Quebec City - 500 km - 4 days
July 13-16 were spent in Quebec City.
Moulin du Portage
On the way to Quebec City, we overnighted in the parking lot of the Moulin du Portage, a historical water-powered flour mill in the Chaudière-Appalaches region.
It was not until the morning that we got a better chance to see where we had slept:
Saint-Antoin-de-Tilly
We also stopped in Saint-Antoin-de-Tilly, one of The Most Beatiful Villages of Quebec, on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence:
where they have a very interesting church:
Across the street there is a nice old convent:
with a bit of history:
Aquarium du Québec
On Monday, we rode our bikes from Beauport to the Aquarium du Québec:
where we met our friend Steve:
Henry’s favourite part of the aquarium were the jellyfish exhibits. He made movies of the Moon Jellies, the Bay Nettles, and the Australian Spotted Jellyfish (wait for them).
Plains of Abraham
On the ride back we stopped by the Plains of Abraham:
Old Quebec City
We also stopped by the center of Old Quebec City:
Musée de la civilisation
On Tuesday, we visited the Musée de la civilisation
Henry’s favourite exhibit was of the snowshoes:
where the snowshoes could identify who used them because of the adaptions to the environment. For example, the Inuit had smaller rounder snowshoes because their snow is relatively hard, whereas the forest dwelling indigenous had longer narrower snowshoes to deal deeper snow and narrower trails.
We had lunch at a typical small bistro on a typical small street behind the museum:
Old Quebec City
We returned to the Old City for a few minutes before heading back to our campsite:
Chutes-de-la-Chaudière, Levis
On Wednesday, we visited Chaudière Falls:
You get a better impression by viewing the video of the falls.
Île d Orléans
We also toured Île d Orléan on bike, starting at the Maritime Museum of Île d’Orléans
at the site of an old wooden boat ship building, repair and storage facility:
In the model you can see how wooden ships were stored over winter (to prevent them from being damaged by the ice). These are the rails on which the ships were stored:
The site also has the relocated shed of one of the last wooden boat ship builders:
which houses examples of dories typical of the time.
On the recommendation of Steve, we stopped at Les Fromages de l’Île d’Orléans
and picked up some nice artisanal historic cheeses from the colonial period of New France.
That’s it for Quebec City
If we had more time, we would have:
- explored more of the old city, particularly at night
- taken a tour of the The Citadelle of Québec
- which we had visited over 30 years ago, but did not partake in any of the activities
Next, we are off to the Charlavois.
In case you had missed it, we came from the Eastern Townships.
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