Charlevoix
Charlevoix in Central Quebec is on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River and in the Laurentian Mountains. This dramatic landscape includes rolling terrain, fjords, headlands and bays; the region was designated a World Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 1989.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include La Malbaie and Baie-Saint-Paul.
La Malbaie
Baie-Saint-Paul
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Baie-Saint-Paul is the cultural, economic, and administrative centre of the Charlevoix region of Quebec. It is known for its art galleries, shops, restaurants, accommodation and its offer of recreational tourism activities.
L’Isle-aux-Coudres
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Isle-aux-Coudres is a municipality of the regional county municipality of Charlevoix, in the administrative region of the Capitale-Nationale, on the north shore of the Saint-Laurent river, in Quebec, Canada.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Les Éboulements and Saint-Irénée.
Les Éboulements
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Les Éboulements is actually area composed of several villages and hamlets: Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rive, Les Éboulements-Center, Les Éboulements-Est, Bouchard, Misère, Sainte-Marie-de-Charlevoix and the main village Les Éboulements.
Saint-Irénée
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Saint-Irénée is a municipality of the regional county municipality of Charlevoix-Est, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, on the north shore of the river Saint-Laurent, in Quebec, Canada.
Saint-Hilarion
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Saint-Hilarion is a municipality of the regional county municipality of Charlevoix, in the administrative region of the Capitale-Nationale, on the north shore of the Saint-Laurent River, in Quebec, Canada.
Saint-Siméon
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Saint-Siméon is a picturesque municipality in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in Quebec, in Canada. It is located on the north shore of the St.
Saint-Urbain
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Saint-Urbain is a municipality in Charlevoix, in the province of Quebec. A rural, forest and mountain community, Saint-Urbain has a lot to offer in terms of recreational tourism: snowmobiling, mountain biking, bicycles, hunting, fishing, hiking trails, picking wild fruits, observation of panoramas, flora and fauna.
Petite-Rivière-Saint-François
Hautes-Gorges-de-la-Rivière-Malbaie National Park
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The Hautes-Gorges-de-la-Rivière-Malbaie National Park is a provincial national park in Quebec located astride the unorganized territories of Lac-Pikauba and Mont-Élie, in the regional county municipality of Charlevoix, in the administrative region of Capitale-National, in Quebec.
Clermont
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Clermont is a small town in the Regional County Municipality of Charlevoix-Est, in the administrative region of the Capitale-Nationale, on the north shore of the Saint-Laurent, in Quebec, Canada.
Saint-Aimé-des-Lacs
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Saint-Aimé-des-Lacs is a municipality of the Regional County Municipality of Charlevoix-Est, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, on the north shore of the St.
Notre-Dame-des-Monts
Notre-Dame-des-Monts is a municipality in the Quebec Region, on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River, in Quebec. The economy of this locality in the hinterland of Charlevoix is centred on forestry, agriculture and recreational tourism activities.Baie-Sainte-Catherine
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Baie-Sainte-Catherine is a picturesque municipality of the regional county municipality of Charlevoix-Est, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, at Quebec, in Canada.
Cap Tourmente National Wildlife Reserve
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The Cap Tourmente National Wildlife Reserve is a wildlife reserve straddling the municipality of Saint-Joachim and the southwestern part of the unorganized territory of Sault-au-Cochon, in the regional county municipality of La Côte-de-Beaupré, in the administrative region of Capitale-National, in Quebec.
Charlevoix Biosphere Reserve
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The Charlevoix Biosphere Reserve is one of four Quebec reserves in the network of Canadian biosphere reserves by UNESCO. Its territory straddles the regional county municipalities of Charlevoix and Charlevoix-Est, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in Québec, in Canada.
Charlevoix
- Type: region
- Description: geographical region in Canada
- Location: Central Quebec, Quebec, Canada, North America
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Latitude of center
47.65° or 47° 39′ northLongitude of center
-70.15° or 70° 9′ westWikidata ID
Q14875515
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Venetian—“Charlevoix” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “查爾瓦克斯”
- Chinese: “沙勒瓦”
- Danish: “Charlevoix”
- Dutch: “Charlevoix”
- French: “Charlevoix”
- Icelandic: “Charlevoix”
- Italian: “Charlevoix”
- Japanese: “シャルルボワ”
- Luxembourgish: “Charlevoix”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Charlevoix”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Charlevoix”
- Persian: “شارلووی”
- Portuguese: “Charlevoix”
- Russian: “Шарлевуа”
- Spanish: “Charlevoix”
- Swedish: “Charlevoix”
- Venetian: “Charlevoix”
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