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  2. Laurentides - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Monteregian Hills - Wikipedia

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    All of the mountains have dark-coloured mafic rock such as gabbro and essexite; some also have large areas of pulaskite, syenite, and other light-coloured rock. [ citation needed ] The Monteregian Hills are part of the Great Meteor hotspot track , formed as a result of the North American Plate sliding westward over the long-lived New England ...

  4. Laurentian Mountains - Wikipedia

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    The Laurentian Mountains [8] are one of the oldest mountain ranges in the world, being of Precambrian age, with some regions dating to over one billion years old. [9] The mountain range is between other related geologic features, such as the Monteregian Hills and the older Oka Hills. [10] The mountain range is located within the Grenville ...

  5. Quebec French lexicon - Wikipedia

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    Canada goose: bernache du Canada poudrerie / rafale de (neige) blowing snow rafale de (neige) poudreuse pruche Eastern hemlock tsuga du Canada raquetteur snowshoer: celui qui fait des raquettes souffleuse snowblower chasse-neige In Quebec, un chasse-neige is a snowplow though the term charrue is mainly used for snow plow. suisse eastern chipmunk

  6. Gaspé Peninsula - Wikipedia

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    The Gaspé National Park (Parc national de la Gaspésie) is in the Chic-Chocs, and Forillon National Park is at the peninsula's northeastern tip. A section of the International Appalachian Trail travels through the peninsula's mountains. Bonaventure National Park is here. As of September 2018 the area also hosts Canada's third UNESCO Global ...

  7. Société du parler français au Canada - Wikipedia

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    SLMC. "(1930) Glossaire du parler français au Canada. Société du parler français au Canada", in the Site for Language Management in Canada, 2006; In French. LexiQué. "La Société du parler français au Canada (1902-1962)", in the site of the Laboratoire de lexicologie et lexicographie québécoises, June 6, 2007; Verreault, Claude.

  8. La Cloche Mountains - Wikipedia

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    The La Cloche Mountains, also called the La Cloche Range, are a range of mountains in Northern Ontario, Canada, along the northern shore of Lake Huron near Manitoulin Island. The mountains are located in the Canadian Shield , and are composed primarily of white quartzite .

  9. List of place names of French origin in the United States

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    Several thousand place names in the United States have names of French origin, some a legacy of past French exploration and rule over much of the land and some in honor of French help during the American Revolution and the founding of the country (see also: New France and French in the United States).