quebec cities Archives - TravelsFinders.Com ® http://travelsfinders.com/tag/quebec-cities Tue, 28 Mar 2017 15:24:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 Quebec Map http://travelsfinders.com/quebec-map.html http://travelsfinders.com/quebec-map.html#respond Mon, 09 May 2016 07:30:00 +0000 http://travelsfinders.com/?p=203900 Called the jewel of New France, Quebec was founded by Samuel de Champlain on the St. Lawrence River in 1608, making it the oldest city in Canada. It later became the political, religious, and commercial center of the colony. (Brown Brothers, Sterling, Pennsylvania) In 1663, the French Crown assumed direct control of New France and sent a military governor to Quebec City. Additional administrators, troops, and agents for merchants in France bolstered the city’s population. The city also became the religious center of the colony, as Bishop Fran§ois Xavier de Laval-Montmorency founded the S©minaire de Qu©bec in 1663. A decade

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