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Quebec Route 147
Route 147 (QC 147) is a north–south highway that runs from the Vermont/United States border in the town of Stanhope. The route begins at the Norton–Stanhope Border Crossing in Stanhope. The route runs north through the Coaticook Regional County Municipality, crossing through Coaticook, Compton and Waterville before reaching a junction with QC 108 and QC 143 in Waterville, which marks the northern terminus of QC 147. Route description QC 147 begins at the Norton–Stanhope Border Crossing in the community of Stanhope just north of the Canada–United States border; Vermont Route 147 heads south from the border crossing into Norton, Vermont. QC 147 heads north and soon enters the town of Dixville as a two-lane rural road through southern Quebec. QC 147 winds north along St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad and the Coaticook River, becoming side-by-side after Chemin Howe. At the junction with Chemin Coward, the route turns aw ...
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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 Ja ...
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Vermont Route 147
Vermont Route 114 (VT 114) is a north–south state highway in northeastern Vermont in the United States. It runs northward from U.S. Route 5 (US 5) in Lyndon until nearing the Canada–United States border in the town of Norton; thereafter, the road continues east to the New Hampshire state line in Canaan. The vast majority of VT 114 is situated within Essex County; however, the route also passes through small, isolated portions of Caledonia and Orleans Counties. Moose are most often encountered on four roads in Vermont, of which this is one. They are seen from East Burke to Canaan. Route description VT 114 begins at an intersection with US 5 and VT 122 in the town of Lyndon in northern Caledonia County. US 5 heads south as Main Street through the incorporated village of Lyndonville and north as Lynburke Road toward Burke. VT 122 heads west along Stevens Loop toward a junction with Interstate 91 and the town of Wheelock. VT 114 heads northeast a ...
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Sainte-Edwidge-de-Clifton, Quebec
Sainte-Edwidge-de-Clifton is a township municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located within the Coaticook Regional County Municipality. The township had a population of 504 in the Canada 2016 Census. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sainte-Edwidge-de-Clifton 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. Population trend:Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a multi-national coalition in an invasion of Afghanistan ..., 2006, 2011, 2016 census References External links * Township municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Estrie Coaticook Regional County Municipality {{Estrie-geo-stub ...
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Coaticook Regional County Municipality
Coaticook is a regional county municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Coaticook. History On September 3, 1783, as a result of the signing of the Treaty of Paris the American Revolutionary War ended with Great Britain. Quebec's border with the states of Vermont and New Hampshire was established at 45 degrees north latitude. Subdivisions There are 12 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Cities & Towns (2) * Coaticook * Waterville ;Municipalities (9) * Barnston-Ouest * Compton * Dixville * East Hereford * Martinville * Saint-Herménégilde * Saint-Malo * Saint-Venant-de-Paquette * Stanstead-Est ;Townships (1) * Sainte-Edwidge-de-Clifton Demographics Mother tongue data from Canada 2016 Census Transportation Access Routes Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border: * Autoroutes ** * Principal Highways ** ** ** * Secondary Highways ** ** ** ** * ...
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Sherbrooke, Quebec
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 county municipality (TE) and census division (CD) of Quebec, coextensive with the city of Sherbrooke. With 172,950 residents at the Canada 2021 Census, It is the sixth largest city in the province and the 30th largest in Canada. The Sherbrooke Census Metropolitan Area had 227,398 inhabitants, making it the fourth largest metropolitan area in Quebec and 19th in Canada. Sherbrooke is the primary economic, political, cultural and institutional centre of Estrie, and was known as the ''Queen of the Eastern Townships'' at the beginning of the 20th century. There are eight institutions educating 40,000 students and employing 11,000 people, 3,700 of whom are professors, teachers and researchers. The direct economic impact of these institutions exceeds ...
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Quebec Route 208
Route 208 is a provincial highway located in the Estrie region of Quebec, which links Ayer's Cliff to Martinville via Hatley and Compton. In each of these latter cities it briefly overlaps with Route 143 and Route 147 respectively. Municipalities along Route 208 * Ayer's Cliff * Hatley * Compton * Martinville File:Ayer's Cliff.jpg, Western end in Ayer's Cliff. File:Panneau routier a Compton - panoramio.jpg, Concurrency with route 147 in Compton. File:Peace in the valley - panoramio.jpg, Between Compton and Martinville. File:Au coin de Martinville - panoramio.jpg, Eastern end in Martinville. Major intersections See also * List of Quebec provincial highways References External links Official Transport Quebec Road MapRoute 208on Google Maps 208 Year 208 ( CCVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Aurelius and Geta (or, less freq ...
