QUEBEC
CITY GEOGRAPHY |
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The city is perched on Cap Diamant, a large rock outcropping at the edge of
the Saint Lawrence River, whose topography encouraged its defensive use. The
thinness of the strait between Quebec City and Lévis on the opposite shore
give the city and consequently the province its name (kebek is an Algonquian
word for "narrow passage"). |
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