Sister Cities of the World

Sister cities of Lac-Mégantic, Quebec

Lac-Mégantic is a town in the Eastern Townships region of Quebec, Canada. It is located on Lac Mégantic, a freshwater lake after which the town was named. Situated in the former Frontenac County in the historic Eastern Townships, Lac-Mégantic is the seat of Le Granit Regional County Municipality and of the judicial district of Mégantic.

Lac-Mégantic is a popular tourist destination and a producer of forestry products, furniture, Masonite doors, particleboard and architectural granite. The town gained notoriety in 2013 for a serious train derailment that led to a massive fire and deadly explosion of petroleum tank cars that devastated the downtown with considerable loss of life.

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