“The targets have left the Parliament Building and are heading toward the promontory.” A glance at the wall monitors confirmed the news. Camera four – from the man discreetly tracking the couple – showed them strolling on the lawn at Plains of Abraham Park. Cap Diamant is the city’s highest point at 330 feet. The hill is named Cape Diamond because French explorer Jacques Cartier mistook quartz as diamonds here in 1542. The Plains of Abraham is the site of the Battle of Québec. During a short skirmish in 1759, British troops overran the French and took control of the city.
