CHAPTER 11 
The Land and the People 
UEBEC is a quaint, old, yet new, province. Its modern cities, 
(Dora in character and bustling with the energy of commerce, 
are in striking contrast to the quiet, thrifty existence of the habitant 
on his ancestral acres; and the new pioneer agricultural areas of the north 
and west stand out in relief against the older rural districts adjacent to 
the St. Lawrence, settled and tilled since the time of the early French 
explorers. With its immense wealth in natural resources, its thrifty law- 
and-order-loving people and its laws respectful of individual liberty and 
initiative, it appeals to the capitalist and the business man, as well as to 
the agriculturist and artisan of other countries, venturing into new and 
more prolific fields of endeavour. 
PHYSICAL FEATURES 
The Largest Province.—The largest of all the Canadian provinces,* 
it extends from the frigid sub-arctic regions of Ungava to the more temper- 
ate area of the Ottawa. a distance of 1.200 miles. On the west, the prov- 
Chateau Frontenac, Quebec 
* The estimated landYand water area of Quebec, exclusive of the territory under jurisdiction of New- 
foundland by decision of the Judical Committee of the Privy Council, March 1, 1927, is 594,434 square miles.