Old Québec & French Canada Private History Walking Tour

Museum about the military history of Canada and the great battles of Quebec City, from early French settlers to 1776.

Icon of modern Canada from coast to coast, 1893 Canadian Pacific Railway Hotel, now Fairmont.

Memory of the Royal family and its representatives, this boardwalk was built in the wake of the creation of modern Canada. Forts and Chateaux St-Louis National Park showcasing the castle of the French Governors until the French & Indian War is located UNDER the boardwalk.

Independence.

Stronghold added to the Quebec City’s defense system after the War of 1812, facing the American threat.

Iconic ground battlefield of the French & Indians War in America. Unlike Yorktown VA or Chalmette Battlefield in New Orleans LA, here the British won the war defeating the French. Canada became British from the 1763 Treaty of Paris.

French and British ramparts built to protect this strategic outpost that controlled the St Lawrence seaway up to the center of the continent.

Legislature of the Province of Quebec, the only French-speaking Province of Canada. Even though Montreal is its metropolis and most populated city, Quebec City is still the Provincial capital.

First school for girls in North America and world-class Museum about French Art and catholic Education. Within top 5 French heritage institutions of Old Quebec and Canada.

First hospital in North America and present-day world-class wellness center and Museum. Within top 5 French heritage institutions of Old Quebec and Canada.

Upper town mainly refers to the Unesco World Heritage zone within the walls of Old Quebec. High density of historical sites covering 400 years of history.

High density of historical sites covering 400 years of history.

ge as French Louisiana, from Quebec City to New Orleans.

America's French territories to Catholicism. Present-day School of Architecture of University Laval and High School.

Symbol of the Great Depression and resilience of a 6-generation Welsh family now involved in high-end tourism in Quebec City.

nd site of a never-completed 1970s Museum District project. In 1608, Samuel de Champlain founded Quebec City on this site, that has been continuously occupied since then.

A 1980s project led by two local architects who had a vision to open high-end artisan shops in devitalized Old Port area.

History exhibitions about Canada and Native Americans.

edict Arnold and Richard Montgomery - were defeated. Man-made zone reclaimed from water during the French, British and Canadian periods of Quebec City's history. Old financial district of Canada and present-day Art and Antique Shops district.

Original military structures, featuring narrow openings with doors, were removed ...and then rebuilt to look like medieval structures, as part of Lord Dufferin's 1875 Quebec Improvement plan, influenced by the European historicist movement.

King William's War in America, when Frontenac defeated invaders from Boston led by William Phips.