Showcase your province's varied landscapes - Page 45

Laceoflight · #**881** Posted **Nov 19, 2014, 10:05 PM**

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Originally Posted by hipster duck

In France they have the Les Plus Beaux Villages de France organization, and like a lot of French designations of quality, they don't mess around. Every town that qualifies has this seal proudly emblazoned on their entrance sign as you drive in, and they really are spectacular. I looked around and Quebec has a similar thing, but their criteria seems to be much more diluted and the villages that get this designation are very hit and miss. The villages you posted deserve to be designated, though.

Yes, we have the same. Our association in Quebec (APBVQ), however, is not taken as seriously as in France. Our qualifying villages are also identified on the road (but in a very subtle way). The criteria are not that bad or diluted (for example, presence of important built heritage, great location, etc.) but are randomly and unconsistently applied by professionals who have a clear arts and history bias... which tends to standardize the villages (I personnaly worked for the adhesion of one village... and it was refused). Those associations are labels, sometimes good for the promotion of tourism, but nothing more in my opinion. Hence, the APBVQ obliges its members to maintain the landscapes that led to the obtention of the title...

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Originally Posted by Villaggio

Beautiful. Should go to Ile de la Madeleine someday! How accessible is it?

Magdalen islands are accessible via the road and a ferry in Prince Edward Island (yeah, I know, non sense... but a nice trip though!) You can as well fly there from major airports in the province of Quebec. Or take a cruise ship from the Montreal Old Port to Cap-aux-Meules... (there are also some international cruises that stop there). Finally, there is always the bus (stops at Montréal, Québec, Rivière-du-Loup, Fredericton, Moncton and Charlottetown)...

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Originally Posted by Laceoflight

Did not know about Bon Echo Provincial Park. Definitely going there next spring. With friends, we used to go to Sandbanks every year. Hell, it's so hard to make a reservation! The place is simply amazing for camping and beaches. And the surrounding small towns are jewels, with very welcoming people (Picton for example).

As for my province, I think that Quebec landscapes are generally smooth... Compared to the dramatic ones you can see in BC or Alberta. One of their most interesting features is probably the human settlements that seem to have grown in harmony with the environment.

Some Quebec cultural landscapes...

Town of La Pocatière (Côte-du-Sud)

La Pocatière by nicogag, on Flickr

City of Rivière-du-Loup, with its three steeples on three hills (Bas-Saint-Laurent)

Rivière-du-Loup, aube by Nicolas Gagnon, on Wikimedia

The old fort Chambly, in the city of Chambly, near the Richelieu river (Montérégie). The region's nickname is "Vallée-des-Forts", litteraly "valley of the forts"... you understand why.

Chambly, 12 août 2014. Le Fort de Chambly, depuis l'église Saint-Joseph. by DubyDub2009, on Flickr

The old fort Lennox, village of Saint-Paul-de-l'Île-aux-Noix, in the middle of the Richelieu river (Montérégie). The farm where I was born is the one just on the right side of the river

Fort Lennox by MaCulture.ca

Town of Trois-Pistoles, between Rivière-du-Loup and Rimouski (Bas-Saint-Laurent)

Trois-Pistoles-12.jpg by nicogag, on Flickr

The small hamlet of Port-au-Persil (Charlevoix)

Port au persil - Québec by Luckyquebec, on Flickr

Île d'Entrée (Entry Island), site of a very interesting Scottish and English settlement (Îles-de-la-Madeleine)

Îles de la madeleine by Brian Panda Dorval, on Flickr

It has a certain Scotland feel...

Île d'Entrée by Gaëtan Bourque, on Flickr

Hamlet of Havre-aux-Maisons (Îles-de-la-Madeleine)

Havre-aux-Maisons, Quebec by Wally Baba, on Flickr

The city of Terrebonne (Lanaudière)

Terrebonne-Ecluse_des_Moulins by Pierre Bona, on Wikipedia

Typical landscape of the Chaudière river valley, near Beauceville (Beauce)

Rivière Chaudière by Johanne la photographe, on Flickr

...and Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce

Une vue d'un village de la Beauce. by monilague, on Flickr

Typical Eastern Townships landscape near Sutton (Cantons-de-l'Est)

By me.

L'Isle-aux-Grues, an island in the middle of the Saint Lawrence, near the city of Montmagny (Côte-du-Sud)

By me.

Village of Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, near Québec City, my favourite in the province

By me.

Route 132, near the village of La Martre (Gaspésie)

By me.

Typical landscape of the Kamouraska area (Côte-du-Sud)

2012_07_1874 by ccpoirier, on Flickr

Village of Carleton-sur-Mer (Gaspésie)

DGJ_8644 - Rolling Hills of the Gaspe by archer10 (Dennis), on Flickr

Village of Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly (Lotbinière)

Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Chaudière-Appalaches by Chaudière-Appalaches, on Flickr

...And the list could go on and on. But it's more than enough for 1 post...

