Pointe-aux-Trembles

American  

[pwan-toh-trahn-bl^uh] / pwɛ̃ toʊˈtrɑ̃ blə /

noun

1. a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, N of Montreal, on the St. Lawrence.

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Example Sentences

Up and down the river they sailed, now threatening to land at Pointe-aux-Trembles, now at Sillery, and greatly confusing the right wing of the French army by their complex movements.

From Old Quebec The Fortress of New France by Bryan, Claude Glennon

To ward off further and perhaps more serious attacks from this quarter, Montcalm had been keeping Bougainville on the lookout, especially round Pointe-aux-Trembles, for several weeks before the brigadiers arranged their plan.

From The Winning of Canada: a Chronicle of Wolf by Wrong, George McKinnon

Montgomery met Arnold at Pointe-aux-Trembles, twenty miles above Quebec, on the 2nd of December and supplied his little half-clad force with the British uniforms taken at St Johns and Chambly.

From The Father of British Canada: a Chronicle of Carleton by Wood, William Charles Henry

After vainly summoning the city to surrender he retired to Pointe-aux-Trembles, more than twenty miles up the north shore of the St Lawrence, there to await the arrival of the victorious Montgomery.

From The Father of British Canada: a Chronicle of Carleton by Wood, William Charles Henry

There were also those of la Chine, and Pointe-aux-Trembles at Montreal.

From Life of Venerable Sister Margaret Bourgeois by Anonymous