Mount Valin is the highest

mountain A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually highe ...

of the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region (as measured from

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) in the

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province of

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. Situated from

Chicoutimi Chicoutimi () is the most populous borough (arrondissement) of the city of Saguenay in Quebec, Canada. It is situated at the confluence of the Saguenay and Chicoutimi rivers. During the 20th century, it became the main administrative and com ...

, the mountain receives an average of of rain and of snow every year. Mount Valin is an important site used for transmission facilities for radio and television stations in the region. Stations broadcasting from Mount Valin are television stations

CFRS-DT CFRS-DT, virtual channel 4.1 (very high frequency, VHF digital terrestrial television, digital channel 13), is a Noovo owned-and-operated station, owned-and-operated television station city of license, licensed to Saguenay, Quebec, Saguenay, Queb ...

, CKTV-DT and CIVV-DT; and radio stations CFIX-FM,

CJAB-FM CJAB-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Saguenay, Quebec. Its studios are located at Rue Racine Est in the former city of Chicoutimi (co-located with sister stations CFIX-FM and Noovo owned-and-operated station CFRS-DT), wi ...

and CION-FM-2. Mount Valin is part of the

Monts-Valin National Park Parc National des Monts-Valin is one of twenty-nine national parks of Quebec, managed by the Quebec Outdoor Establishments Company (Sépaq). Located in Saguenay, the highest point of the region is found in Monts-Valin at Dubuc peak, as well as ...

and home to the Le Valinouët ski centre.

References

Mountains of Quebec under 1000 metres Mount Valin Canada geography articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Quebec-geo-stub