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Route 161 (Quebec)
Route 161 is a north/south highway south of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. Its current northern terminus is east of the junction of Autoroute 55 in Saint-Wenceslas, and its southern terminus is at the border of Maine in the USA, where it continues as Maine State Route 27. On July 6, 2013, the route was severed at Lac-Mégantic, Quebec by an oil train derailment. Ministry of Transport consultants began surveying a site for a new bridge across the Chaudière River in August 2013. Municipalities along Route 161 * Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn * Frontenac * Lac-Mégantic * Nantes * Stornoway * Stratford * Weedon * Beaulac-Garthby * Saints-Martyrs-Canadiens * Ham-Nord * Notre-Dame-de-Ham * Chesterville * Saint-Christophe d'Arthabaska * Victoriaville * Saint-Valère * Saint-Samuel * Sainte-Eulalie * Saint-Wenceslas See also * List of Quebec provincial highways References External links Interactive Provincial Route Map (Transports Québec) Route 161on G ... [...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] |
Stornoway, Quebec
Stornoway, french: Stornoway , gd, Steòrnabhagh is a small village of 600 people. It is a municipality in Quebec, in the regional county municipality of Le Granit in the administrative region of Estrie. It is named after Stornoway, a burgh on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ... by Colin Noble in 1852, replacing Bruceville. It is at the intersection of two provincial highways, Route 108 and Route 161. Demographics External links * Former official website of Stornoway: Legendre MillRégion du Lac-MéganticMégantic RegionStornowayAffaires municipales et régions - cartes régionales References Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Estrie Le Granit Regional County Municipality ... [...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] |
Sainte-Eulalie, Quebec
Sainte-Eulalie is a municipality in the Nicolet-Yamaska RCM in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada, situated at the crossroads of Autoroutes 55, 20 and 955. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 984. Sainte-Eulalie is also the home of Hydro-Québec's Nicolet static inverter station along Autoroute 20, west of its junction with Autoroute 55, as part of its HVDC Quebec - New England Transmission circuit. Demographics Population Population trend:Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census Language Mother tongue language (2021) 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 ... References {{authority control Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Centre-du-Québec Nicolet-Yama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Samuel, Quebec
Saint-Samuel is a municipality located in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot .... References Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Centre-du-Québec {{Quebec-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Valère, Quebec
Saint-Valère is a municipality located in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot .... it's population is 1,118 as of the 2021 census. References Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Centre-du-Québec Canada geography articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Quebec-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska, Quebec
Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska is a parish municipality located in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada. 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 help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and cultur ..., Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. References Parish municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Centre-du-Québec {{Quebec-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chesterville, Quebec
Chesterville is a municipality in the Arthabaska district of the Centre-du-Québec (Bois-Francs) region of Quebec, on Route 161 approximately northeast of Montreal. Geography The town's mountainous terrain in the heart of the Canadian Appalachians has earned it the nickname of "Quebec's little Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...," and boasts a picturesque location adjacent to the northern Nicolet river. History The first settlers to the area arrived in 1835, but colonization actually began in spring 1849 with the establishment of a Catholic parish. Demographics The principal source of income in Chesterville is agriculture and forest exploitation. Attractions The free annual ''Symposium L'Accueil des Grands Peintres'' (art symposium) attracts man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Notre-Dame-de-Ham, Quebec
Notre-Dame-de-Ham, Quebec is a municipality in Centre-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot .... References (Google Maps) Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Centre-du-Québec {{quebec-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ham-Nord, Quebec
Ham-Nord, Quebec is a township municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada. 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 help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and cultur ..., Ham-Nord had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. References (Google Maps) External links * Township municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Centre-du-Québec {{quebec-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saints-Martyrs-Canadiens, Quebec
Saints-Martyrs-Canadiens is a parish municipality located in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ... conducted by Statistics Canada, Saints-Martyrs-Canadiens had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. References Parish municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Centre-du-Québec {{Quebec-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beaulac-Garthby, Quebec
Beaulac-Garthby is a municipality in Municipalité régionale de comté des Appalaches in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches Chaudière-Appalaches () is an administrative region in Quebec, Canada. It comprises most of what is historically known as the "Beauce" (french: La Beauce; compare with the electoral district of Beauce). It is named for the Chaudière River and ... region and the population is 931 as of 2021. The municipality, located on Lake Aylmer, was created in 2000 following the amalgamation of the village of Beaulac and the township of Garthby. References Commission de toponymie du Québec External links * {{authority control[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
