Quebec route 147
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Route 147 is a two-lane north/south highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River
in Quebec, Canada. Its northern terminus is in Waterville at the junction of Route 143
, and the southern terminus is at the border with Norton, Vermont, where the road continues as Vermont Route 147.
Saint Lawrence River
The Saint Lawrence is a large river flowing approximately from southwest to northeast in the middle latitudes of North America, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. It is the primary drainage conveyor of the Great Lakes Basin...
in Quebec, Canada. Its northern terminus is in Waterville at the junction of Route 143
Quebec route 143
Route 143 is a north/south highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River. Until the mid-1970s when the province decided to renumber all highways other than autoroutes, it was known as Route/Highway 5...
, and the southern terminus is at the border with Norton, Vermont, where the road continues as Vermont Route 147.
Municipalities along Route 147
- Stanhope (CoaticookCoaticook, QuebecCoaticook is a town in southeastern Quebec, Canada on the Coaticook River; it is the seat of the Coaticook Regional County Municipality. Its southern border is also the border with the United States-Communities:...
) - DixvilleDixville, QuebecDixville is a municipality in Quebec in the regional county municipality of Coaticook and the region of Estrie. It is named after Dick Baldwin, a local pioneer who built a mill and whose first name is pronounced Dix....
- CoaticookCoaticook, QuebecCoaticook is a town in southeastern Quebec, Canada on the Coaticook River; it is the seat of the Coaticook Regional County Municipality. Its southern border is also the border with the United States-Communities:...
- ComptonCompton, QuebecCompton is a municipality in the regional county municipality of Coaticook and the administrative region of Estrie. And Home Of the world famous Sanders Farm and Vallons Maraichers farm, organic vegetable growers in the Deep Root Organic Cooperative of Vermont....
- WatervilleWaterville, QuebecWaterville is a city of 1,800 people in southeastern Quebec, Canada, in the Coaticook Regional County Municipality. Waterville owes its existence to water-power, harnessed first by a sawmill and subsequently by several other industries, which attracted its initial British, Loyalist and American...
Major intersections
| RCM or ET | Municipality | Km | Road | Notes |
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| Coaticook Coaticook Regional County Municipality, Quebec Coaticook is a regional county municipality in southeastern Quebec, Canada. The regional county municipality seat is Coaticook.-History:On September 3, 1783, as a result of the signing of the Treaty of Paris the American Revolutionary War ended with Great Britain... |
Stanhope | 0.0 | 147 SOUTH: to Norton, Vermont | |
| Coaticook | 12.7 | (Overlap 2.4km) | 141 SOUTH: to Dixville Dixville, Quebec Dixville is a municipality in Quebec in the regional county municipality of Coaticook and the region of Estrie. It is named after Dick Baldwin, a local pioneer who built a mill and whose first name is pronounced Dix.... |
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| 14.6 | (West end) | 206 EAST: to Sainte-Edwidge-de-Clifton Sainte-Edwidge-de-Clifton, Quebec Sainte-Edwidge-de-Clifton is a township in the Canadian province of Quebec, located within the Coaticook Regional County Municipality. The township had a population of 440 in the Canada 2006 Census.... |
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| 15.1 | (Overlap 2.4km) | 141 NORTH: to Barnston-Ouest Barnston-Ouest, Quebec Barnston-Ouest is a municipality in Quebec.-Language:Home language -References:... |
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| Compton | 27.9 28.2 |
(Overlap 0.3km) | 208 EAST: to Martinville Martinville, Quebec Martinville is a municipality in Quebec. The population was 467 in 2006.... 208 WEST: to Hatley Hatley, Quebec Hatley is a village of 700 people, part of the Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality in the Eastern Townships region of Quebec.An otherwise quiet and tiny agricultural village, one of Hatley's main claims to fame is its annual Canada Day Celebration which always takes place on July 1st... |
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| Waterville | 41.5 | 108 WEST: to North Hatley North Hatley, Quebec North Hatley is a village of 750 people, located at the north end of Lake Massawippi. It is in the county of Stanstead, which is part of the Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality in the Eastern Townships region of Quebec, also known as Estrie or Cantons de l'Est in French. It is a haven for... 108 EAST: to Lennoxville Lennoxville, Quebec Lennoxville is an arrondissement, or borough, of the city of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. Lennoxville is located at the confluence of the St. Francis and Massawippi Rivers approximately five kilometers south of downtown Sherbrooke.... (Sherbrooke) |
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| 143 SOUTH: to Hatley Township Hatley, Quebec (township) Hatley is a township in the Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality in the Eastern Townships region of Quebec. The township had a population of 1,786 in the Canada 2006 Census.-References:... 143 NORTH: to Lennoxville Lennoxville, Quebec Lennoxville is an arrondissement, or borough, of the city of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. Lennoxville is located at the confluence of the St. Francis and Massawippi Rivers approximately five kilometers south of downtown Sherbrooke.... (Sherbrooke) |
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External links
- Route 147 on Google Maps