Happy 400th Québec City!

[SteelTown]

Over the last few days I have graduated and got a promotion to a full time permanent job so as a way to celebrate I took some friends from college that graduated along with me to Québec City to check out the 400th anniversary. Québec City is the oldest city in North America.

I definitely got my fix for beautiful architecture for the year.

So let’s begin in the heart of Québec City - Vieux Québec, the first city started in North America.....

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Notre-Dame-des-Victoires. Yep, the first Roman Catholic Church in North America
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Big boat
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Chateau Frontenac
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Rue du Trésor Outdoor Gallery
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Events are taking place all over the city
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Side of City Hall
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Prime Minster of Quebec residence, elsewhere in Canada we say Premier
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Simons a popular clothing store in Quebec, wish they would expand to Ontario
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Yes, this gate is all covered with peat moss
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Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré
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Front door completely out of copper
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Montmorency Falls
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[ReginaGuy]

What a beautiful setting for a city

[ady26]

Happy 400th Cite de Quebec!

[OhioGuy]

Such a beautiful city. They certainly don't make 'em like they use to!

[gilpel]

Hey... i took the liberty of adding those photos to yours...


I just took those photos today.....


1) From the Saint Lawrence River

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2) From the old part of Quebec City (Upper Town of Quebec City)


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3) From the Old Port of Quebec City (Lower Town of Quebec City)

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[flar]

A rare photothread from SteelTown, a good one too! I'd really like to go the Quebec City.

[Boris]

wow

[xzmattzx]

Stunning pictures! Stunning city as well, this only intensifies my interest in visiting the city.

Not all of these pictures are from Vieux Quebec, are they?

It's nice to see the first Catholic church in North America, being a Catholic myself. Are they sure that they know that there are no churches in Mexico that are older, though?

[Cirrus]

Cool. Quebec strikes me as a really, really nice place.

But this:the first city started in North Americais just not true, no matter how you slice it.

Quebec might be the oldest still-occupied French or English city in the United States or Canada, but every one of those modifiers is necessary.

[HX_Guy]

http://www.traveldir.org/articles/n_america/us/what_are_the_oldest_cities_in_america.html

"Mexico City is probably the oldest city in North America, as a continuation of the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlán, founded in about 1325. St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada was settled in 1528, and claims to be the oldest European-settled city in North America. St. John's earned its name when the explorer John Cabot became the first European to sail into its harbor on the Feast of St. John, June 24, 1497. It's also the easternmost city on the North American continent."

[SteelTown]

Hearing all these history stories over the last few days I'll admit I got confused so here's the proper wording....

"Quebec City is the first to have been founded with the goal of receiving permanent settlement, and not as a commercial outpost, and therefore is considered to be the first European-built city in non-Spanish North America."

[Evergrey]

glorious

[ChrisLA]

Dude I hate you, these photos are hot. I never get tired of seeing this beautiful North American city.

Why I hate you? Because I've never been to Quebec City, and I'm so very jealous. I could kick myself because I've been so close (Montreal). Yet I didn't make it a point to visit. Thanks for sharing.

[bendecido]

Wow. That's really something else. Maybe only Boston could compare to all the old world architecture. Beautiful pictures.

[10101000]

Cela est un tel beau lieu. J'aimerais y aller un jour. Aussi, le jour heureux de Canada.

[Uptowngirl]

I guess I could buy a plane ticket to get out of the heat for a bit...and go from the Vieux Carre to the Vieux Québec....

Great photos!

[10101000]

You and me both!

[M II A II R II K]

Superb photo tour!

[DC83]

someone was using bablefish translator *cough*Tim*cough* hehe jks

Thanks for an awesome tour, Steeltown.
How are your calves after your visit?

I'm going to one-up you, ChrisLA... I actually lived in Montreal and didnt' ever jump on a train to QC!? What's wrong with me!?

Hope you had a great time!

Vive le Québec!! Vive le Québec Lib... errr, I'll stop there ;)

[tempedude]

Outstanding! What a beautiful city. Happy 400th!

[PhilippeMtl]

Joyeux anniversaire Québec!


Nice shots! Some of them are very impressive.

[Rumors]

Awesome photos guys. :yes: and Happy 400th Quebec City.

[urbanactivist]

Yes, it is time for a visit....

After this photo thread, New Orleans just isn't cutting it :(

[Uptowngirl]

New Orleans cuts it but it would be nice to look at another place...

