Overview of Quebec City

The duality of Canadian life has been called the Twin Solitudes. One Canada, English and Calvinist in origin, tends to be staid, smug, and work-obsessed. The other, French and Catholic, is more creative, lighthearted, and inclined to see pleasure as the end purpose of labor. Or so go the …

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Overview of Ile d'Orleans

16km (10miles) NE of Quebec City Until 1935, the only way to get to Ile d'Orleans was by boat (in summer) or over the ice (in winter). The highway bridge that has since been built has allowed the fertile fields of the island to become Quebec City's primary market-garden. During harvest periods, …

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Overview of Charlevoix

Baie-St-Paul: 98km (61 miles) NE of Quebec City; La Malbaie: 149km (92 miles) NE of Quebec City; St-Simeon: 182km (113 miles) NE of Quebec City The Laurentians move closer to the shore of the St. Lawrence as they approach what used to be called Murray Bay at the mouth of the Malbaie River. While we …

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