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The 2-22 is a $19.5 million project in the former quartier du Red Light de Montréal. The 2-22 is a six-floor building which will provide modern studios for cultural uses. The construction was to have begun in 2010 and was expected to be completed in 2012. The building will be LEED certified. [6]
The Ecological regions of Quebec are regions with specific types of vegetation and climates as defined by the Quebec Ministry of Forests, Wildlife and Parks. Given the size of this huge province, there is wide variation from the temperate deciduous forests of the southwest to the arctic tundra of the extreme north.
The province of Quebec's Société des établissements de plein air du Québec (Sépaq) names its protected areas "national parks" (French: parc national). These are not part of the National Parks System administered by Parks Canada, other than Saguenay–St. Lawrence Marine Park which is co-managed by both agencies. [79]
Flowing west to east, the Rivière des Prairies bisects the Hochelaga Archipelago and originates in the Lake of Two Mountains.It flows on either side of Île Bizard (part of Montreal), then divides the Island of Montreal to the south from Île Jésus to the north, after which it flows into the St. Lawrence River at the eastern tip of the Island of Montreal.
Administrative regions are used to organize the delivery of provincial government services. They were also the basis of organization for regional conferences of elected officers (French: conférences régionales des élus, CRÉ), with the exception of the Montérégie and Nord-du-Québec regions, which each had three CRÉs or equivalent bodies.
The national parks of Quebec are provincial parks created by the government of Quebec to protect territories representative of natural regions of the province or sites of exceptional character, while making them accessible to the public for education and/or recreation. As of 2023, there are 28 such parks in Quebec, which protect an area of ...
Type: Nature park: Location: Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Coordinates: 1]: Area: 261 hectares (640 acres) [2]: Operated by: City of Montreal: Visitors: 100,000 per year [2]: Open: sunrise to sunset: Status: Open all year: Public transit access: STM Bus: Sherbrooke Street East: 86, 186 Gouin Boulevard East: 183 Notre Dame Street East: 189, 362: Website ...
Satellite view of three Monteregian Hills (Saint Hilaire, Rougemont, and Yamaska) in Saint Lawrence Lowlands Jacques-Cartier River. Quebec's highest point at 1,652 m (5,420 ft) is Mont d'Iberville, known in English as Mount Caubvick, located on the border with Newfoundland and Labrador in the northeastern part of the province, in the Torngat Mountains. [7]