Cap Diamant (English: Cape Diamond) is acape on an edge of thePromontory of Quebec and on whichQuebec City is located, formed by the confluence of a bend in theSt. Lawrence River to the south and east, and the much smallerSaint-Charles River to the north.
Jacques Cartier, the French explorer who found glittering stones in the high cliff, thought the stones containeddiamonds. After he brought samples of these stones to France in 1542, experts concluded that these "diamonds" were actuallyquartz, hence the proverb "Faux comme un diamant du Canada" ("as fake (or as false) as a Canadian diamond").[1]
In 1759, the troops of British GeneralJames Wolfe climbed Cap Diamant toward thePlains of Abraham toconquer Quebec.46°48′33″N71°12′6″W / 46.80917°N 71.20167°W /46.80917; -71.20167
In 1889 theQuebec rockslide fell from Cap Diamant.
A song entitled "Cap Diamant" was on Canadian singer-songwriterCoeur de Pirate's second CD,Blonde.Cap-aux-Diamants lends its name to a cultural history journal, published in Quebec since 1985.[2]
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