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Lévis Station
Lévis station (also known as Gare fluviale de Lévis and as Gare de l'Intercolonial) is a ferry terminal and former railway station in Lévis, Quebec, Canada at 5995, rue Saint-Laurent. It is also served by city buses operated by the Société de transport de Lévis. The Société des traversiers du Québec operates ferry service between this terminal and downtown Quebec City. The station was built in 1864 as a meeting room for Lévis' city council. In 1884, it was purchased the Intercolonial Railway The Intercolonial Railway of Canada , also referred to as the Intercolonial Railway (ICR), was a historic Canadian railway that operated from 1872 to 1918, when it became part of Canadian National Railways. As the railway was also completely ow ... for use as a station, and was later used by Canadian National and Via Rail trains until CN abandoned its railway line in downtown Lévis. The final Via Rail from the station operated October 24, 1998. Today, the building serves as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gare De L'Intercolonial à Lévis
Gare is the word for "station" in French and related languages, commonly meaning train station, railway station Gare can refer to: People * Gare (surname), surname * The Gare Family, fictional characters in the novel ''Wild Geese (novel)#The Gare Family, Wild Geese'' by Martha Ostenso Places * Gare, Zavidovići, Bosnia and Herzegovina * Gare (Gadžin Han), a village situated in Gadžin Han municipality in Serbia * Garé, Hungary * Gare, Luxembourg, neighborhood around the railway station in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg * Gare Loch, an open see loch in Argyll and Bute, Scotland * Pompoï-gare, Pompoï-gare is a village in the Pompoï Department of Balé Province in southern Burkina Faso * South Gare, an area of reclaimed land and breakwater on the southern side of the mouth of the River Tees in Redcar and Cleveland, England ** South Gare & Coatham Sands SSSI, Site of Special Scientific Interest ** South Gare Lighthouse, at the end of the South Gare breakwater Transportation ''Gare'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferry
A ferry is a ship, watercraft or amphibious vehicle used to carry passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo, across a body of water. A passenger ferry with many stops, such as in Venice, Italy, is sometimes called a water bus or water taxi. Ferries form a part of the public transport systems of many waterside cities and islands, allowing direct transit between points at a capital cost much lower than bridges or tunnels. Ship connections of much larger distances (such as over long distances in water bodies like the Mediterranean Sea) may also be called ferry services, and many carry vehicles. History In ancient times The profession of the ferryman is embodied in Greek mythology in Charon, the boatman who transported souls across the River Styx to the Underworld. Speculation that a pair of oxen propelled a ship having a water wheel can be found in 4th century Roman literature "''Anonymus De Rebus Bellicis''". Though impractical, there is no reason why it co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lévis, Quebec
Lévis () is a city in eastern Quebec, Canada, located on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, opposite Quebec City. A ferry links Old Quebec with Old Lévis, and two bridges, the Quebec and the Pierre-Laporte, connect western Lévis with Quebec City. The population in July 2017 was 144,147. Its current incarnation was founded on January 1, 2002, as the result of a merger among ten cities, including the older city of Lévis founded in 1861. Lévis is also the name of a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) and census division (CD) of Quebec, coextensive with the city of Lévis. Its geographical code is 25 as a census division, and 251 as an RCM-equivalent territory. History First Nations and prehistoric indigenous peoples settled in this area for thousands of years due to its ideal location at the confluence of the Chaudière and the St. Lawrence rivers. Many archeological sites reveal evidence of human occupation dating to 10,000 years ago. So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Soleil (Quebec)
