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Quebec, The Province, The People, The History - Term Paper

Quebec, The Province, The People, The History

Quebec is a province in eastern Canada, bordered on the north by Hudson
Strait and Ungava Bay; on the east by Labrador (Which is a part of Newfoundland),
the Strait of Belle Isle, and the Gulf of Saint Lawrence; on the south by New
Brunswick, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, and Ontario; and on the west
by Ontario, James Bay, and Hudson Bay.

The name Quebec is derived from an Algonquian term for "place where the
river narrows," referring to the Saint Lawrence River near the site of present-
day Quebec City, the capital of the province.

Quebec is sometimes called "the Storied Province," Quebec became part of
the Canadian Confederation on July 1, 1867, as one of the four ...

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is apparent in the recent "Referendum" where
theQuebecois tried to get Quebec special provincial concederations based on the
fact the mass majority of Quebec residents speak French.

Quebec is the largest of all the Canadian provinces. Its large area of
1,540,680 sq km (594,858 sq MI) accounts for 15.5 percent of Canada's total area
and includes 183,890 sq km (71,000 sq MI) of inland freshwater surface. This is
a major draw for Industry in Quebec. Elevations in Quebec range from sea level
to 1622 m (5322 ft), atop Mont D'Iberville in the Torngat Mountains in the
northeast. Anticosti Island and the Magdalen Islands, (which are both in the
Gulf of St. Lawrence), are part of Quebec, which has a tidal shoreline of some
13,775 km (some 8560 MI).

Montreal is the leading industrial and commercial center and largest
city in the province of Quebec.

The climate of Quebec varies drastically. Quebec's climate is effected
by regional variations in altitude and by the pce's northern ...

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Added: 7/25/2008 02:26:18 PM
Category: Geography
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