Word: quebec
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...composed of the following men: A. J. Greenfield, W. H. Perram, W. H. Young, Helliwell, from Toronto; Harry Hope, P. Palmer, E. W. Hare, Murray, from Hamilton; Stewart Campbell, K. Eardley-Wilmot, E. H. Gough, Philip Cross, A. St. A. Smith, from Montreal; Donald M. Stewart, from Quebec; and J. Ker, from Brantford...
This ended the game, Harvard winning by two goals and two touch-downs, Canada having obtained nothing. On the Canada side the best plays were made by Price, of Quebec, and by McLaren, Wilmot, Taylor, Campbell, and Thomas, of Montreal. On the Harvard side the most brilliant plays were made by Leeds, Herrick, and Wetherbee. Bacon and Cate made some long kicks, and Hall and Keyes proved themselves very effective in stopping and throwing their opponents. Messrs. Hare and Whiting acted respectively as umpires for Canada and Harvard; Mr. R. M. Esdaile was referee; Mr. Clouston acted as Captain...
Leaving the bright-roofed city of Quebec, the steamboat takes us down the St. Lawrence to Tadousac, one of the oldest French settlements in Canada. Here we transfer our provisions and rods to the smaller boat which plies between the mouth of the Saguenay and Ha-Ha Bay, - a charming trip, by the way, - passing Cape Eternity and overhanging Trinity opposite. All the way up the river we see at frequent intervals the mouths of tributaries. These small rivers are leased by the government for from five to twenty years to private parties for fishing purposes...