Quebec, Canada - Chateau Frontenac from Terrace - postcard 1904 pmk

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• Picture / Image:  Quebec - Chateau Frontenac from Terrace
• Publisher: Montreal Import Co, Montreal (2003)
• Postally used: yes
• Stamp:  Canada 2c red
• Postmark(s): Montreal 1904 wavy line
• Sent to:  London, England
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^{Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :}

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^{The Chateau St. Louis (French: Château Saint-Louis) in Quebec City was the official residence of the French Governor of New France and later the British Governor of Quebec, the Governor-General of British North America, and the Lieutenant-Governor of Lower Canada.}

^{The site was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 2002.[1]}

^{Construction of a replacement on the same site began in 1694 under Governor General Louis de Buade de Frontenac. Frontenac died there in 1698. A new pavilion and two new wings were added from 1719 to 1723 by Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry.}

^{The building was then severely damaged during the Siege of Quebec after which time it passed into British hands.}

^{The house was gradually rebuilt in sections over the next forty years. In the meantime the governors split their time between the St. Louis and a new building, called the New Chateau or Chateau Haldimand after governor Haldimand.[2][3]}

^{The St. Louis was destroyed by fire in January 1834. Afterward it was replaced by a series of terraces.[4]}

^{The site of the New Chateau is now occupied by the Chateau Frontenac hotel, which is named after Governor Frontenac.}

^{During the 1830s the governor and his family also used a summer home in Sorel and the Chateau de Ramezay in Montreal.[5]}