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Quai des Cageux

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Quai des Cageux sits at 13 feet in elevation along the Route des Navigateurs. To the south, Cap Anderson rises to 197 feet at 0.8 miles, while Cap Samson stands higher at 256 feet, 1.4 miles to the southeast. A bassin de pêche sportive au doré jaune lies west-southwest at 1.0 mile, its surface at 23 feet. Pointe Atkinson extends east-northeast at 1.7 miles, close to sea level at 16 feet, and the Rivière à la Scie runs through the same direction at 2.6 miles, at 13 feet elevation. Day length varies through the year: sunrise comes as early as 04:52 at the June solstice, with sunset at 20:43, while the December solstice brings a shorter span, from 07:28 to 16:00. The equinoxes fall closer to twelve-hour days, with March sunrise at 06:49 and September sunrise at 06:33. This stop is positioned along the byway between Belvédère Mercier and Halte Sarcelle.

Access
0.6 mi detour
Elevation
13 ft
In view
5 named features
La Station des Cageux, observatoire à mi-chemin de la promenade Samuel-de-Champlain
Jean-Philippe Bourgoin · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Monument en l'honneur des cageux, ces draveurs de longue route qui utilisaient le St-Laurent pour transporter le bois de coupe entre l'Ontario et le Québec
Jean-Philippe Bourgoin · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Sculpture sur bois - La naissance d'un peuple. Clermont Gagnon, 2008. Boisé de Tequenonday, ville de Québec.
Cephas · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Sculpture sur bois - Celle qui a vu. Isabelle Courtois et Jean-Pierre Fontaine, 2008. Boisé de Tequenonday, ville de Québec.
Cephas · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Sculpture réalisée par Jean-Pierre Morin en 1997. Elle a été exposée pendant quelques années au Palais des Congrès de Québec avant d'être déménagée sur la promenade, face au fleuve. " La configuration de la sculpture, l'ingéniosité de la géométrie, les multiples angles qui se croisent, dégagent un e
art_inthecity from Montréal, CA · CC BY 2.0 · source
On voit des enfants s'amuser sur cette sculpture publique d'aluminium, qui a été réalisée en 1977 par Lewis Pagé. "Cette œuvre est située dans le parc d'art contemporain de la promenade Samuel-De Champlain, entre le Quai-des-Brumes et le Quai-des-Flots, au nord du boulevard Champlain. Intitulée Appa
art_inthecity from Montréal, CA · CC BY 2.0 · source

What you’re looking at

Named terrain around this overlook, nearest first. No view direction is recorded, so every bearing is listed.

  • Cap Anderson197 ftsouth · 0.8 mi
  • Bassin de pêche sportive au doré jaune23 ftwest-southwest · 1.0 mi
  • Cap Samson256 ftsoutheast · 1.4 mi
  • Pointe Atkinson16 fteast-northeast · 1.7 mi
  • Rivière à la Scie13 fteast-northeast · 2.6 mi

Light

DateSunriseSunsetGolden hour
March equinox06:4918:5818:18
June solstice04:5220:4319:56
September equinox06:3318:4518:05
December solstice07:2816:0015:09

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Quai des Cageux sits at about 13 feet (4 m).

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From Quai des Cageux: Cap Anderson (S, 0.8 mi); Bassin de pêche sportive au doré jaune (WSW, 1.0 mi); Cap Samson (SE, 1.4 mi); Pointe Atkinson (ENE, 1.7 mi).

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