The Mont Belle Fontaine (''in English: Mount beautiful fountain''), culminating at of altitude, is the highest summit of the

Laurentides Wildlife Reserve Réserve faunique des Laurentides (), also known by its former name of parc des Laurentides, is a wildlife reserve in Quebec, Canada, located between Quebec City and the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region. This reserve is part of the network of ...

Toponymy

The summit owes its name to Lac Belle Fontaine located to the west.Mont Belle Fontaine - Descriptive sheet
Commission de toponymie du Québec; note: on the map, Lac Belle Fontaine is located to the west of Mt.

Geography

Mount Belle Fontaine is, in a straight line, east of route 175 and 20 km south of L'Étape. It is the highest point of the

Jacques-Cartier Massif The Lac Jacques-Cartier massif is a massif and the highest mountain range of the Laurentian Mountains, in the Canadian province of Quebec. Located between the St. Lawrence River and the Saguenay Graben, the altitude of its plateau varies between 80 ...

and the second summit of the

Laurentian Mountains The Laurentian Mountains ( French: ''Laurentides'') are a mountain range in southern Quebec, Canada, north of the St. Lawrence River and Ottawa River, rising to a highest point of at Mont Raoul Blanchard, northeast of Quebec City in the Laurentid ...

range, after Mount Raoul-Blanchard ().

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Belle Fontaine, mont La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality Laurentides Wildlife Reserve One-thousanders of Quebec