Route 261 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
Quebec
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,
Canada
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. Its northern terminus is in
Bécancour (south of
Trois-Rivières
Trois-Rivières (, – 'Three Rivers') is a city in the Mauricie administrative region of Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice River, Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence River, Saint Lawrence rivers, on the north shore of the Sain ...
) at the junction of
Route 132 and its southern terminus is in
Saint-Valère at the junction of
Route 161.
Towns along Route 261
* Becancour
* Saint-Sylvere
* Maddington Falls
* Daveluyville
* Saint-Valere
File:Daveluyville 02.jpg, Route 261 in Daveluyville
Daveluyville () is a city in the Centre-du-Québec region of the Canadian province of Quebec. It was founded by Adolphe Daveluy, the grandfather of organist Raymond Daveluy and soprano Marie Daveluy. It is north of Autoroute 20. Its population ...
.
File:Maddington Falls.jpg, Route 261 in Maddington Falls.
File:Sainte-Gertrude, Québec 04.jpg, Intersection with Route 226 in Bécancour.
See also
*
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
Route 261on Google Maps
Provincial Route Map (Courtesy of the Quebec Ministry of Transportation)
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Year 261 ( CCLXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Gallienus and Taurus (or, less frequently, year 1014 ''A ...
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