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Autoroute 10 (Quebec)
Autoroute 10 (A-10) is an Autoroutes of Quebec, Autoroute of Quebec in Canada that links greater Montreal to key population centres in Montérégie and Estrie, including Brossard, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Granby, Quebec, Granby, Sherbrooke and Saint-Georges, Quebec, Saint-Georges (possible). The A-10 also provides access to popular winter resorts at Ski Bromont, Bromont, Owl's Head (Quebec), Owl's Head, Mont Sutton and Mont Orford. Motorists travelling on the A-10 can see eight of nine Monteregian Hills: Mount Royal, Mont Saint-Bruno, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Mont Saint-Grégoire, Mont Rougemont, Mont Yamaska, Mont Shefford and Mont Brome. The ninth, Mont Mégantic is located beyond the eastern terminus of the autoroute. Description The A-10 carries the name Autoroute Bonaventure (''Bonaventure Expressway'') from its start in Montreal's city centre to the Champlain Bridge (Montreal), Champlain Bridge. From there until its terminus in Sherbrooke, the A-10 is called the Autoroute des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transports Québec
Le Ministère des Transports et de la Mobilité Durable du Québec (), known by its short form name Transports Québec or alternatively by the acronym MTQ, is a Quebec government ministry (government department), ministry responsible for transport, infrastructure and law in Quebec, Canada. Since 2022, the Minister for Transport (Quebec), Minister for Transport is Geneviève Guilbault. Role and responsibilities The ministry is responsible for: * Vehicle registration plate, Registration of all vehicles * Driver's license, Driver licensing * Driver examination centres * Provincial highways in the province * Maintenance of roads and bridges Note: Based on a structure number, the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility of Quebec, under thInventory and inspection of structures tab, offers a tool that gives a detailed description of the condition of all bridges, culverts, retaining walls and tunnels under the management of the Ministry, by region, road, network. On bridges, numb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mont Orford
Mount Orford () is a mountain and ski resort located in the Mont-Orford National Park in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. It is northwest of the centre of the city of Magog. History In 2006, the provincial government and then-Environment Minister Claude Béchard announced the increase of the size of Orford as a national park. In addition, they would have sold the ski resort and golf course to private interests. Inside the that were to be sold, developers planned to build condominiums, restaurants, boutiques and a hotel. The planned development was to be similar to Mont-Tremblant but on a lesser scale, and several other projects had been planned previously. This was successfully opposed by several groups, including environmental. On May 7, 2007, new Environment Minister Line Beauchamp announced that the province would not sell Orford. Following on the heels of strong citizen support Orford Park has since been expanded several times adding over 100 square kilometers of prote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cantons-de-l'Est
The Eastern Townships (, ) is a historical administrative region in southeastern Quebec, Canada. It lies between the St. Lawrence Lowlands and the American border, and extends from Granby in the southwest to Drummondville in the northeast. Since 1987, most of the area is within the administrative region Estrie, and the term Eastern Townships is now used in tourist literature. The name derives from there also being western townships in Ontario. History Before European colonization the area was inhabited by the Abenaki, as attested by many toponyms such as Lake Memphremagog and Massawippi River. Until 1791 the region was organized under the seigneurial system of New France. In 1791 the region was resurveyed under English law. It was divided into counties, which were in turn subdivided into townships. Settlement by Europeans happened in three waves: first from New England, including some loyalists, then from the British Isles, and finally French-Canadians from surrounding a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Champlain Bridge (Montreal)
The Samuel-De Champlain Bridge, colloquially known as the Champlain Bridge, is a cable-stayed bridge design by architect Poul Ove Jensen and built to replace the original Champlain Bridge over the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec, between Nuns' Island in the borough of Verdun in Montreal and the suburban city of Brossard on the South Shore. A second, connected bridge links Nuns' Island to the main Island of Montreal. It is the busiest bridge in Canada. The new span is located just north of the location of the original Champlain Bridge, demolition of which began as soon as the new bridge was completed. The new bridge carries eight lanes of automobile traffic of the A-10, A-15, and A-20, with one lane in each direction dedicated for buses. It also includes a multi-use lane for cyclists and pedestrians. The central portion of the bridge deck carries the South Shore branch of the Réseau express métropolitain (REM) automated light metro system. At wide, the new Bridge is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonaventure
Bonaventure ( ; ; ; born Giovanni di Fidanza; 1221 – 15 July 1274) was an Italian Catholic Franciscan bishop, Cardinal (Catholic Church), cardinal, Scholasticism, scholastic theologian and philosopher. The seventh Minister General (Franciscan), Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor, he also served for a time as Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Albano, Bishop of Albano. He was canonised on 14 April 1482 by Pope Sixtus IV and declared a Doctor of the Church in 1588 by Pope Sixtus V, becoming known as the "Seraphic Doctor" (). His Calendar of saints, feast day is 15 July. Many writings from the Middle Ages once attributed to him have been subsequently re-classified under the name "Pseudo-Bonaventure". Life He was born at Civita di Bagnoregio, not far from Viterbo, then part of the Papal States. Almost nothing is known of his childhood, other than the names of his parents, Giovanni di Fidanza and Maria di Ritella. Bonaventure reports that in his youth he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mont Mégantic
