Mont du Midi explained

Mont du Midi
Elevation M:915
Country:Canada
State:Quebec
State Type:Province
Region:Chaudière-Appalaches
Region Type:Administrative region
District:Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality
District Type:Regional County Municipality
Parent:Massif du Sud (Notre Dame Mountains, Appalachian Mountains)

The mont du Midi (in English: Midi Mount) is a mountain in the Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality, near Saint-Luc-de-Bellechasse, in region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada.

It is part of the Massif-du-Sud Regional Park.

Geography

Located south of the St. Lawrence River, the Mont du Midi has an altitude of and is the highest point of the Massif du Sud. This mountain peak is located about twenty kilometers north of the municipality of Lac-Etchemin and 2 km west of the Claude-Mélançon Ecological Reserve. This summit is the highest peak between Mont Mégantic and the Chic-Choc Mountains. This mountain peak is located about twenty kilometers north of the municipality of Lac-Etchemin and 2 km west of the Claude-Mélançon Ecological Reserve. It is part of the Parc régional du Massif-du-Sud[1] [2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/Fiche.aspx?no_seq=378782 Mont du Midi
  2. Source: Commission de toponymie du Québec. Noms et lieux du Québec: dictionnaire illustré, Québec, Les Publications du Québec, 2006, p. 925.