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{{short description|Mountain in New Brunswick, Canada}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Carleton
| photo = Mont Carleton vue mont Head.jpg
| photo_caption = View of Mount Carleton from [[Mount Head (Mountain)|Mount Head]]
| elevation_m = 820
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| listing = {{unbulleted list
|[[List of most isolated mountain peaks of Canada|Canada most isolated peaks]] 45th
|[[List of highest points of Canadian provinces and territories|Canadian Subnational High Points]] 10th
}}
| map = Canada New Brunswick
| map_caption = 
| label_position = right
| location = [[Northumberland County, New Brunswick|Northumberland County]], [[New Brunswick]], [[Canada]]
| range = [[Appalachian Mountains]]
| coordinates = {{coord|47|22|41|N|66|52|33|W|type:mountain_region:CA_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref =<ref name=cgndb>{{cite cgndb|id=DAZWY|name=Mount Carleton|accessdate=2019-09-11}}</ref>
| topo = [[National Topographic System|NTS]] {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|21|O|7}}<ref name=cgndb/>
| first_ascent = 
| easiest_route = Hike
| prominence_m = 625
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[[File:1993 Mount Carleton2.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Fire-spotting hut on Mount Carleton]]
[[File:1993 Mount Carleton climb.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Climbing near peak of Mount Carleton (IR Walker 1993)]]

'''Mount Carleton''' ({{langx|fr|Mont Carleton}}), at {{convert|820|m|ft}}, is the highest peak in the [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Canadian province]] of [[New Brunswick]], and the [[The Maritimes|Maritime Provinces]]. Located in [[Mount Carleton Provincial Park]], it is one of the highlights of the Canadian portion of the [[International Appalachian Trail]]. Mount Carleton is also part of the eighth and final section of the [[Nepisiguit Mi'gmaq Trail]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = HISTORY  -  FRIENDS OF THE NEPISIGUIT MI'GMAQ TRAIL|url = https://migmaqtrail.wordpress.com/history-friends-of-the-nepisiguit-migmaq-trail/|accessdate = 2015-09-23}}</ref> The mountain was named after [[Thomas Carleton]], New Brunswick's first [[lieutenant governor]],<ref>Rayburn, A. (1975) Geographical Names of New Brunswick. Toponymy Study 2. Surveys and Mapping Branch, Energy Mines and Resources Canada, Ottawa</ref> and forms part of the [[Notre Dame Mountains]] chain, which is visible on Map 24 of the NB Atlas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snb.ca/gdam-igec/e/2900e_1a.asp|website=snb.ca|title=NB Atlas, Second Edition (Revised 2002)|access-date=2019-09-11}}</ref>

Before aerial surveillance was extensively used, a hut was maintained on the summit for fire-spotting in the remote north-central part of the province.  A very similar hut was maintained on [[Big Bald Mountain (New Brunswick)|Big Bald Mountain]].  [[Triangulation]] among these huts and other [[fire tower]]s allowed the locations of [[wildfires]] to be determined quickly and easily.

Mount Carleton is a [[monadnock]], an erosional remnant of resistant [[igneous rocks]] that remained after an ancient [[Mesozoic]] [[peneplain]] surface was uplifted in the [[Cenozoic]] to form a [[plateau]], and subsequently dissected via millions of years of erosion by wind, water and glacial ice.<ref>Wilson, R. A., M. A. Parkhill, and J. I. Carroll,  New Brunswick Appalachian Transect: Bedrock and Quaternary geology of the Mount Carleton - Restigouche River Area, http://www.gnb.ca/0078/minerals/pdf/FieldG_Bdrk_Quatern_Geo_NE_NB-e.pdf</ref><ref>Roland, A. E. 1982. Geological Background and Physiography of Nova Scotia. Halifax: The Nova Scotian Institute of Science.</ref><ref name=EB_monadnock/><ref name="SE">[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930060859/http://thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0005479 Mount Carleton Provincial Park] Retrieved on 2007-08-18</ref> It consists of 400 million-year-old [[rhyolite|rhyolitic]] and [[basalt]]ic volcanics.

==See also==
*[[List of highest points of Canadian provinces and territories]]
*[[Mountain peaks of Canada]]
*[[Mountain peaks of North America]]
*[[List of mountains of New Brunswick]]

==References==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name=EB_monadnock>
  {{cite encyclopedia | title = Monadnock - geology
  | url = https://www.britannica.com/science/monadnock | access-date = 2019-09-11
  | encyclopedia = Encyclopædia Britannica | publisher = | location =}}</ref>
}}

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