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Pointe Fortune, Quebec Seasonal: Carillon - Pointe-Fortune Ferry: Carillon: Pointe Fortune, Quebec Seasonal (Replaced by St-Andre d'argenteuil ice bridge in Winter) Carillon generating station: Carillon: Pointe-Fortune, Ontario (no road access across dam) Long-Sault Bridge: Grenville: Hawkesbury (replaced the Perley Bridge) Fassett - Lefaivre ...
Crossing Picture Year built Communities linked Carries Name origin Coordinates; Qajaq W ferry (N) Blanc-Sablon, Quebec Connections with: Route 138 Labrador South Highway (Route 510)
This article includes lists of border crossings, ordered from west to east (north to south for Alaska crossings), along the Canada–United States border. Each port of entry (POE) in the tables below links to an article about that crossing. On the U.S. side, each crossing has a three-letter Port of Entry code.
The bridge received its name to "symbolize the joining of the Provinces of Upper Canada and Lower Canada". [3] The 212-foot (65 m) wooden truss bridge which spanned the Chaudière Falls collapsed on May 18, 1836. [2] A ferry service was temporarily used until a new bridge was opened in 1843.
The ferry covers a distance of 27 kilometres (17 mi), with an average crossing time of 65 minutes. [3] It operates seasonally from April to January and is designated as an essential service by the government of Quebec. [1] The ferry crosses the Saint Lawrence River, often offering passengers views of marine wildlife, including whales.
In 2000, the international border crossing was renamed the Three Nations Crossing, in honor of the Mohawk people of Akwesasne, a federally recognized Mohawk tribe in the United States and Indigenous peoples in Canada. The reservation is situated mostly in the US state of New York, and crosses into the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec.
It is a crown corporation owned by the Government of Quebec. [1] STQ operates the following services: Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola to Sorel-Tracy, crossing the St. Lawrence River with two ships, the Catherine-Legardeur and the Lucien-L. Lévis to Quebec City, crossing the St. Lawrence River with two twin vessels, Alphonse-Desjardins and Lomer-Gouin.
Highway 148 connects Pembroke to the Quebec border at L'Isle-aux-Allumettes, a distance of 5 km (3.1 mi). It originally connected to Highway 17 west of Pembroke, and was 15.1 km (9.4 mi) long. [3] Its length was truncated on April 1, 1997, when the province downloaded responsibility for the portion from Highway 17 to Boundary Street. [4]