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Montmorency Falls, Quebec, Canada, 1978

In a dramatic freefall, the 275-foot (84-meter) Montmorency Falls plunges into the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. In winter, frozen spray from the falls accumulates into an enormous icy mound known as the Sugarloaf, popular with sledders and climbers.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The St. Lawrence River," May 1980, National Geographic magazine)

Photograph by Bruce Dale