Route 165 is a 68 km north–south highway on the south shore of the
Saint Lawrence River
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in
Quebec
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,
Canada
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. Its southern terminus is in Black Lake, now part of Thetford Mines, at the junction of
Route 112 and its northern terminus is in Saint-Louis-de-Blandford at the junction of
Autoroute 20. The stretch between Plessisville and Black Lake used to be
Route 265 but it was re-numbered Route 165 in the 1990s.
Municipalities along Route 165
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Thetford Mines
Thetford Mines (; Canada 2021 Census population 26,072) is a city in south-central Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality.
The city is located in the Appalachian Mountains, 187 km east-northeast of Mo ...
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Irlande
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Saint-Ferdinand
Saint-Ferdinand () is a municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of the province of Quebec in Canada. It is notable for its location on the shores of William Lake on the Bécancour River, nestled within the Appalachian foothills, making Sa ...
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Saint-Pierre-Baptiste
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Sainte-Sophie-d'Halifax
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Plessisville
Plessisville () is a county seat of L'Érable Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada. Routes 116 and 165 go through it. The city is 185 km from Montreal and 95 km from Quebec City. The city has hosted an annual Maple festival ...
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Princeville
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Saint-Louis-de-Blandford
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
Interactive Provincial Route Map (Transports Québec)
Route 165on Google Maps
165
Year 165 ( CLXV) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Orfitus and Pudens (or, less frequently, year 918 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 165 for this year ...
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