Refuge La Voie-Lactée
Refuge La Voie-Lactée is a wilderness hut in La Patrie, Estrie, Quebec. Refuge La Voie-Lactée is situated nearby to Mont Megantic Popular Observatory, as well as near Mont Megantic Observatory.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mont Mégantic and Mont Megantic 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 Megantic Observatory
Observatory
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 300 metres west of Refuge La Voie-Lactée.
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 Refuge La Voie-Lactée.
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 Refuge La Voie-Lactée.
Refuge La Voie-Lactée
- Type: Wilderness hut
- Categories: building, tourism, and accommodation
- Location: La Patrie, Estrie, Quebec, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.45605° or 45° 27′ 22″ northLongitude
-71.14887° or 71° 8′ 56″ westLevels
1Open location code
87QCFV42+CFOpenStreetMap ID
way 229124381OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=wilderness_hut
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Satellite Map
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