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Considered Canada’s oldest port, the Port of Québec is a major international economic hub. Several factors led to an increase in the Port’s industrial activity in the second half of the 20th century. One of greatest was opening the river to wintertime navigation.
1970 - 1971

Québec from the air in the early 1970s

Between 1945 and the 1970s, the Québec City landscape changed profoundly. The emergence of office work led to the construction of office towers, which rapidly transformed downtown Québec City. Relive this development in this album of aerial photographs from 1970 and 1971. See how the capital modernized in this era of change.

Aerial view of the Port of Québec

Auteur inconnu Considered Canada’s oldest port, the Port of Québec is a major international economic hub. Several factors led to an increase in the Port’s industrial activity in the second half of the 20th century. One of greatest was opening the river to wintertime navigation.
Chronoscope Can you name any of the buildings in this photo? (unilingual French for a limited time) Source: Ville de Québec Document in the public domain (free of copyright) - W. B. Edwards Inc. Fonds - Date: 1971-08-30