The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1920-08-18

Quehec'S first street, SuuSlc-Cup. l.
also the narrowest street In America
1t Winds through the center OF blocks
of houses. many Of which are connect
ed by bridges across the QUAINT thor
oughfGre. This street, up which swng
gered the soldiers OF Champlnin. From
tenac, and La Sale IL SO hidden uwny
that 1t is not easy 10 find but no vlsi
tor who wants to see old Quebec fails
to visit Sous-lcCnp.
Historic Ground.
AT thc foot OF the heights runs
Chnmplan street along which Gen.
Richard Montgomery WINS marching
with his Continental soldiers to uttucl,
Quebec lii December, lTIH. when he
ana his hides We're moved down 10y
discharge OF grape mud canister from
Il British block house. Montgomcry's
body was buried in Quebec for ~ years
and was then removed to New Yorl;
aud reinterred in old ST. pnul'S
church, within sound OF the footballs
OF Brondway's hurrying thousands. ON
the wall of bank nj the corner of
ST. Peter and ST. james streets. is n
bronze tablet marking the spot whore
Gen. Benellct Arnold, operating against
Quebec ut the same time It's Mont
gomery, WAS Wounded ana defeated In
his attempt TO storm the heights.
Every foot of Quebec. Ave times be-
sieged by white enemies alnnc-nut
counting red lis historic ground. aud
tie visitor who cares To view interest
Ing places win do well to read the ro.
mantic story OF the old city before he
hires his cnlechc In summer or his
quaint sleigh In the winter cnrnivnl
weeks. As Il matter of fact. however,
Quebec Is not difficult TO see nfoot, pro
willing one does not object TO bit of
hill climbing. Within stones throw
Of Duiferln Terrace is the Place
d'Arnes. once the camp of Huron In
dians under the protection of the
French guns, aud later tile scene OF
military parades. public meetings and
fashionable promcnadcs during the old
French regime, Rising 100 feet above
Dunerln Terrace and SEQ feet above
the St Lawrence, Is the famous old
Citadel with it's stone wills and frown.
Ing cannon. In winter the shoulder
Of this hill! Is the starting point OF the
triple toboggau slide down which the
eayly-clad mcrrymakers speed thu fun
length OF the terrace But II few yards
from them IS the 'GovcrnOr's Garden"
the chief attraction OF which Is a huge
shaft Of granite erected In lS2S To the
memory OF Wolfe and Mnntcalm both
of whom We're Killed In the hnttlc 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. wellbunt city, with line
streets and splendid public buildings.
The people are lovers of the great
outdoors. and there Is sport apcnty
in both summer and winter. When
the ice king has spread his mantle Of
crmine over the heights. the people en-
Joy every known winter sport inclnd-
ing snowshoelng toboggnnine. skiing.
bob Shedding. hockey and skating. In
the summer nearby fishing resorts are
well pntroniged and camping and hont.
Ing number their thevotccs hy thou.
sands. There are many side trips OF
great Interest including those to Mont
morency Falls, cataract loo feet
higher than Niagara; Ste. Anne Beau
pre-, the famous shrine; the Quebec
bridge, the greatest engineering feat
OF tie kind In the world; the Indian
Lorettc. still the home Of the Huron
Indians, ana Point Lewis. opposite Que
bee, with its three forts from which
Wolfe shellcd Quebec more than cen.
fury and half ago.