Montmorency Falls

The second day we drove out of Quebec City to Montmorency Falls, taller than Niagara Falls (272'). We rode an aerial tram to the top and then walked across the falls on a suspension bridge and down the other side. Here you see the stairway down the schist. The river below the falls is very shallow and flows about 500' into the St. Laurence.

Below the falls is a big eddy with all sorts of wood floating and slowly swirling in circles.
In addition to the main falls, there are several smaller falls on the side. There was a hydroelectric facility (below the bridge on the left) which is no longer operational. There is also a villa, Manoir Montmorency, built in 1781 and used as a private residence, a hospital, a monastery and now a hotel.