Times-Advocate, 1979-05-24, Page 22Page 6A Times-Advocate, May 24,1979
Usborne, Hensail students visit cities in Quebec, see Prime Minister
The following report on a
recent trip to Quebec City
was written by Usborne
grade 8 students.
Anxiety and excitement
filled the air at Usborne
Central School as we
patiently waited to board the
bus for our four day excur
sion to Quebec City and
Montreal.
The grade eight’s of Hen-
sall Public School met us at
our school and soon we
departed for our destination.
During our two hour trip to
Toronto we filled out a five
page questionnaire concer
ning the area through which
we were travelling.
Upon arriving at the
Vovageur bus terminal in
Toronto, we boarded a very
comfortable bus and met
Doug, our bus driver, and
Arron, our guide. While
leaving Toronto, Arron dis
cussed different tourist at
tractions and urban sprawl.
After travelling for about
four hours we came to
Mallorytown where we
stopped’for a much needed
lunch. We then continued
along the 401 discussing such
things as the Canadian
Shield, the Thousand Islands
and the St. Lawrence
Seaway.
At approximately 2:50
p.m. we arrived in the
province of Quebec.
Coming out of the city of
Montreal we travelled
through La Fontain which is
a two mile tunnel that goes
under the St. Lawrence
Seaway. We thought it was
rather strange travelling un
der a river in a tunnel com
pared to over a river on a
bridge.
On the out-skirts of Mon
treal, Arron discussed
tourist attractions, example
Mount Royal and the Jaques
Cartier Bridge.
We arrived at the Laval
University which is inside
the 400,000 populated walled
city of Quebec.
After supper we got settl
ed into La Maison
Acadienne, our home for the
next two days.
We then went on a walking
tour of Upper Town Quebec.
It was educational and ex
citing and we were especial
ly amazed at the size and
history of several old
buildings for example the
Chateau Frontenac the
Citadelle, and the wall sur
rounding Old Quebec.
After the walking tour, we
returned to the boarding
house and began to write our
daily diaries. After the
diaries were finished
several students watched
the hockey game while
others went to bed without
complaint.
Day Two
This morning was started
off with a meal at the
Cafeteria Laurent ienne. We
headed toward the observa
tion deck of complex G, a
government structure of
Quebec. We elevated up
thirty-one floors and from
here we viewed many things
such as Loew’s Concorde,
the Military College,
Chateau Frontenac, Wolfe’s
Cove and Point Levis.
Walking to the National
Assembly, Arron our tour
guide, pointed out some of
the statues of importance in
Quebec’s history such as
Laval Breaubeuf Wolfe,
and Montcalm.
At 10:30 we approached
the Citadelle and had a guid
ed tour of it. We found that it
had four main walls and was
built in the shape of a star.
The tour guide told our
group of the Citadelle’s
history and how it was never
used to protect Quebec from
American attack. If all the
wells within the Citadelle
were combined together
they would contain more
than a million gallons of
water in case the structure
was under attack and they
could not receive any out
side facilities.
While we were here we
saw many monuments and
cannons that represented
the battles that took place.
We walked through a tunnel
that was used as a way of
defence and to shoot at the
enemy.
Later, we visited the
Musee du Fort where there
was a display made up most
ly of lights concerning the
Battle of Quebec. The time
passed slowly but before we
knew it we had to board the
bus for a tour of rural
Quebec. Along our way, we
saw the Kent Gate, the Reed
Paper Mill, and the bridge
that crossed over to the Isle
du Orleans.
In rural Quebec, we notic
ed some unusual things
about the houses. They all
seemed to be square and the
roofs were slanted because
of the great amounts of snow
that they receive in winter.
We also noticed the dormer
windows that are built away
from the roof.
The suburb that we passed
through was called the
Boischatel suburb. Evidence
could still be seen of the
seigneurial systems that
began many years ago and
the root cellars that were
built.
Our group stopped along
the way for lunch at the
Sugar Shack where we had a
delicious meal. At 3:30 we
arrived at the magnificent
church called St. Anne de
Beaupre'. It was named after
Ste. Anne who was the
mother of Mary and the
patron saint of all sailors.
The pastor explained why
the church was rebuilt and
was finished in 1970.
He told us of some of the
miracles that had occurred
at the Bazilica. The pictures
that were within the church
were not painted but made
of different coloured stones.
There was a feeling of ex
citement and satisfaction as
we walked towards the main
doors to leave.
We then continued our
drive to Laval University
where we had supper once
again. Then we travelled to
the sight of the Grande Her-
mine, Jacque Cartier’s ship.
In a small building we saw a
film of a ship being built and
the replica of the original
Grande Hermine.
