Mont Sainte-Cécile
Mont Sainte-Cécile | |
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![]() The village of Lac-Mégantic with Mont Sainte-Cécile in the background | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 887 m (2,910 ft)[1] |
Isolation | 26.36 km (26,360 m)[2] |
Coordinates | 45°41′52″N 70°57′46″W / 45.69778°N 70.96278°W[3] |
Geography | |
Lac-Mégantic |
Mont Sainte-Cécile, also referred to as Petit-Mégantic
Etymology
Mont Sainte-Cécile and the eponymous village at its foot were named after Saint Cecilia.[5]
Geography
The mountain is located in the municipality of
Geology
Mont Sainte-Cécile is made of granodiorite that dates from the upper Devonian period (382.7 million years ago).[4]: 30 To its southeast, where it collects water and drains into the Chaudière River, is the Drolet lens, a clayey till that was settled in the valley during the massive drainage of Glacial Lake Gayhurst when it filled an overdeepening with remnants of glacial lacustrine deposits.[4]: 33
Granit is currently being extracted from the eastern flank of the mountain.[6]: 25
Wildlife
Pseudevernia cladonia, also known as "ghost antler lichen" or petits bois, a species of lichen with the designation of "special concern," is estimated to be found on the mountain[7]: 13
Recreation
The mountain does not currently have any recreo-touristic layout. A hiking trail stretching from its base to the summit had been planned, but the promoters of the trail did not succeed in getting permission from the landowners to construct a crucial part of the trail, so the project has been put aside.[8]: 62
References
- ^ a b "Attraits touristique" (in French). Municipalité Ste-Cécile-de-Whitton. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
- ^ "Mont Sainte-Cécile". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
- ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 56090". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- ^ a b c Normandeau, Philippe-Xavier (May 2010). "Histoire du drainage tardiglaciaire de la Vallée de la rivière Chaudière et des régions avoisinantes, Québec" (PDF) (in French). Université du Québec à Montreal. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
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(help) - ^ "Sainte-Cécile-de-Whitton" (in French). Le Granit Regional County Municipality. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
Le vocable Sainte-Cécile rend l'hommage à sainte Cécile de Rome.
- ^ a b "Municipalité de Ste-Cécile de Whitton Plan d'urbanisme" (PDF) (in French). Municipalité Régionale de Compté du Granit. 7 December 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
- ^ Clayden, Stephen R. (April 2006). "Assessment and Status Report on the Ghost Antler Pseudevernia cladonia in Canada" (PDF). Committee on the status of endangered wildlife in Canada. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
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(help) - ^ "Étude sur la valorisation socio-économique des forêts publiques" (PDF) (in French). Centre local de développement MRC du Granit & Centre local de développement Haut-Saint-François. February 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
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