecours turned the steamer's head down the river. The downward trip was pleasanter than that of the evening previous, when we ascended the river in the eyes of a terrific wind. Every inch of the river presents some beautiful scene, but the grandest scen- ery—Tableau Kocks ; Statue Point, Cap Trinity and Point Eternity — was not reached until the early after- noon. Dinner had no attractions compared with !!u? views to be obtained from the steamer's* deck, and m iHSHI III -I., i — 158 — overy eye was strained to cateh (h,^ , t, ! of .olid rock, rising in ^ree succeTsive p ::-Z''sttT upon he river and the island sides, ead of T^e ™t ' P.O.S being abont five hundred feet high. Thetpmost' p.nnaole™es to from 1500 to 1700 ffet. V^To of the acchv. hes of Trinity are profiles, one ofwh^eh o . the second acclivity, is very clearly defined. The«.' .0 better seen „„ approaching the cape from ato™ ban from below. Eternity rea,. ,ts head to t e hth of eighteen hundred feet, its sides beingpartly corem «•. h trees, although on many part! ^here s™r nothing but rocky precipices. It Is surprising Z2 fcesgrewing where there seems scarcely earth enourft or even sufficient flat surface to which the rootrcfi ding. Down the sides of Eternity a mountaiHlen pours, the white dashing w*ei^' having the apnea •■■nee of perfect stilness in the distance. The recCt ™.ns have filled the mountain la! es and strips a,"d (lie descent of the Saguenay are found to wear their :'!r„T.: : "«^ - -' '™*>- "j'p--" -"bin . ,■ :'li '• .......gu lock of Cape Trinity, which on this side •St glimpse of vnity. These of the rirer, 'ity-five miJeg ' upper point, ange mistake 3 a mountain ecipices botli of the preci- The topmost Upon two ne of which, fined. These fi'om above to the hight •tly covered tere seems sing to see rtii enough I'oots can ain torrent the appea- ^he recent earns, and 'e seen on vear their 10 side of in extent, eep inlet, ndreds of i few feet this side — 159 — rises in a sheer precipice, almost overhanging, fully fifteen iumdred feet. The " Saguenay " steamed up alongside the clift' aud then it was that its awful ma- jesty was realized. How little did man seem in com- parison with these eternal oditices. the handiAVork of nature's God. " Praise God, from whom all blessing 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 significance. The solennity of the scene was felt by all, and there was a meaning 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, howevei*, that the best results wore not obtained. The discharge of a cannon elicited several loud responses from the opj)Osite crags, and the steamer's whistle was also answered with a whole series of shrieks. 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 hnndred feet wide. It is situated eight or ten miles above Cape Trinity, on the same side of the river. Nearer still to the capes is Statue Point, a huge precipitous cliff, with an inacces- sible cavern far up its craggy side, which might serve as a niche for a statue. Capt. Lecours took the " Saguenay " farther into Eternity Bay than any steamer ever went before, and subsequently to descending the river among the St. Louis Isles, varied his course by going inside boJJi Roy and Barthelmi Island, where the passage seems scarcely wide enough for a vessel to pass, although — 160 ^ wM<-l, «.,.J ,-oh,tol in M , ' '•"""""I'H.neo, and TADOUSAC -ersto ;r ^T'' "'"" "ff"'^"' «><• tl.c pasacn- ove2 in.- .. .r?' ';'r'""^' """"*«' "" ■•''"•'» expensive ),..bitaZ r^ 7''"l''n«» '""'e and built an .noan« of eo,n,nu: : ti,™ AtlT't'. '",: "■";'^'" ""^" I'esiUenees here n.,-^ «„ 1 ** '"™'«' summer distance east ifthtC . r '"* " '"""*«• » *«' m Canada „■„« c-ected. The ancient .Hifi..? .? <-■■-«. an,, the P-^ent .,„„,„,., searc;^,-,;;;.;^;;:: — 161 — Buntor Hill e River Sto. aj' from the 9 IkIoh, tho ler "Mag- dent which bi'unee, and Journal a I t fur from he pa.ssen- l and other nous place ^. Lulham on a bluff '^o^\ that lada, has J built an 8 be moi'e Lshes easy 3 summer belonging is Russell ofPhila- e Nort}) i a short t church ffor than the original, occupies tho same site. The bell in said to be the same which hung above the old church, and two pictures are shown which are said to have been brought from Franco by the early Jesuits. The pie- sent church date back to 1Y46. THE RETURN TO QUEBEC There turn from Tadousac to Quebec was over the same route previously described, and a great part of tho