Chateau Frontenac through time

Quebec City 1981–2022 31 photos of this spot

31 recent photographs taken at the same spot in Quebec City, spanning 1981–2022. Have an older picture of it? Add it and start this spot's timeline.

The Château Frontenac hotel seen from the Édifice Marie-Guyart observation height in 1981. Opened in 1893, the château-style hotel overlooking the Saint Lawrence River is one of Quebec City's most recognizable landmarks.

Ville de Québec le Château Frontenac vu du haut de l'édifice G Édifice Marie-Guyart 1981 The Château Frontenac hotel seen from the Édifice Marie-Guyart observation height in 1981. Opened in 1893, the château-style hotel overlooking the Saint Lawrence River is one of Quebec City's most recognizable landmarks.

Château Frontenac, 1 rue des Carrières, Québec partie haute vue de l'ouest 1981 The upper section of the Château Frontenac at 1 rue des Carrières, viewed from the west in 1981. The hotel's copper-clad turrets and steep roofs have dominated the Quebec City skyline since the late 19th century.

Château Frontenac August 2005 The Château Frontenac in Quebec City, Canada, photographed in August 2005. Opened in 1893 as a railway hotel, its castle-like silhouette dominates the skyline above the old town's Dufferin Terrace.

Chateau Frontenac 2008 The turrets of the Château Frontenac rise above Quebec City in this 2008 photograph. Built for the Canadian Pacific Railway and opened in 1893, the hotel occupies a bluff overlooking the Saint Lawrence River.

Chateau Frontenac 2008 Another 2008 view of the Château Frontenac, the landmark hotel that has defined Quebec City's skyline since its opening in 1893 on Cap Diamant overlooking the Saint Lawrence River.

Chateau Frontenac 2008 The Château Frontenac's copper roofs and stone turrets are pictured in this 2008 photograph, taken from Quebec City's Upper Town near the historic Dufferin Terrace.

Chateau Frontenac 2008 A further 2008 photograph of the Château Frontenac, showing the hotel's steep roofline and turrets from Quebec City's historic Upper Town. The hotel takes its name from Louis de Buade de Frontenac, a 17th-century governor of New France.

Château Frontenac, Quebec 2009 The Chateau Frontenac hotel overlooking Quebec City, seen in 2009. Completed in 1893 as one of Canada's grand railway hotels, it remains a defining feature of the city's skyline.

Château Frontenac (Québec) 2011 The Chateau Frontenac overlooking the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec City, photographed in 2011. Opened in 1893 as a Canadian Pacific Railway hotel, its copper-topped towers define the old city's skyline.

Château Frontenac vu du parc-montmorency 2012 Château Frontenac seen from Parc Montmorency, a park just below the Quebec City landmark that overlooks the Saint Lawrence River. This 2012 photograph captures the hotel's turrets and copper roofline from one of the terraced viewpoints near the old fortifications.

Terrasse Dufferin à Québec 2012 The Terrasse Dufferin boardwalk in Quebec City, photographed in 2012. Built in the late 19th century along the clifftop below the Château Frontenac, it remains a popular promenade above the Saint Lawrence River.

Chateau Frontenac vu depuis Petit Champlain 2012 Château Frontenac rises above Petit Champlain, the historic lower-town district of Quebec City, in this 2012 photograph. Petit Champlain is one of the oldest commercial streets in North America, sitting at the foot of the cliff the hotel stands on.

Chateau Frontenac vu depuis Lévis 2012 Château Frontenac photographed across the Saint Lawrence River from Lévis in 2012. The view from Lévis, a town on the river's south shore, is a classic vantage point for the Quebec City skyline and its landmark hotel.

Château Frontenac dominant un concert de rue 2012 This 2012 photograph shows the Chateau Frontenac rising above a street concert in Quebec City, Canada; the landmark hotel has overlooked the old town since it opened in 1893.

