Montmorency case
The Montmorency Falls ( French Chute Montmorency ) is a waterfall in the Canadian province of Québec . It is located 13 kilometers northeast of the provincial capital Québec across from the southwest tip of the Île d'Orléans , on the border with the municipality of Boischatel . The waterfall forms the mouth of the Montmorency River and falls over a rock face 83 meters into the Saint Lawrence River . This makes it the highest waterfall in the province of Québec and around 30 meters higher than Niagara Falls . The river basin at the foot of the waterfall is 17 meters deep. During the winter, the course of the river below the waterfall is frozen, on the ice sheet directly at the foot of the waterfall, the so-called pain de sucre (Sugar Loaf), an ice hill that can reach a height of 30 meters, forms from the freezing spray .
history
The first European to discover the waterfall was French Jean Fonteneau in 1542, who was part of the expedition of Jean-François de La Rocque de Roberval . Samuel de Champlain named the waterfall after Charles de Montmorency in 1608 . In July 1759, British troops landed at the waterfall and set up a fortified camp on the hill to the east, remains of which have been preserved. After an attack by the French under General Montcalm , which cost the British more than 400 victims, the British troops under James Wolfe had to give up their positions, but two and a half months later the French were decisive in the battle on the nearby Plains of Abraham west of Québec beat.
Today, the Montmorency Falls is one of Québec's most popular tourist attractions. A cable car takes visitors to the upper level of the waterfall. Since 1993 there has also been a staircase in the rock face. Directly above the waterfall, a suspension bridge connects the two banks of the river. The edges of the waterfall ice up in winter, which makes ice climbing possible.
Web links
- Parc de la Chute Montmorency
- Chute Montmorency ( English, French ) In: The Canadian Encyclopedia .
Individual evidence
- ^ Herbert Bailey Livesey: Frommer's Montreal & Quebec City 2005 . Wiley, 2005, ISBN 9780764583896 ( excerpt (Google) )
Coordinates: 46 ° 53 '26 " N , 71 ° 8' 51" W.