Mont Sainte-Cécile, also referred to as Petit-Mégantic is a mountain that rises to located in Sainte-Cécile-de-Whitton, Quebec,

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Etymology

Mont Sainte-Cécile and the eponymous village at its foot were named after

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Geography

The mountain is located in the municipality of Sainte-Cécile-de-Whitton, Quebec in the regional county municipality of Le Granit. It lies in the boundary ranges of the

Longfellow Mountains The Longfellow Mountains are a subrange of the Appalachian Mountains System, located within the North Maine Woods region of northwestern Maine. They extend across the state from northern New Hampshire northeastward to the Provinces and territories o ...

in the Appalachians and on the edge of the

Chaudière River The Chaudière River (French for "Cauldron" or "Boiler"; Abenaki: Kik8ntekw) is a river with its source near the Town of Lac-Mégantic, in southeast Quebec, Canada. From its source Lake Mégantic in the Estrie region, it runs northwards to flo ...

valley.

Geology

Mont Sainte-Cécile is made of granodiorite that dates from the upper Devonian period ( million years ago). To its southeast, where it collects water and drains into the Chaudière River, is the Drolet lens, a clayey till that was settled in the valley during the massive drainage of Glacial Lake Gayhurst when it filled an overdeepening with remnants of glacial lacustrine deposits. Granit is currently being extracted from the eastern flank of the mountain.

Wildlife

'' Pseudevernia cladonia'', also known as "ghost antler lichen" or ', a species of

lichen A lichen ( , ) is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species in a mutualistic relationship.

Recreation

The mountain does not currently have any recreo-touristic layout. A hiking trail stretching from its base to the summit had been planned, but the promoters of the trail did not succeed in getting permission from the landowners to construct a crucial part of the trail, so the project has been put aside.

References

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