Quebec

Quebec, formerly called Lower Canada, is one of the Canadian provinces occupying that part of the valley of the St. Lawrence, and a narrow stretch of fertile, well-cultivated land on the South of the river, which is bounded on the South by the States of New York and Maine, and on the East by New Brunswick. It is twice the size of Great Britain, and consists of extensive tracks of cultivated land and forests interspersed with lakes and rivers, affluents of the St. Lawrence. The soil, which is fertile, yields good crops of cereals, hay, and fruit, and excellent pasturage, and there is abundance of mineral wealth. It was colonised by the French in 1608, was taken by the English in 1759-60, and the great majority of the population is of French extraction.

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Quebec the city, Quebrada de Humahuaca, Quedlinburg, Queen Adelaide, Queen Anne