Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-08-05

Quebee's first street, Sousle-Cap, is
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
oughfare. This street, up which swag-
gered the soldiers Of Champlain, From
tenac, and La Sale, is so hidden away
that it is not easy to find, but no visi-
tor who wants to see old Quebec fails
to visit Sous-le-Cap.
Historic Ground.
At the foot Of the heights runs
Champlain 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 a
discharge Of grape and canister from
a British block house. Montgomery's
body was buried in Quebec for 43 years
and was then removed to New York
and reinterred in old st. Paups
church, within sound of the footballs
of Broadways hurrying thousands. On
the wall of a bank at the corner of
st. Peter and st. James streets, is a
bronze tablet marking the spot where
Gen. Benedict Arnold, operating against
Quebec at the same time as Mont
gomery, was wounded and defeated in
his attempt to storm the heights.
Every foot of Quebec, five times be
sieged by white enemies alone-not
counting red-is historic ground, and
the visitor who cares to view interest
ing places will do we'll 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 to see afoot, pro-
viding one does not object to a bit Of
hill climbing. Within stones throw
of Dufferin Terrace is the Place
d'Armes, once the camp of Huron In
dians 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 300 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-clad 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 1923 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, 1t is a
handsome well-built city, with fine
streets and splendid public buildings.
The people are lovers of the great
outdoors, 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 includ-
ing snowshoeing, tobogganing. skiing,
bob shedding, hockey and skating. In
the summer nearby fishing resorts are
well patronized, and camping and boat
ing number their devotees 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
Lorette, still the home of the Huron
Indians, and Point Lewis, opposite Que
bee, with it's three forts from which
Wolfe shened Quebec more than cen
fury and half ago.