Route 263 is a two-lane north/south highway on the south shore of the
Saint Lawrence River
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in
Quebec
Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...
,
Canada
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. Its northern terminus is in the city of
Bécancour at the junction of
Route 132, and the southern terminus is at the junction of
Route 161 close to
Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn
Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn, known locally as Woburn, is a parish municipality in Le Granit Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. The population is 695 as of the Canada 2011 Census. A parish municipality is the territo ...
.
List of towns along Route 263
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Sainte-Marie-de-Blandford
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Lemieux
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Saint-Louis-de-Blandford
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Princeville
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Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska
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Sainte-Hélène-de-Chester
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Saint-Fortunat
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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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Disraeli
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Sainte-Praxède
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Saint-Romain
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Lambton
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Saint-Sébastien
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Sainte-Cécile-de-Whitton
Sainte-Cécile-de-Whitton is a municipality in Quebec, in the regional county municipality of Le Granit in the administrative region of Estrie. It is named after Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of musicians and Church music
Church music i ...
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Marston
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Piopolis
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Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn
Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn, known locally as Woburn, is a parish municipality in Le Granit Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. The population is 695 as of the Canada 2011 Census. A parish municipality is the territo ...
File:Mont Scotch Cap - 1.jpg, View over Scotch Cap summit between Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn and Piopolis.
File:Piopolis3.jpg, In Piopolis.
File:Marston3.jpg, In Marston.
File:Montstececile.jpg, Mont Sainte-Cécile in Sainte-Cécile-de-Whitton.
File:LeMorneSt-Sebastien.jpg, Morne de Saint-Sébastien in Saint-Sébastien.
File:Lemieux.JPG, Entering Lemieux.
File:Sainte-Marie-de-Blandford.JPG, Junction with Quebec Route 226
Route 226 is a two-lane east/west highway in Quebec, Canada. Its western terminus is at the junction of Route 132 in Pierreville and its eastern terminus is in Sainte-Croix at the junction of Route 271.
Route 226 is an exclusively rural highwa ...
in Sainte-Marie-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
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References
External links
Route 263on Google Maps
Provincial Route Map (Courtesy of the Quebec Ministry of Transportation)
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Year 263 (Roman numerals, CCLXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Albinus and Dexter (or, less frequently, year 1016 ''Ab urbe condita''). The ...
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