Quebec City Petit-Champlain street is ready for Christmas
The covered with snow rue du Petit-Champlain street is bustling with strollers and shoppers during Christmas time in the old Quebec City. During the French Regime, craftsmen worked in shops along rue du Petit-Champlain, where they lived with their families. In the 19th century, working-class Irish families, whose major breadwinners worked at the docks or in the ship-building trade, made their homes here. Today, dozens of artists’ workshops and boutiques line this historical street.
The covered with snow rue du Petit-Champlain street is bustling with strollers and shoppers during Christmas time in the old Quebec City. During the French Regime, craftsmen worked in shops along rue du Petit-Champlain, where they lived with their families. In the 19th century, working-class Irish families, whose major breadwinners worked at the docks or in the ship-building trade, made their homes here. Today, dozens of artists’ workshops and boutiques line this historical street.
Quebec City, January 24, 2008 – The 535 meter long ice track of the Red Bull Crashed ice event, seen here turning around the Fresque des Quebecois mural painting, is almost ready for the event held in Quebec City on January 26. A mix among hockey, downhill skating and boardercross, Crashed ice is a winter extreme sporting event, featuring head-to-head, urban, downhill speed ice hockey skating.
The Chateau Frontenac grand hotel, one of the most popular attractions in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Designed by architect Bruce Price, the Chateau Frontenac was one of a long series of “chateau” style hotels built for the Canadian Pacific Railway company at the end of the 19th and the start of the 20th century. It opened in 1893, five years after its sister-hotel the Banff Springs. The railway company sought to encourage luxury tourism and bring wealthy travelers to its trains. The hotel is perched on a tall cape overlooking the Saint Lawrence River, thus giving a spectacular view for several kilometres. The building is the most prominent feature of the Quebec City skyline as seen from across the St. Lawrence, and is a symbol of the city. The hotel is built near the Plains of Abraham.