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The Lower Town of Quebec City is one of the two geographical and historical sectors of the borough of La Cité-Limoilou in Quebec. [1] It is located at sea level as opposed to the Upper Town, which is located on the promontory of Quebec (whose highest point is 105 meters above sea level).
The Saint-Charles River (Huron-Wendat name is Akiawenrahk) is the main watercourse crossing Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.. The surface of the Saint-Charles River (except the rapids areas) is generally frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March; however, safe circulation on the ice is generally done from the end of December to the beginning of March.
Old Quebec (French: Vieux-Québec, pronounced [vjø kebÉ›k]) is a historic neighbourhood of Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Comprising the Upper Town (French: Haute-Ville) and Lower Town (French: Basse-Ville), the area is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Administratively, Old Quebec is part of the Vieux-Québec–Cap-Blanc–colline Parlementaire ...
At Quebec City, it is 12,101 m 3 /s (427,300 cu ft/s). The average discharge at the river's source, the outflow of Lake Ontario, is 7,410 m 3 /s (262,000 cu ft/s). [7] The St. Lawrence River includes Lake Saint Francis at Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Lake Saint-Louis south of Montreal and Lake Saint Pierre east of Montreal.
On April 1, 1918, the neighbourhood is a theater in the Quebec City riot of 1918. That same year, the Spanish flu kills 500 people in Quebec City. 80% of the victims were in the Lower Town, especially in the poorer neighbourhoods.
The city quickly experienced overcrowding, especially in the lower town, which contained two-thirds of the population of the city by 1700. [19] The numbers became more evenly distributed by 1744, with the lower town housing only a third of the population, and the upper town containing almost half the inhabitants.
The city's traditional working-class areas are found in the lower town below Old Quebec (Saint-Sauveur and Saint-Roch) and directly across the Saint-Charles River to the north (Vanier and Limoilou). However, parts of Limoilou, Saint-Sauveur and particularly Saint-Roch have seen gentrification in the last 20 years, attracting young professionals ...
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.