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	Welcome to Quebec, Canada
		In 1774, the British Parliament passed the Quebec Act that helped ensure the survival of the French language and French culture in the region; since it did not hinder Catholicism in Quebec, it was deemed as one of the Intolerable Acts that spurred the American Revolution.
		The graphic emblem of Quebec is the fleur-de-lis, usually white on a blue background, as on the flag of Quebec (above), the Fleurdelisé;.
		The avian emblem of Quebec is the snowy owl.
	www.hometowncanada.com /qc (2725 words)

	Flag of Quebec
		The flag of Quebec, called the Fleurdelisé;, was adopted by the provincial government of Maurice Duplessis and first flown on January 21, 1948, at the National Assembly in Quebec City.
		The flag, with the fleurs de lis repositioned to their modern configuration in correspondence with the rules of heraldry, was officially adopted by the legislature on March 9, 1950.
		The flag's official ratio is 2:3, but the flag is very often seen as a 1:2 variant to match the flag of Canada in size when flying together.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/fl/Flag_of_Quebec.html (369 words)

	Quebec Flag
		The flag of Quebec is often called the "fleur-de-lis" flag.
		The white fleurs-de-lis, on Quebec's flag, are symbols of purity; which originally represented the Virgin Mary.
		The flag was adopted on Jan. 21, 1948.
	www.worldflags101.com /canada/quebec.aspx (224 words)

	Quebec (Canada)
		Officially, the proportions of the Quebec flag are 2:3, but in the facts, civilians, corporations and the federal government often fly a 1:2 version.
		The Quebec government as released a document in English pertaining to the official protocol for flying the flag of Quebec:
		Flag flying in the province is not as widespread as elsewhere and many buildings only have one pole so it is common practices in Quebec for places to only fly the flag of its relevant level of government (municipal, provincial or federal).
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/ca-qc.html (1353 words)

	Quebec recreation family vacation travel tourism attractions
		Quebec’s ample campgrounds nestled in woodlands, resting by lakesides, along rivers or on fine sand beaches, these campgrounds offer a host of amenities, attractions, and activities.
		Quebec's excellent golf courses are designed to take advantage of every nuance of Quebec's diverse landscape.
		Quebec provides the passionate and beginner golfer with an array of landscapes, challenges and experiences in our selection of well designed and professionally maintained public and semi-private golf courses.
	www.recreationquebec.com (491 words)

	Montreal Hotels compare discount rates and save on all Montreal Quebec Hotels and accommodations
		Montréal, home to a third of the population, of the province of Quebec, occupies about one-third (60 square miles) of the island of Montréal, which is part of the Hochelaga Archipelago.
		The island is situated in the St. Lawrence River near where it joins the Ottawa River.
		Once you have made your hotel reservation, you will receive an email confirmation from Allure Hotels confirming the reservation along with all the hotel details you may need.
	www.greatermontrealhotels.com (578 words)

	Elite Italian Charms \| sterling silver charms, gold charm and zoppini Flag Charms for your Italian charms bracelet
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		We offer different country flags for people who don't want to forget their roots- Italians, Irish, Mexicans, Brazilians, Greeks, Spanish and more.
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	Quebec Homes for Sale - Real Estate - NUMBER1EXPERTS Sell More Homes!
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	homes.number1expert.com /Quebec (242 words)

	Aboutflag.com - The Best Flag Resources and Information. This website is for sale!
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	www.aboutflag.com /quebecflag (187 words)

	Flag of Quebec
		The flag of Quebec, called the Fleurdelisé;, was adopted by the provincial government of Maurice Duplessis and first flown on January 21, 1948, at the Legislative Assembly in Quebec City.
		It was based on an earlier flag with no cross and with the figure of the Virgin Mary in the centre.
		The flag, with the fleurs de lis repositioned to their modern configuration in correspondence with the rules of heraldry, was officially adopted by the legislature on March 9, 1950.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/f/fl/flag_of_quebec.html (438 words)

	Canada Flag Mart Quebec Flag - QC
		Canada Flag Mart Quebec Flag - QC The Quebec Flag was designed in 1902, based on a banner discovered in 1848 commemorating a battle exploit in 1758.
		The flag was changed to blue with a white cross when Champlain sailed up the Saint Lawrence River for the first time in 1603, bringing the colours of France to North America.
		A Quebec Legislative debate was scheduled to discuss the proposed Quebec Flag on January 21, 1948.
	www.canadaflagmart.com /-strse-17/Quebec-Flag--dsh--QC/Detail.bok (444 words)