passage was accomplished In the night without any incident worthy of special mention. Quebec wa- reached at an early hour, in ample time for a connec- tion with the Grand Trunk Railway, for svhich Captain Lecoui-s kindly brought his boat to a landing on tho Pointe Levis side instead of at her usual dock on the Quebec side. In closing tho account of the Saguenay excursion, the writer cannot but convey the general expression of tho journalistic voyagers in thanking Captain Lecours and Purser St. Ongc for their per- sonal kindness and courtesy in adding to tho enjoy- ment of one of the most delightful pleasure trip- it is possible to take on tljc American continent. THE WATERING-PLACES The most frequented, and certainly the best suiled for pleasure, health and sea bathing are Murray Bay, Tadoussac, Kamouraska, Riviere du Loup, Cacouna and Rimouski. In order to enable the tourist to deter- mine in which of these places he will stop, we will Murray Bay — is situated on the north shore of the IS): — 162 — «t. Lawrence, at u distance of iiitieiv mil., p Quebec. This place derives its prese '1 ^T' of the ba^ Wed at the eonZnc? /^^^^^^ ^vith the St. Lawreuce Under thpf.r k*^ ^"'^'' Tho bay enters .leep into the land .,»,! ti l»Hion bec.n,o., dr/et low " ''"fT; neafc« T-^ ^Z^,""'' Pi^twesque mountains and loftv peate. The settlement looks as if ,-t w„ *"u'ott} "mongst hills and capes Ther' K ' . """'"'"■« and majestuous landscL Itu I , T' '"^'''""' tio. of the marvels of .it,.,; I^^ to th "?"'" ■-views the St. Lawrenee whiX > , 1?° "™'- '0% ..mmit'llmt'to' Te ^er""""""" "^'^^ '"«"• poltra:pie'Tn;"::rtr '''"'™^- ^-^ ^ -« «' PointP r P u "*''""' "'■'""'d the church ' ■ " ^''"""' "'« ™"1 loading from Pointe m y milofi from ime from that im-vay l?iver h domination, ' the French 8 granted to J on the 27t}i hen governor )i'esent name the greatei* The land and rocky ; )n the west- ted alluvial B cultivable *y> you see IS and loftv 'e bursting ' of grand 3ontempla- the river ut twenty 1(1 in that false their •■ one at church, is a little ver with 3 vicinitv ^ointe au — 163 - Pic to the church and Murray river, which inuncrges 1 heir foundations at high water. Near the church are the court-house and jail, for Murray Bay is the chef-lieu of the judiciary d.'strict, and has tlie Honorable juge Routhier, one of our best Canadian poets, amongts its residents. It is also there that reside the advocates, notaries, doctors and other families of the best society. The climate during the summer is cool, dry and constant. The winds blowing from the St. Lawrence do not enter the bay, where the cooling influence only of these winds is felt. The baths in salt watei can be taken at about forty or fifty feet from the hotels, and the gravel beach is so fine that tourists generally keep Iheir sleepers in the morning to go from their rooms to the water. This water is salubrious and hygienic ; hundreds of jjersons cured every year from rhuma- tisms and kindred affections, bear testimony to the ofRcacity of the sea baths of Murray Bay. A great ad- vantage of these baths is the fact that the beach and Ijottom of the bay being gravelly, shoal and level, there is not the least danger of drowning, even for children, who cover the beach even at high water. The promenade around the bay and in the vicinity are surpassed hy none in the world, as far as pictu- resque scenery and variety of views are concerned. Here follows a list of those promenades : Names. Distance from Pointe au Pic The Mounds on the way to the Church Village. 1 mile. Frazcr Fallw 4i '* The Trou (Hole) o" " lit: I' ' I III ;; ' 11 — 164 — ^^^"68. Distance from Pointe m Pi, Cap ti I'Aigle (Eagle Oapo) o „ , , The Falls !..„ "* ^ ,]' Petit Lac (Small Lake, trout fishing place).. 7 '* Grrand Lac " " «< j^ „ I.jako Boily « « « |,, ,j .Long Lake « «< j, ^^ ^^ Murray Ki". o i Pt rta^rc 22 '< Lake Gravel ( trotit tlshi no; place) 13 u Grand Euissea a ^^Irnrge Bi'ook) u Petite Mai baie , ^ a Sulphur (Spiinga (good mineral water) 3 <« Lake Morin jo « The drives to all those places afford the tourisf an occasion to enjoy views of the finest sceneries. The view from the hotels at sun-set and by moon light is something amasing and impossiblo to describe. The only way to reach Murray Bay from Quebec is by the splendid steamers of the St. Lawrence aniace). . 7 " " .. n. " " .. 14 " ''- ,. 