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The 139-metre tall Montreal Marriott Château Champlain Hotel was built in 1967. It was designed by Quebec architects Roger D'Astous and Jean-Paul Pothier. Its arch-shaped windows were intended to complement the Romanesque Revival arches of nearby Windsor Station and also to pay tribute to Frank Lloyd Wright architecture.
Petit-Champlain Street
Quebec City, Quebec
Canada
Rue du Petit-Champlain (English: Petit-Champlain Street) is a street in the Canadian city of Quebec City, Quebec. It is located in the Petit Champlain commercial district, at the foot of Cap Diamant, and contains many boutique shops. Quartier du Petit Champlain is claimed to be the oldest commercial district in North America. It is named for Samuel de Champlain, who founded Quebec City in 1608.
Rue du Petit-Champlain is around 0.16 miles (0.26 km) long, and runs from its convergence with Rue Sous-le-Fort in the north to Boulevard Champlain in the south. A popular viewing point of the street, the Breakneck Stairs (or Breakneck Steps), are located at the northern end of the street.
Just beyond the steps is the lower entrance of the Funiculaire du Vieux-Québec, an electric cableway established in 1879. It takes passengers up and down Cap Diamant to and from Dufferin Terrace, beside the Château Frontenac. It climbs at a 45-degree angle, covering a total distance of 64 metres (210 ft).
Around halfway along the street, on its western side, is Parc Félix-Leclerc.
The western side of the street contains frontages of buildings, in the shadow of Cap Diamant to their rears, whereas the rears of the buildings facing Boulevard Champlain occupy the eastern side.
A fresco painted on the side of the building at number 102 is a trompe-l'œil measuring 100m2 (900 ft2). It represents the history of the district, the bombardments of 1759, the landslides, and the fires which have occurred in the district.
The Champlain Lookout is probably one of the most well known and popular views in Québec’s Gatineau Park. The lookout is at the end of the Champlain Parkway and offers views of Québec farmland, the Ottawa River, and is a great place to take in the fall foliage displays.
The retaining wall of the Champlain Lookout is built from Precambrian rocks found within the park and provides a vantage point to view the Ottawa-Bonnechere Graben, a rift valley considered to represent a failed arm of the Iapetus Ocean, the precurser to the Atlantic Ocean.
The Champlain Lookout sits atop the Eardley escarpment, assumed to be an extension of the Eardley Fault system, which developed about 175 million years ago. Sedimentary rocks of Paleozoic age were preserved in the down-dropped block of the Ottawa Valley, while equivalent rocks have been removed by erosion on this side of the fault. Here, Precambrian rocks are exposed.
The flat-lying sedimentary rocks in the valley are covered by unconsolidated sediments deposited during and after the last Ice Age when, first, glaciers moved across the country and then the cold Champlain Sea flooded the lowland and thick deposits of silt and clay were laid down.
Champlain Lookout, Gatineau Park, Garineau PQ
Canadian Pacific 41B is seen cruising through the curves at Port Henry, NY along the banks of Lake Champlain.
Lake Champlain borders the states of New York and Vermont and Quebec, Canada.
Cars can be ferried from Port Kent, NY to Burlington, VT during the months of May and October. The one hour inexpensive cruise is a relaxing way to explore this 6th largest lake of the United States.
The steamer "Champlain" just out of layup is heading for a load of ore for her owner Cleveland Cliff's at Port Huron, Michigan - April 13, 1980.
The Champlain municipality lies on the territory of the former seigniories of Marsolet and l'Arbre-à-la-Croix, both granted on April 5, 1644, and the seigniory of Champlain, granted on August 8, 1664. The first French occupants of Champlain settled in 1664 or 1665. There had been a first attempt to settle on land granted August 16, 1643, but the distance from other settlements and the Iroquois threat discouraged settlement.
In 1664 or 1665, the first settlers established settlements in the land of the seigniory of Champlain. The following year, concessions were granted in the seigniory of Hertel, and in 1667 in the seigniory of Marsolet. Some of the first families came from Trois-Rivières
Canadian Pacific train 252 traverses southward down the former D&H Champlain Division in Port Henry, NY on a frigid but fortunately sunny December morning.
Scanned from a slide.
Lake Champlain Transportation Company has provided reliable, safe and friendly transportation to the surrounding lake community and to area visitors since 1826. With Lake Champlain Ferries you can count on crossing the lake throughout the year.
Currently there are three crossing locations. Check out the crossing schedules for departure times and remember, no reservations are needed.