Excerpt from The Ottawa Hotel Traveller's Guide, for Lewiston, Niagara River, Lake Ontario, River St. Lawrence, Montreal, Quebec, and the Saguenay<br><br>The Monument stands on the Heights of Queenston from' whence the village derives its name. The present structure occupies the site of the former one, which was blown up by some miscreant; on the 17th of April, 1840. The Whole edifice is four hundred and eighty'five feet high; on the sub-base, which is forty feet square and thirty feet high, are placed four lions, facing north, south, east, and west; the base of the pedestal is twenty-one and a half feet square, and ten feet high the pedestal itself is sixteen feet square, and ten feet high, surmounted with a heavy cornice, orna mentcd'with lion's heads and wreaths, in alto-relievo. In ascending from the top of the pedestal to the top of the base of the shaft, the form changes from square to round. The shaft is a fluted column of freestone, seventy. Five feet high and ten feet in diameter; on which stands a Corinthian capital, ten feet high', Whereon is wrought, in relief, a statue of the Goddess' of War. On this capital is the dome, nine feet high, Which is reached by 250 Spiral steps from the base, on the inside. On the top of the dome is placed a colossal statue of Gen. Brock.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.