Champlain founded the city in 1608. During the mid 18th century British America had more than a million inhabitants while New France had only 60,000 and was viewed as a cheap source of natural resources. It had alot to do with the beaver pelts. In 1759 during the Battle of Abraham which lasted 30 minutes, the British easily took over the city. During the mid 1820’s half a million Irish Catholics flooded Quebec and of course sided with the French who were also Catholic and hated the British. In 1864-67 was the onset of the Canadian confederation movement. The British supported the south during the American Civil War and were concerned that the Americans might attack Canada if they thought it were an English colony. Therefore they wanted to establish a new country. The city has a population today of about 700,000 people 95% of which are French speaking. In 1985 it became a World Heritage Site because it is the cradle of French civilization in North America and the only walled city north of Mexico. Quebec City have 156 cruise ships that arrive each year.
We wandered throught out the town and behind walls that really had hardly very little people on the streets. Lots of Tourist shops but many still trying to open. Quebec has some interesting history here. This is a stairway leading up to the Chateau Frontenac only 93 steps straight up. Yikes. Bob actually wanted to walk up so all of us walked up and it was 400 steps.
The Goverance histtory is French from 1534-1759, British from 1760-1867 and Federal from 1867. The official moto is "Je me Souvien which means I remember this historical past and present. We started at Dufferin Terrace where the people met in the 1600(dubbed FB of the 1600). Walked through the Battlefields Park Chateau Frontenac , Maison Kent, Holy Trinity Cathedral. Also walked to the Monastery of the Ursaline ( which is one of the oldest religious girls school in North America.) , Nortre Dame Basilica ( which ha burned down 4 times most resently in1922.) We walked down cobblestones streets to the port to see the location of Champlains house in the Place Royale. This area became very run down until the 1960s when it was rehabilited keeping the architecture but establishing vendors and expensive housing. Apparently churches are losing congragations rapidly and 50% of all people in Quebec province who have childred under 18 are married. The Holy Trinity Church has on place for nearly 300 parishioners and survies through support of the province. As per our Local tour guide. So our mission today was to introduce Wendy to Poutine… I think we found a good spot.
Poutine just might be Quebec signature food like the bagels are to Montreal. Its a messy pile of extra crispy fries, cheese curds and beef gravy over the top to melt the cheese. So so good. There are so so many varieties now a days.
And what a day we had. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
Montmorency Falls 83 m or 272 ft high a full 98.4ft taller than Niagara Falls. Just 15 minutes from Old Quebec
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