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Golf in Quebec Province, Canada
Quebec province is a rather massive area encompassing the cities of Quebec and Montreal, as well as half of Ottawa. Golfers who visit this oldest region of Canada will be pleasantly surprised to find that the game does more than live on in Canada In fact, the very oldest golf course in North America was established in Quebec province in 1873, at the Royal Montreal Golf Club. It is said that the game came over with Scotsmen who immigrated to Canada, and that the earliest tournament may have been in 1826, held in accordance with Scottish tradition Christmas and the following New Year’s Day, at Priests’ farm near Montreal.
In all, Quebec province has some 250 golf courses. Not surprisingly, Montreal’s courses are amongst the top ten. The other nine cities with the most courses are Aylmer Kahnawake, Magog, Sherbrooke, Granby, Beauport, Bristol, Dorval and Gatineau. Between them, they offer up fine choices for a golf vacation destination.
What can you expect? Golf is seasonal throughout the province, but the temperatures are very comfortable, and the scenery is vivid. Picturesque vistas abound. This region is about as close to The Old Country (Europe) as you’re going to get in North America. The language is still English in MOST of the province, and everyone speaks English, but if you’d like to brush up on your French a bit, a visit to the old part of Quebec City will delight you. 95 percent of the people in Quebec speak French as well as English.
Cobblestone streets await you in the Lower part of Quebec. Old fashioned retail shops at street and sub-street level take you to a quaint village existence which can only be found across the Pond, except in old Quebec.
In fact, this town is so valuable a preservation of 17th Century life that UNESCO declared Quebec a World Heritage Site in 1985. Visit the Chateau Frontinac, an old fortress turned into a grand hotel. Enjoy truly old-world fine dining and extraordinary service and hospitality.
(You may even want to return during the winter months for skiing and the Ice Festival!) While on your golf vacation, be sure to visit L’Île d’Orléans for a memory-making round.
Just 15 minutes from Quebec City is Mount-Tourbillon, an 18 hole par 70 course at the base of a mountain. Offering up 6010 verges (yards), Mount-Tourbillon has golf club & electric golf cart rentals, a training green, a restaurant, a boutique, and offers lessons. Once again, the old world charm makes such courses quaint and pleasant, even when they’re challenging.
If you’re on the western side of the province, the more modern city of Montreal will most likely be your host. There, too, you’ll find a generous number of golf courses of outstanding quality, in incomparably pleasant settings that delight the senses nearly as well as the game itself. Easily accessible by plane, train or car, you’ll find yourself quite at home anywhere within the province.
Much of the inhabited portions of Quebec province are on or near water, which makes for a rich green environment. Hills abound, ensuring play which challenges both skills and strategy, while a certain sense of foreign culture pervades. Indeed a pleasant switch from the courses of the United States, a golf vacation in Quebec province is worth remembering, hard to forget.
At least as pleasant a change of pace is the Canadian perspective on things. Often cheerful and friendly, they’re pleased to share their proud heritage with visitors, pleasant and gracious. Canadians truly care that you’re served well, that you get what’s best for you, (even if that’s not what they have to offer,) which goes a long ways towards making sure you get your money’s worth.
Speaking of money, the exchange rate makes Canada an even better bargain though the Canadian dollar has been gaining on the U.S. Dollar, one can still enjoy a noteworthy discount courtesy of the difference in currencies, without the burdens of the VAT. Rates are very reasonable, making golf in Quebec province all the more inviting. Overall, one is hard-pressed to find a better value or time than a golf vacation in Quebec!
