Lac-Mégantic

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Lac-Mégantic is a town in Estrie, (Quebec, Canada) on Lac Mégantic, a freshwater lake for which the town was named.
Situated in the former Frontenac County in the historic Eastern Townships, Lac-Mégantic is the seat of Le Granit Regional County Municipality and of the judicial district of Mégantic.
The town was founded in 1884 after the Canadian Pacific Railway began construction of the final segment in its transcontinental railway linking Montreal with the Atlantic Ocean port of Saint John, New Brunswick.
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Coordinates:   45°35'27"N   70°53'29"W
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