CHATEAU FROFTENAC. 



Of the famous edifices, which in the past have crowned 

 the lofty cape, to which, Our-Governor General, the 

 Earl of Durham, in 1838, added a superb terrace, 

 more than trebled in extent, by one of his successors, 

 the Earl of Dufferin, in 1878, a full history appears 

 pp. 66-96 in Picturesque Quebec. 



I shall confine myself to a concise mention of the 

 spot, where the C. P. Eailway officials have erected at 

 a cost of more than $500,000 a palatial hotel opened 

 out to the travelling public on the 18th November, 

 1893. 



So many graphic descriptions of it have appeared in 

 the daily press, that it seems superfluous to enlarge on 

 them. The following excerpt is from the Montreal 

 Dally Witness of 18th May, 1893. 



" Viewed, especially from the river, the Chateau-Eron- 

 tenac forms one of the most striking objects in the land- 

 scape of the old city, with whose feudal aspect its style 

 of architecture harmonizes so delightfully. The build- 

 ing, in fact, looks like one of those (1) old feudal cas- 

 tles, which are nowhere to be seen except in Europe, or 

 in the pages illustrated by a Dore or a Castelli. Even 

 the precipice is not wanting, for it is erected almost on 

 the very edge of the great cliff upon which so large a 

 portion of Quebec is built, and which a little to the 

 westward culminates in Cape Diamond and its crown- 

 ing glory, the famous citadel, that has won for the old 



(1) The design is borrowed from three antique French 

 chateaux on the Loire, modernised to suit the time. 