18 " 22 " 13 " 15 '' 9 i( ) 3 '« 18 « the tourisf an jceneriee. The • moon light is iescribe. from Quebec is Lawrence and 1 line between respondance i.s or south fihorc ►w Quebec. It acting into the a court he ISC onal me- It blefamir. ,f ^freq^fvirt 1 by y fir fi'kid nic- i all ^Ix- rhite (otugcs <-fthe village are built, extend . over half a mile at low water. Ofcour.se, this beach ofters many splendid biithing placeis, RivUre-da-Loup is noticed in the following terms by yfr. Beaumont Small in his Canadian Hand Book : — 1 1-4 miles below Quebec is Eivierc du Loup (en has). Tliis is another favourite summer resort for sea bathing and fishing. It is very prettily situated at the conflu- ence of the Eivi^re du Loup with the St. Lawrence and contains a more general mixture of english, scotch and frencli than is usually found in the smaller towns of Lower Canada. It commands an extensive prospect of the St. Lawrence, which is here upwards of twenty miles wide ; ships are constantly passing and repass- ing and when, from their great distance, with the mountains in the back ground, all these objects are enveloped in a gauze-like atmosphere of summer haze, there is a magic influence in the scenery. The name of this place is derived from that of the k-ups marins (seals) that in former times used to fre- quent the rivci-ia so great numbers that they disturb- ed the inhabitants by their brawling during the night. The town is picturesquely built on the declivity of the hill, so that it is seen in a glance from the wharf, a distance of three miles. Near the wharf are the bathing places, which are reached from the village in carriage at a cost of twenty-five cents per person. There are many licensed carters in Eivi^re-du-Loup and some of them have splendid double coaches. Close to the bath- ing places is a woody hill well suited for pick-nicks and much used for that purpose. There are three if ■A ' fi ' .}) I I! \ U. ; :-flii l' : — IfiG — toJc^miph officoH in the village ; one at the raihv.u ■s at,o„ one at the wharf and another in the niicldl. Z., the village. At 54 miles from Riviere du Loup or FraBcrville, as he pla^e .s called in its charter of incorporation is Jake reuuscoimta, a good fishing and hunting reson Ihis lake offers magnificent and picturesque lands- cape and is reached from Fm.scrville in can-ia-o l.v the Temiscouata military road, a fine macadamiso;i I ugh way. Ca.oHna, at six miles from Riviere d., Loup, is so Avell known as a first classs watering-place that i, would be useless to attempt giving a long description of It. The view on the 8t. Lawrence is assuredlv fine hut that IS the only mention that we can give of tlu- place as far as picturesque is concerned. The loi... array of cottages which form the village are built m a level field having no mountains beyond to form •. good landscape. The sea baths are ^ust as good as those of Mun-ay Bay, Kamouraska and Riviere du Loup There is a mail daily and a telegraph office in theSt. Lawrence Hall. Everything, especially carria-^e hirmg, 18 comparatively dear. ' Cacouna can be characterized in a few words bv naymg that it is the most fashionable summer resort where young gentlemen and ladies fond of makin<.' acquaintances and finding a rich wife or husband Hhould not omit to go, if they prefer those things to the comfort enjoyed at Murray Bay, Tadoussac^ Ri- vK^re du Loii]^ and Kamouraska. at the rail\v;i\ i»i the middle o( >r Prasoi-ville, as ncorpoj-atioii, is hunting rcso.-i. tiu'esqiie hmds- in carriai^e l.v e maeacianiisod ^lii Loup, is so ^-place that ii )iig descriptioi) assuredly rim' : an give of tlic ed. The long •e are built on and to form it tst as good as id Rividre du n'aph office in ciallv carriage few words by immer resoi-t, id of making O]' husband lose things to 'adoussaCj Ri- — 167 — Rhmuski is a tine town, situated on the south or right bank of the St. Lawrence at 180 miles from Quebec. It is the largest town of the Lower St. Law- rence, being the chef -lieu of a large judiciary district and the see of a roman catholic bishopric. There is a court house and jail, a convent and classical college in this place. The beach is flat, gravelly and most conveniently suited for sea bathing. The only inconvenient is the coldness of the water, which makes it dangerous for very weak persons to take baths in that locality. The vicinity of the town is quite pictiu-esque and surrounded by hilk and mountains, while the Rimous- ki river, flowing into the St. Lawrence, aftbrds