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![[Lac Megantic]](../images/c/ca-qclmg.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 30 August
2009See also:
The municipality of Lac-Mégantic (5,967 inhabitants in 2006; 21,760 ha) is
located in the MRC (County) of Le Granit, Estrie Administrative Region, near the
border with Maine (USA). In the Abénaqui language, Mégantic means "the place
where fish stays". In the second half of the 18th century, the area was settled
by Irish, English and Scottish colonists, later succeeded by French Canadians.
Ivan Sache, 30 August 2009
The flag of Lac-Mégantic is shown on the blog ("babillard") of the local
radio CJIT, as displayed by three soldiers from the town stationed at the
Nathan Smith Camp of the Canadian Armed Forces in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The
flag is in proportions 1:2, white with the white-blue-green logo of the town,
surmounting LAC-MÉGANTIC in green letters. The white element in the blue field
is a map of Lake Mégantic.
http://72.29.76.55/~cjitfmco/llongchamps/spip.php?article1459
The
website of the MRC of Le Granit shows the logo of Lac-Mégantic, which I have
modified (lighter shades and capital letters) to match the real flag shown on
the photo.
http://www.mrcgranit.qc.ca/municipalites_34.php
Ivan Sache, 30 August 2009