12, 1759, a quarter-millennium ago, British Gen. James Wolfe landed his army under the steep bluffs that hid the Plains of Abraham and the walls of Quebec ... struggled up the slope and lined ...

On September 13th 1759, France's loss of its colonial territories in North America was set in motion when British redcoats scaled cliffs protecting Quebec City ... It flared up over plans to ...

Workers at a building site in Quebec posed next to a centuries-old ... The weapon, believed to have been fired by the British during a siege in 1759, was unearthed during excavation work.

Reason for Designation: North America’s premier walled city is an architectural treasure and a monument to European colonial history in the New World. Often called a bit of Old Europe on ...