Quebec summer and winter (1900) (14764144512)

Identifier: quebecsummerwint00cana_0 (find matches)

Title: Quebec summer and winter

Year: 1900 (1900s)

Authors: Canadian Pacific Limited

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Publisher: (s.l. : Canadian Pacific Co.)

Contributing Library: Queen's University Library, W.D. Jordan Special Collections and Music Library

Digitizing Sponsor: Queen's University - University of Toronto Libraries

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fTO LITTLE CHAMPLAIN STREET iS QUEBEC—SUMMER AND WINTER Tjhe Citys Sates and Tl/at/s, The gates which pierce the fortifications are comparatively modern structures,—Kent and St. Louis—the former being named after the Duke of Kent, father ofQueen Victoria, who in 1791-4 was commander of the British forces in Canada.St. Johns, rebuilt in 1S67, was demolished in the summer of 1897 to give right

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ST. LOUIS GATE, QUEBEC of way to the invading electric car. The last vestige of the original portals—St.Louis, Palace and St. John—disappeared in 1871, and the structures with whichthey were replaced, with Hope (1786) and Prescott (1815) gates, built by the Britishsince the Conquest, have within recent years met a similar fate, with the exception ofSt. Louis, which was erected in 1879. The walls of the city, which afford a pleasant promenade, can be reached bystone steps at either St. Louis or Kent gates or along the glacis at the Esplanade,an expanse of tree fringed verdure extending from St. Louis gate to the site ofSt. Johns gate. The walk on the walls can be extended in one direction to theCitadel and in the other to where the Palace gate once stood. QUEBEC SUMMER AND WINTER 9 Church of 7fotre~tDame des 7/ictoires, This historic little edifice is one of the interesting sights of the Lower Town,having been partially destroyed by the fire of the Levis batteries during Wolfessieg

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