Refuge Grande-Ourse
Refuge Grande-Ourse is a wilderness hut in Val-Racine, Estrie, Quebec. Refuge Grande-Ourse is situated nearby to the scenic viewpoint Halte de la Terre, as well as near La Révélation.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mont Mégantic and ASTROLab.
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.
ASTROLab
Planetarium
Photo: Simon Villeneuve, CC BY-SA 4.0.
ASTROLab is a planetarium, which is situated 2 km south of Refuge Grande-Ourse.
Mont Megantic 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. Mont Megantic Observatory is situated 2 km northwest of Refuge Grande-Ourse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Notre-Dame-des-Bois.
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 7 km southeast of Refuge Grande-Ourse.
Refuge Grande-Ourse
- Type: Wilderness hut
- Categories: tourism, accommodation, and building
- Location: Val-Racine, Estrie, Quebec, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.44174° or 45° 26′ 30″ northLongitude
-71.13496° or 71° 8′ 6″ westElevation
780 metres (2,559 feet)Operator
SEPAQOpen location code
87QCCVR8+M2OpenStreetMap ID
node 7072096505OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=wilderness_hut
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