	National Flag and Emblems : Québec Portal
		Adopted by the National Assembly in November 1999, the Act respecting the flag and emblems of Québec decrees that the Québec flag is the national emblem.
		In November 1999, the Québec National Assembly adopted the Act respecting the flag and emblems of Québec and decreed that the Québec flag is the national emblem.
		The flag was often decorated with other typical emblems of the country, notably the beaver, maple leaves and the muskellunge.
	www.gouv.qc.ca /portail/quebec/pgs/commun/portrait/drapeausymboles?lang=en (2190 words)

	Proposals for a flag of Quebec, 1903-1904
		On 11 November 1926, the government of Quebec recognized the Carillon-Sacré-Coeur as the flag of the Société Saint Jean Baptiste.
		The new flag of the Canadiens came to be called their national flag and was raised in western Canada as well as in Québec.
		The flag, generally called the 'fleurdelisé; flag,; bears a white cross on a sky blue field and with a white fleur-de-lis i each corner modified so that each fleur-de-lis is placed in a vertical position.
	www.allstates-flag.com /fotw/flags/ca-qc!04.html (596 words)

	Main Quebec page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Quebec's flag was adopted on January 21st, 1948 by order of the Lieutenant Governor in Council.
		The flag is known as the "fleur de lies" flag.
		The Quebec flag was raised on January 21st, 1948 as an act of Legislature assented to March 9th, 1950.
	www.k12.nf.ca /acreman/Flags/qu.html (184 words)

	Bambooweb: Flag of Quebec
		The flag of Quebec, called the Fleurdelisé;, was adopted by the provincial government of Maurice Duplessis and first flown on January 21, 1948, at the National Assembly in Quebec City.
		The flag, with the fleurs de lis repositioned to their modern configuration in correspondence with the rules of heraldry, was officially adopted by the legislature on March 9, 1950.
		The flag's official ratio is 2:3, but the flag is very often seen as a 1:2 variant to match the flag of Canada in size when flying together.
	www.bambooweb.com /articles/f/l/Flag_of_Quebec.html (417 words)

	Flag of Québec, Regulation respecting the
		As the national emblem, the flag of Québec must be officially displayed by a public institution or an establishment under the authority of the Administration in order to identify the former as belonging to the latter.
		Thus, the flag of Québec must be flown on the buildings of bodies whose members are appointed by the National Assembly and on the buildings of the persons appointed by the National Assembly.
		The flag of Québec must be displayed in the room in which sit the bodies referred to in section 3 or the councils of the bodies referred to in sections 4 to 6.
	www.canlii.org /qc/laws/regu/d-12.1r.2.1/20040901/whole.html (806 words)

	Flag of Quebec - InfoSearchPoint.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The flag of Quebec, called the Fleurdelisé;, was adopted by the provincial government of Maurice Duplessis and first flown on January 21, 1948, at the National Assembly in Quebec City.
		The desire of French-Canadians in the province for a distinctive flag is an old one.
		It was based on an earlier flag with no cross and with the figure of the Virgin Mary in the centre; this flag had been flown at Louis-Joseph de Montcalm's victory at Carillon (now Ticonderoga, New York).
	www.infosearchpoint.com /display/Flag_of_Quebec (406 words)

	Eureka4you.com - Quebec - Je me souviens (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Quebec became a province of Canada on July 1, 1867.
		Quebec's coat of arms was adopted in 1939.
		The Iris Versicolor is the floral emblem of Quebec, as per the 'Flag and Emblems of Quebec Act' assented to on November 5, 1999.
	www.eureka4you.com /qc/qcindex.htm (124 words)

	Proposals for a flag of Quebec, 1936-1962
		Maurice Brodeur proposed in La Nation of 9 July 1936, a flag with a white cross separating rectangles of blue at the hoist and red in the fly.
		When Premier Duplessis wanted to adopt an official flag for Quebec, the anglophone community favored three variations shown above : one with the 1939 Arms of Quebec (which has the British crown and the English Leopard), one with a red maple leaf and one with a British crown.
		Dr Desmarteaux, president of the Sept-Iles section of the Rassemblement pour l'Independance Nationale, suggested for an independant Quebec, in October 1962, a flag of vertical blue and white with a white fleur de lys at the hoist.
	www.1uptravel.com /flag/flags/ca-qc!62.html (193 words)

