Mont du Midi

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.

Mont du Midi
Mont du Midi in the Notre-Dame mountains.
Highest point
Elevation915 metres (3,002 ft)
Coordinates46.60333°N 70.49389°W / 46.60333; -70.49389
Geography
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
Administrative regionChaudière-Appalaches
Regional County MunicipalityLes Etchemins Regional County Municipality
Parent rangeMassif du Sud (Notre Dame Mountains, Appalachian Mountains)

It is part of the Massif-du-Sud Regional Park.[1]

Geography

Located south of the St. Lawrence River, the Mont du Midi has an altitude of 915 metres (3,002 ft) 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

References

  1. Mont du Midi, Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. Source: Commission de toponymie du Québec. Noms et lieux du Québec: dictionnaire illustré, Québec, Les Publications du Québec, 2006, p. 925.
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