Your 2023 guide to chasing fall foliage across Quebec
Across Quebec, we're already seeing leaves start to transition from bright summery greens to the burnished, coppery hues of Fall鈥攂ut the changes aren鈥檛 happening because the days are chillier. As 69热视频 Plant Science Lecturer聽David Wees told the , it's actually because the days are getting shorter.
鈥淭his is why the Laurentians, where the days are already a bit shorter than in the St. Lawrence Valley, the colour change is a bit more advanced,鈥� Wees said. 鈥淚f you drive south into the U.S., the leaves are a bit behind us because the days are longer there. But it鈥檒l come.鈥�
础苍听聽updates the foliage using regional and provincial parks as benchmarks. It showed Wednesday morning that the leaves are at their mid-point in the Abitibi region. They鈥檙e beginning to change in Mont-Tremblant and Ste-Ad猫le and are expected to start soon in other parts of the Laurentians.