Yuzhi Qiao: Day Seven: McGill University and Lachine Rapids.

McGill University is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university. Founded in 1821, McGill was chartered during the British colonial era, 46 years before the Canadian Confederation, making it one of the oldest universities in Canada. It’s as famous as Ivy League. Several scientists in McGill University won Nobel Prize.

The campus is beautiful and the architectures are both classical and modern. The main campus is set upon 32 hectares (79 acres) at the foot of Mount Royal in Downtown Montreal. A second campus, the Macdonald Campus, is situated on 6.5 square kilometres (2.5 sq mi)) of fields and forested land in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, 30 km (19 mi) west of the downtown campus. With 21 faculties and professional schools, McGill offers degrees and diplomas in over 300 fields of study, including medicine and law. Although the language of instruction is English, students have the right to submit any graded work in English or in French, except when learning a particular language is an objective of the course. Approximately 34,000 students attend McGill, with international students comprising one-fifth of the student population.

McGill University.

After we visit Mcgill University, we will drive to the side of River St. Laurent. Lachine Rapids is very famous. It is an exciting boat tour in the rapids.

The rapids is formed by the erosions of glacier 20,000 years ago.

There is abundant hydroelectric resource in Province Quebec. Total Installed Capacity is 36,671 MW in 2010. Net income of Hydro-Quebec is C$2.52Billion in 2010.