Laurentian Mountains

A range of southern Quebec, Canada, extending north from the St. Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers and rising to 1,166 m (3,825 ft).

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Laurentian Mountains

pl n

(Placename) a range of low mountains in E Canada, in Quebec between the St Lawrence River and Hudson Bay. Highest point: 1191 m (3905 ft). Also called: Laurentides

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Lauren′tian Moun′tains

n.pl.

a range of low mountains in E Canada, between the St. Lawrence River and Hudson Bay. Also called Lau•ren′tians.

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For Lance Armstrong, the road back to the Tour de France began in the Laurentian Mountains at a fundraising cancer-awareness road race.

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