Quebec

:This article describes the Canadian province. For other usages, see Quebec (disambiguation).

Geography

Main article: Geography of Quebec

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The province, Canada's largest, occupies a vast territory (nearly three times the size of France), most of which is very sparsely populated. More than 90 percent of Quebec's area lies within the Canadian Shield, a large part of which was historically referred to as the Ungava Region. The addition of the vast and scarcely inhabited northern region (which borders James Bay, Hudson Bay and Hudson Strait) by the Parliament of Canada through passage of the Quebec Boundary Extension Act, 1898 and the Quebec Boundaries Extension Act, 1912 created the massive Province of Quebec of today. Quebec is located in eastern Canada, bordered by Ontario and Hudson Bay to the west, Atlantic Canada to the east, the United States (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and New York) to the south and the Arctic Ocean to the north.

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France - Canadian Shield - Ungava Region - James Bay - Hudson Bay - Hudson Strait - Parliament of Canada - Quebec Boundary Extension Act, 1898 - Quebec Boundaries Extension Act, 1912 - Canada - Ontario - Atlantic Canada - United States - Maine - New Hampshire - Vermont - New York - Arctic Ocean

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The province's three largest hydro-electric projects are built on La Grande Rivière. The extreme north of the province, now called Nunavik, is subarctic or arctic and is home to part of the Inuit nation.

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Hydro-electric - Nunavik - Subarctic - Arctic - Inuit

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The most populated region is the St. Lawrence River Valley in the south, where the capital, Quebec City, and the largest city, Montreal, are situated. North of Montreal are the Laurentians, a range of ancient mountains, and to the east are the Appalachian Mountains which extends into the Eastern Townships and Gaspésie regions. The Gaspé Peninsula juts into the Gulf of St. Lawrence to the east.

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St. Lawrence River - Quebec City - Montreal - Laurentians - Appalachian Mountains - Eastern Townships - Gaspésie - Gaspé Peninsula - Gulf of St. Lawrence

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10 Largest Municipalities by population

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