Parc Chauveau

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The Rivière Saint-Charles flows through the park

The Parc Chauveau is a park in the Canadian city ​​of Québec . It is located in the northwest of the Arrondissement Les Rivières and is traversed by the strongly meandering Rivière Saint-Charles . It is crossed by the Parc linéaire des rivières Saint-Charles et du Berger , which follows the banks of this river.

With an area of ​​120 hectares , Parc Chauveau is the largest park in the city. Around 60% of it is forested. From December to March, cross-country skiing - trails groomed with a total length of ten kilometers, are in the other months biking and hiking trails and various sports facilities available. On the southern edge of the park there has been a year-round football hall since 2009; the wooden structure cost 18 million CAD .

The park is named after Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau , the first Prime Minister of the Province of Québec . A bust was unveiled in his honor in 2005 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Le parc Chauveau - la nature à ma portée. (PDF, 3.2 MB) City of Québec, 2011, accessed on November 11, 2014 (French).
  2. ↑ Ski de fond Parc Chauveau. (PDF, 1.4 MB) (No longer available online.) City of Québec, 2013, archived from the original on November 11, 2014 ; Retrieved November 11, 2014 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ville.quebec.qc.ca
  3. ↑ Le stade couvert Chauveau inauguré à Québec. TVA Nouvelles, November 9, 2009, accessed November 11, 2014 (French).
  4. ↑ Le monument Pierre-Joseph-Olivier-Chauveau et le parc commémoratif. Commission de la Capitale Nationale, January 21, 2008, accessed November 11, 2014 (French).

Coordinates: 46 ° 49 ′ 56.1 ″  N , 71 ° 20 ′ 10.7 ″  W.