Mont Sainte-Cécile

Mont Sainte-Cécile
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[3]
Geography
Mont Sainte-Cécile Quebec, Canada
Parent range	Longfellow Mountains
Topo map	NTS 21E10 Lac-Mégantic

Mont Sainte-Cécile, also referred to as Petit-Mégantic^[4]: 25 is a mountain that rises to 887 m (2,910 ft)^[1] located in Sainte-Cécile-de-Whitton, Quebec, Canada.

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 Sainte-Cécile-de-Whitton, Quebec in the regional county municipality of Le Granit. It lies in the boundary ranges of the Longfellow Mountains in the Appalachians and on the edge of the Chaudière River valley.^[6]

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

1. "Attraits touristique" (in French). Municipalité Ste-Cécile-de-Whitton. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
2. "Mont Sainte-Cécile". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
3. "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 56090". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
4. 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. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
5. "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.
6. "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.
7. 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. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
8. "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. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)