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.