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Looking north-east from Victoria. Terrain and imagery at true elevation.

This overlook sits at 174 feet along the Route des Navigateurs, facing 30 degrees toward the north-northeast. The terrain drops 161 feet within 600 meters of the viewpoint, giving an open sightline across the lower ground below. Rivière Saint-Charles is visible to the north-northeast at 1.1 miles, with Pointe de Lévy to the east-northeast at the same distance. Rivière Beauport lies to the north at 2.8 miles, and the cliffs of Le Cap and La Falaise appear to the north-northeast at 3.3 and 3.8 miles respectively. Several bodies of water are also within view to the north and north-northeast, including bassin Canac-Marquis, Bassin des Pionieres de Beauport, Bassin de la Parentiere, Étang des Bernaches, and Étang de la Côte, ranging from about 4.1 to 4.7 miles out. Daylight hours vary with the season, from sunrise at 04:51 and sunset at 20:43 near the June solstice to sunrise at 07:28 and sunset at 16:00 near the December solstice. The lookout falls along the route between the Lorne and La virée overlooks.

Access
0.4 mi detour
Elevation
174 ft
View
Northeast · 30°
Relief
161 ft drop
In view
10 named features
View of Dufferin terrace from Victoria kiosk in front of Château Frontenac - Québec
Selbymay · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
A south view of Château Frontenac, Québec City
DXR · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Saint Lawrence River seen from Terrasse Dufferin downstream, Quebec City, Quebex, Canada
Ymblanter · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Victoria kiosk in Dufferin terrace - Québec
Selbymay · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
La terrasse Dufferin et le Château Frontenac, Québec
Pierre-Olivier Fortin · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
From Dufferin Terrace
BriYYZ from Toronto, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source

What you’re looking at

Named terrain inside the view from this overlook, nearest first.

  • Rivière Saint-Charles13 ftnorth-northeast · 1.1 mi
  • Pointe de Lévy79 fteast-northeast · 1.1 mi
  • Rivière Beauport23 ftnorth · 2.8 mi
  • Le Cap82 ftnorth-northeast · 3.3 mi
  • La Falaise72 ftnorth-northeast · 3.8 mi
  • bassin Canac-Marquis223 ftnorth-northeast · 4.1 mi
  • Bassin des Pionieres de Beauport105 ftnorth-northeast · 4.5 mi
  • Bassin de la Parentiere289 ftnorth · 4.6 mi
  • Étang des Bernaches10 ftnorth-northeast · 4.6 mi
  • Étang de la Côte13 ftnorth-northeast · 4.7 mi

Light

DateSunriseSunsetGolden hour
March equinox06:4918:5718:17
June solstice04:5120:4319:56
September equinox06:3218:4518:05
December solstice07:2816:0015:08

Local time (America/Toronto). Computed for this exact position.

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How high is Victoria?

Victoria sits at about 174 feet (53 m).

What can you see from Victoria?

From Victoria: Rivière Saint-Charles (NNE, 1.1 mi); Pointe de Lévy (ENE, 1.1 mi); Rivière Beauport (N, 2.8 mi); Le Cap (NNE, 3.3 mi).

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La virée is the next surfaced lookout along the same route after Victoria.

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