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Voyages de Jacques Cartier

Jacques Cartier: Jacques Cartier sailed into the Gulf of St. Lawrence in 1534 and claimed the country for the King of France. The next year he came up to an island and the Indian village called Stadecona on the site of Quebec. We are told that the Indian chief Donnacona spoke of Stadecona as Kanata, meaning a collection of houses. Cartier understood this to be the name of the district and this is how the word Canada came to be known. Prince Edward Island Public Archives

Samuel de Champlain landed 27 colonists (and himself) at Quebec in 1608.

Assemblée Nationale Parliament buildings of the province of Québec Built in 1886 The architect, Eugène-Étienne Taché, was inspired by the Louvre Museum in Paris.

The Citadel was built by the British to protect the city from potential attack from the St. Lawrence River below to the south and from the Plains of Abraham immediately to the west. The British left the fort in 1871, and later the fort served as headquarters for an artillery school of the Canadian Armed Forces. During WWI, it became the headquarters of the Royal 22nd Regiment.

Battle on the Plains of Abraham

The Death of General Wolfe, by Benjamin West

La mort de Montcalm à la bataille d'Abraham

Plaines d’Abraham

Anyone who has ever visited the Quebec City Citadel is familiar with the billy goat mascot of the Royal 22nd Regiment. His popularity is about to grow among hockey fans as the official emblem and sweater design of the American Hockey League member club, the Citadelles

View from the Citadelle. In the distance is Château Frontenac

View of the St. Lawrence from la Citadelle

Since the 17th century, Artillery Park has played an important role in defending Québec. In 1959, the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada recognized the national historic significance of the park and its military installations, which were an integral part of the city's defensive system.

Located near St. John Gate, in the very heart of Old Québec, this site bears witness to over 250 years of history. Today, you can discover one by one its unique buildings and other installations that reflect the military and industrial history of Québec.

Upper Town is located on top of the Cap-Diamant, a promontory (a point of high land jutting out over the water) 98 metres high

Rue St. Jean

Château Frontenac The most photographed hotel in the world. The hotel was built in the late 19 th century by William van Horne, president of the Canadian Pacific Railway, as one of a series of grand hotels across the country. The hotel was designed by New York architect Bruce Price, and opened in 1893.

The 605 guest rooms are of varying sizes and configuration, but all are luxuriously appointed and many offer incredible views over the St Lawrence River.

Monument of Samuel de Champlain

Lower Town Access by the funicular Escaliers casse-cou Winding stairs, side-walk

This historic railway makes the 210-foot trip from the Dufferin Terrace to the Lower Town at a 45 degree angle.

Church Notre Dame des Victoires Located in the Place Royale district. The original church on this site was completed in in 1723, but was rebuilt and renovated frequently since then. In 1929, the building was one of the first designated as a historical monument by the Québec government, and in 1967 the building was restored to the original style.

Notre Dame des Victoires

Place Royale

Montmorency Falls Where the Montmorency River meets the St. Lawrence, 10km east of Québec City the water first has to fall over a cliff at the edge of the Canadian Shield. The 76m cascade is 22m higher than the falls at Niagara. The river was named by Champlain in 1613 after Henri II, duc de Montmorency, governor of Languedoc and admiral of France, who served as viceroy of New France from 1620 to In July 1759, British forces established a fortified camp at the base of the falls in their campaign to capture French territory.

Ste Anne de Beaupré This popular pilgrimage church attracts more than a million visitors every year. The first chapel on the site built in 1658 was destroyed by tides, and was rebuilt in 1661 further up the slope. It was rebuilt again in 1676, and again in After the destruction by fire in 1922, the church was rebuilt again in 1926 as the present Roman-style basilica

Québec Bridge Work first started in On 29 August 1907 when the bridge was almost complete, the southern section of the bridge fell almost 50 metres into the water below and killed seventy-five workers. The disaster was blamed on a faulty design. Work on the bridge continued nevertheless, but on 11 September 1916, as the center section of the bridge was being hoisted into place, it fell into the river, killing thirteen workers The Quebec Bridge was finally opened on 22 August 1919 by the Prince of Wales Edward VIII. It is the longest cantilever bridge in the world.

Quebec Bridge

Château Bellevue