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reckoned as well, the original founder of the Eoyal 

 Mount. 



In 1610, on his third ascent of the St. Lawrence, he 

 reached the spot, where the great commercial metro- 

 polis, Montreal, now proudly stands, selected a lot of 

 ground for a settlement and called it La Place Eoyale ; 

 his next duty was to enclose it with a wall four feet 

 high and thirty feet long. 



He, it was also, who named the picturesque island 

 which stands sentry over the port of Montreal, Ste. 

 Helene, in honor of his youthful and accomplished 

 spouse, Helene Boulle. 



Champlain can also claim the credit of having, the 

 first, ascended the course of the dark Ottawa ; he was 

 the first explorer of Ontario ; the first to locate perma- 

 nent settlements, at several points on the St. Lawrence : 

 Tadoussac, Quebec, Three - Rivers, Sorel, Montreal : 

 hence, why he is styled the father of New France. 



His crowning glory was indubitably the selection of 

 the lofty promontory of Quebec, as a fortress, the key 

 to the whole country. As a strategetic point, none have 

 ever challenged his selection. 



A fortified, impregnable fort from the river-front 

 meant security to the nascent colony. Canadians of all 

 origins have been invited to co-operate to the erection 

 of a monument, whose completion must redound to the 

 credit of all Canada, whilst it will add to the number 

 of land-marks, which interest travellers visiting Quebec. 



In order to meet the requirements of the projected 

 column, which is intended to include a statue of the 

 famous discoverer, geographer and leader, it is com- 

 puted that $30,000 judiciously applied, would suffice, 

 of which one half, is expected to be raised in the city 

 of Quebec, itself. 



At a public meeting, presided over by His Wor- 

 ship, the Mayor, Joseph Fremont, two Committees were 



