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Quebec Route 210
Route 210 is a provincial highway located in the Estrie region of Quebec. The highway runs from west to east from the Eaton area of Cookshire-Eaton at the junction of Route 108 to Chartierville at the junction of Route 257, via the village of Sawyerville. Between Eaton and Sawyerville, it overlaps Route 253 for slightly more than . Approximately of the easternmost section of Route 210 is unpaved, other than the final approaching the terminus at Route 257. Municipalities along Route 210 * Cookshire-Eaton * Newport * Chartierville File:Eaton - Sawyerville raod - panoramio.jpg, Route 210 east of Eaton Corner. File:Sawyeville.jpg, Route 253 and 210 in Sawyerville. File:Route et lumière du soir apres la pluie - panoramio.jpg, Route 210 nearing Saint-Mathias-de-Bonneterre. File:Route 210 - panoramio.jpg, Route 210 is unpaved between Saint-Mathias and Chartierville. File:Quebec Route 210 Eastern terminus in Chartierville, Quebec.jpeg, Eastern terminus of Route 210 in Char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transports Québec
Le ministère des Transports du Québec ( en, Ministry of Transportation of Quebec), known by its short form name Transports Québec, is a Quebec government ministry responsible for transport, infrastructure and law in Quebec, Canada. Since 2022, the Minister for Transport is Geneviève Guilbault. Role and responsibilities The ministry is responsible for: * Registration of all vehicles * Driver licensing * Driver examination centres * Provincial highways in the province * Maintenance of roads and bridges Ministers for Transports Québec * Yvon Marcoux April 29, 2003 – February 18, 2005, QLP * Michel Després February 18, 2005 – December 18, 2008, QLP * Julie Boulet December 18, 2008 – August 11, 2010, QLP * Sam Hamad August 11, 2010 – September 7, 2011, QLP * Pierre Moreau September 7, 2011 – September 4, 2012, QLP * Sylvain Gaudreault September 4, 2012 – April 23, 2014, PQ * Robert Poëti April 23, 2014 – January 28, 2016, QLP * Jacques Daoust January ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newport, Quebec
Newport is a municipality of about 700 people in Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, in Quebec, Canada. Newport has a small town called Island Brook. On July 24, 2002, the then-township of Newport was amalgamated into the city of Cookshire-Eaton as part of the early 2000s municipal reorganization in Quebec. After a referendum, Newport de-merged and became an independent municipality on January 1, 2006. However, it remains part of the urban agglomeration of Cookshire-Eaton The Urban agglomeration of Cookshire-Eaton is an urban agglomeration (Quebec), urban agglomeration in Quebec that consists of: *the city of Cookshire-Eaton, Quebec, Cookshire-Eaton *the municipality of Newport, Quebec, Newport History As part of th .... References External links * Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Estrie Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality {{Estrie-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Patrie, Quebec
La Patrie is a municipality of about 815 people in Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, in Quebec, Canada. It is located at the base of Mont Mégantic. Some industries specializing in the field of forestry have settled in La Patrie. The company Guitabec, which produces guitars under the label Godin, has a manufacturing facility in La Patrie. Light pollution Participating in a program initiated and established by the Mont-Mégantic National Park in collaboration with Hydro-Québec, the village of La Patrie has greatly reduced its light pollution, which strongly affects the Mont Mégantic Observatory The Mont Mégantic Observatory (french: Observatoire du Mont-Mégantic; OMM) is an astronomical observatory owned and operated jointly by the Université de Montréal (UdeM), and the Université Laval (ULaval). Founded in 1978, the observatory ho .... References External links * Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Estrie Designated p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pittsburg, New Hampshire
Pittsburg is a town in Coös County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 800 at the 2020 census. It is the northernmost town in New Hampshire and the largest town by area in New England. U.S. Route 3 is the only major highway in the town, although the northern terminus of New Hampshire Route 145 also lies within Pittsburg. Pittsburg is part of the Berlin, New Hampshire–Vermont Micropolitan Statistical Area. History Pittsburg derives its name from William Pitt, Prime Minister of Great Britain. Prior to its incorporation in 1840, the area was settled and known as the Territory of Indian Stream. It had the unique distinction of having been its own microstate briefly during the 1830s, called the Republic of Indian Stream, due to an ambiguous boundary between the United States and Canada. The Indian Stream Schoolhouse on Tabor Road, which dates to 1897, is listed in both the National Register of Historic Places and the New Hampshire State Register of Historic P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Isidore-de-Clifton, Quebec
