Mount Belle Fontaine

The Mont Belle Fontaine (in English: Mount beautiful fountain), culminating at 1,151 metres (3,776 ft) of altitude, is the highest summit of the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve.[1]

Mount Belle Fontaine
Highest point
Elevation1,151 m (3,776 ft)
Coordinates47.3975°N 71.11°W / 47.3975; -71.11
Geography
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
Administrative regionCapitale-Nationale
Parent rangeJacques-Cartier Massif (Laurentian Mountains)

Toponymy

The summit owes its name to Lac Belle Fontaine located to the west.[2]

Geography

Topographic map of the mountain.

Mount Belle Fontaine is, in a straight line, 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) east of route 175 and 20 km south of L'Étape.

It is the highest point of the Jacques-Cartier Massif and the second summit of the Laurentian Mountains range, after Mount Raoul-Blanchard (1,181 metres (3,875 ft)).

References

  1. Principal altitudes, by province and territory, Statistics Canada.
  2. Mont Belle Fontaine - Descriptive sheet, Commission de toponymie du Québec; note: on the map, Lac Belle Fontaine is located to the west of Mt.
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