Mont Mégantic

Mont Mégantic is an isolated mountain in southern Québec, known in Abenaki as Namesokanjik, whose summit is the highest point of Le Haut-Saint-François. Considered by many geologists part of the intrusive igneous Monteregian Hills linked to the New England hotspot, it rises prominently as a monadnock above the surrounding landscape. The mountain stands within Parc national du Mont-Mégantic and forms a watershed divide in the Saint Lawrence River basin, with runoff reaching different river systems. It is especially important as the site of the Observatoire du Mont Mégantic, aided by road access to Québec’s highest road-accessible summit, and it also figures in the annual Tour de Beauce cycling race.

Quebec · Canada