French Governors of Canada
English Governors


MAPS.
Plan of Quebec in 1759
Map to Illustrate the Siege of Quebec in 1759
Map to Illustrate Operations of Generals de Levis and Murray, 1759-60
Plan of the Links--Quebec Golf Club

The description of ASYLE CHAMPETRE was written by Dr. P. Bender, the
biographer of Joseph Perrault, the founder of ASYLE CHAMPETRE.




PICTURESQUE QUEBEC


CHAPTER 1.

FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF QUEBEC.


Quebec, founded by Samuel de Champlain, in 1608, has certainly much to
recommend her, by her monuments, her historical memories and her scenery,
to the traveller--the scholar--the historian. The wintering of the
venturesome Jacques Cartier on the banks of the St. Charles in 1535-6, by
its remoteness, is an incident of interest, not only to Canadians, but
also to every denizen of America. It takes one back to an era nearly