QUEBEC 



QUEBEC 



There is a provincial organization for maintain- 

 ing the purity of the French language. In De- 

 cember, 1917, Quebec protested against con- 

 scription for the war, and offered to withdraw 

 from the Dominion. J.AJD. 



Consult Hopkins' French Canada; Willson's 

 Quebec, the Lauren Man Provi 



Related Subject*. The reader who is inter- 

 i-stt'd in Quebec will find much information in 

 the following articles in theso volumes: 



Outremont 



Quebec 



Saint Hyacinthe 



Saint Johns 



Shawenegan Falls 



Sherbrooke 



Sorel 



Thetford Manes 

 Three Rivers 

 Valleyfleld 

 Verdun 

 Virtoriaville 



LEADING PRODUCTS AND INDUSTRIES 



Aylmer 



Black Lake 



Buckingham 



Chicoutimi 



Coaticook 



Drummondville 



Farnham 



Fraserville 



Granby 



Grand* Mere 



Hull 



Joliette 



CITIES AND TOWNS 



hine 



Laprairie 

 La Tuque 

 Lauzon 

 Levis 

 Longueuil 

 Magog 

 Maisonneuve 

 Megantic 

 Montmagny 

 Montreal 

 Nicolet 



Fish 



Hay 



Herring 



Lumber 



Oats 



Spruce 



Tobacco 



WATERS 



Chaudiere Ottawa 



Hamilton River Saguenay 



Memphremagog Saint Lawrence 



Apple 



Asbestos 



Butter 



Cement 



Cheese 



Cod 



UNCLASSIFIED 



Anticosti 



Appalachian Mountains 

 Laurentian Plateau 

 Quebec Act 

 Quebec Resolutions 

 Quebec Ter-Centenary 



THE STORY OF QUEBEC 



1 UEBEC , kwe bek ' , called "the Cradle 

 of New France" and "the Gibraltar of America," 

 is the only walled city in North America. It 

 is the oldest city of Canada and the capital of 

 the province of Quebec, and is situated on 

 Cape Diamond, a bold promontory formed by 

 the confluence of the Saint Lawrence and the 

 Saint Charles rivers. It is 780 miles southwest 

 of the Strait of Belle Isle and 164 miles north- 

 east of Montreal. When Jacques Cartier 

 (which see) sailed up the Saint Lawrence in 

 1535, the Indian town of Stadacona clustered 

 about the foot of the bluff, which rises pre- 

 cipitously to a height of 333 feet. Cartier 

 erected a cross and took possession of the 

 country for France. The city was founded in 

 1608 by Samuel de Champlain (which see), 

 who began a small settlement at the foot of the 

 cliff. The three-hundredth anniversary of this 

 event was celebrated in 1908. 



Until Canada became a British possession in 

 1763, Quebec was the seat of government for 

 New France and the chief center of French 

 influence in America. The little settlement 

 expanded with the growth of the fur trade and 

 other interests. Champlain transferred his resi- 

 dence to the top of the bluff and other resi- 

 dences followed. This was the beginning of the 

 divisions of the city, which soon became known 

 as Lower Town and Upper Town, a distinction 

 which they have retained to the present day. 



Quebec is an important shipping port and 

 railway center. The largest ocean-going ships 

 come to its wharf, where they meet river boats 

 and exchange cargoes. The city is served by 

 the Grand Trunk, the Canadian Pacific, the 

 Intercolonial and a number of shorter railway 

 lines. Several miles above Quebec a railway 

 bridge across the Saint Lawrence has for sev- 

 eral years been in the process of construction. 



