Mont Megantic Popular Observatory
Mont Megantic Popular Observatory is a building in La Patrie, Estrie, Quebec. Mont Megantic Popular Observatory is situated nearby to the building Mont Mégantic Observatory, as well as near the peak Mont Saint-Joseph.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mont Mégantic and Mont Mégantic Observatory.
Mont Mégantic
Peak
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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. Mont Mégantic Observatory is situated 270 metres west of Mont Megantic Popular Observatory.
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 Megantic Popular Observatory.
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 Megantic Popular Observatory.
Mont Megantic Popular Observatory
- Type: Building
- Location: La Patrie, Estrie, Quebec, Canada, North America
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Latitude
45.45568° or 45° 27′ 21″ northLongitude
-71.1493° or 71° 8′ 58″ westLevels
1Open location code
87QCFV42+77OpenStreetMap ID
way 229124380OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
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In Other Languages
“Mont Megantic Popular Observatory” goes by many names.
- French: “Observatoire populaire du Mont-Mégantic”
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