Quebec route 279
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Route 279 is a 48 km two-lane north-south highway in Quebec, Canada, which starts in Beaumont
at the junction of Route 132
and ends in Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland
at the junction of Route 216
. The road goes through the Grande Plée Bleue between Beaumont and Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse
, crosses the Boyer River
in St-Charles, and slowly goes up the Appalachian Mountains.
Beaumont, Quebec
Beaumont is a village of about 2,100 people 10km east of Lévis, next to the Saint Lawrence River, in the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality. It is a mostly rural community, with most people working in Lévis as there are no major businesses in Beaumont...
at the junction of 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...
and ends in Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland
Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland, Quebec
Buckland is a small village of about 800 people in the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality, in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches administrative region. Although the official name is Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland, almost everyone refers to the village as simply...
at the junction of Route 216
Quebec route 216
Route 216 is a two-lane east/west highway in Quebec, Canada, which starts in Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley in the Eastern Townships at the junction of Route 108 and ends in Sainte-Perpétue in Chaudière-Appalaches at the junction of Route 204....
. The road goes through the Grande Plée Bleue between Beaumont and Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse
Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Quebec
Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse is a village of 2,159 people established about 20km southeast of Lévis in 1749, in the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality. Its total area is 93.12 km2. It is a rural community, with several notable businesses such as Meuble Idéal, Prodel , Georges Laflamme Home...
, crosses the Boyer River
Boyer River (Quebec)
The Boyer River is a small river of about 40 km in length which takes its source in Honfleur and empties into the Saint Lawrence River close to Saint-Vallier....
in St-Charles, and slowly goes up the Appalachian Mountains.
Towns along Route 279
- Beaumont
- Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse
- Saint-Gervais
- Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse
- Saint-Damien-de-Buckland
- Buckland