Besides The Buildings Of The Reverend Jesuit Fathers, Those Of The
Ursulines (Nuns), And Those Of The Hospital (Hotel Dieu), In The Upper
Town, Could Be Seen In A House Situated Behind The Altar Part Of The
Parish Church, Where Dwelt Monseigneur De Laval.
It was, probably, what he
called his Seminary, and where he caused some young men to be educated,
destined afterwards for the priesthood.
It was at the Seminary the worthy prelate resided with his priests, to the
number of eight, which, at that period, comprised all the secular clergy
of Quebec. There, also, was the Church of Notre Dame, in the form of a
Latin cross. [64]
Couillard Street calls up one of the most important personages of the era
of Champlain, Guillaume Couillard, the ancestor of Madame Alexandre de
Lery nee Couillard. It would fill a volume to retrace the historical
incidents which attach themselves to "La Grande Place du Fort," which in
the early part of the century was known as the "Grand Parade" before the
Castle, and is now called the Ring. We have pointed out a goodly number
in the first pages (10-16) of the "Album du Touriste." To what we have
already said we shall add the following details:
THE UNION HOTEL.
It would appear that the site upon which the Union Hotel was built [65]
(1805), and where previously stood the dwelling of Dr. Longmore, Staff
Medical Officer, now occupied by the offices of the Journal de Quebec,
&c., was owned by Governor D'Ailleboust, about the year 1650.
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