Route 216 is a two-lane east/west highway in
Quebec
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,
Canada
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, which starts in Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley in the
Estrie
Estrie () is an List of Quebec regions, 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 pe ...
region at the junction of
Route 108 and ends in Sainte-Perpétue in
Chaudière-Appalaches
Chaudière-Appalaches (, ) is an administrative region in Quebec, Canada. It comprises most of what is historically known as the " Beauce" (; compare with the electoral district of Beauce). It is named for the Chaudière River and the Appalachia ...
at the junction of
Route 204.
Route 216 follows mostly a northeast/southwest course, and it is not a busy highway as it mostly links small villages between themselves in the backroads of the
Appalachians
The Appalachian Mountains, often called the Appalachians, are a mountain range in eastern to northeastern North America. The term "Appalachian" refers to several different regions associated with the mountain range, and its surrounding terrain ...
. The only two major towns along the way are Sherbrooke and Sainte-Marie. Between Ham-Nord (junction with
Route 161) and Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown (junction with
Route 263), the road is unpaved.
Municipalities along Route 216
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Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley
Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley is a municipality in the Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality in the Eastern Townships region of Quebec, Canada.
Located along Quebec Route 108 on Little Lake Magog, it is the home of the "Marais" birdwatching s ...
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Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke ( , ) is a city in southern Quebec, Canada. It is at the confluence of the Saint-François River, Saint-François and Magog River, Magog rivers in the heart of the Estrie administrative region. Sherbrooke is also the name of a territ ...
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Stoke
Stoke may refer to:
Places Canada
* Stoke, Quebec
New Zealand
* Stoke, New Zealand
United Kingdom Berkshire
* Stoke Row
Bristol
* Stoke Bishop
* Stoke Gifford
* Bradley Stoke
* Little Stoke
* Harry Stoke
* Stoke Lodge
Bucking ...
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Saint-Camille
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Wotton
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Saint-Adrien
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Ham-Nord
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Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown
Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown is a parish municipality in Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 189 as of the Canada 2011 Census.
It was named after one of J ...
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Saint-Julien
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Irlande
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Saint-Adrien-d'Irlande
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Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf
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Kinnear's Mills
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Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds
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Saint-Sylvestre
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Saint-Elzéar
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Sainte-Marie
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Sainte-Marguerite
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Saint-Malachie
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Saint-Nazaire-de-Dorchester
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Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-du-Buckland
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Saint-Philémon
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Saint-Paul-de-Montminy
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Sainte-Apolline-de-Patton
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Saint-Marcel
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Sainte-Félicité
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Sainte-Perpétue
File:Route 216 à Sherbrooke.jpg, Route 216 in Mont-Bellevue borough, Sherbrooke.
File:Fog over the bridge - panoramio.jpg, Route 216 through downtown Sherbrooke.
File:CHUS - panoramio.jpg, Route 216 is the main road to Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke
The Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke (CHUS) is the public healthcare network in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, affiliated with the Université de Sherbrooke Faculty of Medecine.
The CHUS offers general, specialized and sub-specializ ...
.
File:Route 216 et panneaux - panoramio.jpg, Route 216 in Stoke.
File:Route 216 (St-Jacques-de-Leeds).jpg, Route 216 in Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds.
File:Rue Principale (route 216 ouest) à Saint-Sylvestre-de-Beaurivage.jpg, Principale street in à Saint-Sylvestre.
File:Route 216 (Sainte-Félicité).jpg, Route 216 in Sainte-Félicité.
File:Route 216 (Saint-Marcel).jpg, Route 216 in Saint-Marcel.
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 216in Google Maps
{{Secondary Highways in Quebec (200-series)
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Transport in Sherbrooke