Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-07-30

Quebec'S first street. SauSle-Cap. is
also the narrowest street in America,
II winds through the center of blocks
Of houses many of which are connect,
ed by bridges across the qua nj thor
odghfare. This street. up which swag-
gered Tie soldiers of Champaign From
tenac, and La Sale. is 50 hidden away
that it is NOT easy to fnd, but no visi-
Tor who wants 10 see old Quebec fails
TO visit Sous-le-Cap.
Historic Ground.
AT the foot of the heights runs
Clamplain street along Which Gen.
Richard Montgomery was marching
with his Continental soldiers to attack
Quebec in December, 1875, when he
and his aides were moved down by
discharge of grape and canister from
u British block house MOntgomery's
body was buried in Quebec for 40 years
and was then removed 70 New York
and remreireG IL old St. Paui's
church within sound of the footballs
of Broadway's hnrrylng thousands. On
The wall of bank at the corner ot
st. Peter and St James streets. is
bronze tablet marking the spot where
Gen. Benedict Arnold operating against
Quebec at The same time as Mont
gomety was wounded and defeated in
has attempt to storm the heights.
Every foot Of Quebec, five times he
sieged by white enemies alone--not
counting reds historic ground, and
the visitor who cares TO view Interest,"
ing places win do Wen to read the ro-
mantle story of the old city before he
Hires his caleche in summer or his
quaint sleigh in the winter carnival
weeks. AS a matter of fact, however,
Quebec is not difficult 10 see afoot, pro-
viding one does not object 10 a bit Of
hiil climbing. Within stones throw
| of Dufferin Terrace is the Place
d'Armes, ohee The camp Of Huron In
| dams under the protection Of the
French guns, and later the scene OF
| military parades. public meetings and
fashionable promenades during the old
French regime. Rising 100 feet above
| Dufferin Terrace and 800 feet above
the St Lawrence. is the famous old
Citadel with its stone walls and frown-
ing cannon In winter the shoulder
OF this hill is the starting point of the
| triple toboggan slide down which the
gayly-ciad merrymakers speed the full
length Of the terrace. But a few yards
from them is the Governors Garden. -
the chief attraction of which is huge
shaft Of granite erected in 1928 to the
memory Of Wolfe and Montcalm, both
/ of whom were killed In the battle on
the plains of Abraham near by, which
ended the rule of the French.
History however, is not the only in
teresting thing about Quebec. II is a
handsome, weIl-built city, with fine
streets and splendid public buildings.
| The people are lovers of the great
out doors. and there is sport aplenty
in both summer and winter. When
the ice king has spread his mantle of
| ermine over the heights, the people en-
/ JOY every known winter sport inclul-
ing snowshoeing, tobogganing, skin :.
bob shedding, hockey and skating IN
| the summer nearby fishing resorts are
well pafronized, and camping and boat
ing number their deYotees by thou
! sands. There are many side trips of
great interest including those TO Mont
morency Falls. cataract 100 feet
higher than Niagara Ste. Anne Beau
| pre-, the famous shrine: the Quebec
! bridge, the greatest engineering feat
Of the kind in the world; the Indian
L,rette, still the home Of the Huron
Irdigns. and Point Lewis opposite Que
be-, with it's three forts from which
Wolfe shelled Quebec more than CEN
fury AID a half ago.