Cap Diamant
Cap Diamant (English: Cape Diamond) is the name of a cape on a edge of the Promontory of Quebec and on which Quebec City is located, formed by the confluence of a bend in the St. Lawrence River to the south and east, and the much smaller St. Charles River to the north.
Jacques Cartier, the French explorer who found glittering stones in the high cliff, thought the stones contained diamonds. After he brought samples of these stones to France in 1542, experts concluded that these "diamonds" were actually quartz, hence the proverb "Faux comme un diamant du Canada" ("as fake (or as false) as a Canadian diamond").
In 1759, the troops of British General James Wolfe climbed Cap Diamant toward the Plains of Abraham to conquer Quebec. Coordinates: 46°48′33″N 71°12′6″W / 46.80917°N 71.20167°W
Popular culture
- A song entitled "Cap Diamant" was on Canadian singer-songwriter Coeur de Pirate's second CD, Blonde.
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