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Geoscape - Québec

Geoscape Québec Poster 
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Geoscape Québec (Front Side)
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Geoscape Québec (Back Side)
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A Billion Years of History...

Founded atop cap Diamant, Québec surveys the St. Lawrence River and offers an incomparable panorama, where past and present meet. The first city established in the New World, Québec is a World Heritage Site where visitors can wander through historic districts dating back to the birth of the colony, or explore further afield and marvel at the magnificent natural settings in the immediate vicinity of the city. 
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Digital elevation model and geology of the Quebec region
Located at the junction of three major geological provinces, the Québec region is the product of a tumultuous billion-year history. Some of the most beautiful features of the region remain as a legacy of this history, which has also produced an environment that can be subject to the whims of nature.

An Extraordinary Geological Heritage

Tourist attractions that bear witness to a spectacular geological past: the disappearance of oceans, the formation of mountains, the passage of glaciers.

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Montmorency Falls and Jacques Cartier River valley

A Vital Corridor

The St. Lawrence River is one of the largest navigable rivers in the world. It flows through a rocky valley partially filled with the deposits of an ancient post-glacial sea.

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The busy St Lawrence River


Upper and Lower Town

The cliffs and stairs of Quebec connect two distinct geological provinces and straddle one of the most important faults in eastern North America: The Logan Fault.

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A view of Quebec City


Rocks Are Part of Our History

Each of the major geological domains of the Quebec region is a rich source of building stones and, ever since the French regime in the seventeenth century, builders have made extensive use of all of them.

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Old Town Quebec


The Earth Quakes Under Quebec

Many of the earthquakes that have been felt in Quebec were centered in the region, but it is the more powerful events that have occurred in the Charlevoix and Saguenay areas that are responsible for the city's classification as a moderate earthquake risk zone.

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Quakes in the news
The Whims of Nature

Because of their geological heritage, certain locations in the Quebec region are more prone to the vagaries of Mother Nature.

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Cap-Rouge landslide and a spring ice jam on the Montmorency River

Want To Know More?
  • Urban and Environmental Geology of the St. Lawrence Valley 
    The aim of the Urban and Environmental Geology of the St. Lawrence Valley project is to provide geoscience knowledge required for sound regional planning, environmental protection and sustainable development of the St. Lawrence Lowlands. The study area includes the St. Lawrence Valley and valleys of tributary rivers from Lake Ontario (Kingston) to the Gaspe peninsula.
  • Biodiversity portrait of the Saint-Lawrence
  • Saint-Lawrence observatory
  • Saint-Lawrence Plan - Overview of Community Action Development
  • The St. Lawrence Centre
  • Geomorphic Effects and Impacts from July 1996 severe flooding in the Saguenay area, Quebec
  • Redpath Museum
  • Thetford Mines Mineralogical and Mineral Museum
  • Musée de géologie René-Bureau
  • Société des sciences naturelles de Havre-Saint-Pierre
  • Building and ornamental stones in Old Québec: A walking tour
  • Esker; Where Do You Come From?
  • Fortifications of Québec National Historic Site (Parks Canada)
  • Organisation of world heritage cities
  • The Quebec City Area Through the Eyes of a Geologist
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