5-574: Lac Megantic may refer to: Lac Mégantic or Lake Mégantic , a lake in Quebec near its border with Maine Lac-Mégantic, Quebec , a town on the shores of the lake, at the lake's outlet to the Chaudière River Lac-Mégantic rail disaster , a 2013 train derailment, fire and explosion in the town See also [ edit ] Megantic (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
10-462: A surface area of 26.4 km (10.2 sq mi) with several villages and small towns on its shores, including Lac-Mégantic , Frontenac , Marston , and Piopolis . It is part of Le Granit Regional County Municipality , a rural region where forestry and granite extraction are important activities. The name may derive from Namagôntekw , which in the Abenaki language means place where there
15-684: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Lac M%C3%A9gantic Lake Mégantic ( French : Lac Mégantic , French pronunciation: [lak meɡɑ̃tik] ) is a body of water in Québec, located in the Appalachian Mountains near the U.S. border. It is a source of the Chaudière River which drains into the St Lawrence River at Québec City. The lake has
20-409: Is trout in the lake . The name has had many variants, including Amaguntik on maps documenting the 1775 American invasion of Quebec . The water surface is 395 m (1,296 ft) above mean sea level and the lake has an average depth of 75 m (246 ft); its total surface area is 26.4 square kilometres (10.2 sq mi), with a total shoreline of 45.4 km (28.2 mi). Its length
25-420: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Lac Megantic . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lac_Megantic&oldid=698855773 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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