''Le Soleil'' (''The Sun'') is a French-language daily newspaper in Quebec City, Quebec. It was founded on December 28, 1896 and is published in compact format since April 2006 (it had traditionally been printed in broadsheet). It is distributed mainly in Quebec City; however, it is also for sale at newsstands in Ottawa, Montreal, New Brunswick and some places in Florida, where many Quebecers spend the winter. It is owned by Groupe Capitales Médias. On weekdays ''Le Soleil'' contains four sections : the front section ''(Actualités)'', containing local and international news coverage; the Arts & Life, or "B" section ''(Arts & Vie)''; the Business, or "C" section ''(Économie)''; and the Sports, or "S" section. History ''Le Soleil'' rose from the ashes of '' L'Électeur'', the official newspaper of the Liberal Party of Canada, which shut down in December 1896. The first edition was published on December 28, 1896. one day after the disappearance of its predecessor, which sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Société De Transport De Lévis
The Société de transport de Lévis also known as STLevis ''(Lévis Transit Corporation)'' is a public transportation agency created in 1980, operating mainly in Lévis on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River, being the counterpart of the Réseau de transport de la Capitale (RTC) on the north side. STLevis offers connections between Lévis and Quebec City; RTC buses currently do not have any services to the south shore. Description The STLévis serves a population of about 150,000 on a territory of in the region of Chaudière-Appalaches, including Lévis and the municipality of Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon. The corporation operates 71 40ft low-floor diesel vehicles, 12 40ft low-floor hybrid vehicles, 8 articulated buses, 4 midibuses, and employs 172 people. In 2016, it served more than 4.2 million riders. The agency owns and operates a 7,500 m² bus depot in the Desjardins borough of the city. Built in 1986, the depot was renovated in the early 2010s to increase its bus s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Société Des Traversiers Du Québec
The Société des traversiers du Québec (STQ) is a ferry company which has operated some intra-provincial ferry services in Quebec since 1971. It is a crown corporation owned by the Government of Quebec. STQ operates the following services: * Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola to Sorel-Tracy, crossing the St. Lawrence River with two boats, the N.M. Catherine-Legardeur and the N.M. Lucien-L. * Lévis to Quebec City, crossing the St. Lawrence River with two twin boats, the N.M. Alphonse-Desjardins and the N.M. Lomer-Gouin. * Tadoussac to Baie-Sainte-Catherine, crossing the Saguenay River with three boats, the N.M. Armand-Imbeau and the N.M. Jos-Deschênes all year long and the N.M. Félix-Antoine-Savard in the summer. * Matane to Baie-Comeau and Godbout, crossing the St. Lawrence River with one boat, the M.V. Saaremaa I, which replaced the M.V. F.-A.-Gauthier, when that ferry was taken out of service due to engine issues. The M.V. F.A. Gauthier had replaced N.M. Camille-Marcoux in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intercolonial Railway
The Intercolonial Railway of Canada , also referred to as the Intercolonial Railway (ICR), was a historic Canadian railway that operated from 1872 to 1918, when it became part of Canadian National Railway The Canadian National Railway Company (french: Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada) is a Canadian Class I railroad, Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, which serves Canada and the Midwestern United States, M ...s. As the railway was also completely owned and controlled by the Government of Canada, the Intercolonial was also one of Canada's first Crown corporations of Canada, Crown corporations. Origins The idea of a railway connecting Britain's North American colonies arose as soon as the railway age began in the 1830s. In the decades following the War of 1812 and ever-mindful of the issue of security, the colonies of Upper Canada, Upper and Lower Canada (later the Province of Canada after 1840) wished to improve land-based transportati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian National
The Canadian National Railway Company (french: Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada) is a Canadian Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, which serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States. CN is Canada's largest railway, in terms of both revenue and the physical size of its rail network, spanning Canada from the Atlantic coast in Nova Scotia to the Pacific coast in British Columbia across approximately of track. In the late 20th century, CN gained extensive capacity in the United States by taking over such railroads as the Illinois Central. CN is a public company with 22,600 employees, and it has a market cap of approximately CA$90 billion. CN was government-owned, having been a Canadian Crown corporation from its founding in 1919 until being privatized in 1995. , Bill Gates is the largest single shareholder of CN stock, owning a 14.2% interest through Cascade Investment and his own Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
