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Patronized by their ExcelS^ncies the Governor General
of Canada and Countess of Dufferin.
This Hotel, which 18 unrivulled for size, style and locality
in Quebec, is open through the year for pleasure and busi-
ness travel, having accommodHtion for 500 gueste
It is eligibly situated in the immediate vicinity of the
most delightful and fashionable promenades, the Gov
ernor'8 Garden, the C.tadel, the Esplanade, the Place
d Armes, and Durham and Dutteiin Terraces (1400 feet
long and 200 feet above the River St. Lawrence), which
furnish the splendid views and magnificent scenery foi
which Quebec ia so justly celebrated, and which is unsur-
passed in any part of the world.
The Eu8&ell Motel Com/nn
• %^W^ RUSselI,
President.
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National Library
of Canada
Biblioth^que nationale
du Canada
VIEWS IN QUEBEC,
In order to enable the visitor to .ee as much «
Tv wt """''^r"'' oi'yof Quebec d„r.„ghU
stay, w, give ■« the following pages a description of a
interest, and in doing so it will be necessary to leave
«re so great, m fact the difficulty with the writer
.so refrain Iron, mentioninga.l that must nele !:
rily be attractive. The city i, „„iqu,, , „,„^^
fortress of nnrivallei strength and of magnifloeDt
monnu ■ ^^^"""V' » ^"P"'* Panorama, a view of
nountain, river and valley, unequalled in the world
reels that he is treading on a strange and weird world
"holly at variance with the rest of our continenr «
rhe\";^;f ibtaV^rrdrwii"""'' •i"'"''"^
.!»,• . y""^ "'" a™" 'ts memories to the
times we live .„ with . charm that is bewUdering
and fascinating. Everywhere there are battlements,
fortresses, castles, convents, monasteries and
towering walls and the imagination rushes from the
enchainment of practical existence to revel io the
shrowded past.
..,. THE FIRST DRlVf.
The First Drive which the stranger should take
will be a visit to the Ursuline Convent, which was
founded by Madame de la Peltrie in 1641. The
convent was twice destroyed by iire, once iu 1650
and again in 1686, after which it was again erected,
but many additicni have since been made and the
present buildings are very extensive, and the pupils
number 200. nfb »
The Ursuline Nuns are oloistBred and are cele-
brated for their piety and attainments. The Chapel
of St. Ursula is connected with the convent, and in it
are many valuable paintings, among which are the
following :
Oeer the front door,
'. Jesus, sitting down at meat in Simon's house, Mary
^, Magdalene ...^ f.,...^^,,.n.,:,,.Ph. de Chqmvaane,
DeatlTof St. Jerome^^^; ' ? ' ^ /^-^'^ ^ ' •^^;<*^
Ji!pistte side.
Bishop St. Nonus, admitting to penance St. Pelagia.
J. Prond^omme, 1737.
The wise and the Ibolish Virgitis From Florence,
T<^ tb^ memory of M^ntoalm^ by Lord Aytoier ]-<)83 1 .
The to^raculous dr^iught of fishes. »...*^fliW«M, 1741.
the Virgin, the Infant and St. Catherine, V. & M.
Monuttieiit in honor of the Marquis of Montcalm
>!^^^eoted Sept. 14lh 1859: the iKseription by the
Fr^etoh Academy^ ii» 1763 ^ tlia marble from the
United states j the lengraver, Mn F. Morgan, of
Quebec.
t5t. Thdrtisa in ecstasy. '^^^^
The* Annuntiiatioii, senlpture on the two doors near
'>'..Jtbe altar. .ji^>i>iif-, ;^! ■ ^^mnmthyit'^t
Christ adored at his birth day by the shepherds
(above the altar) fignon.
THE FIRST DKIVE.
in the iide Chapel^ dedicated to the S. Heart of Jestts,
The Saviour, exhibiting his heart to the Religious.
The Saviour, preaching ...^...r. ...^ Champoffite,
The portrait^ the Saviour, according to S^. Luke.
The Virgin and Infant.
Hfospel side, near tkeputptt.
Redemption of Captives, at Algiers, by the K. Fa-
thers of Mercy .., Bestovi,
France, offering Religion to the Indians of Canada ^
an Allegory, by a Franciscan, 1700.
St. Peter, concealing bimeelf to witness tfa« suffer
ings of Christ. Spanish Schoa
Two mural tabtt^ts a^'e erected in nsemory of Mou
«alin and the following relics are therein deposited ?
The body of St. Clement, from the catacombs of
Rome, farrought to the Tlrsulines, it^ 1687. The skull
■of one of the companions of St. Ursula, in 1'675,
The akvAl of St. Justxis, in 1662, A parcel of the
Holy Cross, in 1^7, A parcel of the Crown of
thorns, brought from Paris, in 1830.
Opposite the Chapel of St. Ursula is the site of the
dwelling occupied by Madame de la Peltrie, the
'foundress. '..rt/isii- it',lu*J<> fnH *5 0*: ".il-'n.
Descending Garden atreet is the Srig^isli Ca
thedral, erected in 1804 on the site of the Church of
the Recollets. It is built in Roman style «f arciM-
tecture and is Riled with mural monuments, one of
which is erected to the Duke of Richmond, a former
Governor of Canada, whose remains lie near tfare
rulpit and who tHed in Upper GMiada 20feb August,
819. Another monument is erected to General
Hdnbktdn, who fought imder Wolfe at the -capture
of Quebec m 1759, and who died on 10th May m
3830. The tattered colors ot the ^9th Regiment are
j)laced in the dfaureh.
