View of Québec City from the Round Tower on the Saint-Charles River
The Saint-Charles River with boats and a “round tower,” possibly an old mill, fill this lively scene painted by artist Cockburn. Could it be the windmill at the Hôpital Général de Québec? The first mill, built in 1710, supplied flour to the inhabitants of the Notre-Dame-des-Anges seigniory and the community of the Augustine hospital.
James Pattison Cockburn
Library and Archives Canada
Document in the public domain (free of copyright) - Acc. No. 1947-5-1 - Date: 1832