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This article may be too long to read and navigate comfortably. When this tag was added, its readable prose size was 14,769 words. Consider splitting content into sub-articles, condensing it, or adding subheadings. Please discuss this issue on the article's talk page. (June 2024) Province in Canada Quebec Québec (French) Province Flag Coat of arms Motto(s): Je me souviens (French) "I remember ...
Located in the eastern part of Canada, and (from a historical and political perspective) part of Central Canada, Quebec occupies a territory nearly three times the size of France or Texas. It is much closer to the size of Alaska. As is the case with Alaska, most of the land in Quebec is very sparsely populated. [1]
Quebec has a number of regions that go by historical and traditional names. Often, they have similar but distinct French and English names. Abitibi; Lower Saint Lawrence (Bas-Saint-Laurent) Beauce (within Chaudière-Appalaches) Bois-Francs (within Centre-du-Québec) Charlevoix (eastern part of the Capitale-Nationale administrative region ...
Caniapiscau Reservoir Robert-Bourassa Reservoir Manicouagan Reservoir Meech Lake from Blanchet beach by south-west coast Lac des Nations Clearwater Lakes (Lac a l'Eau-Claire) Île aux Tourtes Bridge across Lake of Two Mountains, with Mont Oka in the background Pingualuit crater lake Looking south over Lake Timiskaming from Fort Témiscamingue near Ville-Marie, Quebec.
List of former counties of Quebec; for counties, pre-1990, in the territory that is now the Canadian province of Quebec; List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec; for county-equivalents, post-1980s, in the territory of the Canadian province of Quebec
Quebec, a province in the eastern part of Canada, lies between Hudson Bay and the Gulf of St. Lawrence. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level.
Quebec is the only large city in Canada along with Halifax lacking a public greenhouse. Nonetheless, outside areas known for their public gardens or landscaping include: [ 82 ] The linear park named Promenade Samuel-De Champlain [ fr ] that stretches 4.6 km (2.9 mi) alongside the Saint Lawrence River, from Pierre Laporte Bridge to Sillery's ...
' North Coast ') is an administrative region of Quebec, on the Quebec-Labrador Peninsula, Canada. The region runs along the St. Lawrence River and then the Gulf of St. Lawrence, from Tadoussac to the limits of Labrador, leaning against the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean to the west, the Côte-Nord penetrates deep into Northern Quebec. [3] [4]