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Museum about the military history of Canada and the great battles of Quebec City, from colonial French settlers to 1776.

Quebec City’s Upper Town birthplace; military and political center of French and British colonial Quebec City.

Iconic landmark of modern Canada from coast to coast, 1893 Canadian Pacific Railway Hotel using the Chateaux architectural style, now owned by Fairmont.

Place of memories of the British Royal family and its representatives, this boardwalk was built in the wake of the creation of modern Canada. Located under the boardwalk, Forts and Chateaux St-Louis National Historic Site showcases the Governors’ residence during the French rule of Canada.

War monument and place of memories of the French and Indian War in Canada. The victorious British and vanquished French commanders share a common reconciliation monument.

Top point of view on Quebec City’s harbour, Lévis, Ile d’Orléans, the St.Lawrence River and environs.

Stronghold added to the Quebec City’s defense system after the War of 1812, facing the American threat.

Public park surrounded by historical buildings showcasing British architecture in Quebec City. 90% of Old Quebec buildings were built during or after the British rule of Canada.

Iconic landmark of British Quebec City, built the year of the Louisiana Purchase, that is, 20 years after the U.S. Independence.

Privately-owned inn and nearby National historic building Maison-Maillou showcase typical architecture of the French rule of Canada. The Duke of Kent, Prince Edward Augustus, King George III’s son, resided here in the 1790’s.

First school for girls in North America and world-class Museum about colonial French art and catholic education. Within top 5 French heritage institutions of Canada.

Fortification added to Quebec City's defense system during the King William's War in America, after invaders from Boston led by William Phips were defeated by Governor Frontenac.

One of the 3 gates on the French rampart. Original military structures, featuring narrow openings with doors, were removed ...and then rebuilt to look like medieval structures, as part of Lord Dufferin's 1875 Quebec Improvement plan, influenced by the European historicist movement.

Garneau is known as the first Canadian historian editing his History of Canada in the mid-1800’s.

Legislature of the Province of Quebec, the only French-speaking Province of Canada. Even though Montreal is its metropolis and most populated city, Quebec City is still the Provincial capital.

Iconic ground battlefield of the French and Indians War in America. Unlike Yorktown VA or Chalmette in New Orleans LA, here the British won the war defeating the French. Quebec then became a British colony from the 1763 Treaty of Paris.

French and British ramparts built to protect Quebec City, a strategic and coveted outpost that controlled the St Lawrence seaway up to the center of the continent.

First Quebec City’s jail converted in the 1860’s to a private college for girls tied to McGill University in Montreal. Present-day iconic Palladian-style building and site of only Quebec City’s public English library in the heart of the historical Scottish district.

Iconic edifice built as a pulp and paper company's headquarter in 1929. Symbol of the Great Depression and resilience of the 6-generation Price family, originally from Wales, now involved in high-end tourism in Quebec City.

Founding Cathedral of Catholicism in French America and then head of a diocese as large as French Louisiana, from Quebec City to New Orleans.
Today, “Notre-Dame de Québec is a cathedral-basilica with primatial status, being the mother church of a primate of the Catholic Church in Canada, in this case the Archbishop of Québec.” (Canadian Encyclopedia)

School for French and Canadian catholic missionaries sent over the continent to convert claimed North America's French territories to Catholicism. Present-day School of Architecture of University Laval and High School.

Public park and National Historic Site of the Parliament of Lower Canada and of the 1864 Quebec Conference that resulted in the creation of the British North American Act, that is, the first Constitution of Canada. You will see a statue of George Etienne Cartier, an important Father of Canada’s Confederation, as important as Benjamin Franklin to the Americans.

Stairs linking Upper town and Petit-Champlain shopping area.

Within top 3 shopping areas of Old Quebec. A 1980’s project led by two local architects with a vision to open high-end artisan shops in devitalized Old Port area.

Cannon platform added to Quebec City's fortification system during the King William's War in America, when Frontenac defeated invaders from Boston led by William Phips.

Within top 3 Quebec City’s museums. Permanent history-related exhibitions about Canada and Native Americans (Province of Quebec’s First Nations).

Place of memory of the 1775 failed "American" invasion of Canada, where both leaders - Benedict Arnold and Richard Montgomery - were defeated. Man-made zone reclaimed from water during the French, British and Canadian periods of Quebec City's history. Former financial district of Canada – before Montreal and Toronto - and present-day Art and Antique Shops district.

Only “Château & Relais” Hotel in Quebec City, owned by the Price family, a 6-generation Welsh family. William Price, the great-great-great-grandfather of current owners, settled in Lower Canada at the beginning of the 1800’s during the Napoleonic Wars in Europe to supply the British fleet with wooden masts made of exported local white pine trees.

Trompe-l’oeil mural painted by French and Québécois artists in 1999. Illustrated summary of Quebec City’s significant symbols, landmarks and characters.

Canada's “Jamestowne” and ‘Williamsburg” on the same site: birthplace of Canada and site of a never-completed 1970’s Museum District project. In 1608, Samuel de Champlain founded Quebec City on this site, that has been continuously occupied since then.