The Great Secret of Kebec
Inside Fort Saint-Louis
Description
Samuel de Champlain welcomes you inside Fort Saint-Louis in front of his residence.
Dialogue
Samuel de Champlain
"I need your help! This permanent settlement was built in the name of France and of Henri IV, my King. But, far from our mother country, we are very isolated. Supplies and reinforcements are scarce. We are vulnerable because there are many enemies prowling around the area. Find the symbol that blossoms in our culture. It will give my men the strength to fight and believe in their mission!"
Samuel de Champlain
Cartographer, explorer, administrator of New France (b in Brouage, France circa 1570; d in Québec City, on December 25, 1635). The major role Champlain played in the St. Lawrence River area and Acadia earned him the title of "Father of New France". In 1608, he established a settlement in Québec, where he developed a vast fur trade network.
Fort Saint-Louis
Built at the top of Cap Diamant in Québec City, Fort Saint-Louis is a small fortress encircled by a stockade; it was where Champlain’s house and a few military buildings were located.
Louis HÉbert’s farm
Description
You arrive at a farm surrounded by fields, a vegetable garden and flowers. Here you can find information about the cultures of the early colony and Louis Hébert.
Dialogue
Louis Hébert
"Hello! To reveal the symbol, you must find what was stolen by the thief and make it bloom. Here are some of my golden stalks from my harvest, they will light your way and guide you."
Ear of corn
"I’ve been growing here for some time! I’m proud to be the staple food of certain Aboriginal peoples who appreciate how nutritious and delicious I am. Now the French are taking a good look at me. And not just me: in fact, they are examining all medicinal plants used by Aboriginal peoples, including fruits and vegetables. They ship us to France by boat. However, what you are seeking travels the opposite way. Unfortunately, a masked bandit came to steal it. If you find it, place your symbol over it to make it bloom!"
With the hawk, you will learn information on the robber.
Hawk
"I despise thieves. Everything I have in my nest, I earned bravely. Your thief, I know him... but I don’t see him very often! He’s very good at hiding, that rascal... His spot is towards the falls, well hidden... of course."
Louis Hébert
Louis Hébert, apothecary, colonist (b in Paris circa 1575; d in Québec City, in January 1627). Hébert visited Canada three times between 1604 and 1613 with Samuel de Champlain. In 1617 he decided to settle in Québec City with his wife and three children. He was ceded 10 arpents of land near the site of what is now the Québec Cathedral. His family is renowned: he is recognized as Canada’s first colonist and his wife, Marie Rollet, as the first Frenchwoman to scratch the soil of New France. It seems that, partly because of his medical knowledge, Hébert was on good terms with the Aboriginal people.
Farming tools
In the Colony’s early days, farmers made simple farming tools; however, they relied mostly on products sent from France.
Settlers’ crops
The Colony’s first farms used wheat, a primary crop, to produce flour for bread, a staple food in New France. It was rotated with oats, corn and barley. There were also vegetable gardens and fruit trees. Orchards and gardens provided fruits and vegetables - especially cabbage, onions and peas, as well as blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, currants, blackberries and plums.
The hawk
The hawk is like the Messenger who teaches us how to watch and observe everything around us. The hawk helps us seize, in full flight, any golden opportunities that come our way. It can also help us look at our lives from a higher plane to get a better view of the obstacles slowing down our flight.
In the forest, above Montmorency Falls
Description
You are moving along a river in the forest leading to the Montmorency Falls. You come across a beaver and a raccoon along the way.
A road winds its way to the bottom of the Falls, toward an opening in the rock.
Dialogue
Beaver
"Lets get to work! Quickly, we need to produce, find, clear, build, move. Above all, don’t get caught in a trap! Not like this lazy raccoon, who does nothing all day thinks only of stealing from others. What you are seeking has surely packed it away in his den follow his track or the signs of his theft!"
Raccoon
"To light my hiding place, use a golden grow of the corn growing in Louis Hebert’s farm".
Beaver
For Aboriginal peoples, the beaver symbolized “the builder and the worker.” It was hunted for its fur and its kidneys which were used to treat some diseases, including arthritis and rheumatism. Before Québec city was founded, the fur trade was only a supplement to the fishing industry.
Chute Montmorency
Chute Montmorency is located 13 km east of Québec City at the mouth of Rivière Montmorency where it empties into the St. Lawrence River. It is the highest waterfall in the province of Quebec and the eighth highest in Canada. The 84 m cataract (some 27 m higher than Niagara Falls) forms a spectacular cascade as it joins the waters north of Île d’Orléans. In 1608 Champlain named the waterfall after Henri II, duc de Montmorency, governor of Languedoc and admiral of France, and viceroy of New France from 1620-25.
The raccoon’s hiding place, behind Montmorency Falls
Description
Behind the Falls, the raccoon’s stash is overflowing with looted items: food, herbs, bags of seed, moccasins, etc.
Find the bag with fleur-de-lys seeds.
Louis HÉbert’s farm
Fleur-de-lys
Since the time of Clovis (466-511), King of the Franks, the fleur-de-lys has symbolized the French crown. That is why, when Jacques Cartier landed at Gaspé on July 24, 1534, he planted a cross bearing the coat of arms of France, consisting of three gold fleur-de-lys flowers.
End OF phase 2
Congratulations! You have completed the second phase of your noble quest.
Fleur-de-lys: Will flourish forever
To review the historical facts you have learned so far, don’t forget to check the book.
To find out more about "The Great Secret of Kebec", go to phase 3.
