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stroyed by a storm in the Gulf of st.
Lawrence while on it's way to attack
Quebec. Wolfe's batteries at Lewis,
across the river, also partially de-
stroyed it in 1859. Notre Dame
square, upon which this church faces,
is the Oldest part of Quebec. Here
stood Champlain's "Habitation," a
house and fort and the first building
erected in zoos when Champlain found
ed the city. All traces of it have
long since disappeared, and even the
place where the intrepid soldier gov
ernor was buried is unknown
Quebec's first street, Sous-le-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 Champaign, 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, 1775, when he
and his aides were moved down by a
discharge of grape and canister from
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 Broadway's hurrying thousands. On
the wall of a bank at the corner of
st. Peter and st. James streets, is q
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 reds historic ground, and
the visitor who cares to view interest
ing places will do well 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 a stones throw
of Dufferin Terrace is the Place
d'Armes, once 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 it's stone walls and frown-
ing cannon. In winter the shoulder
of this hill is the starting point of the
triple toboggan slide dewn which the
gayly-elad merrymakers speed the full
length of the terrace. But 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
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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
i'm 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.