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Although extensive search has been made for fossils along; 

 this bluff, the work of various collectors for many years 

 has been rewarded by only one or two badly preserved 

 graptolites. 



A tablet on the face of the cliff marks the spot where 

 in an engagement on the last day of the year 1775, the 

 troops from the revolting colonies of America besieging 

 Quebec were defeated with the loss of their leader, General 

 Montgomery. 



Beyond this tablet the road follows the foot of the 

 cliff which reaches its highest point at Cape Diamond, 

 where a slight turn in the road shows a change in the 

 strata to thin-bedded dark shales with interbedded sand- 

 stone at a flight of steps leading up the cliff. The shales 

 have afforded a few badly preserved graptolites which 

 suggest that the soft shales are of Lorraine age. 

 2. The Northern Face of the Cliff separating Upper and 

 Lower Towns. 



The exposures along this cliff may be reached from 

 the Quebec Ry. Light and Power Co. railway station by 

 crossing St. Paul street and proceeding through the side 

 street to St. Valier, nearly parallel to St. Paul. Following 

 St. Valier west, one crosses Cote du Palais near the site of 

 the old Palais gate, thence the route follows along J^elow 

 the wall of Upper Town. To the right of the stone building 

 in the corner of the wall is the site of the Palais of the 

 old French governors of Quebec. On the left, when 

 nearing St. Rich street, may be seen the limestones, 

 shales and limestone conglomerates of the Quebec City 

 formation. A block further along St. Valier street, the 

 strata can be examined in detail at a stairway on Cote a 

 Cotton, the limestone conglomerate being well shown 

 near the top of the steps, just at the base of a retaining 

 wall. Many of the pebbles in this conglomerate are 

 fossiliferous, the fauna being the same as that found in 

 the pebbles on Mountain Hill. 



An iron stairway on the left of St. Peters Church gives 

 another good view of the strata. A short distance beyond 

 this stairway at the Cote d 'Abraham is an excellent expo- 

 sure of the conglomerate, from which a large number of 

 fossils have at various times been obtained. 



The Quebec City formation is still to be seen at Cote de 

 la Negresse, beyond which point the cliff is partially conceal- 

 ed by buildings and vegetation, but below the Martello 



