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Québec City, Canada

Population 671000

Average Annual Snowfall 130 inches

Dialing Code Country: 1 Area Code: 418

Major Industries Aerospace, timber, pulp and paper, metallurgy, and hydro power

Ethnic Mix Canadian 41.8%, French 38.6%, combined origin 13.5%, other 4.7%, British 1.4%.

Electricity 110 volts AC, 60 Hz; regular two-pin and grounded three-pin US-style plugs are standard.

Local Expert: Gerald Alexis

My name is Gerald and after traveling around the world, after living in various cities in Europe, North America and the Caribbean, I made my home in Quebec City.  I am an art historian involved...

 
July 23, 2008
Local News

Do something different

When in Quebec, if you wan to do something really different, make tour of churches and convents.  You may know that Québec was the very Catholic capital of North America and for centuries, architects, artistes and artisans have worked to created magnificent churches with sumptuous...

July 21, 2008
Dining Review

Paul McCartney in Quebec City

Awesome, magical, extraordinary!   Words cannot fully describe the atmosphere at Paul McCartney's concert, last Sunday night, in Quebec City.   It was certainly unprecedented.  In deed, Quebec City has never before seen such an event:  Paul McCartney on the Plains of...

July 17, 2008
Attraction

Quebec City on foot

Address:
Maison Chevalier
50 rue du Marché Champlain
418-692-5550 website

I strongly believe that the best way to see a city is to walk.   Some of my friends complain at first when they come to visit but when ever we stop for a beer or for a meal, they all end up agreeing with me.   In Quebec City, you have two interesting options.  You can use...

July 17, 2008
Food

In Quebec City, The Visionaries Garden

Address:
Museum of Civilisation
85, rue Dalhousie
418-643-2158 website

On Wednesday July 16, at 2:00PM, the exhibition «The Visionaries Garden» at Quebec's Museum of civilisation got its two hundred thousandth visitor.   Claire Simard, the executive director of that Museum, won the bet she made a few months ago when deciding to take the Museum out...

July 14, 2008
Local News

Quebec vs Montreal - McCartney vs Dion

The new of Paul MacCartney's upcoming visit to Quebec has flooded already filled hotels with reservations requests.  It is in deed a big event, an historical moment I might add, for it's the former Beatles' third and last concert of the year, the only one in North America and his first in...

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