Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Jacques Cartier Provincial Park is a provincial park in northwestern Prince Edward Island, Canada, approximately 6 km northeast of Alberton. The park is named for Jacques Cartier , who in 1534 was the first European to arrive on the island.
The public library opened in 1951, followed by the federal government building in 1962 and the Jacques Cartier Arena and a community museum in 1964. The original Maplewood Manor nursing home operated from 1967 to 2011, and was replaced by the new Maplewood Manor nursing home, in the autumn of 2011.
Prince Edward Island National Park 46°24′53.48″N 63°4′24.01″W / 46.4148556°N 63.0733361°W / 46.4148556; -63.0733361 ( Dalvay-by A summer residence built for Alexander McDonald, president of Standard Oil of Kentucky ; now a hotel, it is a noted example of the Queen Anne Revival style in Canadian domestic architecture
Jacques-Cartier National Park (French: Parc national de la Jacques-Cartier, pronounced [paʁk nasjɔnal də la ʒak kaʁtje]) is a provincial park located 50 kilometres (31 mi) north of Quebec City. The park aims to protect wildlife in the Laurentian massif. It lies within the Eastern forest-boreal transition ecoregion. [3]
Chelton Beach Provincial Park 46°18′14″N 63°44′50″W / 46.30394444°N 63.74716667°W / 46.30394444; -63.74716667 Green Park Provincial Park
Gatineau Park is federal park located near the city of Gatineau, just north of Ottawa, Ontario. It is not part of the national park system of Canada and is administered by the federal National Capital Commission. Canal de l'Aqueduc; Cap-Saint-Jacques Nature Park; Champ de Mars; Dorchester Square; Île de la Visitation; Île Notre-Dame; Jacques ...
The peninsula's interior is a rugged northward continuation of the Appalachian Mountains called the Chic-Chocs, with Mount Jacques-Cartier at 1,268 metres (4,160 ft) the peninsula's highest peak. Mount Albert (Mont Albert) at 1,151 m (3,776 ft) [ 7 ] is another high mountain in the Chic-Chocs.
The Jacques-Cartier River drains an area of 2,515 square kilometres (971 sq mi), starting in and flowing for nearly 160 kilometres (99 mi) through the Laurentian Mountains in the geological region of Grenville (one of the youngest sections of the Canadian Shield, formed 955 million years ago), then flows through the sedimentary rocks of the St. Lawrence Lowlands for approximately 17 kilometres ...