MRC DU HAUT-SAINT-LAURENT, Huntingdon, QC

Situated in the extreme southwest corner of the Province of Quebec, in the Montérégie administrative region, the MRC du Haut-Saint-Laurent was incorporated on December 9th, 1981. It is bounded on the south by the State of New York, on the north by the MRC de Beauharnois-Salaberry and Ontario (the St-Lawrence River), and on the east by the MRC des Jardins-de-Napierville. The MRC du Haut-Saint-Laurent is located in the Saint-Lawrence Lowlands and comprises an area of 1, 150 square kilometres, with Covey Hill, at the base of the Adirondack Mountain chain, its highest peak with an altitude of 342 metres. A number of watercourses, including the Chateauguay River, wind their way through the largely agriculturally-zoned territory (93%) of the Haut-Saint-Laurent, of which 34% is forested.