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Beauport (Chutes-Montmorency) · Capitale-Nationale (Quebec) · Canada
Data: July 31
Photograph: Marta Bou i Antoni Palmarola (2010-09-18)
1759. Battle of Montmorency.
In July 1759, during the campaign to take all French possessions in Canada, British forces landed near the base of the waterfall and established a fortified camp on the heights to the east. The ensuing Battle of Montmorency (31 July 1759) saw the British, under General James Wolfe, repulsed and forced to evacuate their positions by French forces sent from Québec City. A plaque at the Montmorency church commemorates this historic event.