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were hidden for more than one hundred years, from 

 public gaze by the overshadowing edifice sacred to 

 the memory of Governor Frederick Haldimand ; in lieu 

 thereof, now stands the turreted south-westerly wing 

 of the Hotel Chdteau-Frontenae. 



The grim old magazine, was alluded to in the Diary 

 of John Thompson, Overseer of Public Works,at Quebec, 

 in 1784. 



It stands out very conspicuous in the plan drawn by 

 Villeneuve in 1684. 



Let us hear Mr. Gagnon. "In July, 1685, the Mar- 

 quis of Denonville, who had succeeded to M. de la 

 Barre, as Governor in Canada, arrived in Quebec, and 

 took possession, with his wife, of St. Louis Castle. 



The Fort and the Chateau were both in a deplorable 

 state. 



The year of his arrival, the new governor, had con- 

 structed outside of the fort erected by M. de Mont- 

 magny, a short distance from the present DesCarrieres 

 street, the powder magazine razed in 1892 — conse- 

 quently nearly two hundred years old. 



In a letter dated 20th August, 1685, M. de Denon- 

 ville declares that he is building this magazine without 

 authority. He was acting thus, on account of the 

 imminent and extreme danger there was, in storing 

 powder, inside of the chateau then in a ruinous state 

 and in which there was such a mass of woodwork that 

 it was constantly in danger of destruction by fire. 



The magazine was divided into two compartments : 

 one, for the powder belonging to the fort; the other, to 

 contain that owned by the residents. This division was 

 visible, a few months ago (1892), when the old castle 

 Haldimand was being demolished. 



Here is the text of the letter addressed by M. de 

 Denonville, to the french minister, on the 20th August, 

 1685, on this subject. 



" All our (Government) powder is stored in a separate 

 building beyond M. de Meulle's house, in the centre of 

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