Another Site devoted to Quebec City Information.

It depicts several notable people in Quebec history such as:
François de Montmorency-Laval, Louis-Joseph Papineau, François-Xavier Garneau, Jacques Cartier,
Jean Talon, Comte de Frontenac, Louis Jolliet, Samuel de Champlain, Lord Dufferin, Felix Leclerc 

The Quebec City Mural

François de Montmorency-Laval (1623-1708) was the first bishop of Canada  Monseigneur Laval

created the Séminaire de Québec (Quebec Seminary) in 1663.

Louis-Joseph Papineau (1786-1871) was trained as a lawyer and was an influencial politician.

François-Xavier Garneau (1809-1866) born in Quebec City he became the historian of French Canada.

In 1845 he published the first volume of his histoire du Canada.

Jacques Cartier (1491-1557) gained the title of discoverer of Canada.

Jean Talon (1626-1694) arived in Quebec City in 1665; sent by Louis XIV as intendant,

Jean Talon served two terms.  Under his governance, New France prospered.

Comte de Frontenac (1622-1698) A French nobleman and soldier by trade,

Louis de Buade, comte de Frontenac et de Palluau was twice appointed Governor-General of New France.

He fought off an attack by British General Phips near Quebec City.
He is credited with having retorted to a demand of surrender by the British, saying:
" The only answer I shall give your general will be from the mouth of my canons"

Louis Jolliet (1645-1700) discovered the Mississippi.  Famous as an explorer,

Louis Jolliet was also an organist, a merchant, a cartographer and a professor at the Collège des Jésuites.

Samuel de Champlain (1570-1635) Fouded Quebec City in 1608.  He was amongst other things a draftsman,

geographer and explorer.  Samuel de Champlain was born in France.  His first voyage was in 1603, when he went to

Canada on a fur trading trip. He traveled down the St. Lawrence river and into the Hudson Bay.
His second trip he went looking for settlement land.  His third trip he found settlement along the St. Lawrence River

that eventually became Quebec. Champlain died in Quebec on Christmas day 1635.

Lord Dufferin (1826-1902) Frederick Temple Blackwood Marquess of Dufferin and Ava.

he was appointed Governor General of the Dominion of Canada from 1872 to 1878;
Quebec City owes him a lot; he fought to preserve the fortified walls around the city citing
they would become part of the heritage of the city.  After Canada, he was posted to Russia and India.

Felix Leclerc (1914-1988) The father of Québécois song.

to be continued...

a dog (picked up by SPCA last week)