Comments on: Montmorency Falls http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/07/25/montmorency-falls/ Why bother seeing the world for real? Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:39:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Raph http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/07/25/montmorency-falls/#comment-156342 Raph Tue, 28 Aug 2007 00:43:26 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=438#comment-156342 Esquif is right. The Loto-Québec International Fireworks Competition (Les Grands Feux Loto-Québec in French) is a pyromusical competition standing each year at the end of the summer and it goes on no matter what weather there is (except for this year- they had to stop China's show in the middle of the representation because there was too much rain). I've gone there twice this year (Canada and Great Final), Canada won! Patrick is right too- the falls partly freeze during the winter, and at the bottom of the falls the scum also freezes to form what we (Quebecers) call '' Le Pain de Sucre (The Sugarloaf) ''. Esquif is right. The Loto-Québec International Fireworks Competition (Les Grands Feux Loto-Québec in French) is a pyromusical competition standing each year at the end of the summer and it goes on no matter what weather there is (except for this year- they had to stop China’s show in the middle of the representation because there was too much rain). I’ve gone there twice this year (Canada and Great Final), Canada won! Patrick is right too- the falls partly freeze during the winter, and at the bottom of the falls the scum also freezes to form what we (Quebecers) call ” Le Pain de Sucre (The Sugarloaf) ”.

]]> By: Esquif http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/07/25/montmorency-falls/#comment-4629 Esquif Tue, 26 Jul 2005 10:55:58 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=438#comment-4629 In summer there is an International firework competition around this fall. Peoples use firework, water, light and music in this unique place. More info and very nices photos here -> http://www.lesgrandsfeux.com/en/accueil/index.php In summer there is an International firework competition around this fall. Peoples use firework, water, light and music in this unique place. More info and very nices photos here -> http://www.lesgrandsfeux.com/en/accueil/index.php

]]> By: Pierre http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/07/25/montmorency-falls/#comment-4628 Pierre Tue, 26 Jul 2005 10:08:44 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=438#comment-4628 I tried to look at these falls with Google Earth to get a 3D view but there is apparently no elevation info - the entire area shows 0 ft! I tried to look at these falls with Google Earth to get a 3D view but there is apparently no elevation info - the entire area shows 0 ft!

]]> By: Patrick http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/07/25/montmorency-falls/#comment-4612 Patrick Mon, 25 Jul 2005 22:20:55 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=438#comment-4612 I visited Quebec once on vacation and can say that this is indeed an incredible waterfall. If you're physically up to it, you can go all the way around the falls via a chairlift (west bank), across the foot bridge over the top of the falls, along the northern and eastern edges, down several long flights of stairs, and along the east bank. Incidently, there is also an observation point quite close to the bottom of the falls; in the summer it's quite refreshing. Tidbits of interest: The orange stuff to the east of the falls are logs that have floated over the falls. In the winter, portions of the falls freeze, making huge sheets of natural ice "sculptures." There are many tiny little waterfalls along the west wall that are too small to make out through the greenery from this height. You can see the falls for many miles to the south. I've got a cool picture on the Ile d’Orléans (http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=46.886419,-71.076908&spn=0.041629,0.063601&t=k&hl=en) in which you can see the falls clearly. I visited Quebec once on vacation and can say that this is indeed an incredible waterfall. If you’re physically up to it, you can go all the way around the falls via a chairlift (west bank), across the foot bridge over the top of the falls, along the northern and eastern edges, down several long flights of stairs, and along the east bank. Incidently, there is also an observation point quite close to the bottom of the falls; in the summer it’s quite refreshing.

Tidbits of interest:
The orange stuff to the east of the falls are logs that have floated over the falls.
In the winter, portions of the falls freeze, making huge sheets of natural ice “sculptures.”
There are many tiny little waterfalls along the west wall that are too small to make out through the greenery from this height.
You can see the falls for many miles to the south. I’ve got a cool picture on the Ile d’Orléans (http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=46.886419,-71.076908&spn=0.041629,0.063601&t=k&hl=en) in which you can see the falls clearly.

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