Boundary Peak (Maine/Quebec)

Boundary Peak
Highest point
Elevation 3,855 ft (1,175 m)[1]
Prominence 495 ft (151 m)[1]
Listing New England 100 Highest #83
Coordinates 45°16′02″N 70°50′28″W / 45.267089°N 70.841222°W / 45.267089; -70.841222Coordinates: 45°16′02″N 70°50′28″W / 45.267089°N 70.841222°W / 45.267089; -70.841222[1]
Geography
Location Oxford County, Maine, U.S. / Le Granit Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada
Parent range Longfellow Mountains
Topo map USGS Northwest Pond

This mountain, which has no formal name, is located on the United States-Canada border between boundary markers 445 and 446. It is the highest point on the border east of the Rocky Mountains.[2] Specifically it is the highest point for 3190 miles of border from the Passamquoddy Bay up to 111 degrees west in Liberty County, Montana at border monument 360 (miles) from the Pacific. The southeast half is in Oxford County, Maine; the northwest half is in Le Granit Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.

The south and east sides of the mountain drain via streams into the Kennebago River, then into Cupsuptic Lake, through a series of lakes into the Rapid River and Umbagog Lake, the source of the Androscoggin River, which drains into Merrymeeting Bay, the estuary of the Kennebec River, and then into the Gulf of Maine. The north and west sides of the mountain drain into Ruisseau Clearwater, then into the Rivière Arnold, and the Rivaux Araignées, into Lac Mégantic, then into the Chaudière River, and Saint Lawrence River, which drains into the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Border Monuments 445-446 Peak, Quebec/Maine". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2011-05-09.
  2. "Longfellow Mountains". SummitPost.org. Retrieved 2011-05-07.


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