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ON THE
TERRACE

Beach sector; reminiscent of the Foulon
Beach as a converging place

Promenade Samuel-De Champlain, Phase 3

Québec City, Canada

aoust Lestage Lizotte Stecker
introduces its recently
Dconcluded third phase of
Promenade Samuel-de Champlain, a
project converting 2.5-kilometers of a
previously desolate expanse of highways
and rail corridors along the St. Lawrence
River into an ideal canvas for a significant
recreational and cultural project.
Completed fifteen years after the
inaugural phase, Phase III offers a
continuation of the same design language,
while evolving to provide distinct and
enhanced visitor amenities.
The area was once an insurmountable
barrier for the inhabitants of the city. The
metamorphosis of the highway into an
urban boulevard, and the relocation of
railway tracks unlocked approximately
150,000 square metres of land for
championing active mobility along the
riverfront.
The primary goal was to return the
river to the people—a social mission
and driving force behind the Quebec
government's legacy project for its capital Beach sector; a swimming area offering the
illusion of bathing in the river

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