Route 197 is a short 19 km two-lane highway which cuts through the Appalachian Mountains in the municipality of Gaspé, Quebec

Gaspé, Quebec

Gaspé is a city at the tip of the Gaspé Peninsula in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of eastern Quebec, Canada. As of the 2006 census, the city had a total population of 14,819....

, Canada. Its only function is to act as a shortcut to Route 132

Quebec route 132

Route 132 is the longest highway in Quebec. It follows the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River from the border with the state of New York in the hamlet of Dundee , west of Montreal to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and circles the Gaspé Peninsula...

 which goes around the Forillon peninsula which makes up Forillon National Park

Forillon National Park

Forillon National Park, one of 43 national parks and park reserves across Canada, is located at the outer tip of the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec and covers 244 km². Created in 1970, Forillon was the first national park in Quebec. The park includes forests, sea coast, salt marshes, sand dunes,...

.It starts at the junction of Route 132 in Rivière-au-Renard (part of the municipality of Gaspé) and ends again at the junction of Route 132 in Saint-Majorique, part of Gaspé as well.

Municipalities along Route 197

• Gaspé
  Gaspé, Quebec
  Gaspé is a city at the tip of the Gaspé Peninsula in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of eastern Quebec, Canada. As of the 2006 census, the city had a total population of 14,819....
  
  - (Rivière-au-Renard
  Rivière-au-Renard, Quebec
  Rivière-au-Renard is a village in the Gaspé Peninsula, in the province of Quebec, Canada.Originally settled in the 1790s by French-Canadian and Irish families, Rivière-au-Renard is located on the banks of a large open bay on the Gulf of St. Lawrence at the eastern end of the Gaspé Peninsula...
  
   / Rivière-Morris / Saint-Majorique )

External links

• Interactive Provincial Route Map (Quebec Ministry of Transportation)
• Route 197 on Google Maps