Île d'Orléans is an island located in the Saint Lawrence River about 5 kilometres east of downtown Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. It was one of the first parts of the province to be colonized by the Fre
Île d'Orléans' pastoral character is well preserved
Lots of land in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans
Saint-Pierre church (1717)
The Montmorency Falls is a large waterfall on the Montmorency River in Quebec, Canada.
Île d'Orléans
…perimeter of the island. At the village of Sainte-Pétronille toward the western end of the island, a viewpoint overlooks the impressive Chute Montmorency (Montmorency Falls), as well as a panorama of the St. Lawrence River and Quebec City. The Island of Orleans is situated between the Laurentian Plateau or Canadian Shield…
Montmorency Falls in the summer.
An early 1760s engraving of Montmorency Falls by William Elliott from a drawing made by Captain Hervey Smythe, Major General James Wolfe's aide-de-camp, on July 31, 1759, from the British Army's encampment, two months before the Battle of Quebec.
A 1781 etching of Montmorency Falls in May by the British surveyor James Peachey National Archives of Canada.
The Ice Cone, Montmorency Falls, Québec, an 1845 painting by the English artist Robert Clow Todd.