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The Parc linéaire des rivières Saint-Charles et du Berger (linear park of the Saint-Charles and Berger rivers) is a walking trail of 32 kilometres (20 mi) [2] running along the entire length of the river. Beginning in downtown Quebec, it follows the banks of the river to the north where the scenery becomes wilder.
This is a list of rivers of Quebec. Quebec has about: One million lakes, of which 62279 have a toponymic designation (a name), plus 218 artificial lakes; 15228 watercourses with an official toponymic designation, including 12094 streams and 3134 rivers. [1] Quebec has 2% of all fresh water on the planet. [2]
The St. Lawrence River runs 3,058 kilometres (1,900 mi) from the farthest headwater to the mouth and 1,197 km (743.8 mi) from the outflow of Lake Ontario. These numbers include the estuary; without the estuary, the length from Lake Ontario is c. 500 km (c. 300 mi). The farthest headwater is the North River in the Mesabi Range at Hibbing, Minnesota.
With an area of 1,542,056 km 2 (595,391 sq mi), it is the largest of Canada's provinces and territories and the tenth largest country subdivision in the world. [citation needed] More than 90% of Quebec's area lies within the Canadian Shield, and includes the greater part of the Labrador Peninsula.
For the tributary of the Montmorency River, see Richelieu River (Montmorency River tributary). The Richelieu River (French: [ʁiʃ (ə)ljø] ⓘ) is a river of Quebec, Canada, and a major right-bank tributary of the St. Lawrence River. It rises at Lake Champlain, from which it flows northward through Quebec and empties into the St. Lawrence.
The Saguenay River (French: Rivière Saguenay, [ʁivjɛʁ saɡnɛ]) is a major river of Quebec, Canada. It drains Lac Saint-Jean in the Laurentian Highlands, leaving at Alma and running east; the city of Saguenay is located on the river. It drains into the Saint Lawrence River. Tadoussac, founded as a French colonial trading post in 1600, is ...
166,450 (in 2005 [1]) Governing body. SEPAQ. Bic National Park is an 33.2-square-kilometre (8,200-acre) national park of Quebec, Canada, located on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, near the villages of Le Bic and Saint-Fabien, southwest of Rimouski. It was founded on October 17, 1984, and is home to large populations of harbour seals ...
The Rupert River is one of the largest rivers in Quebec, Canada. From its headwaters in Lake Mistassini, the largest natural lake in Quebec, it flows 556 kilometres (345 mi) west into Rupert Bay on James Bay. The Rupert drains an area of 43,400 square kilometres (16,800 sq mi). There is some extremely large whitewater on the river, but paddlers ...
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