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Lake Mégantic (French: Lac Mégantic, French pronunciation: [lak meɡɑ̃tik]) is a large body of water in Québec, Canada, located in the Appalachian Mountains near the U.S. border. It is a source of the Chaudière River which drains into the St Lawrence River at Québec City. [ 1 ]
Lac Mégantic is home to a junior college, Centre d’études collégiales de Lac-Mégantic, which is affiliated with the Cégep Beauce-Appalaches. The college offers both technical and pre-university training programs including an astrophysics program, which is the only one of its kind in Quebec. It also has a vocational training centre, the ...
Parent article: Lac-Mégantic rail disaster The involved tracks and train were operated by the Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway (MMA, also MM&A). Over the decade leading up to this accident, aggressive cost cutting [1] [2] for freight train operations and continued deferred maintenance on the tracks resulted in much of the trackage being in marginal condition. [3]
Lac Megantic may refer to: Lac Mégantic or Lake Mégantic, a lake in Quebec near its border with Maine; Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, a town on the shores of the lake, at the lake's outlet to the Chaudière River Lac-Mégantic rail disaster, a 2013 train derailment, fire and explosion in the town
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Lac-Mégantic: This Is Not an Accident (French: Lac-Mégantic : ceci n’est pas un accident) is a Canadian documentary television series, ...
Colette Roy-Laroche (born August 2, 1943) is a former Canadian politician who served as mayor of Lac-Mégantic, Quebec from 2002 to 2015. [1] She is best known for her handling of the 2013 Lac-Mégantic rail disaster, which earned her the affectionate nickname "The Granite Lady" for her unflappable strength.
Mont Mégantic Observatory, an observatory located at Mont Megantic, Quebec; Mont-Mégantic National Park, a Quebec provincial park surrounding Mount Megantic; 4843 Mégantic, the asteroid Mégantic, 4843th registered, named after the Mont Mégantic Observatory; SS Megantic (1908), a White Star Lines passenger ship named for Lake Mégantic, Québec