Quebec route 204
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Route 204 is a finite two-lane east/west highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River
in Quebec
. It is one of the longest secondary highways in the province. Its eastern terminus is in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli
at the junction of Route 132 and the western terminus is in Lac-Mégantic
at the junction of Route 161. Although it is numbered as an east/west highway, the road follows a north/south course from Saint-Jean-Port-Joli
to Saint-Pamphile
, where it then follows a mostly southwest/northeast course until Saint-Georges
, where after crossing the Chaudière River
, follows it in a north/south course until the source of the Chaudiere in Megantic Lake, in Lac-Mégantic
.
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
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....
. It is one of the longest secondary highways in the province. Its eastern terminus is in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli
Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Quebec
Saint-Jean-Port-Joli is a village in the Regional County Municipality of L'Islet within the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. It is located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River and is the county seat. The village is located off the Trans-Canada Highway, Autoroute 20...
at the junction of Route 132 and the western terminus is in Lac-Mégantic
Lac-Mégantic, Quebec
Lac-Mégantic is a town in Estrie on Lac Mégantic, a freshwater lake for which the town was named. Situated in the former Frontenac County in the historic Eastern Townships, Lac-Mégantic is the seat of Le Granit Regional County Municipality and of the judicial district of...
at the junction of Route 161. Although it is numbered as an east/west highway, the road follows a north/south course from Saint-Jean-Port-Joli
Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Quebec
Saint-Jean-Port-Joli is a village in the Regional County Municipality of L'Islet within the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. It is located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River and is the county seat. The village is located off the Trans-Canada Highway, Autoroute 20...
to Saint-Pamphile
Saint-Pamphile, Quebec
Saint-Pamphile is a ville in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in L'Islet Regional County Municipality, in the Chaudière-Appalaches administrative district. While the official municipal territory ends at the US-Canada border located at the eastern end of town, there is a tiny hamlet located...
, where it then follows a mostly southwest/northeast course until Saint-Georges
Saint-Georges, Quebec
Saint-Georges is a city in the province of Quebec. It is the seat of Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality, part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region. The population was 30,113 as of 2009. Route 173 runs through Saint-Georges Est and heads south to the border with Maine, USA...
, where after crossing the Chaudière River
Chaudière River
The Chaudière River is a long river with its source near the Town of Lac-Mégantic, in southeast Quebec, Canada. From its source Lake Megantic in the Chaudière-Appalaches region, it runs northwards to flow into the St. Lawrence River opposite Quebec City...
, follows it in a north/south course until the source of the Chaudiere in Megantic Lake, in Lac-Mégantic
Lac-Mégantic, Quebec
Lac-Mégantic is a town in Estrie on Lac Mégantic, a freshwater lake for which the town was named. Situated in the former Frontenac County in the historic Eastern Townships, Lac-Mégantic is the seat of Le Granit Regional County Municipality and of the judicial district of...
.
Municipalities along Route 204
- Lac-MéganticLac-Mégantic, QuebecLac-Mégantic is a town in Estrie on Lac Mégantic, a freshwater lake for which the town was named. Situated in the former Frontenac County in the historic Eastern Townships, Lac-Mégantic is the seat of Le Granit Regional County Municipality and of the judicial district of...
- FrontenacFrontenac, QuebecFrontenac is a municipality in the Le Granit Regional County Municipality in Estrie, Quebec, Canada. Population is 1,622 as of 2006.The area was settled heavily from 1870 to 1880 by colonizers from the United Kingdom and the United States. As such, it was known until 1959 as the united counties of...
- AudetAudet, QuebecAudet is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté du Granit in Estrie, Quebec, Canada. Population is 662 as of 2006.Although the post office has been known has Audet since 1894, named after Michel Audet, the first postmaster, the municipality was known as Saint-Hubert-de-Spaulding...
- Saint-LudgerSaint-Ludger, QuebecSaint-Ludger is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté du Granit in Estrie, Quebec, Canada. Population is 1,197 as of 2006.The municipality of Saint-Ludger was created in 1998 from the amalgamation of the village of Saint-Ludger, the municipality of Risborough and the township of...
- Saint-Gédéon-de-BeauceSaint-Gédéon-de-Beauce, QuebecSaint-Gédéon-de-Beauce is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Beauce-Sartigan in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 2,343 as of 2009. It is named after biblical judge Gideon....
- Saint-MartinSaint-Martin, QuebecSaint-Martin is a parish municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Beauce-Sartigan in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 2,596 as of 2009. It is named after Martin of Tours.-Sources:**...
- Saint-GeorgesSaint-Georges, QuebecSaint-Georges is a city in the province of Quebec. It is the seat of Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality, part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region. The population was 30,113 as of 2009. Route 173 runs through Saint-Georges Est and heads south to the border with Maine, USA...
