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Laurentian Mountains - Located in the Canadian Shield, north of the St. Lawrence River and Ottawa River, rising to a highest point of 1166 metres (3,825 ft); Appalachians - Physiographic region consisting of thirteen provinces of which a few are in Quebec: the Atlantic Coast Uplands, Eastern Newfoundland Atlantic, Maritime Acadian Highlands, Maritime Plain, Notre Dame and Mégantic Mountains ...
Quebec's highest mountain is Mont D'Iberville, which is located on the border with Newfoundland and Labrador in the northeastern part of the province in the Torngat Mountains. The addition of parts of the vast and scarcely populated District of Ungava of the Northwest Territories between 1898 and 1912 gave the province its current form.
The Canadian Shield spans much of northern Quebec, which is primarily underlain by the Superior Craton, a 160-mile thick section of stable continental crust formed beginning 4.03 billion years ago. In the northwest and at the northern tip of the Ungava Peninsula is the large Churchill Craton , which extends into Labrador and Nunavut as the ...
Mount Royal (French: Mont Royal, IPA: [mɔ̃ ʁwajal]) is a mountain in the city of Montreal, immediately west of Downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The city's name is derived from the mountain's name. [1] The mountain is part of the Monteregian Hills situated between the Laurentians and the Appalachian Mountains.
Mountains of Quebec. Laurentides; Appalaches; Monts Chic-Chocs; Collines Montérégiennes; Monts Torngat; Volcanoes in Quebec; Islands of Quebec; Lakes of Quebec; List of dams and reservoirs in Quebec; Rivers of Quebec. Waterfalls of Quebec; Valleys of Quebec; World Heritage Sites in Quebec (2) Miguasha National Park; Old Quebec; Extreme points ...
Mount Jacques-Cartier (French: Mont Jacques-Cartier, pronounced [mɔ̃ ʒak kaʁtje]) is a mountain in the Chic-Choc Mountains range in eastern Quebec, Canada.At 1,268 m (4,160 ft), it is the tallest mountain in southern Quebec, and the highest mountain in the Canadian Appalachians.
Laurentian Mountains, Route 138, Quebec, Canada. 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]
Although the terms "city" and "town" are both used in the category name because of common English usage, Quebec does not contain any cities under the current law; [1] this list thus includes all villes, regardless of whether they are referred to as cities or towns in English.