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Quebec ^ District and Eastern Township* CANADIAN PACiriC CANADIAN PACIFIC HOTELS IN THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC Chateau Frontenac The social centre of the most historic city in North America. Quebec, Que. C!ommandingly situated on Dufferin Terrace, it affords magnificent views of the St. Lawrence. It is an ideal stopping point for either the tourist or the business man. Besides the scenic and historic interest in Quebec, golf, motoring and easily reached fishing are available. Excursions can be made to Montmorency Falls, the shrine of Ste. Anne de Beaupre, etc. In winter the Chateau Frontenac is a splendid centre for winter sports. Open all year. European plan. The Place Viger An ideal centre for those who prefer quiet and yet wish to be Montreal, Que. within easy reach of the business and shopping districts. Close to the docks and the old historic section and a popular rendezvous. The Place Viger adjoins Place Viger Station and is i H miles from Windsor Station. Open all year. European plan. JN ONTARIO Royal York Hotel The largest hotel in the British Empire and one of the most Toronto, Ont. palatial in the world. Located in the heart of downtown Toronto, it commands a magnificent view of Lake Ontario. A subway connects the Hotel with Union Station where railway lines from all parts of Canada and the United States converge. Open all year. European plan. IN NEW BRUNSWICK The Algonquin The social centre of Canada's most fashionable seashore resort, charmingly St. Andrews. N.B. situated overlooking Passamaquoddy Bay. Two golf courses (18 and 9 holes), bathing, yachting, boating, deep-s a and fresh-water fishing, tennis, etc. In summer has through sleeping car service to Montreal. Open Summer months. American plan. One mile from station. McAdam Hotel A commercial hotel at an important junction point. Ideal centre for excursions McAdam, N.B. into a magnificent fishing and big game country. Open all year. American plan. At station. IN THE PRAIRIES Royal Alexandra Hotel In the largest city of Western Canada. Open all year. European plan. At Winnipeg, Man. station. Hotel Saskatchewan In the old capital of the Northwest Territory. Most central hotel for the Reftina, Sask. prairies. Open all year. European plan. Hotel Palliser A handsome hotel in this prosperous city of Southern Alberta. Open all year. Calgary, Alta. European plan. At station. IN THE ROCKIES Banff Springs Hotel A Scottish baronial hotel in the heart of Banff National Park. Open Summer Banff, Alta. months. Special rates for two weeks or over. European plan. Chateau Lake Louise A wonderful hotel facing an exquisite Alpine Lake. Open Summer months. Lake Louise, Alta. European plan. Emerald Lake Chalet A charming chalet in Yoho National Park. Open Summer months. American near Field, B.C. plan. Hotel Sicamous Junction for the orchard districts of the Okanagan Valley. Open all year. Sicamous, B.C. American plan. At station. ON THE PACIFIC COAST Hotel Vancouver Vancouver, B.C. The largest hotel on the north Pacific coast. Open all year. European plan. Empress Hotel A luxurious hotel in the Garden City of the Pacific coast. Crystal Garden, Victoria, B.C. for swimming and music. Open all year. European plan. HOTELS AND BUNGALOW CAMPS REACHED BY CANADIAN PACIFIC Kentville, N.S Cornwallis Inn Banff-Windermere fCasUe Mountain Camp Digby, N.S The Pines Automobile Highway \ Radium Hot Springs Camp French River, Ont French River Camp Hector, B.C Wapta Camp Hector, B.C Lake O'Hara Camp Nipigon, Ont Nipigon River Camp Field, B.C Yoho Valley Camp Kenora, Ont Devil's Gap Camp Penticton, B.C Hotel Incola Banff, Alta Mt. Assiniboine Camp Cameron Lake, B.C Cameron Lake Chalet Moraine Lake, Alta Moraine Lake Camp Agassiz, B.C Harrison Hot Springs Hotel Quebec District •J-easter, andthe n ^lownship_ 1 . s Quebec City from the air © A.S.N. HE fingers of modernism have but HISTORIC BACKGROUND lightly touched the quaint old city of Champlain, leaving unspoiled its What a gallery they make—Jolliet and Tvery definite if indefinable charm, Marquette, who in 1673 discovered the its natural beauty and the historic land­ Mississippi; LaSalle who nine years later marks which date the centuries of its took possession of its vast basin in the growth. Up hill and down hill it goes, name of the King of France; de Bienville, this old city of Quebec, with a Gallic founder of New Orleans; La Motte Cadil­ abandon and the unexpected always lac, builder of Detroit, and La Verendrye awaiting you around the corner. Its who carried his discoveries to the foothills inhabitants will naively tell you that their of the Rocky Mountains. Where the city is the most beautiful in the world—not explorer led, the missionary followed. Not boastfully but