Chateau Frontenac vu depuis le boulevard Champlain 2012 Seen from Boulevard Champlain, the Chateau Frontenac dominates the skyline of Quebec City's Upper Town. The chateau-style hotel, perched on Cap Diamant above the St. Lawrence River, has been a defining feature of the city since the late nineteenth century. Image from 2012.

Château Frontenac et Citadelle de Québec 2013 The Chateau Frontenac, the landmark hotel that opened in 1893 overlooking the St. Lawrence River, pictured together with the Citadelle of Quebec, the star-shaped fortress guarding the city's Upper Town.

Château Frontenac vu en avion 2013 An aerial view of the Chateau Frontenac and the walled city of Quebec, showing the hotel's copper roofs rising above the St. Lawrence River and the fortifications of the historic Upper Town.

Chateau Frontenac 36 2014 The Chateau Frontenac, the landmark hotel overlooking the St. Lawrence River in Quebec City, opened in 1893. Its chateau-style silhouette has become one of the most recognized features of the Old Quebec skyline.

Château Frontenac 2016 Quebec City's Chateau Frontenac appears here in November 2016, its copper roofs and stone turrets overlooking the St. Lawrence River from the bluff above Old Quebec. The hotel, built in the 1890s for the Canadian Pacific Railway, has long served as an unofficial symbol of the city.

Fairmont Hotel Chateau Frontenac Quebec City 2016 The Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac, seen here in 2016, is a chateau-style hotel perched above the St. Lawrence River in Quebec City's Upper Town. Built for the Canadian Pacific Railway and opened in 1893, it is among the most photographed buildings in Canada.

Château Frontenac 2016 Another look at the Chateau Frontenac in November 2016, taken from Old Quebec's Upper Town. The hotel was built by the Canadian Pacific Railway in the chateauesque style popular for grand railway hotels of the late nineteenth century.

Château Frontenac at dusk 2016 The Chateau Frontenac glows against the evening sky in this dusk photograph from 2016. Overlooking the St. Lawrence River from Quebec City's Upper Town, the hotel opened in 1893 and remains the most recognizable landmark in Old Quebec, a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Champlain Quebec city 2017 A monument to Samuel de Champlain in Quebec City, photographed in 2017. Champlain founded the settlement in 1608, and his statue has stood near the Chateau Frontenac and Terrasse Dufferin since 1898.

Château Frontenac city at night 2018 The Château Frontenac, the turreted hotel overlooking the St. Lawrence River, has dominated Quebec City's skyline since its opening in 1893. It is pictured here at night in 2018.

Château Frontenac after a freezing rain day in Quebec city 2018 Photographed in Quebec City after a freezing rain event in 2018, this image shows the Château Frontenac, the landmark hotel overlooking the Saint Lawrence River, with its surfaces coated in ice from the storm.

Boulevard champlain, Old Quebec, Quebec city 2020 Boulevard Champlain runs along the Saint Lawrence River beneath the cliffs of Cap Diamant in Old Quebec, photographed here in 2020.

Château Frontenac at night, Quebec Ville, Canada 2020 The Château Frontenac, a grand hotel that has dominated Quebec City's skyline since it opened in 1893, is shown here illuminated at night in 2020.

Chateau Frontenac 41 2020 The Château Frontenac, Quebec City's landmark hotel overlooking the Saint Lawrence River, photographed in 2020.

Monument de Samuel de Champlain - 12 2021 This monument to Samuel de Champlain, founder of Quebec City in 1608, stands on Dufferin Terrace overlooking the St. Lawrence River in the historic district of Old Quebec.

Château Frontenac at night, Quebec City, Canada 2 2022 The Château Frontenac in Quebec City, Canada, photographed at night in 2022. The grand hotel, opened in 1893, overlooks the Saint Lawrence River and is one of the most photographed buildings in Canada.

Château Frontenac in Quebec city, Canada colorfull 2022 The Château Frontenac towers over Quebec City in this 2022 photograph. Opened in 1893 and built for the Canadian Pacific Railway, the grand hotel overlooks the Saint Lawrence River from Cap Diamant and is among the most photographed buildings in Canada, known for its steep copper roofs and turrets in the Châteauesque style.