Chateau Frontenac and Samuel de Champlain monument

Samuel de Champlain monument, by Paul Chevre, erected 1898, in honour of the founder of Quebec City, on the Dufferin Terrace, and the Chateau Frontenac, opened 1893, designed by Bruce Price as a chateau style hotel for the Canadian Pacific Railway company or CPR, in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The building was extended and the central tower added in 1924, by William Sutherland Maxwell. The building is now a hotel, the Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac, and is listed as a National Historic Site of Canada. Samuel de Champlain, 1574-1635, was a navigator who founded New France and Quebec City and mapped the Canadian coast. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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13441221

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45131271

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7087px x 4454px (5.6MB)

Credit

Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans

Source

Photograph by Manuel Cohen