- Saint-Prosper
- Sainte-Rose-de-WatfordSainte-Rose-de-Watford, QuebecSainte-Rose-de-Watford is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté des Etchemins in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 747 as of 2009. It is named after Rose of Lima, the first Catholic saint of the Americas and Watford, a town in...
- Sainte-JustineSainte-Justine, QuebecSainte-Justine is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté des Etchemins in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 1,835 as of 2009...
- Saint-Camille-de-LellisSaint-Camille-de-Lellis, QuebecSaint-Camille-de-Lellis is a parish in the Municipalité régionale de comté des Etchemins in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 895 as of 2009. It is named after Reverend Camille-Stanislas Brochu, first priest of the parish.Saint-Camille-de-Lellis...
- Saint-Just-de-Bretenieres
- Saint-Fabien-de-PanetSaint-Fabien-de-Panet, QuebecSaint-Fabien-de-Panet is a parish municipality in Quebec....
- Sainte-Lucie-de-BeauregardSainte-Lucie-de-Beauregard, QuebecSainte-Lucie-de-Beauregard is a municipality in Quebec....
- Saint-Aldabert
- Saint-PamphileSaint-Pamphile, QuebecSaint-Pamphile is a ville in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in L'Islet Regional County Municipality, in the Chaudière-Appalaches administrative district. While the official municipal territory ends at the US-Canada border located at the eastern end of town, there is a tiny hamlet located...
- Sainte-PerpetueSainte-Perpétue, QuebecThere are two municipalities named Sainte-Perpétue in Quebec:*Sainte-Perpétue, Centre-du-Québec, Quebec, in Nicolet-Yamaska Regional County Municipality*Sainte-Perpétue, Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec, in L'Islet Regional County Municipality...
- TourvilleTourville, QuebecTourville is a municipality in Quebec....
- Saint-Damase de l'Islet
- Saint-Aulbert
- Saint-Jean-Port-JoliSaint-Jean-Port-Joli, QuebecSaint-Jean-Port-Joli is a village in the Regional County Municipality of L'Islet within the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. It is located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River and is the county seat. The village is located off the Trans-Canada Highway, Autoroute 20...
Major intersections
| RCM or ET | Municipality | Km | Junction | Notes |
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| Le Granit Le Granit Regional County Municipality, Quebec -References:... |
Lac-Mégantic | 0.0 | 161 SOUTH: to Frontenac 161 NORTH: to Nantes Nantes, Quebec Nantes is a village of 1,443 people in Le Granit Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada. Situated between Stornoway and Lac-Mégantic, where the railroad use to cross, is the village of Nantes.-History:... |
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| Audet | 21.1 | Chemin-du-Lac-Drolet | NORTH: to Lac-Drolet Lac-Drolet, Quebec Lac-Drolet is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté du Granit in Estrie, Quebec, Canada. Population is 1,108 as of 2006.The minor Battle of the Chaudière, opposing British police and Lower Canadian rebels, was fought at Lac-Drolet during the Patriots' War in 1838... |
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| Saint-Ludger | 39.1 | 9e Rang | SOUTH: to Saint-Robert-Bellarmin Saint-Robert-Bellarmin, Quebec Saint-Robert-Bellarmin is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté du Granit in Estrie, Quebec, Canada. Population is 645 as of 2006.... |
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| Beauce-Sartigan Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality, Quebec Beauce-Sartigan is a regional county municipality in southeastern Quebec, Canada, on the Chaudière River, in Chaudière-Appalaches. It shares its eastern border with Maine, United States. The county seat is Saint-Georges.... |
Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce | 48.8 | (Overlap 8.9km) | 269 SOUTH: to Saint-Théophile Saint-Théophile, Québec Saint-Théophile is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Beauce-Sartigan in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 765 as of 2009... |
| Saint-Martin | 57.7 | (Overlap 8.9km) | 269 NORTH: to Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley, Quebec Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Beauce-Sartigan in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 1,648 as of 2009.... |
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| Saint-Georges | 74.0 | (Overlap 4.4km) | 173 SOUTH: to Saint-Côme-Linière Saint-Côme-Linière, Quebec Saint-Côme-Linière is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Beauce-Sartigan in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 3,282 as of 2009. The municipalities of St-Côme and Linière merged in 1994 forming Saint-Côme-Linière... |
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| 77.2 | (South end) | 271 NORTH: to Saint-Benoît-Labre Saint-Benoît-Labre, Quebec Saint-Benoît-Labre is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Beauce-Sartigan in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 1,630 as of 2009... |
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| 78.4 | (Overlap 4.4km) | 173 NORTH: to Notre-Dame-des-Pins Notre-Dame-des-Pins, Quebec Notre-Dame-des-Pins is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Beauce-Sartigan in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 1,073 as of 2009.... |
