Cap Rouge, Cormorandière / Wolfe's Rock, Kennington Cove Silver gelatin photo-composite Image dimension: 13-3/8 x 12-1/2 inches (340 x 320 mm) Framed dimension: 22-1/16 x 20-1/8 inches (560 x 510 mm) Edition of three (3). Signed & numbered 1/3. Printed: February 2008. Cost: C$350. Framed / ready to hang "In general, it may be said that we made a rash and ill-advised attempt to land, and by the greatest of good fortune, we succeeded." --Brigadier-General James Wolfe, writing to his uncle, Major Walter Wolfe, 27th July 1758 "Our landing was next to miraculous." --Brig.-Gen. James Wolfe, writing to Lord George Sackville, 30th July 1758 "I write by all the ships that go. Sir Charles Hardy and I are preparing to rob the fishermen of their nets, and to burn their huts." --Brig.-Gen James Wolfe, writing to his father, Lieut-General Edward Wolfe, 21st August 1758 The site is known alternately as "Wolfe's Landing" and/or "Wolfe's Rock." The story goes the British invasion came under withering French crossfire in the cove [June 8, 1758]. Wolfe was ready to give the signal for withdrawal, when he spotted some light infantry making for a small protected spot among the rocks under a high point. Wolfe is said to have followed them and made for a small gap among the rocks, leaping waist-deep into the heavy surf armed only with a walking stick and directing orders. Others quickly followed, with boats being smashed upon these rocks and soldiers drowning, before the Britsh force overwhelmed the French defenses. There is no way of knowing for certain if Wolfe landed on this precise rock. A tiny cobble beach, a dozen metres from the rock, seems a more likely landing option. The headland is now eroding and the sea level of today is nearly three feet higher than the high water mark of 1758, so eyeballing the shoreline and determining what J.S. McLennan calls "the crucial foothold" is guesswork. PREV | MAIN | NEXT