Mont Mégantic (;
Abenaki
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: Namesokanjik) is a
monadnock located in
Québec,
Canada
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, about north of the
border between Québec and the
U.S.
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states of
Maine
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and
New Hampshire
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.
Mégantic is on the border of the
regional county municipalities
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of
Le Granit and
Le Haut-Saint-François. Its summit is the highest point of the latter. Many geologists believe that Mont Mégantic is a member of the
Monteregian Hills
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Etymology
The first definition of the Monteregian Hills came about in 190 ...
formed by the
New England hotspot
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, as it has the same mechanism and depth of
intrusion.
![DecollageDeltaPlaneDuMontStJoseph](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/DecollageDeltaPlaneDuMontStJoseph.JPG)
Mont Mégantic stands within the
watershed of the
Saint Lawrence River
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, which drains into the
Gulf of Saint Lawrence
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, caption = Gulf of St. Lawrence from Anticosti National Park, Quebec
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, alt_bathymetry = Bathymetry ...
. The east side of Mégantic drains into Rivière Victoria, thence into
Lac Mégantic
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Cultivation begins when a farmer gets a stick that contains eggs ready to hatch and ties it to the tree to be infes ...
, the
Chaudière River, and the St. Lawrence. The rest of Mégantic drains into Rivière Au Saumon (Salmon River), thence into the
Saint-François River, and the St. Lawrence.
Observatoire du Mont Mégantic (OMM) is located on the mountain's summit, which is the highest point in Québec accessible by road. The mountain is in the middle of the
Parc national du Mont-Mégantic.
[ Parc national du Mont-Mégantic ] The annual
Tour de Beauce
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bicycle race
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is routed over Mont Mégantic.
References
External links
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Megantic
Stocks (geology)
Landforms of Estrie
Igneous petrology of Quebec
Canada geography articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
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