Route 289 is a two-lane 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
Bas-Saint-Laurent
The Bas-Saint-Laurent (Lower Saint-Lawrence), is an administrative region of Quebec located along the south shore of the lower Saint Lawrence River in Quebec. The river widens at this place, later becoming a bay that discharges into the Atlanti ...
region of eastern
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 ...
,
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 ...
. Its northern terminus is in
Saint-André-de-Kamouraska
Saint-André-de-Kamouraska is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality. Before 2020 it was only known as Saint-André.
Geography
Saint-André-de-Kamouraska is located on the south ...
at the junction of
Route 132 and the southern terminus is at the border of
New Brunswick
New Brunswick (french: Nouveau-Brunswick, , locally ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. It is the only province with both English and ...
where it continues as
Route 120.
Route 289 is also designated as the "route des Frontières" tourism highway.
List of towns along Route 289
* Saint-Marc-du-Lac-Long
* Riviere-Bleue
*
Pohénégamook
Pohénégamook, Quebec (pop. 2940) is a Canadian town on the Canada–United States border in Quebec's Témiscouata Regional County Municipality.
The town shares the border with Estcourt Station, Maine, the northernmost point in New England.
...
* Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska
File:St-Marc.JPG, Route 289 meanders through Saint-Marc-du-Lac-Long.
File:Route 289 (Pohenegamook).jpg, Quebec Route 289 at Pohénégamook
Pohénégamook, Quebec (pop. 2940) is a Canadian town on the Canada–United States border in Quebec's Témiscouata Regional County Municipality.
The town shares the border with Estcourt Station, Maine, the northernmost point in New England.
...
File:Autoroute 20, Pohénégamook.JPG, Interchange with Autoroute 20 in Saint-Alexandre.
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
Provincial Route Map (Courtesy of the Quebec Ministry of Transportation)
Route 289on Google Maps
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