Mont Saint-Bruno

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Mont Saint-Bruno

Elevation 218 m (715 ft)
Location 23 kilometers east of Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Range Monteregian Hills
Coordinates 45°32′60.0″N, 73°19′01.2″W
Topo map NTS 031H/11
Type Intrusive
Age of rock Cretaceous

Mont Saint-Bruno is part of the Monteregian Hills in southern Quebec, Canada. Its summit stands 213 meters (700 feet) high and lies 23 km (14 mi) east of downtown Montreal.

This mountain has a ski resort, a natural area, and apple orchards. Forests of beech, maple, oak, hickory, ironwood, hemlock and pine cover those slopes which have not been cleared for agriculture or skiing.

[edit] Geology

Mont Saint-Bruno might be the deep extension of a vastly eroded ancient volcanic complex, which was probably active about 125 million years ago.[1] The mountain was created when the North American Plate moved westward over the New England hotspot,[1] along with the other mountains of the Monteregian Hills. Its igneous rock consists mostly of pyroxenite and gabbro.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ a b A Hundred-Million Year History of the Corner Rise and New England Seamounts Retrieved on 2007-08-01
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