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"Montmorency Falls Park" redirects here. It is not to be confused with Parc Montmorency.
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Location Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Coordinates 46°53′27″N 71°8′51″W / 46.89083°N 71.14750°W / 46.89083; -71.14750
Type Cataract
Total height 84 m (276 ft)
Number of drops 2
Average flow rate 130 m3/s (4,600 cu ft/s)
Watercourse Montmorency River

The Montmorency Falls (French: Chute Montmorency) is a large waterfall on the Montmorency River in Quebec, Canada.

Location

The falls are located on the boundary between the borough of Beauport, and Boischatel, about 12 km (7.5 mi) from the heart of old Quebec City. The area surrounding the falls is protected within the Montmorency Falls Park (French: Parc de la Chute-Montmorency). The falls are at the mouth of the Montmorency River where it drops over the cliff shore into the Saint Lawrence River, opposite the western end of the Île d'Orleans. The waterfalls are 83 m (272') tall, a full 30 m (99') higher than Niagara Falls.

Access and tourism

There are staircases that allow visitors to view the falls from several different perspectives. A suspension bridge over the crest of the falls provides access to both sides of the park. There is also a funitel that carries passengers between the base and the top of the falls. In the summer the park hosts an international fireworks competition with the falls as a backdrop.

During summer months, the falls give off a yellow glow due to high iron content in the waterbed.

The Ice Hotel was located at Montmorency Falls for its first year.

Gallery

  • Robert Clow Todd - The Ice Cone, Montmorency Falls, Québec - Google Art Project
  • QC View montmorency

    A look at the surrounding areas, opposite the falls. Quebec City can be viewed in the distance

  • Montmorency Falls

    Etching of the falls in the wintertime by James Peachey, National Archives of Canada

  • Chute Montmorency Pain de sucre

    Photo of the Sugarloaf forming at the base of the falls in winter

  • ChutesMtMorency

    Falls

  • Montmerency falls top

    Suspension bridge

  • Cascada Montmorency

    Distant view

Images for kids

  • A view of the fall of Montmorenci and the attack made by General Wolfe, on the French intrenchments near Beauport, with the Grenadiers of the army, July 31 1759

    An early 1760s engraving of Montmorency Falls by William Elliott from a drawing made by Captain Hervey Smythe, Major General James Wolfe's aide-de-camp, on July 31st, 1759, from the British Army's encampment, two months before the Battle of Quebec.

  • Montmorency Falls in Winter (1850) by the French-Canadian painter Joseph Légaré

    Montmorency Falls in Winter, an 1850 painting by the French-Canadian artist Joseph Légaré.

  • Montmorency Falls July 1st

    View of Montmorency Falls from the Trans Canada Trail

  • Wooden trail - Parc de la Chute-Montmorency

    Wooden trail

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Cascadas de Montmorency para niños

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