Bird's-Eye View of Countryside Around Quebec City, 1664.
This is the best overall view we have of this area as it existed under the French regime. Included are the entire BeauprΘ shore (to the left), the ╬le d'OrlΘans (in the centre), the south shore between Pointe Levis and Berthier (to the right), and Quebec City (in the foreground). The various areas and villages are identified in the following legend. Note how the fields run back from the river and the wooded areas behind them. The ╬le d'OrlΘans was also known as the ╬le aux sorciers, because the inhabitants were believed to have powers of divination and to be able, among other things, to precisely predict the time of arrival for ships. When they went out at night with torches to fish, the people on the mainland thought that they looked like demons or werewolves prancing on the sand.
Legend
A. Cap Brulez
B. chenail
C. isle aux oyes
D. isle aux Dames
E. cap tourmente
F. isle au ro
G. 3. fermes
H. Sable
I. Ste Anne
K. isle d'OrlΘans
L. Cotte du Sud
M. chateau richer
N. Ste famille
O. chenail ordi(naire)
P. habitation
Q. L'Ange gardien
R. S. francois
S. trou St patrice
T. saut memorensi
V. pointe d'orlΘans
Y. pointe de levi
Z. beau port
le port
1 Silleri
2. Cap rouge
3. riviΦre St charge
4. les hospitalieres
5. La brasserie
6. LEveschez
7. Les jesuittes
8. La basse ville
9. Les ursulines
10. Le chateau
11. la haute ville
12. La grande Allee
13. N. Dame de foy
14. La route St jean
15. Les Recollets
16. Les islets
17. terres labourΘes
Compare this map of 1664 with a modern one of the Quebec City region. Which place names and buildings have survived more than three centuries?