the view of a fine stream, in which salmon and trout are caught. Tadoussac is situated at the mouth of the far famed Saguenay river, 132 miles below Quebec. The har- bour is small, but well protected and capable of af- foitling anchorage and refuge to 20 or 25 largo ships. The water 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 of about fifty feet and is washed at its base by the watei-s of the Saguenay which are there mixed Avith those of the St. Lawrence. The beach is sandy, hard and quite suited for taking hfxih^. The western point of the terrace is formed by a orupt rock stretching into the waters of the Saguenay. There the fVench had erected a redoute commanding the Sjiguenay, the ?jll ii i. — Hi8 — village and tbo basin. This stretching rock gives to the harbour its semi-circular from Hero the rock- takes the name of Ilet Point. On thft f -^rrace appear the few houses of the village, ..urrounuing Ihe old chapel. This chapel, built in 1673 and consequently one of 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 tourist thuii the old french settlement of Tadoussac. There a few days may be pleasantly spant, enjoying the beautiful scenery surrounding the hotel and the magnificent sea scenes which can be witnesso^l fiom the promenade fronting the hotel. Looking towards the St. Lawrence you discover TIare, Eed, White and Green Islands Cacouna and liivi^re du Loup. The St. Lawrenc.' opposite Tadoussac is about twenty miles broad. The land on the south shore appears like a blue tlou St. Lawrence rreen Islands, St. Lawrence miles broad, e a blue cloud c Vaches and ?tion with the I a half milo »nly two hun- is a tl .;usand. oussac is til" uques-Ourtiei t5. during tJie y of Canada. g post since a nntil the mmer resort residences of — 169 — Lord Bufferin, formerly governor general of C?anada of senator Price, colonel Rhodes, M. Powell ofPhilV delphia, Willis Paissell, of the St. Louis [rotel, J L (Tibb, and J. Gilmour, of Quebec. This place is reached bj the splendid stcamei-s Sa- guenay, and rnhn, of the St. Lawrence and Sa-uc- nay liine. CAT^LTON— RATE T>KS C'HALEUPS Although it 's undoubtedly the finest watorino-- l.laco of the Pi .CO, Carlton is liardly known byli few amateurs who (mi v in secret, so to speak, the comfort of this spleuu summer resort. This is ac- counted for, to a certain extent, hy the fact that before the opening of the Intercolonial Railway, the place could only be reached by Jiavigation, which was a long and tedious voyage. This inconvenience has noiv disappeared. Telegraphic and postal communications have been I'stablished, at the same time as a rco-ular line of steamers connecting with the Intercolonial at Campbelltown, so that at present Carlton can be reached in a few hours by rail and steamboat, aneach, which extends over one mile towards the south. The mountains protect the place against the cold northerly winds, which are a source of complaint in the other watering-places of the Province, and the temperature is only cooled by the fresh, pure and bracing sea-breezes blowing fi'om east and south. All the surrounding landscape is beautiful beyond description, and the whole offers un- surpassed attractions to the seeker after health, rest and enjoyment. The beach, as a bathing place, sur- passes that of Old Orchard. It is i)erfectly level, com- posed of fine sand and perfectly safe, as there is no undertow. Boating and sailing are favorite amusements and for this purpose the bay itself and the barachois have no equal. Salmon is caught in the bay, opposite the door of the cottage, and trout abound in the vivers which are to be found at a distance of a few miles of the village. SEA-SIDE COTTAGE This house has been fitted up for the accommoda- tion of tourists and the service organized so as to assure them every comfort. There are also in the vicinity of Carlton several cottages that can '^e had for summer months at reasonable rates. Canadian families wishing to chose a site to erect summer resi- dences would do well to pay a flying visit to Bay des extending )t is encer- Dfty rang© bot of the tends over ins protect >vhich are -places of cooled by wing from idscape is oifers un- >altli, rest place, sur- evel, com- ere is no lusements barachois , opposite id in the of a few 3ommoda- ao as to 10 in the n ^>e had Canadian imer resi- ) Bay des — 171 - Chaleiii-H) and if they do, the writer feels sure that they will be more than