Monolith · #**882** Posted **Nov 26, 2014, 3:28 AM**

From B.C., with love.... 2.0

Forest Fire!? by STEFFEN EGLY, on Flickr

Burning Sky by STEFFEN EGLY, on Flickr

The Lion by STEFFEN EGLY, on Flickr

Mt. Cheam by STEFFEN EGLY, on Flickr

Garibaldi Lake by STEFFEN EGLY, on Flickr

Mirror, mirror by STEFFEN EGLY, on Flickr

Wild West by STEFFEN EGLY, on Flickr

Good Morning! by STEFFEN EGLY, on Flickr

Misty Forest by STEFFEN EGLY, on Flickr

Chesterman Beach by STEFFEN EGLY, on Flickr

giallo · #**883** Posted **Nov 26, 2014, 5:29 AM**

^Pfffft.

That's about the only noise I can muster.

PhilippeMtl · #**884** Posted **Nov 26, 2014, 12:40 PM**

BC is incredible. My favourite place I have visited in Canada with Lake Louise. Pacific Rim was specially a must-see.

Villaggio · #**885** Posted **Nov 26, 2014, 1:25 PM**

Beautiful BC set.

Monolith · #**886** Posted **Nov 26, 2014, 6:34 PM**

I feel blessed to have been born here. To be living anywhere in Canada truly is a blessing though..........most of the time.

Squamish-Lillooet, British Columbia

The Return of the Aurora Borealis by Alexis Birkill Photography, on Flickr

Jimby · #**887** Posted **Nov 27, 2014, 9:29 PM**

in the foothills of southern Alberta

west of Nanton by LUMIN8, on Flickr

Chain Lakes fence by LUMIN8, on Flickr

Delirium · #**888** Posted **Nov 28, 2014, 1:08 AM**

those BC pics are really amazing.

someplace i plan on visiting next summer is tribune bay on hornby island. they call it BC's hawaii because the beach has white sand and also the warmest waters (because the bay is so shallow).

Photo http://images.hellobc.com/mgen/tbccw...D43200&bid=4_5

Photo by hgreenwood https://www.flickr.com/photos/hgreen...454632/sizes/l

KPELLY · #**889** Posted **Nov 28, 2014, 9:43 PM**

Tribune Bay and Hornby Island in general is one of the best kept secret in BC. Actually a fairly popular vacation spot for those who grew up on Vancouver Island, but pretty unknown for the rest of the country.

The first time I went to Tribune Bay was August Long weekend a few years ago and it was just spectacular, highly recommend.

The island population goes from a few hundred during the fall and winter, to several thousand on the weekends in the summer. Plan your visit by what kind of experience you want to have. If you want to party and meet lots of people, go on one of the long weekends, if you want a more relaxed time, go midweek or perhaps a weekend in early September.

Monolith · #**890** Posted **Dec 3, 2014, 2:33 AM**

British Columbia's desert country...

Abandoned flathead by cgill, on Flickr

Road through Nowhere by leif.roenfeldt, on Flickr

Fraser River7 by senorrojo, on Flickr

Overwatch by cid56, on Flickr

On the way to Revelstoke by McPeluz , on Flickr

Canadian Desert by djking, on Flickr

Fountain Reserve by leif.roenfeldt, on Flickr

Farwell Dunes by KSGarriott, on Flickr

Desert Valley by evanffitzer, on Flickr

csbvan · #**891** Posted **Dec 3, 2014, 2:37 AM**

Stellar shots of the Southern Interior

Monolith · #**892** Posted **Dec 10, 2014, 7:58 AM**

Pinecone-Burke Provincial Park, British Columbia

Birthday Dream by Christopher J. Morley, on Flickr

Villaggio · #**893** Posted **Dec 14, 2014, 4:56 PM**

Vue depuis le Massif DRI by jean271972, on Flickr

Monolith · #**894** Posted **Dec 15, 2014, 7:51 AM**

Sleeping Under Starry Sky and Above Garibaldi Lake by Ding Ying Xu, on Flickr

Last Days of Summer by Mateo Hos, on Flickr

SignalHillHiker · #**895** Posted **Dec 15, 2014, 9:36 PM**

A few Google Maps views/pictures of some of the isolated towns along the south coast of Newfoundland - the only portion of the island with no highway. Most of these communities have no roads or cars.

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Ramea

Bill Harris, Google Maps

Grey River-Jert's Cove

Petr Chladek, Google Maps

Francois

bodha, Google Maps

McCallum

Petr Chladek, Google Maps

Gaultois

Halim, Google Maps

After Gaultois, the ferry route ends at the appropriately-named Hermitage, which is nearby and connected by road to Harbour Breton.

Harbour Breton is, by far, the largest community on the central south coast (excluding the southwest coast, Burin and Avalon peninsulas, which we don't include in the term "south coast") and the only one in the central region with a road connection to the rest of Newfoundland. The promise of this road connection made it one of the most passionately Confederate areas during the referendums on joining in 1948.

Halim, Google Maps

Of course, it's not a convenient road. If they want to visit nearby St-Pierre-et-Miquelon, France, this is the drive they have to take to catch the ferry. (There is nothing on that highway from Harbour Breton almost all the way to Grand Falls-Windsor. It is a wilderness road, not even a gas station).

The drive pictured above is 8.5 hours.

Interesting part of the island. Very disproportionate number of blondes. And completely random, been-there-for-centuries Eastern European names mixed in with the French and Irish ones that dominate.