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Plains of Abraham

The Plains of Abraham is a historic area within in Quebec City, Quebec, . It was established on 17 March 1908. The land is the site of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, which took place on 13 September 1759, but hundreds of acres of the fields became used for grazing, housing, and minor industrial structures.
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: battlefield park in Quebec City, Canada
  • Also known as: “plaines d’Abraham” and “the plains of Abraham”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gerard Morisset Pavilion and Pavillon Charles-Baillairgé.

Museum
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is a museum.

Museum
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is a museum.

Museum
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is a museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vanier and Lévis.

Suburb
is a former city in central , . It was amalgamated into in 2002. It is located within the Borough of Les Rivières. Population : 11,504 , a shopping centre is located in . is situated 3 km northwest of Plains of Abraham.

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is a city of 149,700 in the region of , located on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, opposite . A ferry links Old Quebec with Old , and two bridges, the Quebec Bridge and the Pierre-Laporte Bridge, connect western with Quebec City.

Suburb
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is a district within the Les Chutes-de-la-Chaudière-Est borough of Lévis, Quebec, , located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River across from . is situated 4½ km south of Plains of Abraham.

Plains of Abraham

Latitude
46.79766° or 46° 47′ 52″ north
Longitude
-71.22883° or 71° 13′ 44″ west
Elevation
100 metres (328 feet)
Open location code
87RCQQXC+3F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1659676964
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­battlefield
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Geo­Names ID
11979365
Wiki­data ID
Q2726825
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Plains of Abraham” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “亚伯拉罕平原”
  • Chinese: “亞伯拉罕平原”
  • French: “plaines d’Abraham”
  • French: “Plaines d’Abraham”
  • Georgian: “აბრაამის ველები”
  • German: “Abraham-Ebene”
  • Hebrew: “מישורי אברהם”
  • Japanese: “エイブラハム平原”
  • Korean: “에이브러햄 평원”
  • Polish: “Równina Abrahama”
  • Russian: “Плен д’Абраам”
  • Russian: “Поля Абраама”
  • Russian: “Поля Авраама”
  • Slovenian: “Abrahamove ravnine”
  • Slovenian: “Plains of Abraham”
  • Spanish: “Llanuras de Abraham”
  • Ukrainian: “Абрахам”
  • Ukrainian: “Поля Абраама”
  • Ukrainian: “Поля Авраама”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Plains of Abraham”. Photo: NickHam, CC BY-SA 3.0.