Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 02 by Samuel de Champlain
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followed for some distance the Rue de la Fabrique as far as the
enclosure of the Hotel Dieu, to the east of which it ran down the hill towards the foot of the Cote de la Canoterie. 5. The river St. Charles. The letter E does not indicate precisely the place where Jacques Quartier wintered, but only the mouth of the river. 6. Judging from the outlines of the shore, this brook, which came from the south-west, flowed into the harbor of the Palais, towards the western extremity of the Parc. 7. This is probably what was called later the barn of the Messieurs de la Compagnie, or simply La Grange, and appears to have been somewhere on the avenue of Mont Carmel. 8. The fall of Montmorency is forty fathoms or two hundred and forty French feet, or even more. 9. Hence it is seen that in 1613 this point had as yet no name. In 1629, Champlain calls it Cap de Levis: it can accordingly be concluded that this point derives its name from that of the Duc de Ventadour, Henri de Levis, and that it must have been so named between the years 1625 and 1627, the time when he was regent. 10. The Lake of the Snows is the source of the western branch of the Riviere du Saut. 11. La Riviere de Beauport, which is called likewise La Distillerie. 12. Called later Ruisseau de la Cabaneaux Taupiers. Riviere Chalisour, and |
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