Monteregian Hills
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The Monteregian Hills is a linear chain of isolated mountains in Montreal, Montérégie, Laurentides, and Argenteuil, between the Laurentian Mountains and the Appalachians.
Three of the central Monteregian Hills (from left: Mont Saint-Hilaire, Mont Rougemont and Mont Yamaska) viewed from space
Aerial view of Mont Yamaska
Mont Saint-Hilaire
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Mont Saint-Hilaire is a mountain, 414 m 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
…geology in the Saint Lawrence Lowlands as the "Royal Mountains" (French: montagnes royales). Other mountains in the chain included Mont Saint-Bruno, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Mont Saint-Grégoire, Mont Rougemont, Mont Yamaska, Mont Shefford, and Mont Brome. It was only later that Mont Mégantic, the Oka Hills, as well as the…
Mont Saint-Hilaire seen from Beloeil
The western part of the mountain, seen from the North
Mont Saint-Hilaire seen from the south. The Dieppe, Rocky and Pain de Sucre summits are visible (in order) to the left.
Carletonite crystal from Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, its type locality