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50 CANADIAN GUIDE BOOK. At high water, boats of considerable burthen can ascend as high as the mill,'about three-quarters of a mile from the St. Lawrence ; and a handsome bridge has recently been erected by the Board of Works. In the vicinity of the Cap the main road ascends a steep acclivity, of which travellers seldom fail to feel the effects, particular ly in summer. On passing the Cap the Citadel of Quebec comes in view, presenting a sight at once grand and interesting from the natu ral beauty of its position and the historical associations with which it is connected.—On the southern shore will be seen, near the mouth of the Chaudiere, New Liverpool Cove, which has been found a convenient situation for constructing and repairing ships. A little below is Pointe dcs Peres, whence there is a ferry to Quebec.— Soon Wolfe’s Cove is passed, and the steamer rapidly approaches the wharf, passing through'a dense line of British shipping, moored beneath the tower-crowned heights of Cape Diamond.—The steamers plying between Quebec and Montreal are of a very superior kind, and commanded by experienced and well informed captains. During the summer months, two of these boats generally leave Montreal at six o’clock, P. M., arriving at Quebec at from four to five o’clock next morning, while the upward boats leave Quebec an hour earlier, say at five o’clock, P. M, in order to make up for the difference in time caused by the downward current, and arrive in Montreal gener ally at from five to six o’clock, A. M. QUEBEC is situated in 46° 49 N. and 71° 15 W. Thus its latitude nearly coincides with that of Geneva in Switzerland. It was founded in 1608 by the celebrated Champlain, Geographer to the King of France, on the site of an Indiaf? village, called Stadacona, a name which in the Algonquin language is said to denote “ The Place of a Strait,” and most appropriately expresses the situation. Its Huron name of Tiatontarili is said to imply the same. Charlevoix says that the name is derived from the Algonquin word Que, which signifies a strait. Some, however, contend that the name is derived from the Normans, the first part, Que, being undoubtedly French, and the second, bee, being uniformly applied by them to any lofty prom- montory or cape. Cartier’s pilot is said to have exclaimed in Nor-