	Quebec
		The present flag of Quebec emerges from Champlain's flags if a fleur-de-lis from the étendard on his Abitation is placed in each quadrant formed by the cross on the merchant flag of his ship.
		This occurred, despite the fact that the White Flag was reserved for the navy and that the merchantman were required, prior to 1661, to fly the blue flag with the white cross as had Champlain, or later, the same flag with an inescutcheon of the royal arms.
		The principal flag, however, remained the green-white-red tricolour of the Patriotes, and, on October 23, 1837, it was adopted as the flag of the rebellion.
	fraser.cc /FlagsCan/Provinces/Quebec.html (9094 words)

	Quebec Indépendantistes
		This refered to a flag from the French Regime that was thought as being the flag of the Canadiens volounteers (not the French Royal troops) during the last victory of the French over the British at the Battle of Carillon on July 8th, 1758.
		The flag, generally called the 'fleurdelisé; flag,; bears a white cross on a sky blue field and with a white fleur-de-lis i each corner modified so that each fleur-de-lis is placed in a verticle position.
		Being in the underground and hoisting a flag is somewhat contradictory.
	www.fotw.net /flags/ca-qcind.html (2570 words)

	Flag and emblems of Québec, An Act respecting the
		The flag of Québec is a white cross on a blue field, with a white fleur-de-lis in each canton or, in heraldic terms, azure, a cross between four fleur-de-lis argent.
		The flag is the national emblem of Québec and must be flown on the central tower of the Parliament Building.
		As the national emblem of Québec, the flag shall be displayed at official events and in the places, cases and circumstances determined by regulation of the Government.
	www.canlii.org /qc/laws/sta/d-12.1/20040901/whole.html (586 words)

	Proposals for a flag of Quebec, 1908-1930
		Official flag hoisted at the tricentennial of Quebec city in 1908 White cross on azur with 5 gold fleur de lys in each quarter.
		Proposal for a Quebec flag by Mr L.J.A. Derome in the La Presse newspaper of 10 April 1920.
		This was a facsist, anti-semitist, ultra-nationalist movement, and the fl of the flag represented the facsism of Mussolini in Italy.
	www.1uptravel.com /flag/flags/ca-qc!30.html (166 words)

	Martinique (France, Overseas Department)
		The official flag is the French one, but there is a banner of the arms: a blue field with a white cross, and in each canton a white snake in the form of an 'L'.
		It was the flag for the former French colony of Saint-Lucia/Martinique.
		The flag of Martinique (white cross on blue with four snakes) is given as a flag which is used since 1766.
	www.fotw.us /flags/mq.html (1286 words)

	Quebec Flag Proposals (1938)
		Even though the popular choice was to adopt one of the Fleur-de-lis as a provincial flag, it seemed that it was perceived by some as "too separatist" and an alternative was desired.
		Of note is the fact that they all use the original Coat-of-Arms of Québec (in chief: or 2 fleur-de-lis azur) instead of the one adopted by decree in 1939 (in chief azur 3 fleur-de-lys or).
		It is quite possible that the choice was deliberate and based on trying to bring "legitimacy" to the flag by choosing the Coat-of-Arms that had the backing of the heraldic authority.
	www.allstates-flag.com /fotw/flags/ca!qc.html (469 words)

	Quebec (Canada)
		Officially, the proportions of the Quebec flag are 2:3, but in the facts, civils, corporations and the federal government often fly a 1:2 version.
		Though there are alwalys many Quebec flags displayed on this day, no special mention was ever made at the National Assembly since 1984, and no one seems to make a great deal out of it.
		This is the "roundel" used by the government of Quebec on airplanes, on the tail (if there isn't another emblem there already, such as the ambulance symbol), on the cockpit, with "Québec" in fl, right to it.
	www.hampshireflag.co.uk /world-flags/allflags/ca-qc.html (1013 words)

	Anglo-Quebec Flag
		Their flag designs are reflective of the province or territory they live in, but also incorporate distinctive French emblems that are usually in the form of a fleur-de-lis or the French Tricolore (blue-white-red).
		While minority francophone communities outside Québec have their own flag designs, there is one significant linguistic minority community that has yet to adopt one in Canada, that being the English speaking population of Québec.
		Montréal’s quartered flag displays a fleur-de-lis for its majority French, a rose for the English, a shamrock for the Irish, and a thistle for the Scottish.
	montrealflags.tripod.com /AngloQuebec.html (612 words)

	Québec - Flag (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		white cross divides the flag into 4 azure quadrants in which are placed 4 white fleur-de-lis.
		At the same time, a new flag - a white cross on a blue background - was competing for prominence.
		By 1603, the blue and white flag was flying from Samuel de Champlain's ship as he sailed up the Saint Lawrence River.
	www3.sympatico.ca /goweezer/canada/flagQUE.htm (244 words)

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