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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 2023 edition of Christmas at the Falls opens Thanksgiving night at Noccalula Falls Park and Campground in Gadsden. The annual light display brings roughly 150,000 visitors to the park during ...
The pump house at the Great Falls — which is still functioning and critical to the water supply in Paterson, Passaic and Clifton — will be renovated. This Great Falls Historical Park building ...
The river is a prime site for outdoor activities, particularly near lac Mégantic and Chutes-de-la-Chaudière park. Located near the mouth of the river, in Lévis, this park offers hiking and cycling trails as well as a footbridge suspended over the river, which offers a viewpoint on the fall, 35 metres (115 ft) high. The fall was harnessed for ...
In 2019, the LA Department of Water and Power (LADWP) began replacing nearly 100-year-old power line poles cutting through Topanga State Park, when the project was halted within days by ...
Painting of Hull by Thomas Burrowes, with the Chaudière Falls and Bytown in background, 1830 Hull from Ottawa, 1896 Public execution in Hull, 1902 Corner of Main and Bridge streets in Hull, 1905 Hull, 1913. Hull is a former municipality in the Province of Quebec and the location of the oldest non-Indigenous settlement in the National Capital ...