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Encyclopedia > Quebec route 148

Quebec Route 148 (formerly Quebec Route 8 before 1970) is a major east/west highway on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River and Ottawa River. Its eastern terminus is in Laval, and the western terminus is in L'Isle-aux-Allumettes in the Outaouais region, where it crosses the Ottawa River and ends in Pembroke, Ontario. The Saint Lawrence River (French fleuve Saint-Laurent) is a large west-to-east flowing river in the middle latitudes of North America, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. ... This is about the river in Canada. ... Motto: Unité, progrès, grandeur (Unity, Progress, Greatness) Area: 247. ... Outaouais is a region of the province of Quebec, Canada. ... Pembroke City Hall and Muskrat River Pembroke (population 13,490 in the 2001 Canadian census) is a city at the confluence of the Muskrat River and the Ottawa River in the Ottawa Valley in eastern Ontario, Canada. ...


The stretch between Lachute and Buckingham, now part of Gatineau, is a busy two-lane highway as it provides the main link between the Outaouais and the northern region of Montréal, as the only freeway is Highway 417, on the other side of the Ottawa River. Neighbouring Quebec Autoroute 50 is being constructed in different phases and will eventually parallel Route 148, between Gatineau and Lachute, where two segments of Autoroute 50 currently exist. From Lachute to Laval, Route 148 moves inland, as Secondary route 344 follows the river through Oka, and along the Rivière des Mille Îles, and Route 148 travels inland towards Laval through St. Eustache, just south of the Mirabel Airport. Present termination of the Highway in Laval is at Quebec Autoroute 13, although it was once at Quebec route 117, and Highway 8 ran with Highway 11 to Boulevards Decarie and Metropolitan in Montreal. Lachute, is a town in southwest Quebec, northwest of Montreal. ... Motto: Ursus super montem ivit Area: 342. ... {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Concordia Salus (Salvation through harmony) Ville de Montréal, Québec, Canada Location. ... Highway 417 as part of the 400-series network Highway 417 is a 400-Series Highway in Ontario. ... Autoroute 50 (also called Autoroute Maurice-Richard and formerly Autoroute de lOutaouais) is an Autoroute in western Quebec. ... Oka, Quebec is a small Canadian village on the bank of Lake of Two Mountains north of Laval, Quebec near Montreal founded in 1721 by the Roman Catholic Sulpician Order. ... Saint-Eustache is a city in western Quebec, west of Montreal on the southwestern end of the Rivière des Mille-ÃŽles. ... Montreal-Mirabel International Airport (Aéroport international Montréal-Mirabel) is an airport in Mirabel, Quebec, near Montreal. ... Autoroute 13 (also known as Chomedey highway and Airports Expressway), crosses the city of Laval, QC and most of the island of Montreal from A-640 to A-20. ... This is an important road. ...


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