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La Province deQuébec

Géoculture Chapter 3 & 4

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Les Laurentides Region north of Montreal that has spectacular foliage in the fall.
La Gaspésie Eastern tip of the Gaspe peninsula, known for its enourmous limestone rock formation.
le Rocher Percé The enourmous limestone rock formation in Gaspé
Le hockey The most popular sport in Québec
Moose & Caribou Found north of Québec
Les aurores boréales northern lights
Mount Cosmos Observatory South of Québec City, where one can see the northern lights in July.
Montréal Second largest French speaking city in the world, after Paris.
Le Saint-Laurent You can see whales, dolphins, and sea lions in this river.
La cipâte aux bleuets traditional pie made of a blueberry found in Canada.
La tourtière A meat pie, usually made from minced pork and spices.
Le sirop d'érable maple syrup
Cabane à sucre Sugar Shack where people go to enjoy traditional maple syrup taffy on snow.
La pêche blanche Snow fishing is a sport handed down by the Inuits indians.
Le canoë canoeing is very popular in the summer in Québec.
Les traîneaux à chiens dogsledding provided transportation to the Inuits, settlers, and fur traders for hundreds of years and is now an ecoadventure.
Gastronomie The art of good eating
Fêtes et Festivals Holidays and festivals
L'International de montgolfières Hot air ballons festival in Saint-Jean. It lasts ten days
Le festival international de jazz de Montréal Jazz musicians from all over the world participate in this festival every summer.
Le Carnaval de Québec The biggest winter carnival in the world; which coincides with Mardi Gras.
Bonhomme Carnaval A large snowman, who is the mascot of the carnival.
Samuel de Champlain Founded Quebec City in 1608.
Jacques Cartier Explored the St. Lawrence River and claimed the area for France in the 1530s.
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