Geography of Quebec City - Saint-Charles River, Montmorency Falls, Cap Diamant, Anse-Au-Foulon, Mount Belair, (Paperback)

Chapters: Saint-Charles River, Montmorency Falls, Cap Diamant, Anse-au-Foulon, Mount Belair, . Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 20. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Saint-Charles River is a river of Quebec (Canada), and the main river in Quebec city. Its huron-wendat name is Akiawenrahk. It springs from Saint-Charles Lake, follows a course of approximately 33 km and ends into Saint Lawrence River. Its drainage basin is 550 km large and a population of 350 000 persons live on its shores, in Quebec City and the Regional County Municipality of La Jacques-Cartier. It's the most densely populated drainage basin od a Quebec river, with an average population density of 600 inhabitants per square kilometer, mostly concentrated in the last third of its length. Many streams of Quebec City and the surroundings are tributary to Saint-Charles River. Saint-Charles River's drainage basinThe drainage basin includes six main sub-basins, that are, excluding the Saint-Charles' basin itself: Saint-Charles River's drainage basin also includes many secondary streams including: Top of the Kabir-Kouba waterfall in WendakeThis river crosses the Wyandot territory of Wendake at the north of Quebec City. Rapids and waterfalls are found in this section under the name of Kabir Kouba or -Silver Serpent- in Wyandot language. The Parc de la Falaise et de la chute Kabir Kouba along the falls at this place has an interpretation center and trails allowing visitors to observe the 28 metre high Kabir Kouba waterfall in a 42 metre deep canyon, a rich flora and fossils as old as 455 million years. A song from the singer Claire Pelletier, Kabir Kouba, refers to the many Wyandot legends that revolve around the river. The Parc lineaire des rivieres Saint-Charles et du Berger is a 31 km long pedestrian trail following the r...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=820858