La Cloche Mountains - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The La Cloche Mountains, also called the La Cloche Range, are a range of hills in Northern Ontario

Northern Ontario

Northern Ontario is a region of the Canadian province of Ontario which lies north of Lake Huron , the French River and Lake Nipissing. The region has a land area of 802,000 km2 and constitutes 87% of the land area of Ontario, although it contains only about 6% of the population...

, along the northern shore of Lake Huron

Lake Huron

Lake Huron is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. Hydrologically, it comprises the larger portion of Lake Michigan-Huron. It is bounded on the east by the Canadian province of Ontario and on the west by the state of Michigan in the United States...

near Manitoulin Island

Manitoulin Island

Manitoulin Island is a Canadian island in Lake Huron, in the province of Ontario. It is the largest island in a freshwater lake in the world. In addition to the historic Anishinaabe and European settlement of the island, archeological discoveries at Sheguiandah have demonstrated Paleo-Indian and...

. The hills are located in the Canadian Shield

Canadian Shield

The Canadian Shield, also called the Laurentian Plateau, or Bouclier Canadien , is a vast geological shield covered by a thin layer of soil that forms the nucleus of the North American or Laurentia craton. It is an area mostly composed of igneous rock which relates to its long volcanic history...

, and are composed primarily of white quartzite

Quartzite

Quartzite is a hard metamorphic rock which was originally sandstone. Sandstone is converted into quartzite through heating and pressure usually related to tectonic compression within orogenic belts. Pure quartzite is usually white to gray, though quartzites often occur in various shades of pink...

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They extend roughly from La Cloche Provincial Park, south of Massey, to Killarney Provincial Park

Killarney Provincial Park

Killarney Provincial Park is a provincial park in central Ontario, Canada.Although not as well known as the world famous Algonquin Provincial Park, Killarney is one of Ontario's most popular wilderness destinations...

, southwest of Sudbury. The communities of West River

West River, Ontario

West River is an unincorporated community in the geographic township of Mongowin, Sudbury District in northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is named for the West River, which flows through the community just upstream of its mouth at the Whitefish River....

, Willisville and Whitefish Falls are located directly within the range; the town of Espanola

Espanola, Ontario

Espanola is a town in Northern Ontario, Canada, and is the seat of Sudbury District. It is situated on the Spanish River, approximately 70 kilometres west of downtown Sudbury, and just south of the junction of Highway 6 and Highway 17.- History :The name "Espanola" has been attributed to a story...

and the municipality of Killarney

Killarney, Ontario

Killarney is a municipality located on the northern shore of Georgian Bay in the Sudbury District of Ontario. It is also the name of the largest community within the municipality...

are located nearby.

Highway 6

Highway 6 (Ontario)

King's Highway 6, also known as Highway 6, is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. It crosses a distance of between Port Dover on the north shore of Lake Erie and Espanola on the northern shore of Lake Huron, ending at the Trans-Canada Highway in McKerrow.- Port...

is the principal transportation route through the range.

Killarney Provincial Park

Killarney Provincial Park

is located in the range and is very popular among tourists.
With an estimated age of 3.5 billion years, the La Cloche Mountains are one of the oldest mountain ranges on Earth.