Saguenay - Saguenay

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Saguenay
provinceQuebec
Residents
145.949 (2016), 147.361 (2020)
height
166 m
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Saguenay

Saguenay is a city in the Canadian province Quebec. It was created in 2002 through the merger of the cities of Chicoutimi, Jonquière and La Baie. It got its name from the river of the same name, which flows into the St. Lawrence River about 120 km downstream.

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Map of Saguenay

In the 16./17. JH lived the Algonquin in the area of ​​what is now the provinces of Québec and Ontario. They told the French about one Kingdom of Saguenay, rich in gold and silver, and triggered a run on this fictional and never-found realm. However, the name of this kingdom has been preserved. The wealth of the region consists of the occurrence of bauxite, the production of aluminum as well as the timber industry and paper production.

getting there

By plane

  • 1  Saguenay Bagotville Airport (IATA: YBG). Saguenay Bagotville Airport (Q2875784) in the Wikidata database.The airport is also used by the Canadian Air Force.

By train

By bus

In the street

By boat

The Saguenay River is navigable to the city of the same name. The city is often the destination of cruise ships, which then usually have their berth on the Quai de Bagotville. The bay in the district of La Baie has the beautiful name Baie des Ha! Ha!. If, as an exception, a second cruise ship arrives in this bay, the tender boats are used.

mobility

Tourist Attractions

  • 1  Fjord Museum, La Baie, Saguenay, Quebec, Canada. 48.317424, -70.853883.last change: Jul. 2020
  • 2  Église du Sacré-Coeur, 244 rue Bossé. A neo-Gothic building from 1903-05 (architect René-Pamphil Leme) is not unique, but it fits well into the rocky landscape.last change: Jul. 2020
  • 3  La Pulperie de Chicoutimi Regional museum, 300 Rue Dubuc, Chicoutimi, QC G7J 4M1, Canada. Paper mill.last change: Jul. 2020

activities

shop

kitchen

nightlife

accommodation

health

  • 1  Clinique Médicale de La Baie, 435 Rue Albert, La Baie, QC G7B 3L5, Canada. last change: Jul. 2020

Practical advice

trips

  • To the historic village Val de Jalbert at Lac Saint-Jean, approx. 93 km
  • To the Saguenay Fjord National Park. The Saguenay Fjord is 62 km long and navigable.
  • To the Whale watching to Tadoussac, about 120 km

literature

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