10/21/2022
Quebec the City of Histories ( Part 1 )
The oldest city of Canada 🇨🇦
Québec City was founded by French explorer Samuel de Champlain in 1608 and is the oldest municipality in the province. In the 17th century, the first French explorers, fur trappers, and missionaries arrived to establish a colony.
The British were persistent in their efforts to dislodge the French from North America, It was Britain's naval supremacy that ultimately led to New France's demise. After capturing all French forts east of Québec, General James Wolfe led his army to Québec City in the summer of 1759.
After a months-long siege, thousands of British soldiers scaled the heights along a narrow cow path on a moonless night, the battle symbolically marks the death of New France and the birth of British Canada.
The constitution of 1791 established Québec City as the capital of Lower Canada, a position it held until 1840, when the Act of Union united Upper and Lower Canada and made Montréal the capital. When Canada was created in 1867 by the Act of Confederation, which united four colonial provinces (Québec, Ontario, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia), Québec City was named the province's capital city, a role it continues to play.
Gears - Nikon D3500 + 70-300mm + 55mm
