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Louis, now Dufferin Terrace ; an additional reason 

 in favor of this selection might be adduced from 

 the fact that one of the learned antiquaries, the 

 Kevd. abbe' H. E. Casgrain, engaged in discussing the 

 problem of the whereabouts of Champlain's tomb, is of 

 opinion that the illustrious first governor's ashes repose 

 on this site, in the space in rear of the present City 

 Post Office." 



I remain, dear Sir, 



Your most obedient, 



J. M. LeMoine. 



Quebec, 12th December, 1890. 



(Q. Morning Chronicle.) 



The project, more than once brought forward 'by the 

 Literary and Historical Society of Quebec, warmly 

 advocated by the Press and leading citizens of every 

 nationality, is now, we are happy to say, in a fair way 

 of being magnificently carried out. Ere tbree summers 

 shall have cast their sunshine o'er the brow of the his- 

 toric city, a suitable monument to Samuel de Cham- 

 plain, its illustrious founder, will raise its lofty shaft in 

 our midst. 



An earnest appeal has been recently made and 

 responded to by all classes, for contributions to erect 

 this monument on a site at once the most commanding 

 in the city, and also more directly associated with the 

 high office of its first Governor, that of the old Fort 

 St. Louis, now Dufferin Terrace. 



The call for funds was not confined to our citizens 

 and rightly so. 



Champlain did even more than found Quebec. 



Is Champlain not the father of New France also ? 



Without running counter to history, might he not be 



