Peak Champlain
The Pic Champlain is the culminating point of the National park of the Biro, Quebec, Canada (coordinated 48° 19.696 NR, 68° 50.124 W). Its rather modest altitude (346 m) is compensated by its proximity of the Estuaire of the Fleuve the St. Lawrence.
It belongs to the the Appalachian Mountains. It is formed by a Anticlinal of sedimentary layers of the Group of Quebec (Formation of the Moose and Formation of the Cape Enragé) directed north-eastern/south-western, parallel in the St. Lawrence. It is characterized by steep slopes and some cliffs on its north-western and south-eastern sides. The top is occupied by antennas of telecommunication. This entirely wooded mountain is located on the territory of the municipality of Saint-Fabien.
The Peak Champlain is a place attended for the Hiking. Two paths lead to the top, that is to say the Peak Champlain (3 km by the peak of the North-East, since the road of the Cape to the Moose) and the Walls (4,5 km by the south-western peak, since the road with Saint-Fabien-on-Sea).
History
The Peak Champlain is named according to the geographer Samuel de Champlain, who described the mountain at the time of its first voyage on the St. Lawrence in 1603. At the time, it registered the word peak on its chart to indicate the place. This prominent mountain of southern bank became then a reference mark for navigation on the river. It would be believed that it is a modification of the word peak which would have given rise to the word Bic, the name of a municipality of the area. The word biec, meaning mountain as former French, could have also contributed to the creation of this name.
External bond
- Official site of the National park of the Biro
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