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Mont Blanc is a ski resort in the Laurentian Mountains and south of Mont-Tremblant, in Les Laurentides Regional County Municipality (MRC), in administrative region of Laurentides (region), in Quebec, Canada. [2] It is located in the municipality of Mont-Blanc, just east of Mont Tremblant.
The Laurentian Mountains extend from Quebec to Labrador over a distance of 1,448 kilometers (900 miles). [3] They are partially bounded by the Ottawa, St. Lawrence, and Saguenay River. The Laurentian Mountains reside in the Laurentian Upland, [4] which extends as far west as Lake Huron, [3] with foothills extending into northeastern Ontario.
The Lac Jacques-Cartier massif is a massif and the highest mountain range of the Laurentian Mountains, in the Canadian province of Quebec.Located between the St. Lawrence River and the Saguenay Graben, the altitude of its plateau varies between 800 and 900 meters while its highest point, Mount Raoul Blanchard, reaches 1,181 metres (3,875 ft) of altitude.
Mount Raoul Blanchard (French: Mont Raoul-Blanchard) is the highest peak in the Laurentian Mountains, Quebec, Canada at 1,166 m (3,825 ft). It is located in the La Côte-de-Beaupré RCM , 64 kilometres (40 mi) north east of Quebec City and 19 kilometres (12 mi) north of Saint-Tite-des-Caps in the Réserve faunique des Laurentides.
Laurentian Mountains - Located in the Canadian Shield, north of the St. Lawrence River and Ottawa River, rising to a highest point of 1166 metres (3,825 ft); Appalachians - Physiographic region consisting of thirteen provinces of which a few are in Quebec: the Atlantic Coast Uplands, Eastern Newfoundland Atlantic, Maritime Acadian Highlands, Maritime Plain, Notre Dame and Mégantic Mountains ...
While it is often called the Laurentians in English, the region includes only part of the Laurentian Mountains. It has a total land area of 20,779.19 km 2 (8,022.89 sq mi) and its population was 589,400 inhabitants as of the 2016 Census. [1] The area was historically occupied by the Algonquin First Nation. English Canadians began settling in ...
Saint-Sauveur (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ sovœʁ] ⓘ) is a town and municipality within the Les Pays-d'en-Haut Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.It is in the administrative region of Laurentides in the Laurentian Mountains, located about 60 kilometres north of Montreal.
The Pikauba River, in 1940.. Parc des Laurentides was created in 1895 as a forest reserve and as a recreational area for the public. In 1981, two large parcels were split off to become Jacques-Cartier National Park in the south and the Grands-Jardins National Park in the east, while the remaining territory was established as a wildlife reserve.