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Building at Quebec is the representation of notable figures in the annals 

 of the French province. The tall shaft that rises in what was once the 

 Governor's garden, in lionnur of Montcalm and Wolfe on the noble ter- 

 race of the ancient capital will always be a symbol of the unity of the 

 two races who are labouring to build up this new Dominion. 



13. ]\rONUMENT TO ChAMPLAIN. 



An important event in the history of the past, wa^ marked by the 

 unveiling of a monument at Quebec by His Excellency the Earl of Aber- 

 deen, on the 21st of September, 1898, to Samuel de Champlain, the 

 founder of the city. 



There is no more interesting figure in Canadian affairs than Cliamp- 

 lain, for so far as it is possible for a man, he gave to his work a lasting 

 impression of the dominant characteristics of the age in which he lived. 



The erection of a mi nument to a founder, under circumstances 

 similar to those attending the foundation of the city of Quebec, is but an 

 act of justice at the hands of posterity. Happily, in the case of 

 Champlain, it is more than a monument to a founder. It is the tribute 

 of a grateful people to a man of letters, to a soldier, to a navigator, to a 

 man of noble qualities, and also to the first governor of the country. 



Quebec possesses to-day an imposing monument which is an adorn- 

 ment to the city, and a fitting memorial of the life and achievements of 

 a noble man. 



On a marble slab the career of Champlain is tersely outlined in the 

 following words : — 



Samuel de Champlain 



Né a Brouage t'li Saintonge, vers 1567 



St'i'vit a l'armée sous Ilonri IV. 



En- qualité de IMaréchal de logLs ; 



Explora les Indes Occidentales de 1599 a 1601 



L'Acadie de lOW a 1607, 



Fonda Québec en 1008 ; 



Découvrit le pays des grands lacs ; 



Commanda plusieurs expéditions 



Contre les Iroquois, de 1600 a 1615 ; 



Fut successivement lieutenant-gouverneur 



Et Gouverneur de la Nouvelle-France 



Et mourut à (Juébec le 25 décembre 



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From an historical standpoint, the choice of a site for the monu- 

 ment was wisely made, because it is within the area of Champlain's fort, 

 the scene of so many of the stirring events of his life, and also conse- 



