What is the Parc lineaire des rivieres Saint Charles et du Berger?
What is the Parc linéaire des rivières Saint Charles et du Berger?
The Parc linéaire des rivières Saint-Charles et du Berger (linear park of the Saint-Charles and Berger rivers) is a walking trail of 32 kilometres (20 mi) running along the entire length of the river. Beginning in downtown Quebec, it follows the banks of the river to the north where the scenery becomes wilder.
What happened to Quebec’s Saint Charles River?
In 1969 Ville de Québec tried to rectify the situation by undertaking a major cleanup project. The shore was tidied and four kilometres of it cemented in, modeled on Ottawa’s Rideau Canal. But the Saint-Charles—a living river and not a canal—was choked and almost killed by the project.
What is the origin of the Rivière Saint-Charles?
The Native people followed the river upstream to its source some ten kilometres north of Québec. From there a system of connecting rivers and streams enabled them to penetrate much further inland. Around 1620, Recollect missionaries renamed it Rivière Saint-Charles.
