The Canadian Fur Trade
Montréal, Québec 4-7 August 2016 The first thing you notice about Montréal is the skyscraper buildings. We drove into the city but couldn’t fit into any of the underground carparks, so we had to go down to a carpark by the docks. The streets in the old part of the city are still cobblestone and very uneven, with some missing, so it’s very easy to trip. Notre Dame Cathedral The Organ Pipes Spiral Stairs Sir George-Etienne Cartier National Historic Site George is responsible for uniting Canada on a federal level. He was a lawyer and then became a politician. After the Parc’s Canada guide gave us a private history lesson, we were able to walk through George’s house which has been restored and set up in the period of 1820. To begin with Canada was broken into upper and lower Canada – basically Ottawa and Québec. He convinced Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Cape Breton Island and Newfoundland to join Canada. British Columbia later joined when the east ag...