Plage Gagnon

Plage Gagnon is a beach in Quebec City, Capitale-Nationale, Quebec. Plage Gagnon is situated nearby to the neighborhood Sainte-Ursule, as well as near the hamlet L’Anse-Victoria.

Photo: Gacard, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Quebec Bridge and Sainte-Foy station.

Quebec Bridge

Bridge

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The Quebec Bridge is a road, rail, and pedestrian bridge across the lower Saint Lawrence River between Sainte-Foy and Lévis, in Quebec, Canada. The project failed twice during its construction, in 1907 and 1916, at the cost of 88 lives and additional people injured.

Sainte-Foy station

Railway station

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Sainte-Foy station is a Via Rail station in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. it is located on Chemin de la Gare in the former city of Sainte-Foy. It is staffed and is wheelchair-accessible.

Pierre Laporte Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Muriel Leclerc, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Pierre Laporte Bridge is the longest main span suspension bridge in Canada. It crosses the Saint Lawrence River approximately 200 metres west of the Quebec Bridge between Quebec City and Lévis.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sainte-Foy and Cap-Rouge.

Sainte-Foy

Suburb

Photo: Harfang, Public domain.

Sainte-Foy is a former city in central Quebec, Canada alongside the Saint Lawrence River. It was amalgamated into Quebec City at the start of 2002. Most of the formerly independent municipality of Sainte-Foy is located in the borough of Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge—initially as one of the two constituent districts of the former borough of Sainte-Foy–Sillery. Sainte-Foy is situated 3 km north of Plage Gagnon.

Cap-Rouge

Suburb

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Cap-Rouge is a former city in central Quebec, Canada, since 2002 within the borough Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge in Quebec City. The site of the first attempted permanent French settlement in North America, Charlesbourg-Royal, is located at the confluence of the Rivière du Cap Rouge and the Saint Lawrence River. Cap-Rouge is situated 3 km west of Plage Gagnon.

Saint-Romuald

Suburb

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Saint-Romuald is a district within the Les Chutes-de-la-Chaudière-Est borough of Lévis, Quebec, Canada, located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River across from Quebec City. Saint-Romuald is situated 5 km east of Plage Gagnon.

Plage Gagnon

Type: Beach
Description: beach in Quebec, Canada
Category: landform
Location: Quebec City, Capitale-Nationale, Quebec, Canada, North America
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Latitude

46.74963° or 46° 44′ 59″ north

Longitude

-71.30282° or 71° 18′ 10″ west

Open location code

87RCPMXW+VV

OpenStreetMap ID

way 818638791

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=beach

GeoNames ID

6106007

Wikidata ID

Q22396275

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Plage Gagnon” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Plage Gagnon”
Swedish: “Plage Gagnon”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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