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Quebec Route 219
Route 219 is a provincial highway located in the Montérégie region of Quebec south of Montreal. It starts at the Mooers-Hemmingford Border Crossing south of Hemmingford and ends in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu. The highway starts at the border continuing from the former north terminus of NY 22 south of Hemmingford and north of Mooers, New York, from there it goes North through the Village and Township of Hemmingford toward Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington. There it turns east for a 9 km concurrency with Route 221 until Napierville, where again it goes north alongside the L'Acadie River until reaching the former municipality of L'Acadie, where it turns eastward toward its terminus at a junction with Autoroute 35 in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu. Municipalities along Route 219 * Hemmingford Township * Hemmingford Village * Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington * Saint-Cyprien-de-Napierville * Napierville * Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu File:Mooers NY Border Station - panoramio.jpg, Mooe ... [...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] |
L'Acadie River
The Acadia River flows Northerly over 82 km through seven municipalities in the MRC La Vallée-du-Richelieu, Les Jardins-de-Napierville and Le Haut-Richelieu, in Montérégie, on the South Shore of St. Lawrence river, the Quebec, Canada. The Acadia river empties into the Richelieu River, in Carignan, skirting the city of Chambly by the north. Toponymy Formerly, each segment of the river was named differently at different times. In 1673, the river is called "Mount Royal river" (Rivière de Mont Royal, in French) in the first acts of concessions of Chambly Lordship, located at its mouth. While the first settlers in the southern part (high) designate the "River of Morels" (Rivière des Morelles, in French). This wild plant that grows on the banks of the river, produces black berries. This designation derives from its original form to become "River Morales" (Rivière des Morales) in the early nineteenth century. Under the British Government after the New France, the new En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Quebec Provincial Highways
This is a list of highways maintained by the government of Quebec. Autoroutes The Autoroute system in Quebec is a network of expressways which operate under the same principle of controlled access as the Interstate Highway System in the United States or the 400-Series Highways in neighbouring Ontario. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * (Montreal) * (Quebec City) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Regional routes South of the St. Lawrence River * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * North of the St. Lawrence River * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Trans-Canada The Trans-Canada Highway though Quebec does not have a distinct number, but rather piggybacks over the provincial highway system, mainly autoroutes, and is signed with the a numberless TCH shield ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chambly, Quebec
Chambly is an off-island suburb of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It is located in the Montérégie region, inland from the South Shore of the Saint Lawrence River. It was formed from the merger in 1965 of Fort-Chambly (formerly Chambly-Canton prior to 1952) and the old city of Chambly (formerly Chambly-Basin prior to 1952, and earlier sometimes called Bassin-de-Chambly). Geography It sits on the Richelieu River in the Regional County Municipality of La-Vallée-du-Richelieu, at . History Descendants of European immigrants have lived in Chambly since the 17th century, but Chambly was not incorporated as a city until 1965. Samuel de Champlain passed through the area that came to be the site of the town of Chambly, QC, in 1609., when he wrote the following in his journal: Fort Chambly was captured by American forces on October 20, 1775 during the American Invasion of Canada of 1775–76, it was held until the spring of 1776 when it was evacuated and burned, as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Quebec
Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur is a municipality in the Jardins de Napierville Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada, situated in the Montérégie Montérégie () is an administrative region in the southwest part of Quebec. It includes the cities of Boucherville, Brossard, Châteauguay, Longueuil, Saint-Hyacinthe, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield and Vaudreuil-Dorion. ... administrative region. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 1,672. Demographics Population Language See also * List of municipalities in Quebec References {{Authority control Incorporated places in Les Jardins-de-Napierville Regional County Municipality Municipalities in Quebec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Rémi, Quebec
Saint-Rémi is a city in the province of Quebec, Canada. Located on the south-shore of the Saint Lawrence River and the Island of Montreal. Saint-Rémi is part of Les Jardins-de-Napierville Regional County Municipality, in the Montérégie administrative region. The population as of the 2021 Canada Census was 8 957. Name The territory was known as Saint-Rémi early into the European settling. It is thought that the name was chosen to honor Daniel de Rémy de Courcelle, Governor General of New France from 1665 to 1672, but this fact is still in doubt today. History At the start of the 19th century, Lord Christophe Sanguinet experienced legal disputes with the British colonial administration and after two trials in 1805 and 1807, the territory of the Lordship of La Salle was reduced by 20% of its area, the most developed by being removed. He and his successors, his son Ambroise Sanguinet and his grandsons Christophe-Ambroise and Charles-Amable Sanguinet tried to recover this part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sainte-Clotilde, Quebec
