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FROttTHE MOUNTAIN MOHX&^£- Canadian Pacific Railway Co. ATLANTIC SERVICE Between LIVERPOOL and QUEBEC R. M. S. Empress of Ireland and R. M. S. Empress of Britain 2 Days on the sheltered waters of the St. Lawrence River. Less than 4 days at sea Speaking of these ships at the time of their completion in the summer of \ 906 a Marine Journal stated "From stem to stern and from keel to truck, these ships are the last word in shipbuilding/* For lull particulars apply to any Agent of the Company in the United States or Canada, or to GEO. Mch. BROWN, General Passenger J&gent, Canadian Pacific Ry. Atlantic S.S. Lines, Montreal. 'S The Canadian Metropolis and its Many Attractions ISSUED BY THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAI LWA.Y COM PAN Y E'07 ff*r^ ft* ;: ; :W»-mm '•••Ml:, The Attractive Canadian Unique Metropolis Itiontreal City MONGST all the cities on the North American Continent, there are none fairer or more attractive to the tourist than Mont real, the largest city in Canada and the commercial capital of the Dominion. The City is beautifully situated on an island in the St. Lawrence River, just below its confluence with the Ottawa, and stretches along the north bank of that magnificent water way for seven miles. It is built on a series of terraces, the former levels of the river, or of an ancient lake, which terminate in Mount Royal, whose summit and wooded slopes form one of the grandest public pleasure grounds on the continent. It is a city of marked contrasts—where the pic turesque quaintness of a vanished age, is mingled with the luxury, culture, and enterprise of modern times; where the customs and usages of Old France and Young Canada, characteristic of the old city and new eras of civilization, harmoniously co-exist; where massive business blocks, costly public build ings, and private residences, rise side by side with grey old churches, sombre convents and nunneries, and grand cathedrals,whose magnificence and splen dour rival those of the Old World. It is a modern, metropolitan city—an important seaport, although 600 miles from the Atlantic by the St.Lawrence, with huge ocean liners at its busy docks—a bustling, thriv ing commercial and industrial centre. Here converge the prin cipal railways of Canada, chief of . which is the Canadian Pacific- Stretching across the continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific it is the longest continuous railway MAISONNETJVE MONUMENT line in the world. ON PLACE D'ARMES SQUARE MONTREAL Its History. Montreal is among the half-dozen historic cities of North America where lingers that subtle charm which only the glamour of an eventful past can bestow. When Jacques Cartier first visited the island in 1535, he found the palisaded Indian Village of Hochelaga, whose very existence disappeared from all record, and whose site was utterly unknown until a few years ago, when some remains of the aboriginal inhabitants were accidently discovered in the heart of the upper part of the city. The illustrious Champlain, the first PLACE D'ARMES SQUARE, MONTREAL A HISTORICAL SPOT Governor of Canada, came in 1611, and established a trading post, which he named Place Roy ale, on the site of the present Custom House; but it was not until May 18th, 1642, that the city was founded by a band of gallant advent urers, composed of the flower of France, who planned a town to be known as Ville-Marie de Montreal. The leader of the expedition and the Governor of MONTREAL the colony was the soldier Maisonneuve, whose memory is perpetuated in bronze, in one of the historic spots of the city—where he gallantly met, and m i BONSECOURS CHURCH, MONTREAL ONE OF THE OLDEST CHURCHES IN AMERICA vanquished, his Indian foe. The old streets of Montreal are redolent with legends of a turbulent past—of wars with the fierce and wily aborigines, of French adventure and enterprise—for here dwelt the intrepid La Salle (the MONTREAL Mississippi explorer), Du, L'Hut (the founder of Duluth), Cadillac (the founder of Detroit), Bienville (the founder of New Orleans), and other adventurous spirits, whose names are still revered by posterity. Ville-Marie was, too, the headquarters of the great French fur trading and exploring companies, whose operations throughout the great West, extended to the foot-hills of the Rocky Mountains and the far-off shores of Hudson Bay. It remained under the rule of France until 1760, when Vaudreuil capitulated to General Amherst and the ancient regime came to an end. Three years later, by the treaty of Paris, THE CHATEAU DE RAMEZAY A HISTORICAL LANDMARK France ceded Canada, to Great Britain, and the French Canadians became British subjects. The town was occupied for a time, in 1775, by the Ameri cans, under