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  Geography of Quebec - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Quebec's highest mountain is Mont D'Iberville, which is located on the border with Newfoundland and Labrador in the northeastern part of the province in the Torngat Mountains.
Quebec is bordered by the province of Ontario, James Bay and Hudson Bay to the west, the provinces of New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador to the east, the United States (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and New York) to the south and Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay to the north.
In 1927, the northeastern area of the former District of Ungava was transferred to the Dominion of Newfoundland by the British Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Geography_of_Quebec   (362 words)

  
 Quebec - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The official language of Quebec is French; it is the sole Canadian province whose population is mainly French Canadian, and where English is not an official language at the provincial level.
Quebec is also the sole territory north of the Caribbean Sea – aside from France itself, and the thinly populated archipelago of St-Pierre and Miquelon – where French is spoken by a majority of the population.
The avian emblem of Quebec is the snowy owl.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Quebec   (4299 words)

  
 Province of Quebec - History, geography, economy, education and government - Encyclopedia of Quebec History
Quebec produces approximately 30 per cent of all the creamery butter and about 20 per cent of all the factory cheese produced in Canada, 298,777,262 pounds of the first, and 182,649,749 of the second, (1944).
There is no compulsory education in the province of Quebec [at the time of publication of this article, in 1948, this was already incorrect as compulsory education was introduced in 1943; see the text on Adélard Godbout for further details] but school attendance favourably compares with that found elsewhere.
The arms of the province of Quebec are as follows: Or, on a fesse gules, a lion passant guardant or; in chief two fleurs de lis azure and in base three maple leaves slipped vert.
www2.marianopolis.edu /quebechistory/encyclopedia/QuebecProvinceof.htm   (5170 words)

  
 Quebec - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Quebec is bounded on the N by Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay, on the E by the Labrador area of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Gulf of St. Lawrence, on the S by New Brunswick and the United States, and on the W by Ontario, James Bay, and Hudson Bay.
Quebec city and Trois Rivières are on the north bank of the river, and Montreal, the leading industrial center of Canada, occupies an island where the Ottawa River joins the St. Lawrence.
Quebec was recognized by Parliament as a "distinct society" because of its language and culture and was granted a veto over constitutional amendments.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/Q/Quebecprov.asp   (1821 words)

  
 Quebec City - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Quebec City is known for its Winter Carnival and the Château Frontenac, an historic hotel which dominates the city skyline.
In mid-2001, 13.0% of the resident population in Quebec City was of retirement age (65 and over for males and females) compared with 13.2% in Canada; therefore, the average age is 39.5 years of age compared to 37.6 years of age for Canada as a whole.
Quebec City is expected to be in competition with Moncton and Halifax for the franchise, though a new stadium would likely be needed as well.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Quebec_City   (3310 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Quebec   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Quebec City hosted the Summit of the Americas in April 2001, attracting huge anti-globalization protests with activists from everywhere in the Americas.
The emblem of Quebec is the fleur-de-lis, usually white on a blue background, as in the provincial flag (above), called the Fleurdelisé which is the symbol of the Monarchy of France.
The provincial bird of Quebec is the snowy owl.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Quebec   (1980 words)

  
 Genealogy of Quebec: Geography
Quebec is a peninsula more-or-less shaped like a triangle from which we must subtract the land mass which makes up Labrador (and which is part of Newfoundland).
Quebec stands out since, up to 1993, it was left to the priests to register births, deaths and marriages.
On the one hand, we have the Catholic registers where the marriages are almost always extant and complete, and are often to be found indexed in an assortment of repertories; and on the other, the non-Catholic registers where we often discover the names of the parents to be missing, at least up to the 20th.
www.francogene.com /quebec/geography.php   (793 words)

  
 KidZone Geography - Quebec
Quebec is the largest Canadian province (in terms of area) and can be found on the map east of Ontario.
The snowy owl winters throughout all of Quebec and nests in the northern tundra region during the summer.
It was adopted as Quebec's provincial bird in 1987.
www.kidzone.ws /geography/quebec   (313 words)

  
 The world's top quebec websites   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Quebec (pronounced "keh-BECK" or "kwe-BECK"; French: le Québec) is a Canadian province with a population of 7,487,200 (Statistics Canada, 2003), primarily speakers of the French language making up the bulk of the Francophone population in North America.
Quebec is located in eastern Canada, bordered by Ontario and Hudson Bay to the west, Atlantic Canada to the east, the United States (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and New York) to the south and the Arctic Ocean to the north.
Quebec is at once a North American society and the main French-speaking society on the continent.
www.websbiggest.com /wiki-article-tab.cfm/quebec   (1931 words)

