Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-10-07
A Visit to the Ancient
and Historic City.
John Quill Tells Of Its Many
Attractions.
A Bit Of the Old World Located in the
New.

upper ArOoStOOk region the other day,
| made the promise that some day
would take up the tangled threads of
my uacompleted journey and con-
tinue the story of my wanderings in
the land of the maple leaf and
Canadian thistle, and judging from the
number of gentle reminders l have re-
ceived from the Journal readers, l am
inclined to think that they propose to
hold me to my promise. From the
verdurc-clad hills of old New England
to the Kings domain is but a step. l
crossed the wide, sweeping st. John,
into New Brunswick. and followed the
fertile st. John valley to EdmOnston.
thence up the picturesque valley of
the Tamasquatta to Rivicre de Loup.
Riviere du Loup. pronounced as if
spclt River dee Loo, as its name inn
plies, borders on the French in char
..ctcriStiCs, in fact the French lam
guage is almost universally spoken.
The town itself is very prettily laid
out on Il hill. and evidently the early
settlers adhered strictly to the Scrip
tural text and built their town. not
upon the sand but upon a rock. The
town Itself is built upon a hill with
gentle slope toward the river. The
| lsiviere du Loup forms the juno
| ton here and mingles its waters with
the st. Lawrence. Two railways. the
| Intercolonial and the sIuatta
| form Il junction here and the river ana
| ocean steamers make this a point or
| entry, in fact this is the last stopping
| place that the steamers touch on me
way to Liverpool and the old World,
and the bclated Traveller or the Euro
pean mail. that has failed to connect
up the river, is pretty sure to make
| connections here. RiVierc du I.uup
and its cnvirons have bccom" quit" Il
| fashion resort, and one meets here not
only the full-iiedgcd provincial, but
| travellers from the States as well.
The traveller who enters the upper
| province at this season of thu. year is
at a loss which way TO turn. as all
| parts of the Kings domain is btauti-
full, and particularly SO along the st.
Lawrence river. The st. Lawrence
| is the father of Canadian waters. 1t
| travcrs..s the country from northwest
| to southeast. and extends from the
Great lakes to the gulf. From :ivitre
du Ioup | turned my face southwark
| towards Quebec. Historic Old Quebec.
| the Gibraltar of Canada. one never
tires of it's quaint old ways and Gus
toms. There IS always Il strange fas-
rimation about Quebec. which enCh2n,S
! and tnthralls visitors binding them
| viii, silken chains and compelling
them to lm3cr longingly in the quaint
old walled city. for Quebec has dis
tinct individuality of its OWN. unlike
any Other city in the dominion, and
there are few spots on the continent 10
compare with 1t in beauty Of its en-
yirnms. Historically, Quebec dates
back to the conquest Of Canada, in
l15a ana there is scarcely a foot here
III this ancient old ex-captal Of New
France which is not historic ground,
Which is not COnsecrated by Weli-es-
tablishcd facts or traditions to the
memory of herosm.
From Point Lewis. the railroad termi
!, nal opposite Quebec, one gets view
Of the city as it looms up out of the st.
Lawrence: its magnificent water front;
immense docks and warehouses: its
terraces of ancient and modern build
ings: its cathedral towers peeping
through tn" foliage. The streets are
built as if hung upon brackets. they
wind i'll ana out like bands around the
ancient city. At the summit of the pc
ninguA Of cane Charles is the fortress.
The city is divided properly into two
distinct cities. the upper and lower
i town In the lower town one sees the
narrow, crooked streets, the quaint,
Old. unexpected hooks, corners and
angles. and above all the habtants.
quaint and odd as the streets them
selves. Here one meets with black
rohed priests and nuns, with their
rosar;es and girdles of beads.
strollcd through Cul du Sac. Sous lie
cap, and Little Champlain streets.
a section Of the Old World in a Cana
dian setting. From this quaint bit of
Normandy architecture | strollcd
through the Champlain market. Here
WAS still a new phaS" of life. The
courteous salesman i'm his picturesque
garb. his rapid talk and dramatic
gestures and above all, the peculiar al
though pleasing accent. with its
smooth modulations. peculiar to this
section of the province. Leaving the
lower town behind me, | took a lift
Uhcre arr no elevators in the PROV
iuces) To the Duffcrin terrace of the
from the Champaign monument at the
entrance of the terrace to the base of
the citadel something like a quarter
of a mile in length. Dufferm terrace
is not only a show place of the town,
but the view place as we'll.
1t is built out from the face of the cliff,
. OF which the city stands some 400 feet.
II occupies the site of .hn OLD Chateau
. st. Louis erected by Champaign. II
was DESTROYED by fir, in 1894. The ter
race as one sees it to-day was opened
with great pomp in 1879, by Princess
Louise ana takes its name from the
). late Marquis of Dufferin then governor
: general q: canada. There is no finer
view in Canada than one gets from the
| Terrace. As my Canadian friend ex-
pressed II it is ineXpressiyely grand
II The quaint old lower town. with its
narrow streets pitched roof and Old
Il World air of antiquity. laws at your
, feet. Across the st. L4wrence is the
II town of Lewis, prominent as ? battle
~ certer in the lays OF the conouest. but
q now a peaceful railroad terminus. On