DESTINATION QUEBEC: Attractions & Culture
Quebec is Canada's largest province by area and its second-largest administrative division; only the territory of Nunavut is larger. It is the second most populated province, behind Ontario, and most of its inhabitants live along or close to the banks of the Saint Lawrence River.
DESTINATION QUEBEC:
MONTREAL,
QUEBEC CITY,
Bic National Park,
Bromont,
Carillon Canal,
Chaudiere Falls,
Edelweiss Valley,
Fort Ingall,
Gatineau,
Le Massif,
Montmorency Falls,
Mont Saint-Sauveur,
Mont Tremblant,
Oka,
Stoneham Mountain Resort,
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DESTINATION MONTREAL
Nicknamed the city of a hundred belltowers, Montreal is renowned for its churches. There are four Roman Catholic basilicas: Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral, Notre-Dame Basilica, St. Patrick's Basilica, and Saint Joseph's Oratory. The Oratory has the largest dome of its kind in the world after Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome ...
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MONTREAL:
OLD MONTREAL,
MUSEUMS & GALLERIES,
Discover Montreal,
Culture of Montreal,
Mount Royal,
Olympic Stadium,
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DESTINATION QUEBEC CITY
Quebec City is internationally known for its Summer Festival, Winter Carnival, and the Château Frontenac, a hotel which dominates the city skyline. The National Assembly of Quebec, the National Museum of Fine Arts of Quebec, and Museum of Civilization are found within or near Vieux-Québec. Near the city are Montmorency Falls and the Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré ...
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QUEBEC CITY:
Battlefields Park,
Cap Diamant,
Chateau Frontenac,
Citadelle of Quebec,
Gare du Palais,
Museum of Civilization,
Notre Dame des Victoires,
Old Quebec,
Old Quebec Funicular,
Parliament Building,
Plains of Abraham,
Winter Carnival,
... see all Destination Quebec City
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BIC NATIONAL PARK
Bic National Park is an 33.2 square kilometres (8,200 acres) national park of Quebec, Canada, located on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, near the villages of Bic and Saint-Fabien, southwest of Rimouski. It was founded on October 17, 1984, and is home to large populations of harbor seals and gray seals. Its highest point is Pic Champlain at 1140 feet ...
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The Bromont area, and its resort, Ski Bromont, is well known as a tourist destination for its downhill skiing, mountain biking, water slides, chewing, golf as well as equestrian events. The Bromont mountain, called Mont Brome, has a great skiable surface. It is mainly enjoyed by beginner-intermediate skiers, although some of its trails can offer advanced skiers some challenges ...
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CARILLON CANAL
The Carillon Canal is a National Historic Site in Saint-André-d'Argenteuil, Quebec, Canada. It preserves the historic Carillon Canal that was first built in the 1830s to facilitate travel on the Ottawa River. It is a prominent heritage site and recreation area, visited annually by 20,000 pleasure boaters and 30,000 people who use its riverside park ...
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CHAUDIERE FALLS
The Chaudière Falls are a set of cascades and waterfall in the centre of the Ottawa-Gatineau metropolitan area where the Ottawa River narrows between a rocky escarpment on both sides of the river. The falls are about 60 m (200 ft) wide and drop 15 m (50 ft). The name of the falls come from the French Chutes de la Chaudière, meaning Cauldron Falls ...
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EDELWEISS VALLEY
Edelweiss Valley is a ski resort located in Wakefield, Quebec, approximately 20 minutes north of Ottawa. It is very family oriented and consists of mostly beginner and intermediate terrain. There is also a snow tubing park that is very popular for families and school field trips. Edelweiss Valley was acquired by Mont Saint-Sauveur International in 2000 ...
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FORT INGALL
Fort Ingall was originally a British fieldwork built in Cabano, Quebec, Canada in 1839 for the Aroostook War between Great Britain and the United States of America. The site is now a reconstructed 19th century fort museum that features exhibits about the fort's history and the Aroostook War, as well as artifacts recovered from the site ...
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DISCOVER GATINEAU
Gatineau is a former municipality in the Province of Quebec and the location of the oldest non-native settlement in the National Capital Region. It was founded on the north shore of the Ottawa River in 1800 by Philemon Wright at the portage around the Chaudière Falls just upstream (or west) from where the Gatineau and Rideau Rivers flow into the Ottawa ...
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LE MASSIF
Le Massif de Charlevoix ski area is located in Petite-Rivière-Saint François, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada, a 75 minute drive from Quebec City. It has the highest vertical in Eastern Canada. Apart from a big vertical drop and lots of snow, Le Massif de Charlevoix's main claim to fame is that the area is accessible both from the top and from the base ...
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MONTMORENCY FALLS
The Montmorency Falls are a large waterfall on the Montmorency River in Quebec, Canada. The falls are located on the boundary between the borough of Beauport, Quebec City, and Boischatel, about 12 km from the heart of old Quebec City. The area surrounding the falls is protected within the Montmorency Falls Park ...
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MONT SAINT-SAUVEUR
Mont Saint-Sauveur is a ski mountain and resort located in Saint-Sauveur, 45 minutes north of Montreal, Canada, in the Laurentian mountains. Considered the home of Quebec's ski industry, it was here that in 1934, an American named Fred Pabst installed the first ski lift on Hill 70 which rapidly became one of the most popular ski destinations in eastern Canada ...
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MONT TREMBLANT
Mont Tremblant Ski Resort is a year-round resort in the Laurentian Mountains of Quebec, Canada, about 130 km northwest of Montreal. It is best known as a ski destination, but also features a lake suitable for swimming and two golf courses in the summer months. The name of the mountain, Mont Tremblant, was derived from the local Algonquin natives ...
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DISCOVER OKA
Oka, Quebec is a Canadian village on the northern bank of the Ottawa River, northwest of Montreal. Located in the Lower Laurentians near the Lake of Two Mountains, the main thoroughfare through town is Quebec Route 344. It was originally settled by Europeans in 1721 by the Sulpician Order branch of the Roman Catholic Church ...
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STONEHAM MOUNTAIN RESORT
Stoneham Mountain Resort is a ski resort, located north of Quebec City in the municipality of Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury. The mountain has an altitude at the peak of 632 metres and a vertical drop of 420 meters. There are 32 trails covering 132 hectares on four mountains. 16 trails covering a network of 74 hectares are available for night skiing ...
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