General Montgomery, who afterwards was slain in a gallant but unsuccessful assault upon Quebec, and here in the old Chateau de Ramezay, the home of the old Governors, lived Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Chase and Rev. Charles Carroll, the American commissioners who came to negotiate the cession of the country to the United States. During the war of 1812-15, Montreal was thrice threatened by the invading United States forces, but for tunately its walls were not entered by the enemy. MONTREAL Since that time the development and progress of the city have been con tinuous and rapid, until it now possesses, with its suburbs, a population of about 400,000, two-thirds of whom are French Canadians, and boasts a wealth equalled by no other city of its size in the world. Parks and Drives. The Mount Royal Park is about 464 acres in extent. It has an elevation of about 900 feet above sea level, and is 740 feet above the river. The park on St. Helen Island is reached by a ferry steamer. It was named VICTORIA SQUARE, MONTREAL by Champlain after his wife Helene de Bouilli, and bought by him with her dowry. It was upon this island that Chevalier de Levis, commanding the last French army in Canada, burned his flags on Sept. 8th, 1760, rather than surrender them to General Amherst, who took the City. Lafontaine Park, containing over eighty-four acres, lies at the east end of Sherbrooke Street. There are a considerable number of beautiful public squares scattered throughout the City. The principal of these is Dominion Square, which from MONTREAL its situation and the fine buildings surrounding it, always commands the admiration of visitors; Victoria Square, Champ de Mars, St. Louis Square, Place Viger Square, Place d'Armes Square are all rich in history. Pleasant drives wind around the mountain, from which the city derives its name, and lead to the summit, from which there is a glorious panorama of a finely placed city: the broad valley of the St. Lawrence; the gleaming river flowing to the sea. ":-pp....'-:::.:••:^«V- • ' ••/••'/ '/ PLACE VIGER HOTEL AND STATION—CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY SYSTEM The Place Viger Hotel. Facing the picturesque Place Viger square, is the new Place Viger Hotel, erected by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company—one of the chain of magnificent hotels, now extending from Quebec to Victoria, B.C., including, amongst others, those charming resorts in the mountains of British Columbia— Banff, Lake Louise, Field, Emerald Lake, and Glacier. This imposing struc- MONTREAL 9 ture occupies an historic site and was named to honor the memory of Com- mander Viger, the first Mayor of Montreal. The authoress of "Famous Fire sides of French Canada," in her description of this memorable place says: "Few visitors to this city, as the palace cars of the Canadian Pacific Railway carry them into the mammoth station on Viger Square, realize the historic associations which cling around this spot. "Two hundred and fifty years ago the sound of hammer and saw here awoke the echoes of the forest, Workmen who had learned their craft in old French towns, when Col- bert, the great statesman and financier, was develop ing the architecture and in dustries, revenues and re sources of the kingdom, here reared a windmill, the first industrial building in Montreal. The winds of those autumns long ago turned the fans and ground the seeds of harvests toil somely gathered from corn fields among whose furrows many a time the arrow and tomahawk spilt the blood of the reaper and sower. The old mill with its pastoral associations of peaceful toil in time passed away, and CORRIDOR PLACE VIGER HOTEL was succeeded by a struc ture dedicated to the art of war, for on the same spot stood 'la Citadel.' This stronghold though primitive in its appointments was important dur ing the French occupation and evacuation of New France, being the last fortification held by French troops on Canadian soil. "This old earthen citadel, a relic of mediaeval defence, was about seventy years ago removed, its material being used in the levelling and en largement of the Parade Ground, or as it is called, the ' Champ de Mars.' Its demolition might be regretted were it not that in an age of progress, even sentiment must give way before advance. The Place Viger Hotel, although built to promote the comfort of the people of the Dominion, has not destroyed the pathetic interest of the early struggles and heroism which still clothes its 10 MONTREAL site, and which heightens the present appreciation of a civilization of which the old mill and fort were the pioneers." The Place Viger Hotel is built in the quaint style of the French Renaissance, partaking of the type of the old chateaux found on the banks of the Loire.