Hutisfied. Aettially, the niuim- ^'ers of the Intercolonial Eailway are making arran- gements for a cheap tourisfs ticket froni Montreal and (^lebec to all points along the Bay des Chaleurn, which will give facilities, for families and others, td spend a few months in one of the most charming and attractive summer resorts of the Dominion. Persons wishing to make the trip can leave Point- Levin, opposite Quebec, via the Intercolonial Ptailuay, leaving Quebec in the morning and arriving at Cump- belltown, a small town at the head of Bay des Ohaleurs, early in the evening. Here, they can have supper in the .station, at the Intercolonial Railway dining- room, or on boanl the steamer, which leaves the next morning at 4.45 and arrives at Carlton at 7.45 a. m. Besides supper, tourists should also take their night ([uarters on board the steamer, which would save them the inconvenience of getting up too early in the morning, in order U) catch the boat, if they spend the night in the hotels.. The boat chartered for this ser- vice is the splendid St. Lawrence, which plies be- tween Carapbelltown and Gaspe during the season of navigation. For all information respecting 'otttge? to let, ac- commodation at the Sea-Side Cottaoe, tickets, &c.. tourists should apply to J. R. MICHAUD, 8 Sou&-le- Fort street, Quebec. m — 112 — LAKE MEMPHREMAGOG NEWPORT VT. ' Forty miles south of Sherbrooke, on the Passumpsic Rahmd, upon the shores of the romantic Lake Mem- phremagog, and amid scenery of the most picturesque character, is situated the village of Newport, a place long famed as one of the most attractive and beautiful of New-England summer resorts. Pew travellers who have the leisure at command can well withstand the temptation to halt at this pleasant spot, especially if they have formed a previous acquaintance with the elegant and substantial comforts afforded by thewell- kncwn Memphremagog House. The natural attrac- tions of Newport have, within the pjist few years, been greatly en- hanced by im- in-ovcmcnts of a pratical kind,and there are manj- oiiies not a^] well provided for in a sanitary way as this country vil- lage. The guests MX. ILEPHANTIS-LAKE MEMPHREMAGOG f ^I"^ \^^^}' '"" , -stead of being compeliea lo drink the water of the neighboring lake whi^^h might be deemed good enough at other similar — 113 resorts, are supplied from the pure and crystal springs upon the hill across the arm of the lake, pipes leading directly to the house across the bay .The drainage is also perfect. Prospect Hill, a very sightly ele- vation a short dis- tance from the hotel, has been made a most char ming resort by the construction of driveways and paths. A reservoir is located hero, an I pure spring water obtaimd from the same co- pious r: urces Vv'hich supply the hotel, is furnished thorefroru to houses in the village. The view from this point is very extended, including the village with its surroundings of lake, rivor and mountain, and many far-away peaks. A large expanse of the lake is seen, together with the bay which assists in forming the peninsula on which Newport stands. Owl's Head, a sharp peak which rises from the avc.-j- tern «hore of the lake, an- l'"-.>»o boon bniUi,. f -ont oTtho I , ","" 'T'"'-''"''^'^ "i-e all near oaci, oti.cr *" "" "'"' '"""I -HM,. an h«,„,o,„., walk o V "otri't r "''f'" '"1 r've to .Stan.toa.1, which is «t .at ."t 1 ,! 7" ly !ai- by tJic boat-house 1 near tiic and hotel N'ewpo/'l, \vhiehare plcasaii t the Cana- ' be made >out may y toward nest and — lib ~- mo«tluxm-iant foliage. Barton Kiver is another point of interest to be reached in the same way, while the lake Hhoi-os have many attractive points. Experienced aiul careful boatmen are always to be had. ^ The Memphremagoq House is a dmirably kept by Col. N. Ripley, and will accommodate four hundred guests. It has been thoroughly renovated, and to a large extent refurnished for the summer season of 1882, and is in nplendid condition for the reception of tourists. Music will bo furnished by Mr. James W. Cheney, Boston's fa- vorite pianist and prompter, who will be assisted by a violmist and cornetist from the Boston Symphony O,-- chestra. The broad and spacious verandas, which evtcnd upon all sides of the hotel, afford glorious outlooks upon the lake and the othcrscenic beauties of J^ewnoi-t Jjako Memphr nuigog SI m %J ~ lH) Maid," or " Lady of the Lake, " is a most delight- ful experience. AIom^c the western shore is a range of mountains, of which Owl's Head and Mount Elephantis are the most prominent eleva- tions. The eastern shore is less Avild, though v" .Skinner's Island is a cavo ^>r which rojnan- tic stories are told in connect ion with early smiio- .i^'lino- opei-ations. 