Places to visit in Quebec, Canada
22 places to visit in Quebec, Canada, each with LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own: Château Frontenac, Citadelle of Quebec, Miguasha National Park and more. Stand at any of them with the app open and the stamp is yours, confirmed on site, in your Quebec volume.
4 UNESCO World Heritage sites · 17 Famous places to visit · 1 Hidden gem
UNESCO World Heritage sites in Quebec (4)
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Château Frontenac
A castle style hotel on a cliff above the Saint Lawrence in Quebec City, opened in 1893 by the Canadian Pacific Railway. Its green copper roofs make it one of the most photographed buildings in Canada.
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Citadelle of Quebec
An active military installation on top of Cap Diamant, next to the Plains of Abraham in Quebec City. It is also the secondary official residence of Canada's governor general and forms part of the fortifications of the old city.
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Miguasha National Park
A park on the Gaspé coast of Quebec, facing the Restigouche River estuary. Its cliffs hold exceptionally well preserved fossil fish from the Devonian period, about 380 million years old, including Eusthenopteron.
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Old Quebec
The historic core of Quebec City, split into the Upper Town on the cliff and the Lower Town by the river. It is the only city north of Mexico to keep its walls, and its narrow streets and stone houses date back to the 17th century.
Famous places to visit in Quebec (17)
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Anticosti Island
A large island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence in Quebec, with few residents and many white tailed deer. It is known for waterfalls, canyons and limestone cliffs with fossils from about 440 million years ago, and joined the World Heritage List in 2023.
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Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre
A basilica on the Saint Lawrence River, 30 kilometres east of Quebec City, and one of the six national shrines of Canada. The Catholic Church credits it with many miracles, and pilgrims have come to it for centuries.
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Canadian Museum of History
Canada's national history museum, on the Gatineau shore of the Ottawa River facing Parliament Hill. Its curving building was designed by Douglas Cardinal, and its Grand Hall displays a row of totem poles.
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Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
A motor racing track on Notre-Dame Island in Montreal, home of the Canadian Grand Prix. It is named for driver Gilles Villeneuve, and the Wall of Champions at the final chicane is well known.
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Gaspé Peninsula
A peninsula on the south side of the Saint Lawrence in Quebec, circled by a road past cliffs and fishing villages. Percé Rock and Forillon National Park lie at its eastern end.
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Habitat 67
A housing complex of stacked concrete boxes beside the Saint Lawrence River, designed by architect Moshe Safdie for Expo 67. It was built from 354 prefabricated modules and is still lived in today.
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Laurentian Mountains
A range of old, rounded mountains north of Montreal, among the oldest on Earth. Villages such as Mont-Tremblant offer skiing in winter and lakes and hiking in summer. The range stretches for more than a thousand kilometres, though its best known resorts lie near Montreal.
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Magdalen Islands
An archipelago of sand dunes, red cliffs and beaches in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Most of the islands are joined by sandbars, and the mostly French speaking population has a long tradition of lobster fishing.
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Manicouagan Reservoir
A ring shaped lake in central Quebec, formed in a meteorite impact crater about 214 million years ago and later dammed. From space it looks like an eye, and the island at its centre is called René-Levasseur Island.
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Montmorency Falls
A large waterfall on the Montmorency River, just east of Quebec City where the river meets the Saint Lawrence. It drops about 83 metres, higher than Niagara Falls, and a cable car and suspension bridge give views from the top.
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Mount Royal
A mountain in the city of Montreal, immediately west of downtown, from which the city takes its name. Its park has trails and a lookout over the city, and Saint Joseph's Oratory stands on its slope.
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Notre-Dame Basilica
A Catholic basilica on Place d'Armes in Old Montreal, in Gothic Revival style with a deep blue and gold interior. It opened in 1829 and its twin towers are a landmark of the old city.
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Old Montreal
The historic neighbourhood of Montreal where the city began, home to the Old Port on the Saint Lawrence River. Its cobbled streets are lined with stone buildings from the French and British eras, including Notre-Dame Basilica and Place Jacques-Cartier.
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Olympic Stadium
The main venue of the 1976 Summer Olympics, set in Olympic Park in Montreal. Its slanted tower rises about 165 metres, the tallest inclined tower in the world, and a funicular carries visitors to an observation deck.
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Plains of Abraham
A historic area of Battlefields Park in Quebec City, established in 1908. It is the site of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham on 13 September 1759, and today it is a large green space above the Saint Lawrence River.
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Quebec Bridge
A steel cantilever bridge over the Saint Lawrence west of Quebec City. It has the longest cantilever span in the world at 549 metres, and it opened in 1919 after two collapses during construction.
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Saint Joseph's Oratory
A Roman Catholic minor basilica and national shrine at 3800 Queen Mary Road, on the Westmount summit of Mount Royal in Montreal. It is a National Historic Site of Canada, and its large dome is among the highest points in the city.
Hidden gems in Quebec (1)
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Montreal Botanical Garden
A large botanical garden in Montreal made up of 75 hectares of thematic gardens and greenhouses. It was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 2008 as one of the most important botanical gardens in the world.
Collecting in Quebec
What are the best places to visit in Quebec?
LOQAH lists 22 places in Quebec. The best known include Château Frontenac, Citadelle of Quebec, Miguasha National Park, Old Quebec and Anticosti Island. Each has a stamp of its own to collect when you are there.
How many LOQAH stamps are there in Quebec?
22, and more are added over time. Each place has LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own.
How do I collect a stamp in Quebec?
Open LOQAH at the place and get its stamp. LOQAH checks where you are once, at that moment; at the place itself the stamp is confirmed on site, with a gold badge.
I have been to places in Quebec before. Can I add them?
Yes. In Earlier trips, choose Quebec and swipe through its stamps, or import your Google Timeline. Each one goes into your volume with the date, if you know it.
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