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Arnold River (lac Aux Araignées)
The Arnold River is a tributary of the Lac des Joncs (Mégantic), Lac des Joncs, which flows into Lake Mégantic. The latter, which also receives the discharge from the Lac aux Araignées, constitutes the main body of water at the head of the Chaudière River, which flows northward to empty on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. The Arnold River flows through the municipalities of Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn, Quebec, Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn, Piopolis, Quebec, Piopolis and Frontenac, Quebec, Frontenac, in the Le Granit Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Estrie, in Quebec, in Canada. Geography The main neighboring hydrographic slopes of the Arnold River are: * north side: lake Mégantic, rivière aux Araignées; * east side: rivière aux Araignées, Vaseux stream; * south side: Morin Creek, Cupsuptic River (Cupsuptic River), (USA), Porter Brook (USA); * west side: first east branch of the Magalloway River (USA), Deer Brook (USA), Bergeron River. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lac Mégantic
Lac is the resinous secretion of a number of species of lac insects, of which the most commonly cultivated is ''Kerria lacca''. Cultivation begins when a farmer gets a stick that contains eggs ready to hatch and ties it to the tree to be infested. Thousands of lac insects colonize the branches of the host trees and secrete the resinous pigment. The coated branches of the host trees are cut and harvested as sticklac. The harvested sticklac is crushed and sieved to remove impurities. The sieved material is then repeatedly washed to remove insect parts and other material. The resulting product is known as seedlac. The prefix ''seed'' refers to its pellet shape. Seedlac, which still contains 3–5% impurity, is processed into shellac by heat treatment or solvent extraction. The leading producer of lac is Jharkhand, followed by the Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, and Maharashtra states of India. Lac production is also found in Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, parts of C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
