Route 216 is a two-lane east/west highway in
Quebec
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,
Canada
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, which starts in Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley in the
Estrie
Estrie () is an administrative region of Quebec that comprises the Eastern Townships. ''Estrie'', a French neologism, was coined as a derivative of ''est'', "east". Originally settled by anglophones, today it is about 90 per cent francophone. Angl ...
region at the junction of
Route 108 and ends in Sainte-Perpétue in
Chaudière-Appalaches at the junction of
Route 204
The following highways are numbered 204:
Canada
* Manitoba Provincial Road 204
* Newfoundland and Labrador Route 204
* Nova Scotia Route 204
* Prince Edward Island Route 204
* Quebec Route 204
China
* China National Highway 204
Costa Rica
...
.
Route 216 follows mostly a northeast/southwest course, and it is not a busy highway as it mostly links small villages between themselves in the backroads of the
Appalachians
The Appalachian Mountains, often called the Appalachians, (french: Appalaches), are a system of mountains in eastern to northeastern North America. The Appalachians first formed roughly 480 million years ago during the Ordovician Period. They ...
. The only two major towns along the way are Sherbrooke and Sainte-Marie. Between Ham-Nord (junction with
Route 161) and Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown (junction with
Route 263), the road is unpaved.
Municipalities along Route 216
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Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley
Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley is a municipality in the Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality in the Eastern Townships region of Quebec, Canada.
Located along Quebec Route 108 on Little Lake Magog, it is the home of the "Marais" birdwatching s ...
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Sherbrooke
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 cou ...
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Stoke
Stoke is a common place name in the United Kingdom.
Stoke may refer to:
Places United Kingdom
The largest city called Stoke is Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire. See below.
Berkshire
* Stoke Row, Berkshire
Bristol
* Stoke Bishop
* Stok ...
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Saint-Camille
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Wotton
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Saint-Adrien
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Ham-Nord
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 i ...
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Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown
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Saint-Julien
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Irlande
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Saint-Adrien-d'Irlande
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Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf
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Kinnear's Mills
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Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds
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Saint-Sylvestre
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Saint-Elzéar
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Sainte-Marie
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Sainte-Marguerite
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Saint-Malachie
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Saint-Nazaire-de-Dorchester
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Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-du-Buckland
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Saint-Philémon
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Saint-Paul-de-Montminy
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Sainte-Apolline-de-Patton
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Saint-Marcel
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Sainte-Félicité
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Sainte-Perpétue
File:Route 216 à Sherbrooke.jpg, Route 216 in Mont-Bellevue borough, Sherbrooke.
File:Fog over the bridge - panoramio.jpg, Route 216 through downtown Sherbrooke.
File:CHUS - panoramio.jpg, Route 216 is the main road to Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke.
File:Route 216 et panneaux - panoramio.jpg, Route 216 in Stoke.
File:Route 216 (St-Jacques-de-Leeds).jpg, Route 216 in Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds.
File:Rue Principale (route 216 ouest) à Saint-Sylvestre-de-Beaurivage.jpg, Principale street in à Saint-Sylvestre.
File:Route 216 (Sainte-Félicité).jpg, Route 216 in Sainte-Félicité.
File:Route 216 (Saint-Marcel).jpg, Route 216 in Saint-Marcel.
See also
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List of Quebec provincial highways
References
External links
Provincial Route Map (Courtesy of the Quebec Ministry of Transportation)
Route 216in Google Maps
{{Secondary Highways in Quebec (200-series)
216
Transport in Sherbrooke