External Web Sites
by jamiesno
Here are some other sites that I used to try and make my trip to Quebec City better:
http://www.carnaval.qc.ca/
http://www.quebecregion.com/e/
http://www.quebeccity.worldweb.com/
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/north_america/quebec_city/
http://www.bonjourquebec.com/
If you find any other great Quebec Sites let me know. A lot of my tips have additional ones as well.
The cliffs – military background #2
by tiabunna
As I noted in my introduction page, my earliest perceptions of Québec were formed by a painting of General Wolfe and his men climbing the cliffs along the St Lawrence in order to attack the French garrison. Seeing those cliffs was not just a ‘to do’, for me it came in the category of ‘must see’.
Somehow the scene from the top, as shown in the photo, doesn’t look quite the way it did in the painting of that night of 12 September 1759. Although in the painting (or my memories of it) the cliffs seemed steeper and higher, doubtless they are much the same as then. They probably were as heavily vegetated at that time, which would have helped hide the climbing soldiers should anyone have looked. But Wolfe would surely have had a hard time negotiating all the industrial developments now sprinkled along the foreshores!
Still, without doubt, the French commander the Marquis Louis-Joseph de Montcalm thought the cliffs provided reasonable protection from the rear and they were not highly defended: in any case, the English were not supposed to be able to get upriver into a position where a landing near the cliffs would be possible! As I mentioned in my previous tip, Wolfe and his men had indeed passed upstream, leading the French to send part of their forces by land even further upstream in the hope of making an interception – instead, Wolfe returned downstream to land near Québec.
Visit the Old Church
by Simonneeddy
Visit the Old Church on THE PLACE ROYAL IN OLD QUEBEC We were there for a Summer Festival where most of the people were dressed in period costumes of the early 1800's.There was also a group who came by horse back from a couple of hundred niles away also dressed in period uniforms etc. The board walk was full of people and there were all types of entertainers, jugglers, acrobats, clowns and musicians. a great festival all over the down town area.
French Food and Drink # 14 - Wild Meat Pie
by jamiesno
Here in this picture I was having Lac Saint Jean Wild Meat Pie from aux Anciens Canadiens Restaurant.
Different wild meats such as Caribou are popular and cooked very very well.
The vegetables on this plate where half warm and half cold which was nice.
I am telling you to trust me that your taste buds will be happy in Quebec!!
Semi-Pro Hockey!
by Deus_ultima
Le Caron et Guay de Pont-Rouge!
If semi-prohockey is our thing, Quebec can also give you a good serving with the Caron et Guay.
Even though less 'rough' a team compared to Verdun or Laval, these guys always deliver a good scoring and very intense game.
ALSO 9$ canadian is a VERY cheap price for the quality of the game!