Plains of Abraham

noun

1. a high plain adjoining the city of Quebec, Canada: battlefield where the English under Wolfe defeated the French under Montcalm in 1759.

Plains of Abraham

noun

1. (functioning as singular) a field in E Canada between Quebec City and the St Lawrence River: site of an important British victory (1759) in the Seven Years' War, which cost the French their possession of Canada

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The tune that Hamilton sang, called “General Wolfe’s Song,” was supposedly written by the great British general on the eve of his glorious death on the Plains of Abraham outside Quebec in 1759.

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But on Wednesday, the bracing smell of sage, a sacred ingredient used in Indigenous spiritual ceremonies, cut through the air in the Plains of Abraham park and the mood was more restrained as thousands of spectators awaited the arrival of Pope Francis.

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The speeches were broadcast on jumbo screens at the Plains of Abraham, following a few hours of live Christian music and Indigenous cultural performances, and a ceremony to welcome a delegation of Indigenous people who had walked 170 miles as part of a healing march.

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That may have contributed to the somewhat sparse crowd on Thursday morning at the Plains of Abraham, where people gathered to pray, receive communion and watch a broadcast of Pope Francis’s mass at the national shrine of Ste. Anne de Beaupré, a short drive northeast of Quebec City.

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More walking — a self-guided Lonely Planet tour of the old city’s promontories, including the Plains of Abraham, site of the consequential battle that led to the British control of Canada — and more eating, this time at traditional French and Canadian restaurants with outdoor seating.

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