Sainte-Clotilde is a municipality in the Jardins de Napierville Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada, situated in the Montérégie administrative region. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 2,646. Before February 6, 2010 it was known as Sainte-Clotilde-de-Châteauguay.http://www.stat.gouv.qc.ca/publications/referenc/pdf2010/modif_fev10.pdf Demographics Population Language See also *List of municipalities in Quebec __FORCETOC__ Quebec is the second-most populous province in Canada with 8,501,833 residents as of 2021 and is the largest in land area at . For statistical purposes, the province is divided into 1,282 census subdivisions, which are m ... References {{Authority control Incorporated places in Les Jardins-de-Napierville Regional County Municipality Municipalities in Quebec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lacolle, Quebec
Lacolle () is a municipality in southern Quebec, Canada, located in the administrative area of the Montérégie, on the Canada–United States border. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 2,680. The Lacolle River runs eastward through the middle of the town and empties in Richelieu River. More people cross the border illegally from the United States there than at any other point. Almost nineteen thousand people were detained in 2017. The nearest town across the border is Champlain, New York. History The written history of Lacolle can be traced back to July 4, 1609, when Samuel de Champlain and his entourage stopped briefly at the mouth of a small stream for a meal before continuing southward up the Richelieu River into the lake which now bears his name. In his journal, Champlain referred to the location of the delta as "Lacole". When translated literally, the term means the neck of a bottle or that which is above the shoulders. Lacolle was the site of three battles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huntingdon, Quebec
Huntingdon is a small town in Huntingdon County in the Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality and the Montérégie region of the province of Quebec, Canada. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 2,457. The town is southwest of Montreal, and from the border with New York State. History The town was settled by British soldiers after the War of 1812 and the fertile land in the area led to a successful farming economy. Once the fear of attack from the Americans was gone, in the 1820s businessmen established lumber and grist mills on the banks of the Chateauguay River. During the first few decades of the 20th century, when transport from major urban centers to the outlying rural areas became economically feasible, the textile industry began expanding at a rapid rate in various towns throughout the province of Quebec. By the 1930s, Huntingdon was home to a small but thriving textile industry founded by Alex Fawcett & Hiram Leach as Leach Textiles. After World War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mooers (CDP), New York
Mooers, formerly Mooers-upon-the-Chazy, is a hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Mooers, in Clinton County, New York, United States. The population was 442 at the 2010 census, out of a total population of 3,592 in the town. It was once an incorporated village, but dissolved in 1994. Mooers is in northern New York state, near the Canada–United States border with the Canadian province of Quebec. Geography The hamlet of Mooers is located in the eastern part of the town of Mooers at (44.96053, -73.58337), south of the Canada–US border. The community is at the junction of U.S. Route 11 and New York State Route 22 on the north side of the Great Chazy River. US-11 leads east to Interstate 87 at the village of Champlain and west to Chateaugay, while NY-22 leads south to Plattsburgh, the county seat. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Mooers CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 3.08%, is water. Demographics As of the census ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Cyprien-de-Napierville, Quebec
Saint-Cyprien-de-Napierville is a municipality in Les Jardins-de-Napierville Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada, situated in the Montérégie administrative region. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 1,735. It completely encircles the village of Napierville Napierville is a municipality in the Jardins de Napierville Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada, situated in the Montérégie administrative region. The population as of the 2021 Canadian Census was 4,020. It is the location of the .... Demographics Population Language Notables places * Fromagerie le Métayer (Cheesemaker) * Douglass Cemetery * Nathaniel Douglass House See also * List of municipalities in Quebec References External linksSaint-Cyprien-de-Napierville official website {{Authority control Incorporated places in Les Jardins-de-Napierville Regional County Municipality Municipalities in Quebec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Autoroute 35
Autoroute 35 (A-35) is an Autoroute in the region of Montérégie, Quebec, Canada. Constructed in the 1960s, the A-35 links Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu with Montreal via the A-10. The A-35 is also the primary route for traffic between Montreal and Boston, although it ends short of the U.S. border. South of its current terminus in Saint-Sébastien, the A-35 continues as two-lane Route 133 (which becomes four-lane divided north of the border) to the border. An extension of A-35 to meet Interstate 89 at Saint-Armand will complete a nearly limited-access highway link between Montreal and Boston. It had been scheduled to open in 2017, but construction was on hold and now will be completed up to the Canada-US border by 2023. Like many Quebec Autoroutes, the A-35 also has a name: Autoroute de la Vallée-des-Forts (''Forts Valley Highway''). The name refers to a chain of forts built by the French in the Richelieu Valley during the 17th and 18th centuries to defend their colonial s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
