Route 247 is a north/south highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River

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 the Estrie

Estrie

The Estrie is an administrative region of Quebec that overlaps mostly the Eastern Townships. Estrie, a French neologism, was coined as a derivative of est, "east."...

 region of 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....

. Its northern terminus is in Magog

Magog, Quebec

Magog is a city in southeastern Quebec, Canada, about east of Montreal at the confluence of Lake Memphremagog--after which the city was named—with the Rivière aux Cerises and the Magog River...

 at the junction of Route 112 and its southern terminus is in Stanstead, at the junction of Autoroute 55

Quebec Autoroute 55

Autoroute 55 Autoroute 55 Autoroute 55 (also called Autoroute de l'Énergie (North of the Autoroute 20) and Autoroute Joseph-Armand Bombardier (South part) is an important north-south Autoroute and the only one running in that direction in central Quebec. It is the longest north-south Autoroute,...

 less than 1 kilometer north of the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

-Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 border.

Part of this highway straddles the US-Canadian border along Canusa Street

Canusa Street

Canusa Avenue or, in French, rue Canusa is the only part of the American–Canadian border that runs down the middle of a street. The street separates Beebe Plain, Vermont from the Beebe Plain area of Stanstead, Quebec and is a part of Quebec Route 247....

, separating Beebe Plain, Vermont from Beebe Plain, Quebec.

Municipalities along Route 247

• Stanstead (ville)
• Ogden
  Ogden, Quebec
  Ogden is a municipality of 750 people, part of the Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality in the Eastern Townships region of Quebec. It comprises the hamlets of Tomifobia and Graniteville.-References:...
  
  
• Stanstead (township)
  Stanstead, Quebec (township)
  Stanstead is a township of 1,065 people and part of the Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality in the Eastern Townships region of Quebec.Formally, the township consists of two villages: Filch Bay and Georgeville...
  
  
• Magog
  Magog, Quebec
  Magog is a city in southeastern Quebec, Canada, about east of Montreal at the confluence of Lake Memphremagog--after which the city was named—with the Rivière aux Cerises and the Magog River...
  
  

External links

• Provincial Route Map (Courtesy of the Quebec Ministry of Transportation)
• http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=3470338290400570044,45.264001,-72.156282%3B16173032140050772509,45.140680,-72.252293%3B13405008144653761263,45.116442,-72.178803%3B9493304700058131582,45.007358,-72.099358&saddr=Rue+Merry+S%2FRTE-247+%4045.264001,+-72.156282&daddr=Chemin+de+Georgeville%2FRTE-247+%4045.140680,+-72.252293+to:Chemin+Crevier%2FRTE-247+%4045.116442,+-72.178803+to:45.008354,-72.088251&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=3&sz=15&via=1,2&dirflg=h&doflg=ptk&sll=45.011115,-72.089581&sspn=0.013653,0.037594&ie=UTF8&ll=45.155896,-71.979675&spn=0.435788,1.203003&z=10Route 247] on Google Maps