Route 247 is a north/south highway on the south shore of the
Saint Lawrence River
The St. Lawrence River (french: Fleuve Saint-Laurent, ) is a large river in the middle latitudes of North America. Its headwaters begin flowing from Lake Ontario in a (roughly) northeasterly direction, into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, connectin ...
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 of
Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...
. Its northern terminus is in
Magog at the junction of
Route 112 and its southern terminus is in
Stanstead, at the junction of
Autoroute 55 less than 1 kilometre north of the
Canada–United States border
The border between Canada and the United States is the longest international border in the world. The terrestrial boundary (including boundaries in the Great Lakes, Atlantic, and Pacific coasts) is long. The land border has two sections: Can ...
.
Part of this highway straddles the Canada–United States border along
Canusa Street
Canusa Street (french: rue Canusa) is the only part of the Canada–United States border that runs down the middle of a street. The street separates Beebe Plain, Vermont, in the United States, from the Beebe Plain area of Stanstead, Quebec, ...
, separating
Beebe Plain, Vermont
Beebe Plain is an unincorporated community in the town of Derby in Orleans County, Vermont, United States, which extends into the municipality of Stanstead, Quebec, Canada. The village is divided by the Canada–United States border between Ca ...
from
''Beebe Plain'', Quebec.
Municipalities along Route 247
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Stanstead (ville)
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Ogden
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Stanstead (township)
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Magog
File:Stanstead, Quebec street - panoramio.jpg, Bridge over Tomifobia River in Stanstead.
File:Stanstead town border.jpg, Route 247 parallels Canada-US Border in Stanstead.
File:Route 247 (Stanstead).jpg, Quebec Route 247 in Stanstead.
See also
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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 ...
References
External links
Provincial Route Map (Courtesy of the Quebec Ministry of Transportation)
Route 247on Google Maps
247
Transport in Magog, Quebec
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