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| Les Etchemins Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality, Quebec Les Etchemins is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of eastern Quebec, Canada. Created in 1982, it is named for the Etchemin River which finds its source in the region, as well as Etchemin Lake. Lac-Etchemin is the seat of the RCM. Les Etchemins can be found on the... |
Saint-Prosper | 96.9 | 275 SOUTH: to Sainte-Aurélie Sainte-Aurélie, Quebec Sainte-Aurélie is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté des Etchemins in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 956 as of 2009. It is named after Sister Sainte-Aurélie, an Ursuline nun at the end of the 19th century.Sainte-Aurélie has a... 275 NORTH: to Saint-Benjamin Saint-Benjamin, Quebec Saint-Benjamin is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté des Etchemins in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 861 as of 2009. It is named after Reverend Benjamin Demers, promoter of the new parish in 1895.-Sources:**... |
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| Sainte-Rose-de-Watford | 112.3 117.4 |
277 SOUTH: to Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague 277 NORTH: to Lac-Etchemin |
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| Sainte-Justine | 125.3 | Route des Eglises | SOUTH: to Saint-Cyprien Saint-Cyprien, Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec Saint-Cyprien is a parish in the Municipalité régionale de comté des Etchemins in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 635 as of 2009. It is named after Christian martyr Cyprian.... |
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| Saint-Camille-de-Lellis | 141.9 | (South end) | 281 NORTH: to Saint-Magloire Saint-Magloire, Quebec Saint-Magloire is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté des Etchemins in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 735 as of 2009. It is named after reverend Joseph-Magloire Rioux, first priest of the parish in 1863.-References:**... |
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| Montmagny Montmagny Regional County Municipality, Quebec Montmagny is a county regional municipality of Quebec in Canada. Montmagny is the seat.This area was named after Charles de Montmagny, the second governor of New France.According to the 2001 Statistics Canada Census:*Population: 23,438... |
Saint-Just-de-Bretinieres | 155.2 | 283 SOUTH: to Lac-Frontière Lac-Frontière, Quebec Lac-Frontière is a tiny village of 150 people in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality within the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec. It is located at the border with the United States.... |
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| Saint-Fabien-de-Panet | 159.3 | 283 NORTH: to Saint-Paul-de-Montminy Saint-Paul-de-Montminy, Quebec Saint-Paul-de-Montminy is a village of 864 people located in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality, Quebec. Geographically it is located in the Notre Dame Mountains, one of the Canadian parts of the Appalachian Mountains. It was founded in 1862.... |
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| Sainte-Lucie-de-Beauregard | 169.3 | (South end) | 283 NORTH: to Lac-Frontière | |
| L'Islet L'Islet Regional County Municipality, Quebec L'Islet is a Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec in Canada.The county seat is Saint-Jean-Port-Joli.According to the 2001 Statistics Canada Census:*Population: 19,368*% Change : −2.3*Dwellings: 8,944... |
Saint-Adalbert | 189.7 | (South end) | 285 NORTH: to Saint-Marcel Saint-Marcel, Quebec Saint-Marcel is a municipality in Quebec.... |
| Sainte-Perpetue | 221.7 | (East end) | 216 WEST: to Sainte-Félicité Sainte-Félicité, Bas-Saint-Laurent, Quebec Sainte-Félicité is a municipality in the Matane Regional County Municipality of Quebec, located on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. It is named after Felicitas of Rome, a martyred saint.... |
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| Saint-Jean-Port-Joli | 260.7 261.2 |
20 EAST: to Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Quebec Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies is a parish municipality in Quebec.... 20 WEST: to L'Islet L'Islet, Quebec L'Islet is a municipality within the Regional County Municipality of L'Islet in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada.It is located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River halfway between Quebec City and Rivière-du-Loup... |
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| 263.9 | 132 WEST: to L'Islet 132 EAST: to Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies |
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External links
- Provincial Route Map (Courtesy of the Quebec Ministry of Transportation)
- http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=2778512137289905987,45.572620,-70.877850%3B18444317951631359700,46.684051,-70.104066%3B6100821262378522136,47.114370,-70.014910%3B10109492965316528212,47.214096,-70.269579&saddr=RTE-204%2FRue+Salaberry+%4045.572620,+-70.877850&daddr=46.687131,-70.106506+to:Rue+Principale%2FRTE-204+%4047.114370,+-70.014910+to:Route+de+L%27%C3%89glise%2FRTE-204+%4047.214096,+-70.269579&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=9&via=1,2&sll=46.734214,-70.19165&sspn=0.847109,2.406006&ie=UTF8&ll=46.471916,-70.257568&spn=1.702446,4.812012&z=8Route 204] on Google Maps