Wolfe-Montcalm monument, an obelisk made by stonemason John Phillips and architect John Crawford Young, and inaugurated in 1828 by Lord Dalhousie, in honour of Montcalm and Wolfe, 2 governors who died in the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, in the Parc des Gouverneurs, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Behind is the Chateau Frontenac, opened 1893, designed by Bruce Price as a chateau style hotel for the Canadian Pacific Railway company or CPR. The building was extended and the central tower added in 1924, by William Sutherland Maxwell. It is now a hotel, the Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac, and is listed as a National Historic Site of Canada. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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