Canadian Provinces — Quebec

Located in Eastern Canada, the French-speaking province of Quebec is situated to the west of the province Newfoundland and Labrador, east of Ontario, southeast of the Hudson Bay, and north of the U.S. states of Maine, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont. The Gaspé Peninsula stretches over the northern part of New Brunswick. Located along the Saint Lawrence River, the capital of Quebec is Québec City. The largest city in the province, however, is Montréal - another city along the Saint Lawrence River. Quebec has many large and small lakes, including Lac Albanel, Lac Bienville, Lac Minto, Lac Naococane, Lac Plétipi; 'lac' is the French word for lake. The largest island, in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence below Eastern Quebec, is Île d'Anticosti (Anticosti Island). A meteorite crater called the Pingualuit Crater - other names include Cratère du Nouveau-Québec and Chubb Crater - is located above the 60th latitude line in extreme Northern Quebec. Lastly, national parks include Gatineau Park and La Mauricie N.P.