Although such parts as the
Citadelle and the Grande
Hermine seemed tiring
there were other parts that
were very interesting such
as Ste. Anne de Beaupre'
Day Three
The morning of day three
we had breakfast at La
Quebecoise which used to be
a Howard Johnston. We saw
many monuments, one of
Francois De Laval De Mont
morency who founded the
seminaire and now is at
Laval University. We saw
the George Cartier’s monu
ment who was a Father of
Confederation.
In Lower town we walked
through Sous Le Fort which
is the narrowest street in
North America, it is eight to
ten feet wide in most places.
In Lower town fires were a
hazard and because of this
the houses had steep roofs,
ladders on roof, dormer win
dows, and raised foundation,
and fire walls. This
prevented fire from jumping
from house to house.
The next stop was a
church called Place Royale.
It has had many names such
as L’eglise de L’enfant
Jesus, Notre dame, de la
victorie, Notre Dame des
Victories.
We went to a museum that
was built on top of the
Habitation site. In the wall
was a cannon ball.
After a mile drive on the
bus we saw Wolfe’s monu
ment (the place where he
died). We travelled a little
farther and came to a stop.
We saw Levis and Wolfe’s
cove. We replayed the battle
of Quebec on the Plains of
Abraham. The British
leader was was General
Barb Skinner, and the
French leader was General
Jeff Rowe.
We ate a box lunch at
Laval University, then
travelled on to Montreal.
We crossed the Jaques
Cartier bridge which is
three km long, and over to
the one side was the site of
Expo 67 which is now called
Man and His World.
While we were going to
the Olympic site we drove
along the Sherbrook street
which is twelve miles long.
We got to the Olympic-park
and Village which cost one
and a half billion dollars. In
side the park we visited the
pool area. There were six
pools, the diving pool, scuba
diving pool, waiting pool,
warm-up pool, whirl pool,
competition pool. The Velor-
drome has the bike track
which is made out of red
wood that came from Af-
'.rica. It is thirteen to forty
eight degrees. The stadium
holds 75,000 people which in
cludes standing room. At the
east of the stadium there is
a scoreboard which is 15 feet
shorter than an official
hockey rink.
Behind the red section of
sdats there are rooms with
all the luxuries of an apart
ment. These rooms a're
rented out to large com
panies for large sums of
''money like $30,000 per an
num. A tower is being built
over the stadium with 24
floors. In this 4eWer the
rooms, cafeteria and a roof
for the Olympic stadium.
Upon boaraing the bus out
side the Olympic Stadium
we headed for the Sheraton
mount Royal Hotel. Among
a huge crowd the excited
group struggled to check in
and learned that Mr.
Trudeau would be visiting
our hotel.
After dropping the
luggage in our rooms we
met head-on with the Prime
Minister in the foyer. Some
of our classmates even
shook hjs hand. We nudged
oyr way through the noisy
mob and walked impatiently
to Kresges where a delicious
supper was enjoyed by all.
Back at the hotel the
grade eights had a chance to
go shopping or watch the
final game in the semi-finals
between Montreal and
Boston and complete our
diaries. After having
doughnuts and celebrating
three birthdays, it was a
pleasure to relax in our fan
cy comfortable rooms.
Early the next morning
the group enjoyed breakfast -
at a two-storey McDonalds
in downtown Montreal. We
departed from our eating
place and the grade eight’s
took advantage of the hour’s
shopping we had. While
shopping some were lucky
enough to get Roger
Nielson’s autograph.
The group quickly packed >
and boarded the bus for a
long trip home. After a tir
ing three hour drive to
Kingston we stopped at
Burger King for a much
needed refuel and defuel.
The rest of the trip was a
quiet one, for most were ex
hausted. In Toronto we
parted from Arron who had
done a superb job as our tour
guide and in appreciation a
loud cheer arose from the
bus.
An hour later the bus
stopped for a ten. minute
snack at a Fina Station.
For the last leg of the trip
from Kitchener w Exeter,
we convinced the bus driver
Lq take a pleasant drive on
the back roads instead of
travelling the 401.
Soon the grade eights
arrived once again at
Usborne where we met a
reception committee of
parents. The group
staggered off the bus and
waited impatiently beside
the bus for group pictures.
We greeted our parents
somewhat reluctantly for it
had been an exciting and
very educational trip en
joyed thoroughly by
everyone.
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usual wait in picking up their photographs
at our store last week. The delay was due to
an overwhelming response to our recent
photographic special. The representatives
from the photo company did their best to
handle the orders as efficiently as possible
but the large number of customers took ad
ditional time to process.
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