Route 109 is a Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

 provincial highway that runs through the western regions of Abitibi-Témiscamingue

Abitibi-Témiscamingue

Abitibi-Témiscamingue is a region located in western Quebec, Canada, along the border with Ontario. It became part of the province in 1898. It has a land area of 57,674.26 km2 . As of the 2006 census, the population of the region was 143,872 inhabitants.-History:The land was first occupied...

 and Nord-du-Québec

Nord-du-Québec

Nord-du-Québec is the largest of the seventeen administrative regions of Quebec, Canada. With , of which are lakes and rivers, it covers much of the Labrador Peninsula and about 55% of the total land surface area of Quebec....

. It begins at Route 117

Quebec route 117

Route 117 is a provincial highway within the Canadian province of Quebec, running between Montreal and the Quebec/Ontario border where it continues as Highway 66 east of Kearns, Ontario...

 in Rivière-Héva

Rivière-Héva, Quebec

Rivière-Héva is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada in the MRC de La Vallée-de-l'Or. It is named after the Héva River that flows through the municipality.-History:...

, proceeding north approximately 59 km (36.7 mi) to Amos. From there, the highway extends 182 km (113.1 mi) to Matagami, where the road continues northwards as James Bay Road (French: Route de la Baie James). While now classified as a municipal road, the James Bay Road was part of provincial Route 109 until 2002. Consequently, some maps may still identify it as such.

The 182 km section of Route 109 between Saint-Dominique-du-Rosaire and Matagami winds through complete wilderness and no services exist at all here. There is however extensive logging taking place along this section.

Municipalities along Route 109

• Rivière-Héva
  Rivière-Héva, Quebec
  Rivière-Héva is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada in the MRC de La Vallée-de-l'Or. It is named after the Héva River that flows through the municipality.-History:...
  
  
• La Motte
  La Motte, Quebec
  La Motte is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Abitibi Regional County Municipality and the administrative region of Abitibi-Témiscamingue...
  
  
• Saint-Mathieu-d'Harricana
  Saint-Mathieu-d'Harricana, Quebec
  Saint-Mathieu-d'Harricana is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Abitibi Regional County Municipality. It is part of the census agglomeration of Amos.-Demographics:...
  
  
• Amos
  Amos, Quebec
  Amos is a ville in northwestern Quebec, Canada, on the Harricana River. It is the seat of Abitibi Regional County Municipality.Amos is the main city on the Harricana River, and the smallest of the three primary cities — after Rouyn-Noranda and Val-d'Or — in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec...
  
  
• Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier
  Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier, Quebec
  Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Abitibi Regional County Municipality.-Demographics:Population trend:* Population in 2006: 936...
  
  
• Saint-Dominique-du-Rosaire
  Saint-Dominique-du-Rosaire, Quebec
  Saint-Dominique-du-Rosaire is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Abitibi Regional County Municipality. It is part of the census agglomeration of Amos.-Demographics:...
  
  
• Baie-James
• Matagami
  Matagami, Quebec
  Matagami is a small town in Quebec, Canada. It is located north of Amos, on Matagami Lake, at the northern terminus of Route 109 and the start of the James Bay Road . The town had a population of 1,555 in the Canada 2006 Census.-History:Matagami was founded in 1963 with the development of mining...
  
  

Major intersections

RCM or ET	Municipality	km	Junction	Notes
Abitibi Abitibi Regional County Municipality, Quebec Abitibi Regional County Municipality is located in Northwestern Quebec. The Regional County Municipality seat is Amos.-Municipalities:*Barraute*Berry*Champneuf*La Corne*La Morandière*La Motte*Preissac*Rochebaucourt*Saint-Dominique-du-Rosaire...	Rivière-Héva	0.0		117 SOUTH: to Val-d'Or Val-d'Or, Quebec -External links:* ***...   117 NORTH: to Rouyn-Noranda Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec Rouyn-Noranda is a city on Osisko Lake in northwestern Quebec, Canada.The city of Rouyn-Noranda is coextensive with a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality and census division of Quebec of the same name...
	Amos	39.3		111 SOUTH: to Val-d'Or Val-d'Or, Quebec -External links:* ***...
				395 SOUTH: to Preissac Preissac, Quebec Preissac is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Abitibi Regional County Municipality. The village of Preissac itself is located at the north end of Lake Preissac....   395 NORTH: to Rochebaucourt Rochebaucourt, Quebec Rochebaucourt is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Abitibi Regional County Municipality.-History:In 1935 as part of the Vautrin Settlement Plan, the place was colonized by pioneers from Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Saint-Hyacinthe, and Salaberry-de-Valleyfield...
		40.6		111 NORTH: to La Sarre La Sarre, Quebec La Sarre is a town in northwestern Quebec, Canada, and is the most populous town and seat of the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It is located at the intersection of Routes 111 and 393, on the La Sarre River, a tributary of Lake Abitibi....
Jamésie	Matagami	222.7		James Bay Road

External links

• Official Transport Quebec Road Map (Courtesy of the Quebec Ministry of Transportation)
• Route 109 on Google Maps