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Mont Saint-Hilaire Biosphere Reserve

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Explore Mont's Saint-Hilaire's peaks

Explore Mont's peaks

  • Sunset from one of the Mont Saint-Hilaire summits in the winter, with a view over the plain and Richelieu River
  • Black-and-white photograph of vegetation at Dieppe Summit, with a sign reading “Dieppe Summit, altitude 381 m
  • Early evening view from one of the summits over the illuminated snowy plain
  • View from one of the Mont Saint-Hilaire summits onto the mountain’s vegetation and rocks
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Photo: Nature center

Photo: Claudia Brodeur

Photo: Jacques Messier

Photo: Nature center

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Explore Mont Saint-Hilaire’s PEAKS

PAIN DE SUCRE
Although just a little higher than the mountain’s four other summits, Pain de Sucre manages to top them by some 10 metres. In 1842, a gigantic cross was built on this butte and drew pilgrims from near and far. Today, the summit serves as a great lookout for admiring the region, the Olympic Stadium in Montreal, and the Adirondack Mountains in New York. The peak sports red oak and even some tiger lilies, relics of the pilgrimages of years gone by.