  
 Britain.tv Wikipedia - Quebec
The name "Quebec", which comes from an Algonquin word meaning "strait"?title=or "narrowing", originally meant the narrowing of the St. Lawrence River off what is currently Quebec City.
While the fleur-de-lis, a symbol of France's Ancien Régime, may be thought of "counter-revolutionary"?title=in France today, it is a cherished symbol in Quebec (which was never ruled by the French Republic) and is prominent in its coat of arms.
According to The Canadian Style (ISBN 1-55002-276-8), the official style guide of the Canadian government, both Quebec and Québec are official forms of the provincial name (with and without the acute accent, in English and French respectively), which is one of 81 locales of pan-Canadian significance with official forms in both languages (pp.
www.britain.tv /wikipedia.php?title=Quebec   (4284 words)

  
 Geography of Quebec   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
More than 90 percent of Quebec's area lies within the Canadian Shield, a large part of which was historically referred to as the Ungava Region.
This huge new addition to Quebec bordered James Bay and is where Quebec is located in eastern Canada, bordered by Ontario and Hudson Bay to the west, Atlantic Canada to the east, the U.S (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and New York States) to the south, and the Arctic Ocean to the north.
Quebec also has a network of provincial parks (Parcs nationaux du Qubec - not to be confused with Canada's national parks):
www.knowallabout.com /g/ge/geography_of_quebec.html   (335 words)

  
 Quebec Report - Jon Bradley
Creatively titled 'Geography of Quebec and Canada', one can clearly discern the orientation and direction of this lead-in course to the present grade ten 'History of Quebec and Canada'.
Apparently relegated to the introductory high school grades of seven and eight, the geography lobby is fighting an up-hill battle to have an additional course slotted at the grade nine level.
While it may be a tad early to make bets on the place and prominence of geography within the Quebec secondary curricula which will shape youngsters at the beginning of the twenty-first century, it is appropriate to lament the lack of respect and consideration being allocated to this cardinal social studies stalwart.
www.quasar.ualberta.ca /css/Css_36_1/CLquebec_report_jon_bradley.htm   (961 words)

  
 Quebec   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Canada's largest province is Quebec, and Quebec City is the capital of this province.
Quebec is a city with a deep, geographical history, many interesting sites, and abundant resources.
Quebec City is the capitol of the province of Quebec.
www.valdosta.edu /~iheath/quebec.html   (3052 words)

  
 Quebec, province, Canada - Facts from the Encyclopedia - Yahoo! Education   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Quebec, province, Canada - Facts from the Encyclopedia - Yahoo!
In 1534, Jacques Cartier planted a cross on the Gaspé and the following year he sailed up the St. Lawrence.
See C. Nish, ed., Quebec in the Duplessis Era, 1935—1959 (1970); F. Grenier, ed., Quebec (1972); W. Coleman, The Independence Movement in Quebec, 1945—80 (1984); A. Greer, Peasant, Lord and Merchant: Rural Society in Three Quebec Parishes, 1740—1840 (1985); R. Handler, Nationalism and the Politics of Culture in Quebec (1988); H. Guidon, Quebec Society (1988).
messenger.yahooligans.com /reference/encyclopedia/entry/Quebecprov   (1686 words)

  
 Quebec, province, Canada: Geography
Tides and their seminal impact on the geology, geography, history, and socio-economics of the Bay of Fundy, eastern Canada.(Part 5:......
A crumbling vision: there seems to be trouble in the Canadian family over the concept of sharing.
Tides and their seminal impact on the geology, geography, history, and socio-economics of the Bay of Fundy, eastern Canada.(Part 1:......
www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0860602.html   (452 words)

  
 quebec province canada
Find basic facts on the province of Quebec, Canada, including government, parks, a map, and information for visitors to Quebec.
Capital of Quebec province, Canada, on the St. Lawrence River.
The defeat of the referendum was a clear message that continued efforts to 'bribe' Quebec to remain part of the Canadian union are fruitless.
www.aldenvet.com /quebec-province-canada.html   (390 words)

  
 Quebec - Enpsychlopedia
Only one province – in addition to the federal government – has French as one of two official languages: New Brunswick.
The capital is Quebec City (simply referred to as Québec in French) and the largest city is Montreal.
Lawrence River in 1535 and established an ill-fated colony near present-day Quebec City at the site of Stadacona, a village populated by Iroquoians
www.enpsychlopedia.com /psypsych/Quebec   (3328 words)

  
 The Atlas of Canada - Secondary 3   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Secondary 3: Geography of Quebec and Canada (Compulsory)
The geography of Quebec and Canada program focuses on the main components of Quebec and Canadian geography: the geographic situation, resources, energy, population, and economic development.
Major topics include: Quebec and Canada in the World, Mineral and Water Resources, Forest Resources and Agriculture, Energy, Population, Regions of Canada.
atlas.gc.ca /sitefrancais/english/learningresources/curriculumguide/que/qc_sec3.html   (175 words)

