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If — oh, happy dream — all the old ethnic rivalries could be set aside, most Canadians would acknowledge that Québec is not only the “original” Canada of the first European settlement, but also the province that most comprehensively encompasses within its borders the world’s image of this huge country.
Two suggested plans of attack are either to start in Toronto or Montréal and take in Ontario and Québec, with side trips to the Atlantic coast or even out to the West; or to start in Vancouver or Calgary and explore the Rockies and British Columbia before heading east to Ontario or Québec, taking in the Prairies on a cross-country train ride.
His contemporary, Amsterdam-born Cornelius Krieghoff (1815–1872), concentrated on the Québec peasantry and landscapes, as you can see here with his striking Montmorency Falls in Winter.
Québec is said to be derived from an Algonquin word meaning “where the river narrows,” and this becomes most apparent when you see the city’s great outcrop of rock, jutting out over the St. Lawrence.
The Québec provincial tourist information office is at the northern corner of the square, near the intersection of Peel and St. Catherine Street West.