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Montmorency Falls Québec City, Québec, Canada. August 1995. Where the Montmorency River meets the St. Lawrence, 10km east of Québec City, the water first has to fall over a cliff at the edge of the Canadian Shield. The 76m cascade is 22m higher than the falls at Niagara. The river was named by Champlain in 1613 after Henri II, duc de Montmorency, governor of Languedoc and admiral of France, who served as viceroy of New France from 1620 to 1625. In July 1759, British forces established a forified camp at the base of the falls in their campaign to capture French territory. Other pictures like this one can be found at Québec City. |
