Wakefield

Wakefield is a picturesque village Municipality of La Pêche on the Gatineau River in the Gatineau Hills near . It is on the side of the river, but is predominantly English-speaking.
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  • Type: Village
  • Description: municipality in Quebec
  • Also known as: Wakefield, Quebec

Places of Interest

Highlights include Vorlage and Maclaren Cemetery.

is a ski hill located at the village of Wakefield, within the municipality of La Pêche, , in the Gatineau Hills north of , . It consists of 18 runs, 13 of which have night skiing. It was opened in 1941 and has a terrain park.

Cemetery
is a small cemetery in the town of Wakefield, Quebec and the final resting place for Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson. Established near the 1870s, the cemetery is located in the clearing below the hills bordering the and is the resting place for Scottish settlers in the area.

Wakefield

Latitude
45.64° or 45° 38′ 24″ north
Longitude
-75.9293° or 75° 55′ 45″ west
Elevation
115 metres (377 feet)
United Nations Location Code
CA WAK
Open location code
87Q6J3QC+X7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 267273530
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
6175109
Wiki­data ID
Q928044
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Swedish—“Wakefield” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: Ўэйкфілд
  • Catalan: Wakefield
  • Cebuano: Wakefield
  • Chinese: 維克菲爾德
  • Chinese: 韦克菲尔德
  • Danish: Wakefield
  • Dutch: Wakefield
  • French: Wakefield
  • German: Wakefield
  • Japanese: ウェークフィールド
  • Japanese: ウェイクフィールド
  • Russian: Уэйкфилд
  • Spanish: Wakefield, Quebec
  • Spanish: Wakefield
  • Swedish: Wakefield, Québec
  • Swedish: Wakefield

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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 Wikivoyage page “Wakefield”. Photo: Shaundd, CC BY-SA 4.0.