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Chemin du Roy

Road in western Quebec

Summary

Road in western Quebec

Batiscan]] to Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade ([[Quebec Route 138]])

The Chemin du Roy (; French for "King's Highway" or "King's Road") is a historic road along the north shore of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec. The road begins in Repentigny and extends almost 280 km eastward towards Quebec City, its eastern terminus. Most of the Chemin du Roy today follows along the present-day Quebec Route 138. The expressway that replaces both Route 138 and the Chemin du Roy through most of its course is Quebec Autoroute 40.

History

Route marker seen along the ''Chemin''

In 1706, the Conseil supérieur (Grand Council) of New France decreed that a road be built to connect the houses along the north shore of the St. Lawrence River, between Quebec City and Montreal. Work began in 1731, under the supervision of Grand Voyer (senior road surveyor) Eustache Lanouiller de Boisclerc, and was completed in 1737. Upon completion, the Chemin du Roy was 7.4 m wide, over 280 km long, and crossed 37 seignories. The Chemin du Roy was the longest road in existence at the time in North America north of Mexico.

In 1910, the portion of the Chemin du Roy on Montreal Island was renamed by the District and County of Montreal as Gouin Boulevard. It is no longer considered part of the historic route and does not feature the "Chemin du Roy" route markers that the tourist route now is signed with.

Gallery photos

Road

Est to West, at the foot of the Laurentians, an eye on the St. Lawrence River Chemin du Roy Quebec City.JPG|right|Route marker, Quebec City Neuville 004 a.jpg|Neuville, Autumn harvest Image:Riviere du Moulin 013.jpg|Rivière du Moulin and Vieux moulin Hamelin, Grondines Peche 003 rivière Sainte-Anne 02.jpg|Ste-Anne-de-la-Perade, spring flood Batiscan 0014.jpg|Batiscan, sunrise Champlain, Chemin du Roy (route 138) - Rue Notre Dame 016.jpg|Champlain, Crossroads 931225 7 7a 3537 1427 Chemin Roy.jpg|Trois-Rivières, 1993

Flora

Wild plants in ditches and roadsides File:Cichorium intybus 025.jpg|Cichorium intybus L. ― Chicory. File:Typha latifolia 015.jpg|Typha latifolia L. — Broad-leaved cattail. File:Melilotus alba 019.jpg|Melilotus alba Desr. — White sweet-clover. File:Trifolium arvense 011.jpg|Trifolium arvense L. — Trèfle des champs. File:Iris versicolor.jpg|Iris versicolor L. — Iris versicolore.

Communities

Map of the Chemin du Roy. Repentigny at the lower left, Quebec at the upper right.

;Modern signed route

Repentigny (western terminus)
Saint-Sulpice
L'Assomption
Lavaltrie
Lanoraie
Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier
Berthierville
Saint-Cuthbert
Saint-Barthélemy
Maskinongé
Louiseville
Yamachiche
Trois-Rivières
Champlain
Batiscan
Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade
Deschambault-Grondines
Portneuf
Cap-Santé
Donnacona
Neuville
Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures
Quebec City (eastern terminus)

References

Roger Lagacé. (16 December 2014). "Du chemin du Roy au boulevard Gouin". Journal Métro de Montréal ("Metro").

Wikipedia Source

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