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3 unusual facts about Mégantic


Lac Megantic

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

Nelly Arcan

Lac-Mégantic's municipal library, assembled from over a hundred thousand donated books after fire destroyed the original library during 2013's Lac-Mégantic derailment, is named « La Médiathèque municipale Nelly-Arcan » in her honour.


Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality

It was established in 1982 from parts of the historic counties of Beauce, Frontenac, Mégantic, and Wolfe.

Rail World

After the derailment at Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, Canada of a Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway freight train on 6 July 2013 which left 47 people dead or missing, president Edward Burkhardt visited Lac-Mégantic on 10 July 2013, and was heckled by residents who were critical of his company's response to the incident.

Ralliement créditiste du Québec

On March 19, Samson declared himself to be the leader of a new créditiste group, and demanded to be seated in the National Assembly as a member of the "Registered Ralliement créditiste du Québec"', along with two other créditiste MNAs, Aurèle Audet (Abitibi-Ouest) and Bernard Dumont (Mégantic).


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