Quebec Village from the south
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Quebec Village from the south
Image: © Robert Graham Taken: 15 Aug 2012
This former mining village gets its rather unusual name because the fields on which it is built were enclosed from the common in 1759, the same year in which Quebec in Canada was captured from the French. It was the fashion at the time to use names of famous victories or places in the empire.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.787604
Longitude
-1.719598