Everything about The Laurentian Mountains totally explained
The
Laurentian Mountains (French:
Laurentides) are a
mountain range in southern
Quebec,
Canada, north of the
St. Lawrence River and
Ottawa River, rising to a highest point of 1166
metres (3,825
feet) at
Mont Raoul Blanchard, north east of Quebec City in the Réserve Faunique des Laurentides. The
Gatineau,
L'Assomption,
Lièvre,
Montmorency,
Nord and
St. Maurice rivers are sourced from lakes in this mountain range.
As a part of the Canadian (Precambrian) Shield, the Laurentians are a part of the same geologic formation as the
Adirondack Mountains in
New York State, although the Adirondacks are sometimes mistakenly included with the
Appalachian Mountains.
Note that although one of Quebec's official regions is called
Laurentides, the mountain range runs through four other regions;
Capitale-Nationale,
Outaouais,
Lanaudière, and
Mauricie. The foothills of the Laurentian range extend into
Northeastern Ontario, particularly towards
Bonnechere, Ontario as the
Laurentian Highlands,
Madawaska Highlands, a range of hills near the
Madawaska River and
Opeongo Lake, and the
Opeongo Hills (another range of high hills, near
Round Lake) in Ontario near the town of
Combermere.
The Laurentian Mountain range is one of the oldest mountain ranges in the world. It contains rocks deposited during
Cambrian time, 540 million years ago. . Laurentian are the central part of the
Grenville orogeny 1100-1000 mya (million years) ago.
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