  
 Quebec Provincial Government
Quebec's Justice Minister Jerome Choquette, speaking on behalf of both the federal and
Quebec is bounded on the N by Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay,...
Quebec there is a large and well-organized separatist movement, and at present the separatist Parti Quebecois (PQ) runs the
www.redbicycle.co.uk /quebec_provincial_government.html   (240 words)

  
 Quebec City - 1996   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The picture was taken from the ferry boat that crosses the St. Lawrence River from Quebec City to Levis, the city directly opposite Quebec City on the south shore of the river.
A provincial capital, Quebec City is the home of the National Assembly, where the Premier of Quebec and all the other provincial politicians work.
The population of Quebec City has grown since it was founded many years ago.
www.rtsq.qc.ca /quebec/dc005.htm   (127 words)

  
 V.U. Geography & Meteorology Home Page
The 2006-2007 academic year marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the department of Geography and Meteorology!
Located in Valparaiso, Indiana near the southern tip of Lake Michigan, our department at VU is home to the interrelated disciplines of Geography, Meteorology, and Geoscience.
Students might find themselves chasing down a storm in the corn fields of Iowa, hiking up a mountain in Yellowstone, or looking out on Lake Michigan from the top of a dune in the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.
www.valpo.edu /geomet   (271 words)

  
 Geography - Destination - Québec maritime, Gaspésie, Bas-Saint-Laurent, Îles de la Madeleine, ...
Geography - Destination - Québec maritime, Gaspésie, Bas-Saint-Laurent, Îles de la Madeleine, Côte-Nord, St. Lawrence River, whales, Gaspé Peninsula, Percé Rock, rocher Percé, St. Lawrence Gulf, tourism, holiday resort, whale-watching, seal observation, bird-watching, Parks Canada, Forillon, Gaspé;, Québec, Canada.
An immense territory with a rugged topography, Québec maritime includes the waters of the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence, which dominate the region’s water system as well as its landscape.
You can also view a complete list of companies found in Québec maritime.
www.quebecmaritime.ca /vacation-activities/info_destination_geography_1_ang.cfm   (493 words)

  
 quebec
Bonjour Quebec is a general interest site providing information on the history, geography, culture and resources of Quebec, along with links to a variety of Quebec sites of interest.
You can Explore the Regions of Quebec to view the province by geographical area.
This is the official provincial government site sponsored by the Province of Quebec.
www.lethsd.ab.ca /mmh/grade4/quebec/quebechome.htm   (133 words)

  
 Atlas: Quebec
Quebec Profile: History · Government · Economy · Population …
Fodor's Montreal and Quebec City 2006 (Fodor's Gold Guides) by Fodor's
Through a Howling Wilderness: Benedict Arnold's March to Quebec, 1775 by Thomas A. Desjardin
www.infoplease.com /atlas/region/quebec.html   (135 words)

  
 Ministère de l'Éducation, du Loisir et du Sport
Moral Education, Secondary I and II General Geography
Music, Secondary I and II Geography of Québec and Canada
Geography of Québec and Canada, Secondary III (
www.meq.gouv.qc.ca /GR-PUB/menu-curricu-a.htm   (254 words)

  
 Cultures and Geography. - Culture Quebec   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Au Quebec c'est une expression: "l'affaire est ketchup !" ᅦa signifie que l'affiare s'est tr│s bien d←roul←e.
The USA are much better than Quebec !!!
I would like to brush up on my french language skills, and at the same time, learn how it is spoken in Quebec.
www.critrita.com /Culture-Quebec-3581-cat.html   (2840 words)

  
 Quintin Publications | Québec History & Geography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Almost all French Canadians and their descendants have ancestors who lived on this island.
From Quebec to New Orleans - The Story of the French in America.
History of Brome County, Quebec From the Date of Grants of Land Therein to the Present Time -- with some records of early families.
www.quintinpublications.com /qchistory.html   (1048 words)

  
 Québec geographical - Tourist Guide of Quebec, The Portal of Quebec, Canada, Accommodation, Vehicules Virtual ...
Québec geographical - Tourist Guide of Quebec, The Portal of Quebec, Canada, Accommodation, Vehicules Virtual Marketplace, Business Directory, Advertisers, Activities :: QuebecWeb :: Welcome!
Bienvenue sur le site de quebecweb, Le portail au québec pour vos recherche internet.
Quebec is the name of a province located in eastern Canada, more precisely in the Gulf of the St. Lawrence region.
www.quebecweb.com /tourisme/geograpang.html   (87 words)

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