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Route 138 is a major highway in the Canadian province of Quebec, following the entire north shore of the St. Lawrence River past Montreal to the temporary eastern terminus in Kegashka on the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The western terminus is in Elgin, at the border with New York State south-west of Montreal (connecting with New York State Route 30 ...
Château-Richer is a small town situated in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. Located on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River east of Quebec City. It is the seat for the Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality . The first rural parish in New France was established in 1678, by the members of La Compagnie-des-Cents ...
It is one of the two major connections between Montreal and Quebec City, the other being Autoroute 20 on the south shore of the St. Lawrence. Autoroute 40 is currently 347 km (215.6 mi) long. Between the Ontario–Quebec boundary and the interchange with Autoroute 25, the route is signed as part of the Trans-Canada Highway .
Monument Road. The US purchased 12,580 square feet of land on the south side of Monument Road on May 25, 1932, and spent $5,625 to erect a red brick border station, which saw little traffic. This crossing was about 2000 feet north of Monument #1, which marks the beginning of the land border between the US and Canada.
With an area of 1,542,056 km 2 (595,391 sq mi), it is the largest of Canada's provinces and territories and the tenth largest country subdivision in the world. [citation needed] More than 90% of Quebec's area lies within the Canadian Shield, and includes the greater part of the Labrador Peninsula.
Quebec City ( / kwɪˈbɛk / ⓘ or / kəˈbɛk /; [ 11] French: Ville de Québec ), officially known as Québec ( French pronunciation: [kebɛk] ), [ 12] is the capital city of the Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, [ 13] and the metropolitan area had a population of 839,311. [ 14]
L'Isle-aux-Allumettes is a municipality in the Outaouais region, part of the Pontiac Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.The municipality consists primarily of Allumette Island (in French Île aux Allumettes), and also includes Morrison Island, Marcotte Island, and some minor islets, all in the Ottawa River north of Pembroke.
5,599,077 km 2 (2,161,816 sq mi) Canada has a vast geography that occupies much of the continent of North America, sharing a land border with the contiguous United States to the south and the U.S. state of Alaska to the northwest. Canada stretches from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west; to the north lies the Arctic ...