'J'ho siiinniit of Ovvl's Head af- f<>i"d« a niag-nifi- c e n t prospect, and is fi-equentlv visited. Tiiei'e is '"^'^-^^^^'-^ cave-lake MEMPHREArAnon . o e ne,u- Ihostoamboat landing, Icnown a, ,hoO«r.s c.,.l Moanta.n Uonse, whicli was substantially rebnilt t season and placed in excellent ovdec to iueria r'rr ' ,f' "^^^ •■"■" 1'-- F-'tios. The steam yaeh n..„e w.ll ,.„n between Newport and entertain earn yacht the Owl's trtoi-ecl hy I places of le shore of •geville,on at Know I - west side, ^'port, the p a picnic • liancing, sequent ly TABLE OF COjS^TEKTS Why Quebec is interesting 3 Notice to tourists 5 General information G Railways and steamboats 14 Walks, drives and excursions 17 Itinerary 25 Places of interest 44 Historical monuments ; 54 Colleges, imiversities and schools 6fi Hospitals and asylums... 85 Churches and chapels 95 Public buildings and halls 105 Cemeteries Ill General Sketch 112 The lower St. Lawrence... 14.3 Gorgeous sunset (the Sagiienaj-) 148 Watering-places ICl Carlton — Bale des Chaleurs • 169 Sea-side cottage 170 Lake Memphremagog ^ 172 ¥>!* NORTH gM 1, SHORti BET A 1 K^ \J BA^ J=^ - ^ pic,„r=sque court! This is the only ,ir.^^^^^^-;;i^^J^ —^5-77.^ TSTHSl^ETS AND MX Ij Omce-13 Pl-e^D^Arrn- ?£fu.^ **" President and Ycsident and General M'v NORTH SHORE F ^j ^^w i'M,'^^ i BETWKEN -- •i^isr'only ime trawrsing ,he Ancient .nd rja^^^^^^«mo^^^ Si^^^h^^lTHmir^^ie BetweenQi THE KENOU^NED ST-L Are J. ...ed on line of this Road l^lween Montreal and ( .pIE BAR - HAMLu ». ' SiiXviSs can now be n.nde at small e.^nse^dJn^varjLshor^ TsnB^r'-TrLASS" R E F R K t '- -^ ^ " On this Route wtoeatnpkUniewH^ 'SaggagrChechi/ Throng — Zi^ZTI^^^^^Tf^riaG \\ninirinteicolonial Railway for Halifax, St J' imTriCKETS AND Al.L INFORM. Office-13 Place D'Armes 202 St-Ja unice ic^ ^ppQojte St-Lou)s Hot ^, A*, i-* f^,.,side»t ami Ge>ieral Ahutai::^! . mmmm'f''^''^ RAILWAY Z BETWKEN ji^HieUv-een^uebec and Montreal ^ED sr-LEON SPRINGS R„»db.if;er Agent. mtm IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) h // S^^4i6 <.. '%' :/. {/. 1.0 I.I Jim t I4£ III 2.0 11:25 1 1.4 M 2.2 18 1.6 V] W ^^ J, ^/. /A '-^ (Jy^). Fnotographic Sciences Corporation i\ ^v ■o^ <> % V .A -A T'^ ^ u- .^ <* 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 14580 (716) 872-4503 RAILWAY I If a ^ mm mi. ^EEN m i Ml U h m |ry on the North Shore of the Majestic River St-Lawrence en Quebec and Montreal. »epixig Cars ozi lTigh.-i Traizis. krW^EON SPRINGS Itreal and Quebec, near Louiseville station. i' mk EHAY HIYER is M ry short time, via the NORTH SHORE RAILWAY. [very morning at 9.30, arrives at Quebec at 2.40 p. m. \real 9.10 p m. ly and each way . ESHMENT room's le will be allowed for Meals. )rough to all Points. ^'^^^ lUfax, .St John and all points in the Maritime Provinces. — lawrence and Sagucnay Rivers. — With (^uel^ec (,'entral to IWilh Delaware (Sr' Hudson Canal ( o. to Saratoga, Albany all points on the Upper Ottawa, and with .South Eastern id Cities. INFORMATION APPLY AT |st-James Street, MONTREAL. Hotel, Quebec, J. B. Z^ilBSUX^B. ( I fill- nil Passt'tif^ei Agent. ] ^\ »*■ - Si,^ 0C '9 I at o, Br toricj of th€ iu«nt, cum *est V S.flctt , V « j^», ao, 'tip •"V Co tM( tM A, INPJAN & CO. '•#* Meiml De^Jlers « is-2. Branch Retail Establishment si toe Ig^ Upper Town (,ai«at.^WiBj: > I I -f SMALL PROriTS AND QUICK SALES. JOS. DONATI Watchmaker & Jewelkr HAS ALWAYS ON HAND A QUANTITY — OF — Gold and Silver AVatohes, Clocks, Broaches, Ear-Rings, t inger-Riogs, Buttons, Lockets, Watch and Neck-Chains Fince-nez, Spectacles, hilver-Ware of all kinds, &c. The whole forms a choice selection. Very moderate prices. 