Mount Babel

Mount Babel, in Quebec, is the highest point on René-Levasseur Island, rising above the Manicouagan Reservoir within the Louis-Babel Ecological Reserve. It forms the central peak of the Manicouagan impact structure, created by a meteor strike about 210 million years ago, and was shaped by the rebound of Earth’s crust after the impact. This origin makes it important to geologists studying shock metamorphism and the long effects of the collision. The mountain also draws biologists because its steep elevation change produces a rapid transition from boreal forest to tundra, supporting lichen and other arctic life forms.

Quebec · Canada