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Chaudière Falls (French: Chutes de la Chaudière, pronounced [ʃyt də la ʃodjɛʁ]) is a 35-meter-high (115 ft) waterfall in Lévis, Quebec along the Chaudière River.It is part of the regional Parc des Chutes-de-la-Chaudière, which features a 113-metre-long (371 ft) suspension footbridge standing 23 metres over the river. [3]
The "Chaudière" name was given to the falls by Samuel de Champlain, an early French explorer who noted in a 1613 journal entry that the Indigenous word for the falls was Asticou meaning boiler, but 'Asticou' is now thought to be a misprint as the Algonquin (Anishinaabemowin) word for boiler/cauldron is Akikok, and an Algonquin name for the location is Akikodjiwan. [8]
A painting of the mill and tavern in Wright's Town, 1823. Wright's Town, also known as Wrightstown, Wright's Village, and Columbia Falls Village, was the first permanent colonial settlement in the Ottawa Valley, located at the north edge of the Chaudière Falls on the Ottawa River, on the southern part of what is now known as Hull Island, in present-day Gatineau, Quebec, Canada.
The river's basin has nearly 50 percent of the faunal richness of Quebec, namely 330 out of 653 vertebrate species known in the province can be found there. The river, and the 40-metre-high (130 ft) Chaudière Falls which it passes over, are popular outdoor recreation areas.
Chaudière Falls: 500 18,000: Quebec ... Chaudière Falls: Chaudière River: 35 m (115 ft) 240 m (790 ft) 73] [74] Chaudière Falls: Ottawa River ...
Chutes-de-la-Chaudière or Chutes de la Chaudière may refer to: . Chutes de la Chaudière (or Chaudière Falls) on the Chaudière River in Lévis, Quebec, Canada; Chutes de la Chaudière, French name for the Chaudière Falls on the Ottawa River in the centre of the Ottawa-Gatineau metropolitan area in Canada
A ferry links Old Quebec with Old Lévis, and two bridges, the Quebec Bridge and the Pierre-Laporte Bridge, connect western Lévis with Quebec City. The population in 2021 was 149,683. [ 4 ] Its current incarnation was founded on January 1, 2002, as the result of a merger among ten cities, including the older city of Lévis founded in 1861.
Pages in category "Waterfalls of Quebec" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. ... Chaudière Falls (Chaudière River) L. Limestone Falls; M.