Quebéc 
This is a very different type of place to be living
for my an American. First of all the language here is French. The history
here go's all the way back to the very early day's. Jacques Cartier first
came here in 1535. Lots of Frence people were coming over here to Quebéc
city,(at the time called "Place Royal",original
church), by boat's acrossed the Atlantic
Ocean and down the St. Lawerence from La Rochelle, a port town on the coast
of France. By 1608 Samuel de Champlain had founded it's first city
in North America. With in 150 years period. France had sent 8,000 people
to "La Novelle France". Now there are 6,000,000 Québécoise's.
The 1892 Château Frontenac. The Château
is a palatial hotel built on the original site of Samuel de Champlain's
Fort St. Louis. The Hôtel du Parlement
seat of Québec's National Assembly. Begun in 1881 to an elaborate
French renaissance design by Eugéne E. Taché. With in niches
in the façade of it's cortly Louis XIII exterior stand bronze statues
of significant figure's in Québécois history, (The works
of Louis Phillippe Hébert). Throughout the 18th century the French
and British were almost continuosly at war so Québec was in daily
danger of attack. Québec city is 750 mile's from the Atlantic the
St. Lawerence sea way was the life line for travel and food. This is the
original fort. This is the new fort, Citadel,
built on the montain in Quebec city. This province is a great tourist stop
with all the parks.
Gaspasié Quebec(Gaspasié pictures
1.) is at the
eastern tip of Quebec.)
