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Mount Gosford is a mountain located in southern Quebec, Canada, at the border with Maine. It lies entirely in Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn in Estrie and is part of the White Mountains of the Appalachians. It is named after Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford, governor general of British North America from 1835 to 1835. It is the 21st highest peak in Quebec and 4th in Southern Quebec.[3]

Mount Gosford
View from the summit.
Highest point
Elevation	1,193 m (3,914 ft)[1]
Prominence	541 m (1,775 ft)[1]
Listing	Quebec 1000 meter peaks
Coordinates	45°18′06″N 70°52′04″W
Geography
Mount Gosford Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn, Quebec
Parent range	Longfellow Mountains
Geology
Age of rock	Precambrian[2]
Mountain type	Gneiss, Granulite
Climbing
Easiest route	hiking

It is made of gneiss and granulite dating from the Precambrian era.[2]

Environmental protection

Since 1978, Mount Gosford is included in "ZEC Louise-Gosford", a controlled harvesting zone open to the public. Recently, the areas at more than 700 metres of altitude were designated Important Bird Areas due to the presence Bicknell's thrushes, an endemic species living in mountain peaks of northeast North America.

In 2009, Quebec's Ministry of Natural Resources and Wildlife set aside part of the Mount Gosford to create an ecological reserve. The same year, about 76 hectares of the mountain was renamed forêt rare du Mont-Gosford (Mount Gosford's Rare Forest) and declared an exceptional forest ecosystem. The designation protects mountain woodsorrels, considered rare at this altitude.

See also

• Quebec 1000 meter peaks

References

External links

• (in French) Official website of the park
• (in French) Official website of the border trails

На других языках

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Le mont Gosford est une montagne du sud du Québec, au Canada, située dans les montagnes Blanches[2], un des massifs des Appalaches. C'est le 4e sommet le plus haut au sud du fleuve Saint-Laurent et le 21e plus haut au Québec[3].

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