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Ln diag nmma suivanu ERE is a peculiar charmab out t he famous old City of Montreal find diffi lt I that tourists very cu to explain . t is not like any i " ri other c ty , but a happy combination of New ork . Pa s and t w n i S . Petersburg , ith a dash of New Orlea s added to give sp ce flav or and . It has a beauty of situation and a variety of scenery that s few cities of the world can claim to possess . Montreal enjoys the ingular i ano t i distinction of be ng cea port , and a great ocean port although situated nearly a thousand miles inland from the Atlantic Ocean . The city is 250 mile s above salt water and 31 5 miles nearer to Liver pool " than is the City of New or k . Not only is Montreal the great importing and exporting point of the Dominion of Canada but may also be described as the national seaport for much of the Western part of t he 1 United States . The distance by water from Chicago being 58 miles " ’ w less than to New ork . Montreal s trade ith foreign countries has St . grown rapidly of late years , the short route to Europe via the ' Lawrence River meeting with universal commendation of shi pper and i c t he passenger alike . The splend d Atlantic Steamship Servi e of Canadian Pacific R ailway is also yearly growing more popular with tourists. w 4 oman“. e e St The city is b autifully situat d on an island in the . Lawrence confluen w River just below its ce ith the Ottawa , and stretches along the ma nifi n f e ce t wor . north bank of that g water ay seven mi l s It is built on a r r ien k series of terraces . the former levels of the ive . or of an anc t la e , which om terminate in Mount Royal , wh summit and wooded slapes form one on ne e e o i t . of the grand st public pleasur gr un—ds the cont n It is a city of marked contrasts where t he pi cturesque quaintness lux ur e and e e of a vanished age is mingled with the y , cultur ent rpris of moden' times ; where the cust oms and usages of old France and modern m a of e i i A eric , characteristic the old city and new ras of c v lization , i cc - harmon ously exist ; where massive business blocks , costly public r e w es re buildings , and private residenc . is side by side ith g y old churches , d t ni n sombre convents and nunneries , and gran ca hedrals , whose mag fice ce and splendour rival those of the Old World . Here converge the principal a Pacific r railways of Canada , chief of which is the Canadi n , which st etches across Canada from the Atlantic to the Pacific and is the longest conti nuous railway line in the world . The development and progress of this city has beencontinuous and id w rap , until it now possesses , ith its suburbs , a population of over w- n o s t thirds of whom are French Ca adians , and boa ts a wealth t he equalled by no other city of its size in world . uomu u ‘ 5 i t s R e mar kab le H ist or y The early history of Canada and the United States is indelibly blended — at Montreal for here dwelt the intrepid La Sallc (the Mississippi explorer" Da L ’ H ut u f (the founder of D luth", Cadillac (the founder o Detroit". (the founder of New Orleans", and other adventurous spirits, _Bienville - whose names are still revered by posterity . Ville Marie was , too , the e ra headquarters of the gr at French fur t ding and exploring companies . - whose operations throughout the great West , extended to the foot hills of ' ' -oh d s . the Rocky Mountains and the far shores of Hu"d on Bay It remaine u 1 60 under the r le of France until 7 . when Vaudreuil capitulated to General nd b e . s Amherst and the ancient regime came to an Three year later . y a t o the treaty of Paris , France ceded Can da Great Britain , and the French Canadians became B ritish subjects . The town was occupied for 1 7 5 b a time , in 7 ; y the Americans , under General Montgomery , who after wards was slain in a gallant but unsuccessful assault upon Quebec ; and R amez a here in the old Chateau de y . the home t he e e of old Governors , liv d B njamin Franklin , Samuel Chase and Rev . Charles Carroll , the American Commissioners who came to negotiate " the cession of the country to the United States . 1 t In the year 535 . Jacques Car ier came up the St . Lawrence River to where the city now - fort ifi stands , and found a large well ed Indian n ih 1 1 l . o 6 town ca led Hochelaga Later , 1 . _ Champlain established a trading post and called it Place Royale ; a tablet in front of the Custom House now marks the spot . It was not , however , 1 42 Chomed - till 6 that Paul de y , Sieur de Maison neuve , landed on the island and laid the lasting f oundation of the city . For almost a century m and a quarter Canada re ained a French colony , b e ~ and not till the Treaty of Paris , did Montreal . _ come a British city Since then , French and English , have lived together, happily and prosper ousl s b y , ide y side , each in the enjoyment of his own language and religion , both working strenuously for the development of Montreal as a . city , which will be second to none upon the conti nent. 6 MO N T R E AL T he Hist or i cal i t Two i e . e Is now , a museum contain ng many nter s ing relics tabl ts its walls set forth its hist ory in the following te rms : Built about R a 1 0 mez a e 1 7 . 7 5 by Claude de y , gov rnor of Montreal , 03 Ofii l L 1 45. cia of a Compagnie des Indes , 7 residence of the British e . e ri 1 governors after the c ssion H adquarters of the Ame can army , 775 ; 1 w 1 .

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