Terrasse Dufferin

This guide to Terrasse Dufferin in Quebec City goes back to 1884, when a seasonal worker named Patrick Fitzgerald looked at this cliff-top walkway above the Saint Lawrence and built a wooden toboggan ramp with no railing, charging visitors to ride it a decade before the Chateau Frontenac even existed. It also traces the terrace's own origins as a free public boardwalk begun in 1838 after a fire destroyed the governor's residence. Stand near the southern end, where Fitzgerald's ramp once stood, and picture the crowd that gathered to watch.