TOURING QUEBEC AND THE MARITIMES 15 Haldimand, K.C.B. , near the Falls of Montmorency, was at this time advertised for sale in the old " Gazette" of December 1st, 1791. The Royal Duke , on visiting this fine property, was so enraptured with its unrivalled situation and surroundings, that he then and there made it his summer residence during his command at Quebec of the Seventh Royal Regiment of Fusiliers . His household at this period was presided over by the charming Madame de Saint- Laurent, Baroness de Fortis- son, a most amiable and comely lady. Even the old ball room and banquet hall of the Royal Duke 's Canadian home, in which assisted by the lovely Baroness de Fortisson, he entertained many of the leading people of the country at dinners and "petit soupers" has been preserved intact to the present day. Following the north shore of the on our eastward ride to Montmorency Falls and . Anne de Beaupre, we had a splendid view of the Island of Orleans, which is 21 miles long and 5 miles wide. General Wolfe landed on this island, at St . Laurent, on June 27th, I759» where he established his headquarters and com¬ menced his campaign for the siege of Quebec . Proceeding to . Anne de Beaupre , we passed through what seemed to be one long drawn-out village all the way. In the early days, when the St. Lawrence was the safest and the only means of communication, the French- Canadians built their homes along the river for protection, hence their long narrow farms extend far back from the river front. At the pretty village of . Anne de Beaupre , one of the Brothers met us, and took us to what is called the wonder-working shrine. It is said to have been founded in the early years of the sixteenth century by a crew of Breton sailors, who had been buffeted about unmercifully