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Topic: Citadelle of Quebec


  
  Encyclopedia: Quebec City   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Quebec is located in eastern Canada, bordered by Ontario and Hudson Bay to the west, Atlantic Canada to the east, the United States (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and New York) to the south and the Arctic Ocean to the north.
Quebec City was founded by Samuel de Champlain who established the Habitation de Quebec in 1608 as a permanent fur trading outpost, where he quickly forged a trading and military alliance with Algonkian and Huron nations against the Iroquois and the British.
The avian emblem of Quebec is the snowy owl.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Quebec-City   (1076 words)

  
 1 more Quebec City Information and English Language Links Site
Quebec City is probably the most bombed city in America; it was bombed by British, American and French forces.
Mural of Quebecers or Quebec mural is a five story three dimensional painting that displays a very successful trompe-l'oeil (to trick the eye) effect.
French general Montcalm who was defeated by British general Wolfe and who died at the battle of the plains of Abraham in 1759 is buried in the chapel of the convent; General Wolfe who was also killed during this historic battle is buried in England.
www.inquebeccity.com   (1339 words)

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