Timeless Canada

JUST NORTHWEST of the outer fringe of Montreal’s suburbs, this historic little town on the Mille-Iles River was founded in 1673, but a fire in 1922 engulfed many of its original buildings. However, some graceful 19th-century homes remain, on rue Saint-François-Xavier and rue Sainte-Marie, many of them converted into restaurants and bistros. (daha fazla…)

TWO CATHOLIC PRIESTS are responsible for turning the industrial town of Joliette on the Assomption River into a cultural center. In the 1920s, Father Wilfrid Corbeil founded the Musée d’Art de Joliette, whose permanent collection ranges from medieval religious art to modern works. (daha fazla…)

QUEBEC IS one of the major paper producers in North America, and Trois-Rivières, a pulp and paper town, is a main center of that industry in the province. This fact often hides the rich historical interest that Trois-Rivières has to offer. (daha fazla…)

CAMPERS, HIKERS, canoeists, and cross-country skiers love this 536-sq km (207-sq mile) stretch of forest, lakes, and pink Precambrian granite. The park includes part of the Laurentian Mountains, which are part of the Canadian Shield, and were formed between 950 and 1,400 million years ago. La Mauricie’s rugged beauty is also accessible to motorists, who can take the winding 63-km (40-mile) road between Saint-Mathieu and Saint-Jean-de-Piles. (daha fazla…)

THIS FERTILE VALLEY follows the 130-km (80-mile) Richelieu River north from Chambly to Saint-Denis. Fort Chambly, also known as Fort St. Louis, in the industrial town of Chambly along the valley on the Montreal Plain, is the best preserved of a series of ancient buildings that the French erected to defend this vital waterway from Dutch and British attack. (daha fazla…)

A CHARMING, wooden manor house with bold sweeping front steps, pillars, and carved curlicues is the grandest old house in this pretty riverside town. It is the centerpiece of Domaine Joly-De-Lotbinière, a stunning estate built in 1851 by the local squire (seigneur). The house is surrounded by banks of geraniums and terraces of walnut trees stretching down to the river. (daha fazla…)

THE SELF-STYLED “Queen of the Eastern Townships,’’ Sherbrooke is indeed this region’s industrial, commercial, and cultural center. The city lies in a steep-sided valley, with the historic quarter delightfully situated among the rolling farmlands of the Saint- François and Magog Rivers. The first settlers were British Loyalists from the New England states. (daha fazla…)

THIS AREA belongs to the Eastern Townships, or the “Garden of Quebec” that stretches from the Richelieu River valley to the Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont borders in the US. Set among rolling hills, farmland, woods, and lakes in a landscape similar to the Appalachians, the Townships are among Canada’s top maple syrup producers. (daha fazla…)

THE VAST AREA of land that stretches across Quebec from the Ontario boundary to historic Quebec City is rewarding in its diversity. In the south, the rich hilly farmland of the Appalachians and scarlet forests of maple trees attract many visitors each year, while the stark beauty of Nunavik’s icy northern coniferous forests bursts into a profusion of wildflowers in spring, alongside the largest hydroelectric projects in the world. (daha fazla…)

POPULARLY KNOWN as La Gaspésie, the Gaspé Peninsula stretches out north of New Brunswick to offer Quebec’s wildest and most appealing scenery. As the peninsula spreads east, clumps of trees become dense pine forests, and the landscape becomes rough and rocky; cliffs along the northern coast reach 500 m (1,500 ft). (daha fazla…)