158, ST. JOHN ST. & SUBURB AND 241. ST. PAUL ST. Op]e^p$ite the North Shore Etilwat/ Depot QUEBEC )• TI N-T^TY 2ar-Bings, ck-Chains &G. The prices. URB r. UEBEC OUEBEC COFFEE E.VIPORIIJ ALEXANOEIt FRASER, eORNER OF ' St. VaU&i- and St. Nicholas streets FAMILIES SUPPLIED. — — -••♦— Fishing,^ Sportfng aiTcfl Yachting Parties Outfitted. Always ort hand a supply of Old Govern- ment Java Coffee o-rep,- v„„=t^i ji "''^'Dreei., roasted ana g-round. Coffee ground and roasted to order. ' QUEBEC Alvbion Hotel. L.M.BLOUiNi PRoPRieTOR« PALACE STREET. PALACE STREET QUEBEC. This popular and well known Hotel 'has been recently rented by the undersigned, who has thoroughly ronovntcd it, and the house is now provided with the M(»dkr\ Convkxikncks. ' No^with.nandiug any stutenients V) the contrary, this hotel rahks second to none in tho city, while its central position, being within five minutes walk of the railway tcrtnine and steamboat landings, together with its elegantly furnished table make it one of the raosj; conuno- dious and comfortable houscii in the Province of Quebec. - L. M. BLOUIN, Proprietor. 'EL t!y rented by the house is 3 hotel raiik.s ig within five ngs, together mosi comiuo- oprlejop. FREE ADVICE ■oo- -oo- § W Madeira Army & Navy 3.75 X ^ Spanish Oloroso Wine 2.50 i t)v\f r'arltoft Club V Sherry « 1.30 if ti 1.4.5 u «' / 4.00 u (< 4.50 V i* u 3.00 « It 5.00 « u 1.80 ti it . 1.70 (t ft 2.C0 u (> 2.00 » 11 Before purchasing your supplies plejise read our " reduced price " CIRCULAR. Good dry Sherry, at $1.20 Colonial or f 1.45 Imporia Superior Port, at.......... 1,12 'f ^ ].35 u Hich Palermo Sherry, at.... 1.08 Pure Cette Wine, at 1.20 H Malvoisie Wine 3.35 Kl . X CO l£[ PA. Sherry 4.15 French- Musc^ktel Wine, at. . 1 .50 Cherry whiskey, at ., 1.40 Cherry Brandy, at. 1.70 BlfiCk berry Brandy, at 1,70 IKT STOCK: FULL ASSORTMENT OF H GH GRADES- GLABlfS ""'TLl^"^" ^hiMim Imported dlv'ctly from B0RDP:AITX ^- HAV-NA CIGARS, VARIOUS BMNDS r ■ CANNED GOODS ' ' Tomatoes, Oranges, Peaches, at low-sjt prioes, Meati of dlfllerent ' kinds, snltHl>le for picnics; sea-sltie, Ac, alw.iYs on hand. CIIMCRAS « LANCLOIS 27, 29and 31 ST. JOHN ST.: Iu:Ii:ii.D OF P'A-iL. ACK Street. Hougjh's Ccnlq^c^ for Parti ?c<> JOT lartxcs Ti'ishing to visit places of ^rMre^t o.n be secured at the oMce 95-103 ST. ANN STREET ■Carriages,'' "Waggons, ALWAYS ON HAND AT STABLES St. I L( a TOUF s u ssa .' ] Island of Isle Mada Cap To'ir G-rosse Isl St. Paul's Les Eboyl Murray B Riviere di (Cacouiia ] Tadousac, Kivi^re St Tourifti T s T St. Lawrence Steam Navigation Co OISJ-L-2- HOXTTB • — TO THE — LOWER ST. 'LAWRENCE ^-^ -AND- feaguenay Itiver ! — PRESENTING — , A most ihlightful mmmer trip for JOURISTS f f LEASURE JrayELERS SPORTSMEN AND INVALIDS. Mountmn andMiver Scenerij SEA AIR • ■() ^i'«?ias' p'^* . ' POINTS OF INTEREST , , — EN ROUTE : — Sm'I"^''??', r, • ' «t Louis tslets . ' - .' Isle Madame (Lady Island) Rivi^.re aux Canards E Cap Toorment. Norti. Shore Little 8a,>uenay R ive'r W ^ KmtVedu^Loup,S. CapRWE (Lacouiia Passengers land here) Cape East. K Tadousac, N Cap West, w" P- •\ \. ^\l^ '' ofSagucaay) Ila ! Ha i Bay, ] ^ Rivi^re Ste Marguerite, E. St. Alphonse, j Entrance ^^ Chicoutimi. To„Pi,|, Tlckei. .now Pa.sengeri to stop •verat any of the Landings. RICHELIEU HOTEL THE above IS the only FlRST-rLASS HOTEL situated in the ceutieof the city of Montreal kept on the Americaii and J- uronean plans— a necesBity so long desired by the ira'-elHog public. Diirlne the past winter tJie Hotel has been rebuilt »nd enlareed and now' extends through from St. A'lncent Street to Jafoues CsfrtlerSouare forming the largest and most complete Block ofBnildlngs in the city. It contalDH accommodation for over 400 ftUESTH, with everv possible modern convenlance and luxury that rarefu'l thouehtcan BUggest, and has, situated on the roof of the main bUildih&;}i Qar. den with Pavl lion— from which guests can obtain the finest Pano- ramie Vifw of the City, Mountain, River St. Lawrence and sur- roundinKs thus making this Hotel by far the ^ost preferable resort fo?Tourl.sts in tfcet!ity of Montreal. ^ yit^ivmoie THE TERMS of this Hotel will be found as reasonable as anv Crst-cla^s hpuse on the continent, and are as follow.'* :— AMERICAN PLAN, from Two f$y) to Three ($«) f^ollars per day: rooms en suite, with bath attached., extra. EUROPEAN PLAN -Rooms from OEf ($1) Dollar per day upwards. RESTAURANT a la ,ar/e. Tourists will tind on eVery B-'jit one cif our Agpnts, who will be honored to receive any orders and make any special agreement to secure thew all the comfort require ). i '^ One visit Is reSfiect fully solicited to convince the public of the comfort and complet<'nes8 of our arrangements. TouristH are Mpeeially Warned again.st the misrepresentation of i,nusc8t(?dpartie.stliis being the only really Fir,st-(Mass Hotel in tj-*^ city that isconducied on the European and American priuci- ple. ' ISIDORE B. DUROCHER, Proprietop. ••^•i^'T'^'P^''-""'^^*''*^:^^'® ^*'^«' Wiil. be found awaiting the arr.vKl of all Trans and ^teamerfc. » ^ s JO; T Icnown 1 being m Lawrenc of the ^ the moc N ciass He t: all the b Tl the St-. St. James Hotel ' iii.i :i:p^l:3-^:;-.