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Les Laurentides | This region, north of Montréal, is known for its beautiful leaves in the fall |
La Gaspésie | This area is known for its limestone rock formation |
Le Rocher Percé | A limestone rock formation |
Le hockey | This is the most popular sport in Québec |
Mount Cosmos Observatory | Here one can see the northern lights in July |
Montréal | This is the 2nd largest French-speaking city |
Le Saint-Laurent | This is a river that is home to many sea mammals |
La cipâte aux bleuets | This traditional pie is made with a kind of blueberry found in Canada |
Le sirop d'érable | maple syrup |
Une cabane à sucre | This is where maple syrup is made |
La pêche blanche | Ice fishing, a tradition learned from the Inuits and Amerindians of Canada |
Le canoë | canoeing |
Les traîneaux à chiens | dogsledding |
L'International de montgolfières | A hot air balloon festival in Saint-Jean that lasts for 10 days |
Le Festival International de jazz de Montréal | Over 400 concerts are held during this summer festival with jazz musicians from all over the world |
Le Carnaval de Québec | the biggest winter carnival in the world, with an ice palace, sledding and other outdoor snow activities |
Bonhomme Carnaval | the snowman mascot of Le Carnaval de Québec |
Québec | A name that comes from the Algonquian name Kebec, meaning "narrowing of the river" |
Samuel de Champlain | This French explorer founded the city of Québec in 1608 |
Jacques Cartier | This French explorer explored Le Saint-Laurent in the 1530s while searching for a route to Asia |