La Patrie is a village of 800 people in Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality

Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, Quebec

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, in Quebec, Canada. It is located at the base of Mont Megantic

Mont Mégantic

Mont Mégantic is a monadnock located in Québec, Canada, about 15 km north of the border between Québec and the U.S. states of Maine and New Hampshire.Mégantic is on the border of the regional county municipalities of Le Granit and Le Haut-Saint-François....

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Some industries specializing in the field of forestry have settled in La Patrie.

Light Pollution

Participating in a program initiated and established by the National Park of Mont Megantic in collaboration with Hydro-Québec

Hydro-Québec

Hydro-Québec is a government-owned public utility established in 1944 by the Government of Quebec. Based in Montreal, the company is in charge of the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity across Quebec....

, the village of La Patrie has greatly reduced its light pollution

Light pollution

Light pollution, also known as photopollution or luminous pollution, is excessive or obtrusive artificial light.The International Dark-Sky Association defines light pollution as:...

, which strongly effects the Mont Megantic Observatory

Mont Mégantic Observatory

The Observatoire du Mont-Mégantic is an astronomical observatory owned and operated jointly by the Université de Montréal, the Université Laval and the McGill University...

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