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Quebec Route 206
Route 206 is a short provincial highway located in the Estrie region in Quebec. The highway stretches from Quebec Route 147, Route 147 in Coaticook as an east/northeast continuation of Quebec Route 141, Route 141 (which continues southeast towards Dixville) to Quebec Route 253, Route 253 in eastern Saint-Malo via Sainte-Edwidge-De-Clifton. In the latter municipality it briefly overlaps Quebec Route 251, Route 251, which runs to Saint-Herménégilde and Martinville. Municipalities along Route 206 * Coaticook, Quebec, Coaticook * Compton, Quebec, Compton * Sainte-Edwidge-de-Clifton, Quebec, Sainte-Edwidge-De-Clifton * Saint-Malo, Quebec, Saint-Malo Major intersections See also * List of Quebec provincial highways References External links Official Quebec Road Map of Transports Quebec Route 206
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Quebec Route 141
Route 141 is a north/south highway in Quebec on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River. Its northern terminus is in Magog at the junction of Route 112 and Autoroute 10, and the southern terminus is in Saint-Herménégilde at the United States border in Canaan, Vermont. Municipalities along Route 141 * Saint-Herménégilde * Dixville * Coaticook * Barnston-Ouest * Stanstead-Est * Ayer's Cliff * Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley * Magog * Orford Major intersections See also * List of Quebec provincial highways References External links Provincial Route Map (Courtesy of the Quebec Ministry of Transportation) Route 141on Google Maps 141 141 may refer to: * 141 (number), an integer * AD 141, a year of the Julian calendar * 141 BC __NOTOC__ Year 141 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caepio and Pompeius (or, ... Transport in Magog, Quebec {{Quebec-road-stub ...
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Stanhope Quebec Border Station
Stanhope may refer to: In arts and entertainment * Stanhope essay prize, at Oxford University * Stanhope College, a fictional college attended by Supergirl People * Stanhope (name), a surname and given name * Earl Stanhope, a hereditary title held by seven people since 1718 * Spencer-Stanhope family, a family of British landed gentry * Earl of Harrington, a title in the Peerage of Great Britain Places Australia * Stanhope, Victoria, Australia * Stanhope Gardens, New South Wales, Australia Canada * Stanhope, Prince Edward Island, Canada * Stanhope, Quebec, Canada * Stanhope, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada UK * Stanhope, County Durham, England * Stanhope, Kent, England * Stanhope, Peeblesshire, Scotland United States * Stanhope, Iowa * Stanhope, Kentucky * Stanhope, New Jersey * Stanhope, Ohio * Stanhope, a Mississippi landmark * Stanhope Hotel, in New York City In transportation * Stanhope (carriage), a horse-drawn gig, buggy or light phaeton * Stanhope (railways), ...
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Coaticook River
The Coaticook River is a north-flowing river rising in Vermont, United States, and located primarily in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. The mouth of the river is located north of Waterville and south of Lennoxville, near the southern border of the city of Sherbrooke, at the Massawippi River. Via the Massawippi and the Saint-François River, it is part of the St. Lawrence River watershed. Name The name for the Coaticook River comes from the Abenaki name ''koatikeku'' which means "River of the land of the white pine".Coaticook River
on website of "Commission de toponymie du Québec" (Geographical Names Board of Quebec).
White pines were common in the surrounding region and the nearby upper



Dixville, Quebec
Dixville is a municipality (Quebec), municipality in Quebec, Canada, situated east of Stanstead, Quebec, Stanstead, in the regional county municipality of Coaticook Regional County Municipality, Coaticook and the region of Eastern Townships, Eastern Township. History Dixville was originally known as "Drew's Mills", named after a settler, who the early 1800s, had built a saw mill at this location on the Coaticook River. The settlement began around the year 1830; the site was back then part of the Township of Barford, Quebec, Barford. A Mr. Drew set up a dwelling on the banks of the Coaticook River, cleared land to build a sawmill beside a dam which he had built. In 1836, John Wright came to join up with Drew. Soon after, others came to this place and the village became known as Drew's Mills. Shortly before the turn of the century, it was renamed Dixville, after Richard Dick Baldwin, who was known as "Uncle Dick" by the majority of the town's residents. The name Saint-Mathieu-de-D ...
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