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Français : Carte topographique des Provinces Maritimes du Canada. Projection conique conforme de Lambert ; système géodétique WGS84. Méridien central: 65° O; Parallèle de référence : 45° N; Second parallèle de référence: 48° N; Latitude d'origine : 43° N; Limites géographiques de la carte : Nord : 49.333333; Ouest : -71; Sud ...
Map of New France (Champlain, 1612). "Montreal" is visible on the map next to a mountain in the approximate location. A more precise map was drawn by Champlain in 1632. The first French name for the island was l'ille de Vilmenon, noted by Samuel de Champlain in a 1616 map, and derived from the sieur de Vilmenon, a patron of the founders of Quebec at the court of Louis XIII.
The port of Montreal lies at one end of the Saint Lawrence Seaway, which is the river gateway that stretches from the Great Lakes into the Atlantic Ocean. [2] Montreal is defined by its location in between the St. Lawrence river on its south, and by the Rivière des Prairies on its north.
The government of Quebec does not officially recognize the Newfoundland and Labrador–Quebec border. A border dispute remains regarding the ownership of Labrador. [5] [6] A maritime boundary also exists with the territories of Nunavut, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia. Quebec has officially more than 12,000 km (7,500 mi) of borders of all ...
Maritime Quebec is a geographic region in eastern Quebec that borders the Gulf of St. Lawrence. It’s made of Gaspesia , Côte-Nord , the Magdalen Islands and Bas-Saint-Laurent . Many localities in Maritime Quebec have a tourism industry that attracts people from other parts of Quebec to its various beaches, trails and tourist attractions ...
Canada (/ ˈ k æ n ə d ə /) is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean. [1]
Until the construction of the Lachine Canal through Montreal, the rapids had to be portaged. Even with the canal, the difficulty was such that it was usually more convenient to ship goods by rail to Montreal, where they could be loaded at the city's port. Montreal remains a major rail hub and one of Canada's largest ports for that reason.
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