(Photo by Craig Antill)
Asbestos, City of – Site of Jeffrey Mine, the world’s largest asbestos mine;
Baie James – Large bay on the southern end of Hudson Bay, site of several major hydroelectric projects and home to several aboriginal communities;
Chateau Frontenac, Quebec City – grand hotel perched on Cape Diamant, overlooks the St. Lawrence. Was designed by Bruce Price for the CPR, hosted the WWII conference of 1943 between Churchill and Roosevelt;
Dams (hydroelectric) – the province of Quebec is home to many major hydroelectric facilities such as LG-1, LG-2 and Manic 5, the largest one of its kind in the world and is 150 meters high;
Empress of Ireland, Pointe au Père – Large ocean liner that sank in the St. Lawrence river in 1914. 1012 people died in this tragedy. Scuba divers can still explore what’s left of the ship. There is also a boat-shaped museum in Pointe-au-Père;
Fjord du Saguenay – located between the regions of Charlevoix and the North Shore, the Saguenay fjord is highly popular for whale watching. Because of its depth, its strong currents and the fact that it is an important whale passage, the government decided to operate a free ferry all year long instead of building a bridge between Tadoussac and Baie Ste-Catherine;
Gaspé – Where Jacques-Cartier first led foot in America in 1534, planted a wooden cross claiming the territory as France’s possession. You can visit the Jacques-Cartier museum at the tip of the peninsula;
Havre St-Pierre – Site of Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve, a land of water (St. Lawrence), islands (more or less 40) and naturally carved limestone and strange rock formations;
Ice Hotel, Ste-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier – temporary building made entirely with ice each year. Features deluxe suites, jacuzzi, bars with dance floors, fireplaces, ice carving, ice art exhibitions, wedding chapel;
Jazz Festival, Montreal – world famous international jazz festival held annually at the end of June;
Knowlton – located in the Eastern Townships, it is one of the most beautiful villages in the province. Victorian architecture, large lake for swimming, fishing and canoeing, famous worldwide for its Brome Lake Ducks, museum featuring a very rare Fokker from WWI and Fessenden’s old radio transmitters;
La Ronde – largest theme park in Quebec and second largest in Canada, opened in 1967 during the World Expo, features more than 39 rides;
Magnetic Hill, Chartierville – optical illusion that makes you believe there’s a magnet pulling your car. Weird and fun;
Nunavik – the area north of the 55th parallel, homeland of the Inuit people in Quebec dispersed in 14 villages in an area of 443 685 km2. No road connects the villages to one another or to southern Quebec;
Oratoire St-Joseph du mont-Royal – perched on the side of Mount Royal, its dome is the second largest of its type after St Pierre in Rome (St. Peter’s). Pope John Paul II stopped there in 1982 to beatify brother André who apparently realized miracles healing sick and dying people. Today, you can see relics from brother André (his heart) and millions of people and pilgrims go there each year to ask for a miracle;
Percé – small village located at the tip of the Gaspe Peninsula, named Percé (trans : pierced) because of a large piece of rock located in the ocean a few hundred meters from the village bearing a hole in it;
Quartier gai, Montreal – a.k.a. Le Village is the gay part of town in Montreal and is the largest gaytown in America. It has its own subway (metro) stations with the rainbow flag painted on one of them, its own restaurants, bars, dentists, vets, chamber of commerce, travel agencies, real estate agents, you-name-it;
Route des vins (Wine Road) – runs in the southwestern part of the eastern townships and go through a myriad of feeric little towns with wineries and cidreries and fine cuisine restaurants;
St. Lawrence – world’s largest estuary, goes all the way from Ontario to the end of the Gaspe Peninsula and North Shore Region;
Tadoussac – site of France’s first trading post (1599), a good place to go whale-watching;
Ursulines – A religious order, one of the first to promote women education in New France and to introduce the notion of free education;
Val Jalbert – often described as the best-preserved ghost town in Canada with more than 70 original buildings, it is located in the Lac St-Jean area, north of Quebec City;
World Heritage Site, Old town, Quebec City – Unesco world heritage site, Quebec City is one of the most well preserved old city in America and still has most of its original stone fortifications. You can visit the old citadel and the Plains of Abraham battlefield park where the decisive battle between England and France took place;
Xavier-Garneau (François) – historian, civil servant and poet he wrote the fiery « Histoire du Canada » in response to the Durham Report;
Youville, Marie-Marguerite d’ – Was born on the south shore of Montreal, was raised in a poor family and dedicated all of her life in helping the sick and poor. She’s the one behind the Soeurs Grises Institutions (Grey nuns or Sisters) that spreaded everywhere in North America;
Zumanity by Cirque du Soleil – A Vegas show orchestrated and directed by Quebec’s very own Cirque du Soleil and the very talented René-Richard Cyr.
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