Jacques-Cartier Massif
The Lac Jacques-Cartier massif is a massif and the highest mountain range of the Laurentian Mountains, in the Canadian province of Quebec. Located between the St. Lawrence River and the Saguenay Graben, the altitude of its plateau varies between 800 and 900 meters while its highest point, Mount Raoul Blanchard, reaches of altitude.
Toponymy
The massif owes its name to the Jacques-Cartier Lake, a glacial lake located in its geographic center.Geography
Location
The massif roughly covers the entire region of Capitale-Nationale as well as the extreme south of the region of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean.Topography
The Jacques-Cartier Lake massif is one of the geographical features of the Laurentian Mountains. With the Valin Mountains, its altitude exceeds by several hundred meters the rest of the peaks of the chain. The presence of hundreds of lakes and a few glacial valleys represents another distinctive facet of the massif.The main peaks are:
- Mount Raoul Blanchard ;
- Mount Belle Fontaine ;
- Mont de la Québécoise ;
- Mont François-De Laval ;
- Mont Jean-Hubert ;
- Montagne des Érables ;
- Mont Élie ;
- Mont Francine-C.-McKenzie ;
- Mont du Lac des Cygnes ;
- Mont du Dôme ;
- Mont du Lac à Moïse ;
- Mount Apica ;
- Mountain in Liguori.