Morin-Heights | |
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 Downtown Morin-Heights | |
| Motto: L'harmonie c'est dans notre nature | |
 Location within Les Pays-d'en-Haut RCM. | |
  Morin-Heights Location in central Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 45°54′N 74°15′W / 45.900°N 74.250°W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Laurentides |
| RCM | Les Pays-d'en-Haut |
| Settled | 1850 |
| Constituted | July 1, 1855 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Timothy Watchorn |
| • Federal riding | Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation |
| • Prov. riding | Argenteuil |
| Area | |
• Total | 59.40 km2 (22.93 sq mi) |
| • Land | 55.96 km2 (21.61 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 4,678 |
| • Density | 83.6/km2 (217/sq mi) |
| • Pop (2016–21) |  12.9% |
| • Dwellings | 2,762 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 450 and 579 |
| Website | www |
Morin-Heights is a town in the Laurentian Mountains region of Quebec, Canada. It is west of Saint-Sauveur and north of Lachute; municipally, it is within the Regional County Municipality of Les Pays-d'en-Haut.
It is primarily a tourist town, having a large ski hill (Ski Morin Heights) that is popular during the winter months and being on a recreational trailway (the Aerobic Corridor), which is used year-round. A dense network of hiking, cross country skiing, snowshoeing and mountain biking trails surround Morin-Heights, making it the closest multi-recreational outdoor hub to Montreal (45-minute drive in moderate traffic). The old train station, on Lac Écho road, is the starting point for most recreational activities, year-round. The Rivière à Simon offers enjoyable canoeing and kayaking all the way down to Christieville and beyond.
Formerly located just south of the town was a recording studio, called Le Studio, built in 1975, which is now closed. The facility was used by numerous Canadian and international artists, including The Tragically Hip, Rush, Nazareth, Pilot, April Wine, Asia, Rainbow, Barenaked Ladies, Sting, The Police, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, The Bee Gees, Cat Stevens, and Lawrence Gowan, as well as by Quebec artists Jean-Pierre Ferland, Richard Séguin, Lucien Francœur and Garolou. In 1994, another important music recording facility was built in Morin-Heights, on the northern edge of town. Conceived and built by Swedish-born artist Lars Westvind, Studio Nomade exclusively hosted Sarah McLachlan's recording projects up to 2000. It then was open to other artists, and is still a frequently used production facility. The town hosts a theatre company featuring mostly English-language plays, as well as a choir.