|Tf:i||yfa _'..?-'? JOS. RIENDEAU & CO," , PROPRIETORS RUE DU FLEUVE THKEE KIVERS. IHlShOlLL which IS famed in the annr,' < t Ihree Rivers, ard wel-t known to all North Amerjcan travellers, is, for situation, the bc?t, in the city, being near to the Post Office. Principal Banks, Railroads and facing the^St- L,awrencej within a few steps of, the Richelieu Company wharf life landing placs of the Mo'itreal and Quebec, steamers. Mr. Riendeau has thoroughly renovated his Hotel, recently adding all the modern improvements and furnishing it anew Nothing- has been spared to give the guests all Jhe conforts o a f.rst class House., The Table is one of the best in the city, and always will be Ibund to hnv air the luxuries of the season. ,t, e J!?^ ^"''"'■if '?"■, ^""^ justified in assu.ing thfeir guests that they will find at the SWames Hotel every confort that nn hotel is capable ofaffordinE. Bath Room and Telegraph Office. . The only house which has direct connection with Shawenegan Falls. JOS RTFNDT^^ATI Xr Qq \ Pi oprittors. CAPT. N. PELLETIER Proprietor of Blanchard's Hotel • 3, 3, 4, NOTRE - DAME SQUARE '^,?11V^31 yf'r- ThU enabli* WmiS ^2lTi7^^<'^..^f I'd not that hA occapr las', y^ur. ThlT'enabiirhi'm",^ r^'^^f '^'*'«*» ^^ "l"* n"t number of visitor*. «°a»'«8 nJm to receive a mucb crealer ^^^.^e^nrenew^d^na the boarT^s we?l i^ W?n- «n^''?/""°*'"'-^ «r fhe best quality. ' ' ** wine and Ltquora are «y hi Sa^;U^S'«Xwn'io%re?r2^^o'"^iift.'^^^r *»^ 'h. court- of patronage. ' iQ every one, will give hlna a large 8h»re Tailor to His Exedleney the Governor Genei-al D.MORGAN » Q-TJIBBEO. H i^!^^^""' ^^"f^' ^-' ^'o"-. u.b«.- B F c ^<^ Wholesale £00£ The bi ster^ Morgan I^abriq^ue Street V QUEBEC ID-EJLLE.K/ IIsT 111^ Ilii Wholesale .::.Dt for the Domiuion for the world renowDed, cheap musical publications of i BOOSSEY & CO,, London, England Booh^eller,^ and the Trade StippUed at ' Measonable Prices The best House in the City to obtain stereoscopic and other views of the ^'^rroundings in atistytes and Prices, * QUEEN'S RESTAURANT CORNER OF PALAC£ and St. JOHN Streets -00 •'^ii'^ii^i"'^*^°J^'^*^^'-^ the most fashiocable restaurajlt esDeciallT f,'?.owL'«L^*;f"- ^^^'P'^Shly renovated aiid eiibe liS The- foUowuig are character'tties of theQ,[JEEN RESTAURANT: BEST WINES AND LIQUORS, SPLENDID ROOMS FOR PRIVATE PARTIES, MEAL^ prepared and served at all houre, till -midnio-ht. Exquisite politeness in all the branches of the service. ° First Class Cooking a Speciality The only place in Quebec where oysters can be prepared and served in all styles and all the year round. This is the only place where parties may h^ve a RECHERCHE DINNER prepared in the best style and on the shortest notice. The QUEEN RESTAURANT is kept on the PARISIAN SYSTEM and is the only establis^hment of the kind in Quebec. ALPHOIMSE POULIIM, : ' PROPRIETOK. INT Streets t especially lisbed. The- RANT: ARTIES, "midnights srvice. ■ality J prepared !st notice, the EM lETOR. QtJEBEO CORNER OF D'AIGUiLLON V — AND STE GENEVIEVE STREETS. Parlor, Bed and Bath Rooms are first class. In fact nothing has been spared to insure to the travelling priblic all possible comfort, at modtjratc prices. The service will always bo made by ompetent persons. The tabic will ba furnished with the delicacies of the acasoa and the choice of Wines, liquors and Cigars will leave nothing to desire. • • • * - , ^ Those desiring to hire horses or carriages can oroQure them at this house, - I Parties wishing to sell horses will find at this hotel a constant market, besides the advantages of a woekly Auction Sale, that will take place every Tuesday. ^ J. POITRAS, rAiOf RI E^XOfl. BEUND, GARNEJIU & CO. IMPORTERS Of Fancy and Staple Dry Goods •a tf/ ;■, — OS' THE — Celebrated Manufacture FERRIN & FRERE (^vj^^o^,^, . — ALSO — Silks, Satins, feathers, anH w®'* ^'"^ umbrellas and Water-proof circulars BELAND, GARNEAU & CO. Young men's Christian Association Bloolc Opposite Montcalm IVIarket M6 ST. JOHN STREET. &C0. / Goods ment. T cture * las 3ulars I CO. Block larket N t^ ^ J. B. lalib^:rte I.aripjBfiicterofFDR 124 STiJl^SK^ 124 ■4^, Tourists are invited to call and see our stock fanadia... |uto, |a8, |u«sa„ A jforoip |„,„ .<»'/ .««