Besides most of the original settlers to New Orleans where from Quebec not France so there is a connection there....even the La Moyne Brothers (Iberville/Beinville) were from Quebec.

[PhilippeMtl]

New Orleans cuts it but it would be nice to look at another place...

Besides most of the original settlers to New Orleans where from Quebec not France so there is a connection there....even the La Moyne Brothers (Iberville/Beinville) were from Quebec.

Are you sure they are not from Acadie? Quebec diaspora is more concentred in New England...

[SteelTown]

There's Island of Orleans. I spent a night there at a sugarshack, had too many maple syrup beer that night haha. There was a group from Switzerland there so we spent most of the night singing French songs....I can only do the ding dong ding part lol.

Think I heard there's like 5 or 6 families that own large pieces of the island.

[jodelli]

Cela est un tel beau lieu. J'aimerais y aller un jour.

Moi aussi, un jour.

[Uptowngirl]

Acadia became Cajun..and New Orleans is not a Cajun city.

Southern Central and Southwestern Louisiana is Cajun country.

I'm extremely well versed in New Orleans history...even most of the first buildings in the French Quarter were primate material modeled after the design of the buildings in Old Quebec and Montreal, but they fell apart in the moist soil and soon found out they did not adapt well to the wet, humid climate...and started to borrow from the French colony at St. Domingue.

[10101000]

Moi aussi, un jour.

Bien, peut-être nous pourrions aller un jour !

[10101000]

Acadia became Cajun..and New Orleans is not a Cajun city.

Southern Central and Southwestern Louisiana is Cajun country.

I'm extremely well versed in New Orleans history...even most of the first buildings in the French Quarter were primate material modeled after the design of the buildings in Old Quebec and Montreal, but they fell apart in the moist soil and soon found out they did not adapt well to the wet, humid climate...and started to borrow from the French colony at St. Domingue.

Pour être le Canada honnête et les Etats-Unis sont venus d'Europe.

[Uptowngirl]

^Yes well, Quebec was an established cities with their own distinct culture, and identity. Same goes for New Orleans...but there was a rift during much of the French colonial timeframe from 1718-1763 between the mostly military population who arrived from Quebec along with La Moyne de Bienville and the commissioner general of Louisiana Jaques de la Chaise from France, particularly after the collapse of the Company of the Indies.

Anyhow I'm getting off onto an interesting...but off topic tangent.

[Echoes]

That was fantastic!

[MJW]

Quebec City is incredible! I've only been there in the winter but it looks like I'll have to make a summertime trip up there. Great photos!

[10101000]

^Yes well, Quebec was an established cities with their own distinct culture, and identity. Same goes for New Orleans...but there was a rift during much of the French colonial timeframe from 1718-1763 between the mostly military population who arrived from Quebec along with La Moyne de Bienville and the commissioner general of Louisiana Jaques de la Chaise from France, particularly after the collapse of the Company of the Indies.

Anyhow I'm getting off onto an interesting...but off topic tangent.

Vous ne m'ennuyez pas, je pense que je pourrais commencer un fil dans la barre de ciel de notre patrimoine. J'inclurai le Mobile, ma ville natale.

[TinChelseaNYC]

This place is indeed a treasure and you took some mighty nice shots of it.

[10101000]

^Yes well, Quebec was an established cities with their own distinct culture, and identity. Same goes for New Orleans...but there was a rift during much of the French colonial timeframe from 1718-1763 between the mostly military population who arrived from Quebec along with La Moyne de Bienville and the commissioner general of Louisiana Jaques de la Chaise from France, particularly after the collapse of the Company of the Indies.

Anyhow I'm getting off onto an interesting...but off topic tangent.

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=153761

[urbanactivist]

New Orleans cuts it but it would be nice to look at another place...

Besides most of the original settlers to New Orleans where from Quebec not France so there is a connection there....even the La Moyne Brothers (Iberville/Beinville) were from Quebec.

You're so right, I'm ashamed to have made the comment... I got caught up in the moment.

How about this... New Orleans in winter, la Ville dans l'été :tup:

[SteelTown]

Just so some are aware.....today is Québec City's actual 400th birthday, July 3, 1608 at around 11am Samuel de Champlain's ship landed. Big celebrations are taking place today.

All church bell's across Canada rang at 11am.

[harls]

Excellent pics. I was on Ile d'Orleans last year for Canada day.. it was a blast.