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Posted AT 6:06 PM EST on 04/07/08

No longer fake

RICHARD BLACKWELL

Globe and Mail Update

1. False start The search for diamonds in Canada goes back as far as French explorer Jacques Cartier, who thought he found some in the 1540s at the mouth of the Rivière Cap-Rouge near present-day Quebec City. Unfortunately, these turned out to be quartz crystals. The name Cap Diamant remains on the dramatic promontory where the Château Frontenac overlooks the St. Lawrence.

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