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This photograph illustrates the urbanization of Québec City during the 20th century. Until the early 1900s, agricultural areas and English-speaking middle-class estates occupied the area, which was then part of the Montcalm neighbourhood. Residential development has obliterated all traces of these vast old properties. We see in this picture that surveyor Samuel Holland’s villa is no longer there and several modern buildings have been erected.
1970 - 1971

Québec from the air in the early 1970s

Between 1945 and the 1970s, the Québec City landscape changed profoundly. The emergence of office work led to the construction of office towers, which rapidly transformed downtown Québec City. Relive this development in this album of aerial photographs from 1970 and 1971. See how the capital modernized in this era of change.

Aerial view of the Montcalm district

Auteur inconnu This photograph illustrates the urbanization of Québec City during the 20th century. Until the early 1900s, agricultural areas and English-speaking middle-class estates occupied the area, which was then part of the Montcalm neighbourhood. Residential development has obliterated all traces of these vast old properties. We see in this picture that surveyor Samuel Holland’s villa is no longer there and several modern buildings have been erected.
Chronoscope Can you name any of the buildings in this photo? (unilingual French for a limited time) Source: Ville de Québec Document in the public domain (free of copyright) - W. B. Edwards Inc. Fonds - Date: 1970–10