Saint-Isidore-de-Clifton is a municipality of 700 people in Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, in Quebec, Canada on the Canada–United States border. References External links * Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Estrie Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality {{Estrie-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bury, Quebec
Bury is a municipality in Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. Bury is home to a Canada Day celebration which is well known in the Estrie region and which draws in triple the town's population for a parade and events in the park. Bury, although it has no restaurants or cinemas, has a multitude of churches and one canteen. About 48% of Bury's population are bilingual (English and French), 39% only speaks French and 13% only speaks English. In 1981, Mrs. Isabel Harrison of Bury was chosen by the Royal Canadian Legion as the Silver Cross Mother. Each year, a mother is invited to lay a wreath during the Remembrance Day Remembrance Day (also known as Poppy Day owing to the tradition of wearing a remembrance poppy) is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth member states since the end of the First World War to honour armed forces members who have died in t ... ceremony at the National War Memorial in Ottawa on behalf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sherbrooke, Quebec
Sherbrooke ( ; ) is a city in southern Quebec, Canada. It is at the confluence of the Saint-François and Magog rivers in the heart of the Estrie administrative region. Sherbrooke is also the name of a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) and census division (CD) of Quebec, coextensive with the city of Sherbrooke. With 172,950 residents at the Canada 2021 Census, It is the sixth largest city in the province and the 30th largest in Canada. The Sherbrooke Census Metropolitan Area had 227,398 inhabitants, making it the fourth largest metropolitan area in Quebec and 19th in Canada. Sherbrooke is the primary economic, political, cultural and institutional centre of Estrie, and was known as the ''Queen of the Eastern Townships'' at the beginning of the 20th century. There are eight institutions educating 40,000 students and employing 11,000 people, 3,700 of whom are professors, teachers and researchers. The direct economic impact of these institutions exceed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec Route 253
Route 253 is a north–south highway on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. Its northern terminus is in East Angus at Route 112 and its southern terminus is at the Vermont border, where it becomes Vermont Route 253. Municipalities along Route 253 * East Hereford * Saint-Venant-de-Paquette * Saint-Malo * Saint-Isidore-de-Clifton * Cookshire-Eaton * Westbury * East Angus File:Beecher Falls border station approach.jpg, Route 253 southern end at the Canada-US border. File:Sawyeville.jpg, Junction of Routes 210 and 253 in Sawyerville. File:Eaton - Sawyerville raod - panoramio.jpg, Eaton-Sawyerville Road (Routes 210 and 253) near Eaton. File:Longue route et orage - panoramio.jpg, Route 253 near Cookshire. See also * List of Quebec provincial highways References External links Route 253on Google Maps Provincial Route Map (Courtesy of the Quebec Ministry of Transportation) 253 __NOTOC__ Year 253 ( CCLIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cookshire-Eaton, Quebec
Cookshire-Eaton is a city in the Estrie region of Quebec. It is the seat of Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality. Sherbrooke Airport is located there. As part of the 2000–2006 municipal reorganization in Quebec, on July 24, 2002 the city of Cookshire, the municipality of Newport and the township of Eaton were merged to form Cookshire-Eaton; prior to this, on April 25, 2001, the village of Sawyerville had merged with Eaton. After a 2004 referendum, however, Newport de-merged and was reconstituted as an independent municipality as of January 1, 2006. Nevertheless, Newport and Cookshire-Eaton both remain part of the urban agglomeration of Cookshire-Eaton. The community had a population of 5,171 in the Canada 2011 Census. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada Statistics Canada (StatCan; french: Statistique Canada), formed in 1971, is the agency of the Government of Canada commissioned with producing statistics to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
