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Cap-Rouge (French pronunciation: [kap ʁuʒ]) is a former city in central Quebec, Canada, since 2002 within the borough Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge in Quebec City. The site of the first attempted permanent French settlement in North America, Charlesbourg-Royal, is located at the confluence of the Rivière du Cap Rouge and the Saint ...
The Gaspé Peninsula, also known as Gaspesia [2] (French: Gaspésie, ; Mi'kmaq: Gespe'gewa'ki), is a peninsula along the south shore of the St. Lawrence River that extends from the Matapedia Valley in Quebec, Canada, into the Gulf of St. Lawrence. It is separated from New Brunswick on its southern side by Chaleur Bay and the Restigouche River.
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 ...
Amqui (/ ɒ m k w iː /; French: ⓘ) is a town in eastern Quebec, Canada, at the base of the Gaspé peninsula in Bas-Saint-Laurent. Located at the confluence of the Humqui and Matapédia Rivers, it is the seat of La Matapédia Regional County Municipality. The main access road is Quebec Route 132.
Open farmland—A typical scene in the Centre-du-Québec. The Centre-du-Québec region was established as an independent administrative region of Quebec on July 30, 1997 (in effect August 20 upon publication in the Gazette officielle du Québec); prior to this date, it formed the southern portion of the Mauricie–Bois-Francs region (the northern part of which is now known simply as Mauricie).
Bureau de normalisation du Québec (2004). Drapeau du Québec, Sainte-Foy, 24 pages; Gouvernement du Québec (1998). Le cinquantième anniversaire du fleurdelisé, Québec: Commission de la Capitale nationale du Québec, 23 pages; Bizier, Hélène-Andrée, Claude Paulette, Fleur de lys : d'hier à aujourd'hui, Montréal : Art global, 1997, 152 ...
Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine (French pronunciation: [lez‿il də la madlɛn]) is a municipality located in Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine region, in Quebec, Canada. [4] It is located on the islands of the Magdalen Islands archipelago, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, 250 km (160 mi) from Gaspé, 120 km (75 mi) from Prince Edward Island, 90 km (56 mi) from Cape Breton Island, and 150 km (93 mi) from ...