2. Our neighbor to the north
• Capital city Ottawa, Ontario
• Largest city Toronto, Ontario
• Official languages English and French
• Government Federal parliamentary and
democracy and constitutional monarchy
• Monarch Queen Elizabeth II
• Governor General Michaëlle Jean
• Prime Minister Steven Harper

4. Steven Harper,
Prime Minister of Canada

5. Ten provinces
• British Columbia
• Alberta
• Saskatchewan
• Manitoba
• Ontario
• Quebec
• New Brunswick
• Nova Scotia
• Prince Edward Island
• Newfoundland and Labrador

6. Three territories
• Northwest
• Yukon
• Nunavut

7. Québec

9. Voyages de Jacques Cartier

10. 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

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

14. 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.

18. The Citadel was built 1820-1831 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.

20. Battle on the Plains of Abraham

21. The Death of General Wolfe, by
Benjamin West

22. La mort de Montcalm à la bataille d'Abraham

24. Plaines d’Abraham

25. 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

28. View from the Citadelle. In the distance is Château Frontenac

30. View of the St. Lawrence from la Citadelle

31. 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.

32. 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.

34. 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

46. Rue
St.
Jean

50. Château Frontenac
• The most photographed hotel in the world.
• The hotel was built in the late 19th 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.

51. 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.

58. Monument of Samuel de Champlain

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

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

68. 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.

70. Notre
Dame
des
Victoires

74. Place Royale

77. 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 1625.
• In July 1759, British forces established a fortified camp at
the base of the falls in their campaign to capture French
territory.

86. 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
1872.
• After the destruction by fire in 1922, the
church was rebuilt again in 1926 as the
present Roman-style basilica

90. Québec Bridge
• Work first started in 1900. 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.

91. Quebec Bridge

93. Château
Bellevue