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About 50% taller than Niagara falls, 83 meters/272 feet. About 100 feet wide at the top. This was pretty amazing for me. You can hear the water thundering from a block away.
You can go on the left side of it, and then take a stairs down pretty far. I stopped when I couldn’t handle the height thing/fear of falling. It’s completely safe, but my head doesn’t believe that. There were 2 guys doing laps up and down the staircase here, so…There are many good photos shots here.
Then you can take a walkway/overpass over the falls, right before it falls over. The walkway is about 100 yards across and about 4 feet wide. Kinda nerve-wracking. This gets you to the right side of the falls. You can go down a ways here too, but not as far. A flyer I picked up, and didn’t bother to look at, looks like there is a staircase farther down that allows you to go all the way to the bottom, and then walk up to it. This must have been awesome, but I didn’t see about it. There is also a cablecar thing that flies you over/across it for about C$9.
I took a city bus here, so the entrance is either at the last stop for bus #53 or #50, and then thru the chain link fence, or across the river and hang a right. Follow the thunder. There was no charge for me getting there thru these 2 locations. It’s heavily wooded around here, so you can’t see it from the street.
To get here from city bus, check my other tip on transportation, didn't have enough room here.
You’ll spend 30-90 minutes here. Highly suggested. Leave a Comment Phone: 418-663-3330Directions: north of the city, on the seaway You can also get a tour from Quebec City that will take you here for about $20.Website: http://www.sepaq.com/ct/pcm/en/
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 The Falls from the Cable-Car! by Bwana_BrownLeave a Comment Directions: Only a few miles northeast of Quebec City, off Autoroute 440 along the north shore of the St. Lawrence River.
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 MONTMORENCY FALLS by Scotsgal
Walking and Hiking
In summer, you can go hiking on the trails (0.5 to 3 km long) that criss-cross the site and the zone naturelle des résurgences, on the northeastern side of the falls. The trails will introduce you to the local flora and fauna, as well as to a number of unique geological and geomorphological features.
In winter, at the base of the falls, the spray sometimes forms a large pile of ice suitable for downhill sliding. Generations of the young and not-so-young have worn the seats of their pants sliding down this sugarloaf hill, as evidenced by some of the paintings by the famous painter Krieghoff (1815-1872). The spray also freezes on the rock faces around the falls, making them a daunting challenge for ice climbers. Leave a Comment
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 Montmorency Falls by Del.Leave a Comment
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Although they are not quite as majestic as their Ontario counterparts, at 84 m (275 ft) high, Montmorency Falls actually are much higher than Niagara Falls. The Montmorency Falls park is open to visitors year-round, free of charge (but you have to pay for parking so you might want to go by bike or by bus). At the foot of the falls you'll find a tourist information center, and from there you can either walk up to the falls (the closer you get, the wetter it gets!) and get your daily workout by climbing the 487 steps that lead to the top, or buy tickets for the cable car that will take you all the way to the top of the falls. At the top you will find a suspension bridge that goes across the falls as well as the remnants of a small fort built by General Wolfe in 1759, not long before the battle of the Plains of Abraham took place.
If you'd like to make the most of your time at the park, it is possible to eat at the historic Manoir Montmorency, famous for its fine dining and Sunday brunch. Also, if you happen to be in Quebec City at the end of July/beginning of August, make sure to check the fireworks competition schedule (http://www.lesgrandsfeux.com)! Leave a Comment
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http://www.sepaq.com/En/IndexDirectEn.cfm?centre=22 Leave a Comment Directions: Located 9 km east of downtown Québec City via Highway 40 or Boulevard Sainte-Anne (Highway 138)Website: www.sepaq.com
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 by vanessadb
I saw some pictures of the falls during wintertime and I would recommend to see them then: they're breath-taking.
Even though I have to say I was VERY lucky: the waterfall had a beautiful rainbow at it bottom.....
Montmorency is also a parc, where you can hike up the panoramic stairway, or take the cable car up to the Manoir restaurant and the bridges over the falls and the cliffs. Once you are up there, you also get an views of the Saint Laurent river and the Island of Orleans. Leave a Comment
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 Montmorency Falls (Quebec,
Canada) by RedangLeave a Comment Phone: (+1) (418) 663-3330Directions: It is located 12 km east of downtown Québec, take autoroute de la Capitale (A-40).Website: www.sepaq.com/ChuteMontmorency Other Contact: E mail: montmorency@sepaq.com
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Niagara is wide, Montmorency is high. Not so spectacular as its neighbour, these falls, not far from town, impress by the highness, and are enclosed in a beautiful park Leave a Comment
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