Essay Archive - Quebec, The Province, The People, The History
Quebec, The Province, The People, The History
Quebec is a province in eastern Canada, bordered on the north by Hudson
Strait and Ungava Bay; on the east by Labrador (Which is a part of Newfoundland),
the Strait of Belle Isle, and the Gulf of Saint Lawrence; on the south by New
Brunswick, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, and Ontario; and on the west
by Ontario, James Bay, and Hudson Bay.
The name Quebec is derived from an Algonquian term for "place where the
river narrows," referring to the Saint Lawrence River near the site of....
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