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Tour Eiffel Bridge
The Tour Eiffel Bridge, also known as the Montcalm Street Bridge is a small but ornate bridge in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. There had long been a bridge across Brewery Creek, but by the 1980s it needed to be replaced. Hull and the National Capital Commission were working to turn the Brewery Creek area into a tourist and cultural district. It was decided to build an ornate structure. Incorporated in the bridge was an original steel girder from the Eiffel Tower, that had been part of a recently disassembled staircase. The girder was donated to Hull by Paris mayor Jacques Chirac Jacques René Chirac (, , ; 29 November 193226 September 2019) was a French politician who served as President of France from 1995 to 2007. Chirac was previously Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976 and from 1986 to 1988, as well as Ma .... Architects Paul Martineau and Eric Haar modeled the bridge on Parisian style. It opened in 1990. References *"Hull builds bridge to excellence." Bob Phillips ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montcalm Bridge
Montcalm may refer to: People * Louis-Joseph de Montcalm (1712–1759), commander of the French forces in North America during the French and Indian War * Noelle Montcalm (born 1988), Canadian hurdler * Térez Montcalm (born 1963), Canadian jazz singer and songwriter Vessels * , four ships of the French Navy * , a United States Navy fleet ocean tug * , a British cargo liner Places Algeria * Tamlouka, a small village formerly known as Montcalm Canada * Rural Municipality of Montcalm, Manitoba * Montcalm, Quebec, a municipality * Montcalm Regional County Municipality, Quebec * Montcalm (provincial electoral district), a former Quebec provincial electoral district * Montcalm (electoral district), a federal electoral district in Quebec France * Montcalm Massif, in the Pyrenees * Pic de Montcalm, a mountain peak in the Pyrenees * Montcalm (Vauvert), a small hamlet near Vauvert * Rue Montcalm, a residential street in the 18th arrondissement of Paris named after Louis-Joseph de M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gatineau
Gatineau ( ; ) is a city in western Quebec, Canada. It is located on the northern bank of the Ottawa River, immediately across from Ottawa, Ontario. Gatineau is the largest city in the Outaouais administrative region and is part of Canada's National Capital Region. As of 2021, Gatineau is the fourth-largest city in Quebec with a population of 291,041, and a census metropolitan area population of 1,488,307. Gatineau is coextensive with a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) and census division (CD) of the same name, whose geographical code is 81. It is the seat of the judicial district of Hull. History The current city of Gatineau is centred on an area formerly called Hull. It is the oldest European colonial settlement in the National Capital Region, but this area was essentially not developed by Europeans until after the American Revolutionary War, when the Crown made land grants to Loyalists for resettlement in Upper Canada. Hull was founded on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is the largest province by area and the second-largest by population. Much of the population lives in urban areas along the St. Lawrence River, between the most populous city, Montreal, and the provincial capital, Quebec City. Quebec is the home of the Québécois nation. Located in Central Canada, the province shares land borders with Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, New Brunswick to the southeast, and a coastal border with Nunavut; in the south it borders Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York in the United States. Between 1534 and 1763, Quebec was called ''Canada'' and was the most developed colony in New France. Following the Seven Years' War, Quebec b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brewery Creek (Gatineau)
Ruisseau de la Brasserie (Also known in English as: ''Brewery Creek'') is a small creek that forms the northern and western shores of Île Hull. It circles the downtown of the Hull, Quebec, Hull sector, of Gatineau, Quebec. It runs from the Ottawa River just west of downtown Hull. Running west of Montcalm Street it turns east north of the highway, running up to Jacques Cartier Park where it rejoins the Ottawa River. In the 1980s the area was refurbished by the National Capital Commission. The former water works on a small island in the creek became the Théâtre de l'Île and the Montcalm Street Bridge was replaced by the ornate Tour Eiffel Bridge. Its pollution removed, it has become a popular location for birders. History Not long after Wright's Town, Lower Canada was founded by Philemon Wright in 1800, a large brewery was built and began operations in 1813 on the banks of this creek. It was located at the southeast corner of ''Columbia Farm'' that itself, had been cleared in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