with that assurance which without good cause is Quebec referred to comes from implicit belief. Perched as as the "cradle of North American civiliza­ it is on Cape Diamond, over which it tion" and not without reason does it attract spreads itself, and commanding a superb each year an increasing number of visitors view of the St. Lawrence, few will contest from every part of the continent. its claim to be one of the most picturesque For those who have eyes to read, the of cities. chequered history of the old city itself is Half of its charm is its citizens. They written on its every line. Statues comme­ are intensely lovable, these French Cana­ morate its discoverer, Jacques Carrier, and dians, and intensely proud—proud of their its founder, Samuel de Champlain. The traditions and the part their ancestors Ursuline Convent perpetuates the fame played in the exploration of the North of the "Theresa of New France," Mhre American continent. And justly so. From Marie de I'Incarnation, who in 1639 Quebec on the north to the Rockies on the brought a band of Ursuline nuns and sis­ west and the Gulf of Mexico on the south ters of the Hotel Dieu to Quebec. For­ their explorations extended. saking all that was dear to them at home, QUEBEC DISTRICT and the they came to minister not only to their You might suppose that in such a very old fellow countrymen but to the Indians as city as Quebec the people would be content well. The first Canadian bishop, Laval, is to live in the past. Nothing of the kind. commemorated by a University. Quebec is a progressive city with its shops The name of Frontenac, under whose and amusements, its clubs and recreations administration New France achieved a like any other city. But it has escaped political meaning in the mother country, the bugbear of standardization. Where is recalled in the Chateau; the hatred can one see such individuality on the inspired by at least one of the Intendants— streets ? Green-sashed scholars from the Francois Bigot --is immortalized in the Seminary go gaily along, or perhaps a story of the Chien d'Or. Turn where you soutaned priest, a pensive nun fingering will and the scroll of history unrolls. her rosary or a bustling business man. Their very individuality sets you specu­ A UNIQUE SYMBOL lating on their aspirations, their ambitions Stroll over the Plains of Abraham with or their very mode of looking at things. its statue of Wolfe or visit that old-world French is of course the language of the house on St. Louis street, reputedly the majority of the citizens but there is a very headquarters of Montcalm. Immediately progressive English speaking community you are reminded of that epic struggle every bit as jealous of their city as their between French and British for mastery French speaking neighbors. in the New World. Better still visit that simple monument in the Governor's UNENDING ATTRACTIONS Garden on Dufferin Terrace which com­ Then you must see the sights which the memorates the gallantry of victor and city offers its guests. Dufferin Terrace ? vanquished alike and symbolizes the Yes. That's the quarter mile boardwalk friendship which has since existed between which runs along the front of your hotel— the French and English speaking inhab­ the world-famous Chateau Frontenac. It itants not only of Quebec but of the commands a superb view of the St. Law­ Dominion. Such is the canvas on which rence—at any hour of the day, though the modern city stands out. perhaps it is at its best in the gathering Variety is its dominant characteristic— dusk when the band of the local regiment— variety in the architecture of the buildings the Vingt-deuxieme—is discoursing mar­ and variety in the people themselves. tial airs and all Quebec is idling. On the 43 EASTERN TOWNSHIPS right the Citadel towers, down below is le Cap with its clothes-lines and wooden lower town with its high-roofed, close- bridges strung from one house to the built houses; away to the left is the mouth other—reputedly the narrowest street on of the St. Lawrence; before you is the the continent. For a few moments you broad band of the St. Lawrence with the will pause in that historic old church — twinkling lights of the Levis ferry boats or Notre-Dame des Victoires. of some Duchess liner on her way to Montreal; to the right at Wolfe's Cove is A CITY OF CHURCHES the new dock built to accommodate the Canadian Pacific's 42,000 ton liner, the Quebec as one would expect is a city of Empress of Britain. churches. Their spires rise on every hand. How perfectly the Chateau blends with The Basilica which was burned down some its surroundings! Of course it is a domi­ years ago has been reconstructed and it nating structure—it houses sixteen hun­ is there that the Cardinal officiates.

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