Quebec in Summertime

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James A. FitzPatrick:
Conspicuously situated on a promontory overlooking the St. Lawrence River stands the quaint city of Quebec, a citadel of history, chivalry, culture, and romance, where heroic Frenchmen, such as Cartier, Fronternac, Champlain, and Montcalm founded and built New France in North America. The majestic building on top of the promontory is the famous Chateau Fronternac, patterned after a 16th-century chateau and operated as a modern and progressive 20th-century hotel.

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James A. FitzPatrick:
[aboard the ship SS Tadoussac] We arrive after dark at Bagotville and leave early the next morning on our return journey. The downstream wind is so strong that it blows the smoke from our boat in an odd direction, as we slow down to get a better view of the famous Madonna of the Saguenay, standing like a sentinel on Cape Trinity. And it is here, in the beautiful valley of the Saguenay, that we most reluctantly say "Farewell" to Quebec.