Plains Of Abraham

Above city of Quebec. Named after Abraham Martin, a

Quebec pilot, who owned a portion of these lands in the early days of

the colony. The Plains have now been set apart by the Dominion

government as a national park. =Index=: (Wolfe / Montcalm era) Origin of name, situation

and extent of, 186; battle of, the arrangement of British troops, 188;

of French troops, 192, 195; engagement begins at ten o'clock in the

morning, 197; defeat of French, 200, 201; losses, 205; French army

seized by panic, 206. (Samuel de Champlain era) Origin of name, 146-147; famous conflict

fought on, Sept. 13, 1759. See also Martin, Abraham. =Bib.=: Doughty,

Siege of Quebec; Woods, The Fight for Canada; Bradley, The Fight

with France.