Jump to content

Mount Raoul Blanchard

Coordinates: 47°19′N 70°50′W / 47.317°N 70.833°W / 47.317; -70.833
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Mont Raoul-Blanchard)
Mont Raoul-Blanchard seen from route 138 in St-Tite-des-Caps

Mount Raoul Blanchard (French: Mont Raoul-Blanchard) is the highest peak in the Laurentian Mountains, Quebec, Canada at 1,166 m (3,825 ft). It is located in the La Côte-de-Beaupré RCM, 64 kilometres (40 mi) north east of Quebec City and 19 kilometres (12 mi) north of Saint-Tite-des-Caps in the Réserve faunique des Laurentides.

The peak is named after Raoul Blanchard (1877-1965), a geographer who had significant interest in the French Alps and the mountains of Quebec.

References

[edit]

47°19′N 70°50′W / 47.317°N 70.833°W / 47.317; -70.833