Illustrated Quebec, (The Gibraltar and tourists' Mecca of America) Under French and English occupancy - the story of its famous annals; with pen pictures descriptive of te matchless beauty and quaint (14579480510)

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Title: Illustrated Quebec, (The Gibraltar and tourists' Mecca of America) Under French and English occupancy : the story of its famous annals; with pen pictures descriptive of te matchless beauty and quaint mediaeval characteristics of the Canadian Gibraltar
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Adam, G. Mercer (Graeme Mercer), 1830-1912
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Publisher: Montreal : McConniff
Contributing Library: ASC - York University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Ontario Council of University Libraries and Member Libraries



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•Eir-.-:.- MONUMENT TO WOLFE .\ND MONTCALM enterprising factories have been established,which for the most part have done well;but the citys commercial importance is notnow what it has been. Montreal with itsmore progressive British element, has oflate encroached seriouslj on its trade. The chief interest of Quebec, however,lies not in its commerce. Like some cities,, - of the Old \\orld—such as Edin-Hirgh—its attractions are thosethat appeal to the historical. and imaginative sense, and toa wealthy and leisured class,who,se tastes are those of:,. their order. Xot a stonesthrow from the landing-place,just under DuSerin Terrace,still .stands the Church ofNotre-Dame des Victoires,erected in 1690 to comme-morate the defeat of Sir Wil-liam Phips and his New Eng-land Naval force. Hard byalso is the site, now occupied 50
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MONUMENT ERECTED TO THE BRAVES OF 1760, STK). FoVE ROAD. 51