Mont Mégantic (; Abenaki: Namesokanjik) is a monadnock located in Québec, Canada, about north of the border between Québec and the U.S. states of Maine and New Hampshire. Mégantic is on the border of the regional county municipalities of Le Granit and Le Haut-Saint-François. Its summit is the highest point of the latter. Many geologists believe that Mont Mégantic is a member of the Monteregian Hills formed by the New England hotspot, as it has the same mechanism and depth of intrusion. Mont Mégantic stands within the watershed of the Saint Lawrence River, which drains into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. The east side of Mégantic drains into Rivière Victoria, thence into Lac Mégantic, the Chaudière River, and the St. Lawrence. The rest of Mégantic drains into Rivière Au Saumon (Salmon River), thence into the Saint-François River, and the St. Lawrence. An observatory Observatoire du Mont Mégantic (OMM) is located on the mountain's summit, whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mont Brome
Mont Brome (aka ''Bromont'', ''Bromount'', ''Mount Brome'') is part of the Monteregian Hills in southern Quebec. Its summit stands above sea level. It is near the town of Bromont, Quebec. The ski resort Ski Bromont lies on its slopes. Geology Mont Brome might be the deep extension of a vastly eroded ancient volcanic complex, which was probably active about 125 million years ago. The mountain was created when the North American Plate moved westward over the New England hotspot, along with other mountains of the Monteregian Hills that form part of the vast Great Meteor hotspot track. See also * Volcanism of Canada * Monteregian Hills The Monteregian Hills () is a linear chain of isolated mountains in Montreal and Montérégie, between the Laurentian Mountains and the Appalachians. Etymology The first definition of the Monteregian Hills came about in 1903 when Montreal geolo ... References Landforms of Montérégie Mountains of Quebec under 1000 metres Stocks (geolo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mont Shefford
Mont Shefford is a Monteregian Hill located in Shefford in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. Mont Shefford is tall, and was home to the Ski Shefford ski resort which closed in 2006. Geology Mount Shefford was formed some 125 million years ago during an underground intrusion of magma. This magma did not reach the Earth's surface and remained in a deep freeze. The mountain appeared following the erosion of nearby sedimentary rocks by glaciers. The sedimentary rock was more fragile than the metamorphic rock Metamorphic rocks arise from the transformation of existing rock to new types of rock in a process called metamorphism. The original rock ( protolith) is subjected to temperatures greater than and, often, elevated pressure of or more, caus ... formed by the contact of the magma and the surrounding sedimentary rock. References Mountains of Quebec under 1000 metres Mont Shefford Igneous petrology of Quebec Stocks (geology) La Haute-Yamaska Regional Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mont Yamaska
Mont Yamaska (; 'Mount Yamaska; in Abenaki, Wigwômadenek)) is part of the Monteregian Hills in southern Quebec. Its summit stands above sea level. This mountain is largely covered with deciduous forest dominated by sugar maple. Some apple orchards are raised on lower slopes. Geology Mont Yamaska is composed of igneous rock and hornfels. The igneous rock includes much gabbro, essexite, a titanium-rich clinopyroxenite called yamaskite, and a small area of nepheline syenite.https://alkcarb.myrocks.info/node/929 Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World -- Mount Yamaska Mont Yamaska might be the deep extension of a vastly eroded ancient volcanic complex, which was probably active about 125 million years ago.A Hundred-Million Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mont Rougemont
Mont Rougemont (; Abenaki: Wigwômedenek) is part of the Monteregian Hills in southern Quebec. It is composed of igneous rock and hornfels. The summit stands above sea level. The mountain is mostly covered with sugar maple-dominated forest. Apple orchards and vineyards are cultivated on many of the lower slopes, and much of the fruit is used to make cider. Geology The igneous material is composed almost entirely of mafic and ultramafic rock such as gabbro and olivine-bearing clinopyroxenite. These rocks outcrop in some places and are otherwise covered by dark brown stony loam, sandy loam or loamy sand which has been mapped as Montarville series.https://sis.agr.gc.ca/siscan/publications/surveys/pq/pq49b/pq49b_report.pdf Étude pédologique du comté de Rouville, Québec, 1999. Mont Rougemont might be the deep extension of a vastly eroded ancient volcanic complex, which was probably active about 125 million years ago. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mont Saint-Grégoire
Mont Saint-Grégoire (; height: ) is a mountain in the Montérégie region of southern Quebec, Canada. It is composed of essexite and syenite, strongly contrasting with the surrounding sedimentary rocks. The area around Mont Saint-Grégoire is known for its maple syrup production, as well as some wine production. The name was changed in 1923 from Mount Johnson . Mont Saint-Grégoire was named in honour of Pope Gregory I, who was also known as Gregory the Great. Geology It is thought that Mont Saint-Grégoire might be the deep extension of a vastly eroded ancient volcanic complex, which was probably active about 125 million years ago.A Hundred-Million Year History of the Corner Rise and New England Seamounts Retrieved o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mont Saint-Hilaire
Mont Saint-Hilaire (; English: Mount Saint-Hilaire; ;, ; see for other names) is a mountain, high, in the Montérégie region of southern Quebec. It is about thirty kilometres east of Montreal, and immediately east of the Richelieu River. It is one of the Monteregian Hills. Around the mountains are the towns of Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Mont-Saint-Hilaire and Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Quebec, Saint-Jean-Baptiste. Other nearby towns include Otterburn Park, Quebec, Otterburn Park, Beloeil, Quebec, Beloeil and McMasterville, Quebec, McMasterville. The area surrounding the mountain is a biosphere reserve, as one of the last remnants of the primeval forests of the Saint Lawrence River#Geography, Saint-Lawrence valley. Most of the mountain is currently the property of McGill University, as the ''Gault Nature Reserve'', which is considered the third McGill campus. The University has opened the western half of the mountain to visitors (at a fee) for hiking and cross-country skiing, as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
