Explore150: Go Canada!
What place in Canada most defines you as a Canadian? Vote while you’re here, then follow us @Explore150 to join the discussion and show us on Instagram #Explore150!
Through this participatory process, you will identify and vote for your favourite natural, historic, and cultural sites across each province and territory, ultimately choosing the Canadian places and milestones we highlight in our Explore150 mobile app – to be launched November 1st! Stay tuned for updates on the project.
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Château Frontenac
The Château Frontenac is a grand hotel in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, which is operated as Fairmont Le Château Frontenac. Prior to the building of the hotel, the site was occupied by the Chateau Haldimand, residence of the British colonial governors of Lower Canada and Quebec. The hotel is generally recognized as the most photographed hotel in the world, in large part because of how it dominates the skyline of Quebec City. The Château Frontenac was named after Louis de Buade, Count of Frontenac, who was governor of the colony of New France from 1672 to 1682 and 1689 to…
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Montreal Botanical Garden
The Montreal Botanical Garden is a large botanical garden in Montreal, Quebec, Canada comprising 75 hectares (190 acres) of thematic gardens and greenhouses. It is considered to be one of the most important botanical gardens in the world due to the extent of its collections and facilities.It serves to educate the public in general and students of horticulture in particular, as well as to conserve endangered plant species. The grounds are also home to a botanical research institution, to the Société d'astronomie de Montréal,and to the Montreal Insectarium; offsite, the Garden staff also administer the Ferme Angrignon educational farm and…
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The Plains of Abraham
The site of many clashes for supremacy between the French and British Empires, the park is the scene of the 1759 Conquest, which changed the fate of North America. Apart from its historical past, the park is to Québec what Central Park and Hyde Park are to New York and London: a city park of outstanding value, the lungs of the city. One hundred and three hectares of meadow and grassy knolls, decked with flowers or covered with snow, are there for residents and visitors to enjoy.
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Old Quebec
Old Québec, a UNESCO world heritage treasure, is alive with history.
Moving from military history to religious history, take in the stunning Notre-Dame-de-Québec Basilica-Cathedral, the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, the Jesuits Chapel, and St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church.
After stopping off at one of the city's many museums and interpretation centers, take a walking tour or a horse-drawn carriage ride to get a true feel for this unique historic district.
Fine dining and shopping are an art form in Old Québec, particularly along rue Saint-Jean and rue Saint-Louis, where European charm adds a dash of flair to any outing.
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Lachine Canal
An early 19th-century canal, 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) in length, built to circumvent white water on the St. Lawrence River; the head of a canal network linking the Great Lakes and the interior of the continent to the Atlantic Ocean.
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La Mauricie National Park
La Mauricie National Park is located in the Laurentian mountains in the Mauricie region of Qubec, Canada. It covers 536 km2 (207 sq mi) in the southern Canadian Shield region bordering the Saint Lawrence lowlands. The park contains 150 lakes and many ponds. The park lies within the Eastern forest-boreal transition ecoregion. The forests in this region were logged from the middle of the 19th century to the early 20th century. The park's forests have regrown and contain a mixture of conifers and mixed deciduous trees. Wildlife in the park includes moose, black bears, beavers and otters. It supports a…
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Montreal Forum
The Montreal Forum (also known as the Pepsi Forum) is an indoor arena located facing Cabot Square in Montreal. Called "the most storied building in hockey history" by Sporting News, it was home of the National Hockey League's Montreal Maroons from 1924 to 1938 and the Montreal Canadiens from 1926 to 1996. The Forum was built by the Canadian Arena Company in 159 days.
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Museam of civilizations, Gatineau
As per its historical purpose and its First-Nations architecture, the Canadian Museum of Civilizations is one of the most interesting museums in Canada.
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Notre-Dame Basilica
An immense stone church built in the Romantic Gothic Revival style, it was upon completion the largest church in either Canada or the U.S. for half a century. Unusual for a church, the stained glass windows along the walls of the sanctuary do not depict biblical scenes, but rather scenes from the religious history of Montreal. It also has a Casavant Frères pipe organ, dated 1891, which comprises four keyboards, 92 stops using electropneumatic action and an adjustable combination system, 7000 individual pipes and a pedal board.
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Montmorency Falls
With 84 meters high, Montmorency falls are the highest waterfalls in the province of Quebec. Visitors can enjoy the freshness of the falls and the greatness of the view by climbing the 500 stairs. The perfect activity for all the seasons of the year.
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Mont-Tremblant National Park
Mont-Tremblant National Park (French: Parc national du Mont-Tremblant) is a 1,510.10 km_ provincial park located north of the town of Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, and the village of Saint-Donat and Saint-Cme. It is the second largest national park in Quebec after Kuururjuaq National Park.
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Mount Royal Park
One of Montreal's largest green spaces
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The Fur Trade at Lachine
A single-storey stone warehouse located in an attractive park-like setting on the banks of the Lachine Canal; originally built by the North West Company, the warehouse symbolizes the history of the fur trade in Montreal
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Château Ramezay
A stone mansion built for Claude de Ramezay, Governor of Montreal; it played an important role in the political and commercial life of New France and of Lower Canada for two centuries, housing the Compagnie des Indes occidentales starting in the 1740s and serving as official residence of the Governors-in-Chief of British North America commencing in the 1770s.
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Fort Richelieu
Fort Richelieu is a historic fort in the Canadian La Vallée-du-Richelieu Regional County Municipality, Quebec. Fort Richelieu was part of a series of five forts built along the Richelieu River and is at the mouth of the Richelieu River. Fort Chambly formerly known as Fort St. Louis at Chambly, Fort Sainte-Thérèse, and Fort Saint-Jean at Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, are on the way. The forts were built in order to protect travellers on the river from the Iroquois. The region is informally known as la Vallée-des-Forts. It was built by Charles Huault de Montmagny, first Governor and Lieutenant-Governor of New France, and named…
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Chambly Canal
The Chambly Canal is a National Historic Site of Canada, running along the Richelieu River past Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Carignan, and Chambly. Building commenced in 1831 and the canal opened in 1843. It served as a major commercial route during a time of heightened trade between the United States and Canada. Trade dwindled after World War I, and as of the 1970s, traffic has been replaced by recreational vessels.
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Parc national des Hautes-Gorges de la rivière Malbaie
The Hautes-Gorges-de-la-Rivière-Malbaie are among the highest rock faces East of the Rockies. Breathtaking views and physical activity. This site is one of the most impressive natural site in the province of Quebec.
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Bonsecours Market
A monumental, domed masonry civic building that occupies a full city block, originally built to house the city’s first city hall, a public market, exhibition rooms and a concert hall; it was the largest town hall built in Canada during the mid-19th-century and reflected Montreal's rise as a metropolis.
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Île-Verte Lighthouse
Constructed between 1806 and 1809 on behalf of Trinity House in Quebec City, the lighthouse was responsible for the improvement and surveillance of the lower Saint Lawrence River. It was among the first lighthouses built in Canada, and was the first built on the banks of the Saint Lawrence.[1] The Île-Verte Lighthouse lighthouse illustrates the expansion of trade and navigation in the early nineteenth century and was an important milestone in the development of a network of safe waterways in Canada. The last lighthouse keeper left in 1972.
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