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Show FAMOUS SHRINE; F OLD QTjgt- from Canada",,; e '"I1 ' the church ass,,;,' H J n he colorful lcbra?l ' orating the quauric,, ia toomyofCunaaaby;i 1'lie annual feast of , rought many celebrated shrine of si V Beaupre, located twent ,f north of Quebec on the S 1 river. Devotion at this shri confined to feast day, celebrations, however u bers of visitors kneel l,ere !' than 1,000,000 pilgrims i Uing the shrine. ' ' According to tradition St a 1 dates from 1C58, when tkf 1 church was established by ' sailors in thankfulness for'tlis'- CUe from n stnrm nn ii. ,.. ". " VII Ulf , , rence. Discarded crutches, ciw braces are piled here ty the pi who are said to have er'i I miraculous cures. . Sharing the interest of P:i. " are Quebec's other noted s;. St Joseph's Oratory In ji.si which has become famous nidi;, , last four decades through He '" of Brother Andre, and the NY.. Shrine of the Blessed Virgin at . de-la-Madeleine, near Trois ilivi Historical students as well is j religious visit the ancient arc of Tres Sainte Itosalre at Capi r Madeleine. Built in 1714, it Is o: n Quebec's most cherished anllq: |