The Basilica Minor, thereto raised by Pio Nono in
1874, was consecrated in >666 by Motiseigneurr de
Laval, an eminent divine, who became flrtrt bishop of
the colony 'and who was founder of' the Seminary
School, which has added to itself tt U^iretMty, boar'
tng the name of the founder; iiiwi^ >nf-vi c.n-a^a-.
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4 TUB FIRST L>R1VE.
Among ihe Paintings in the Basilica are the fol-
lowing :
The Conception, after Le^run, by an unknown
Artist.
St. Paul, by Carlo Maratti.
(/'hrist, Attended by Angels.
The Flight ot Mnry and Joseph, a copy, by T. llamol.
Christ, by Van Dyck.
Nativity of Christ, Copy of ( uido.
Christ Submitting to the Soldiers, by Fleuret
Pentecost Hymn.
The Holy Family, by Jacques Bhnchard.
The Annunciation, by Jean RiRtoul.
St. Anne and the Tomb of the Saviour, by Plamon-
don.
The sacred vestments are the linest in America
and are shewn to the stranger on appUcution to the
verger.
In close proximity to the Basilica is the Seminary
Chapel, Which contains several most valuable Paint-
ings, among which are the works of Champagne. The
following is a list :
Jesus and the Woman of Somaria Lagrence
Phe Virgin Attended by Angels Dieu!
The Crucifixion Moint
The Desert of Thebais Guillot
Terror of St. Jerome Copy by A. PlaTnondon!
Ihe Ascension Ph Champagne.
Ihe Sepulchre Hertin
The Flight into Egypt »'.;;..'.*.Vauclo8.*
i wo Angels ch. Lebrun.
±.c8ta8y of St. Antoino de Padua Jos. Raoul
T) 1 ^ d'Avignon.
Pentecost... Ph. Champagne.
St. Peter Delivered from Prison Ch. de la Fo^se.
Desert of Thebais Guillot
Baptism of the Saviour Claude Guy Halle!
St, Jerome Writing J. fi. Champagne.
Adoration ot the Magi (Signed; Bossieu.
St. John the Baptist.
St. Charles Borrommee*
TIIR FIRST DRIVE.
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Leaving the Basilica and the fJominary Chapel, the
thive will be continued to* the Grand Battery, from
which a magnihcent view of the St. Charles valley,
the village of Beauport and the ranges of the Laur-
entides can be had. There are fifty guns mounted
on the Battery which command the entrance to the
Harbor. In 1775, Arnold marched his men alon«
the streets immediately below and suffered a defeat.
Quito close where was Hope Gate is the build-
ing once occupied by GenerHl Montc«lm. Descend-
ing from the Battery by Palace Hill the visitor
f'hould not omi^ to visit the ruins of the Intendants'-
PaJace, which are now used as vaults for the storage
of beer, manufitctured immediately facing the ruins.
The extent of the building can easily be traced, as,'
although during its occupation by the troops in 1775
under Montgomery and Arnold, it was bombarded
from the city and destroyed by fire, there are sulli-
cient remains to judge of the once magnificent
structure.
Passing over Dorchoster Bridge which crosses the
river St. Chules, cilled before the St. Croix and also
the Cabir Coubat, the tourist reaches the village of
Beauport, near which is the Beauport Asylum. 'J'hc
line of road is beautified by rows of white cottages,
fronted by small patches of garden. On the site of
Beauport the English were defeated by the French
in the attack made by Wolfe on Slst July, 1759, in
which disastrous rencontre the English los* . ^arly
seven hundred men. At about the distance o/ieven
miles from the city are the Falls of Montmorency,
which can be seen from either above or below.
The views from both places being so grand the
visitor is advised not to neglect a sight which
has hardly a parallel. Leaving the Hotel on the
further bank of the rushing river, he des-
cends by a flight of steps on which is constructed a
stand, commanding a view of the summit of the
Falls, the sound of whose roar in that locality is
more than bewildering. The wild leap of the mad
waters d.- zles the brain and creates a whirl in the
mind which is not easily forgotten. The view from
TTfE FTRST DHiV^.
below la eren more DMgnificent and grancT, for th&
Wftlerdeftoeiuls as if froo socr^ unknown heights and
•eems to threaten with deitruotion the beholder.
It often happens that the atrafnger neglects tO"
y'lMii a place of great inrterest, the Natural Steps^
whose beauftiea can hardl/ be described. They are
not further situate^t than about h«ilf a miie above
the Falls and are rea<*.hed by a deKghtful pathway
through the woods and field^B. It is an* irregular forn»-
Ation of stone step"), being perfectly horixontal am]
descending to the bonk of too mad rapids. On one
•ide the precipitous banks, reachkig. to over one
hundred feet frown down upon thedlark threatening'
water and are crowned and fringed by the evergreen
Kir- tree and the delicate fern. Fbe scenery in the
irininity of the Falls is superby and if the visitor be
k follower of Isaac YTidton, he may take a chance of
I trout in the mh\t rapi