Route 249 is a two-lane north/south highway on the south shore of the
Saint Lawrence River
The St. Lawrence River (, ) is a large international river in the middle latitudes of North America connecting the Great Lakes to the North Atlantic Ocean. Its waters flow in a northeasterly direction from Lake Ontario to the Gulf of St. Lawrenc ...
in
Quebec
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,
Canada
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. Its northern terminus is in
Val-des-Sources
Val-des-Sources (), meaning "Valley of the Springs", formerly known as Asbestos (), is a town on the Nicolet River in the Estrie (Eastern Townships) region of southeastern Quebec, Canada."Asbestos" in '' The New Encyclopædia Britannica''. Chic ...
at the junction of
Route 255, and the southern terminus is at the junction of
Route 112 close to
Magog.
Municipalities along Route 249
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Magog
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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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Saint-Denis-de-Brompton
Saint-Denis-de-Brompton is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, part of the Regional County Municipality of Le Val-Saint-François, within the larger administrative region of Estrie. It is located approximately 145 kilometres east ...
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Saint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton, Quebec
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Windsor
Windsor may refer to:
Places
*Detroit–Windsor, Michigan-Ontario, USA-Canada, North America; a cross-border metropolitan region
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*Windsor, New South Wales
** Municipality of Windsor, a former local government area Queen ...
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Val-Joli
Val-Joli () is a municipality in Quebec, Canada.
Demographics Population
Language
Mother tongue (2011)
Notable residents
* Christian Savoie, (born 1976 in Val-Joli), winner of Canada's Strongest Man and entrant to the World's Strongest Man ...
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Saint-Claude
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Saint-Georges-de-Windsor
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Val-des-Sources
Val-des-Sources (), meaning "Valley of the Springs", formerly known as Asbestos (), is a town on the Nicolet River in the Estrie (Eastern Townships) region of southeastern Quebec, Canada."Asbestos" in '' The New Encyclopædia Britannica''. Chic ...
File:Route 249 - panoramio.jpg, Rhéaume road south of Saint-Denis-de-Brompton.
File:Route 222 - panoramio (1).jpg, Route 249 shares part of its route with route 222.
File:Saint François Xavier de Brompton - panoramio (1).jpg, Principale street in Saint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton.
File:Windsor - panoramio (1).jpg, Route 249 descends in the valley of Saint-François River
The Saint-François River (, ) is a right tributary of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada.
Its source is Lake Saint-François in Chaudière-Appalaches, southeast of Thetford Mines. It flows southwest towards Sherbrooke, where it changes ...
, near Windsor.
File:Du changement a Windsor - panoramio.jpg, Bridge over the Saint-François in Windsor.
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
Route 249on Google Maps
Provincial Route Map (Courtesy of the Quebec Ministry of Transportation)
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Year 249 ( CCXLIX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Gavius and Aquilinus (or, less frequently, year 1002 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 24 ...
Transport in Magog, Quebec
Transport in Sherbrooke
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