On what plateau outside Quebec City was the 1759 battle fought?

The 1759 battle outside Quebec City was fought on the Plains of Abraham.

The Plains of Abraham are a historic area on a plateau above the Saint Lawrence River, west of Quebec’s fortified upper town. On September 13, 1759, British troops under James Wolfe climbed the heights before dawn and assembled on the plateau, catching the French defenders off guard.

The resulting Battle of the Plains of Abraham was brief but decisive. French forces under the Marquis de Montcalm were defeated, and Quebec surrendered days later. Both Wolfe and Montcalm died from wounds connected to the battle, although the British victory eventually enabled the conquest of New France.

The name is commonly linked to Abraham Martin, a seventeenth-century fisherman and river pilot whose land was associated with the area. The site later became part of Battlefields Park, established in 1908. “Heights of Abraham” is an older variant, but Plains of Abraham is the standard answer.