Mont-Mégantic National Park
Mont-Mégantic National Park is a provincial park in Quebec, Canada. It is located near the municipality of Notre-Dame-des-Bois in the Estrie region. The park was created in 1994 and is adjacent to the Samuel-Brisson Ecological Reserve which is located northeast of it. Mont Mégantic is the approximate geographic centre of the park.Photo: Neumeier, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Reserve
- Description: national park (Estrie, Quebec, Canada)
- Also known as: “Mont-Megantic National Park” and “Parc national du Mont-Megantic”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mont Mégantic and Mont Mégantic Observatory.
Mont Mégantic
Peak
Photo: Khayman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mont Mégantic is a monadnock located in Québec, Canada, about 15 km north of the border between Québec and the U.S. states of Maine and New Hampshire. Mégantic is on the border of the regional county municipalities of Le Granit and Le Haut-Saint-François.
Mont Mégantic Observatory
Building
Photo: Khayman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Mont Mégantic Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated jointly by the Université de Montréal and the Université Laval. Founded in 1978, the observatory houses the second largest telescope in Eastern Canada after David Dunlap Observatory near Toronto.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Notre-Dame-des-Bois and La Patrie.
Notre-Dame-des-Bois
Village
Photo: Khayman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Notre-Dame-des-Bois is a municipality in Le Granit Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada, on the Canada–United States border. Notre-Dame-des-Bois is situated 9 km southeast of Mont-Mégantic National Park.
La Patrie
Village
Photo: Khayman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
La Patrie is a municipality of about 815 people in Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, in Quebec, Canada. It is located at the base of Mont Mégantic. La Patrie is situated 10 km southwest of Mont-Mégantic National Park.
Mont-Mégantic National Park
- Category: national park of Quebec
- Location: Quebec, Canada, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Mont-Mégantic National Park from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Chinese to German—“Mont-Mégantic National Park” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “蒙特梅甘蒂奇国家公园”
- French: “parc de conservation du Mont-Mégantic”
- French: “parc national du Mont-Mégantic”
- French: “Parc national du Mont-Mégantic”
- French: “PNMM”
- German: “Parc national du Mont-Mégantic”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Mont-Mégantic and Chesham.
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Highlights include Plateau des Chicots and Mont Saint-Joseph.
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