CHAPTER II 



Quebec — Strategic position — Historic associations — Wolfe 

 and Montcalm — Church of Notre-Dame des Victoires — Site of 

 Champlain's Fort — The Hotel Dieu — Landing of early Jesuit 

 missionaries — Relics of Brt^boeuf and Lallemant — Falls of Mont- 

 morency — Where Wolfe failed — Kent House — Historical outline 

 — Parliament — Denominational schools^ — Effects of confedera- 

 tion — Montreal — The situation — The Hochelaga of Cartier — 

 Montreal of to-day — Institutions and schools — St. Anne de 

 Bellevue — Macdonald College — Lachine rapids — Champlain's 

 exploration of the Ottawa — Amongst the Indians — Defeats and 

 conquests. 



QUEBEC, the ancient capital of Canada, stands 

 conspicuously on the banks of the St. 

 Lawrence. Its high cliffs can be seen far 

 down the river. The white stone citadel that crowns 

 its summit commands such a strategic position that 

 Quebec has been called the Gibraltar of the 

 American continent. The fort is enclosed by a high 

 wall, which bristles with menacing artillery of both 

 ancient and modern design. In front, an armed 

 guard beats his monotonous round, but with no more 

 sinister intent than to hand the visitor over to one 

 of the Canadian regulars stationed in the fort to 

 act the part of guide. 



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