Lac Megantic

Lac-Megantic is a city into the Eastern Townships location on Quebec, Canada. It is placed regarding Lac Megantic, a freshwater pond below as the city used to be named. Situated within the ancient Frontenac County in the ancient Eastern Townships, Lac-Megantic is the basis regarding Le Granit Regional County Municipality yet regarding the judicial shire over Megantic. Lac-Megantic used to be a tourist vacation spot or a manufacturer about forestry products, furniture, Masonite doors, particleboard or architectural granite, before July 6, 2013, then the Lac-Megantic track disaster conveyed to a widespread hearth then deadly burst regarding petroleum mere carsthat waste the downtown yet killed forty seven people.

Originally referred to as Megantic, the city was once fabricated in 1884 afterward the Canadian Pacific Railway began building over the closing section of its transcontinental track linking Montreal along the Atlantic Ocean base on Saint John, New Brunswick. According in imitation of the Canada 2011 Census, Lac-Megantic had a population on 5,932, a 0.6% minimize beside 2006. The just famous activities because tourists are hunting and fishing.