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Home > Quebec's Trans-Canada Highway --> Queve City to New Brunswick Itinerary

Quebec Trans-Canada Highway Route: Highway #185 (Quebec) and #2 (NB) from Riviere du Loup, Quebec and Grand Falls, New Brunswick

Here is the itinerary for Highway #185 (Quebec) and #2 (NB) from Riviere du Loup, Quebec and Grand Falls, New Brunswick:

Route 128 follows and early portage route through the Appalachians. This route was used by First Nations, and later fur traders and settlers, to connect the Saint John River valley with the St Lawrence. This area was also important to defence of the colonies, providing a land route between the fortresses at Halifax with and Quebec City. After the War of 1812, a number of smaller forts were built to protect this route, including Fort Ingall on Lake Temiscouata, but were abandoned after the Ashburton Treaty resolved the US-Canada border in 1842.

The area was once heavily forested, but were cleared for farmland, the timeber industry or lost to forest fires and disease (spruce budworm). Most of today's forests are second-growth in various stages of re-growth. Hardwoods include aspen, yellow birch and maple, and softwoods include balsam fit, red pine, white pine and white spruce.

Where the land is poorly drained, highly acidic peat bogs accumulated, and are currently being harvested. The harvesting process is to dig a drainage ditch, let the peat air-dry for a few days, and then suck it up with giant vacuums. If you travel here in May/June, travelers will see pink blooms on the peat bogs from bog rhodendons.


The Quebec New Brunswick border is marked by the Edmunston Airport. While most of the runway is in Quebec, the airport buildings are in New Brunswick. From here east, the highway exit numbers mark the number of kilometres from this point.

At Edmunston, the Saint John River from the west is joined by the Madawaska River from the north. From Edmunston south to Grand Falls, the river marks the Canada-US international boundary. Grand Fall is best known (no surprise) for its waterfall. At Aroostook, the Aroostook River joins the Saint John. In the early 1800s, farmers in the off-season would head upriver and lumberjack in the virgin forests. This caused the bloodless 1839 Aroostook War (also called the Port and Beans War), where both Maine and Britain claimed the forests of the Aroostook. The border dispute was resoled in 1842 by the Webster-Ashburton Treaty which set the US-Canada border at its current position.

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Next West: Quebec City to Riviere du Loup

Next East: Grand Falls to Fredericton

Quebec Government road condition reports for this segment.

KM from Start		Highway Point Description	Municipality	GPS and Map Zoom
EB	WB
0	184	Exit #96 Rue Fraserville NE to community of Riviere-du-Loup, all services, shopping, accommodation	Riviere du Loup	Map Zoom
2	182	Crossing the Riviere-du-Loup		Map Zoom
3	181	Route de la Plaine (E)		Map Zoom
7	177	Rue Principale, W to community of Saint-Antonin ( 4km), campground		Map Zoom
9	175	3E Range		Map Zoom
10	174	Chemin de Riviere Verte, N to Camping Lido campground		Map Zoom
10	174	Chemin Lavoie, Truck Fuel Terminal West side of highway		Map Zoom
12	172	Chemin du Lac Berube (W), access to St Paul airport, Chemin du Caton (E)		Map Zoom
16	168	Chemin de la Victoriaville (W)		Map Zoom
16	168	passing Lac Chamard to N		Map Zoom
23	161	Chemin des Sept-Camps (W)		Map Zoom
23	161	crossing Riviere Saint-Francois		Map Zoom
23	161	Chemin Tache O, access to Whitworth 21 Indian Reserve		Map Zoom
25	159	Chemin de Couturier (W) and Rue Principale O (E) to community of Saint-Hubert (1 km)		Map Zoom
36	148	junction with #291 / Rue de L'eglise NE to community of Saint-Honore de Temiscouatta (3 km), Saint-Hubert-de-Riviere-du-Loup (16 km)		Map Zoom
42	142	Rue Principale E (E) services at highway, no fuel		Map Zoom
50	134	Route Vauban (W) to village of Vauban		Map Zoom
53	131	Chemin de la Savane / Chemin du lac-Savane (E)		Map Zoom
54	130	Rue Commerciale, services at Highway	Saint-Louis-du-Ha-Ha	Map Zoom
50	134	Community of Saint-Louis-du-Ha-Ha Information centre, access from highway	Saint-Louis-du-Ha-Ha	Map Zoom
51	133	Rue Commerciale, Services on NE side of highway	Saint-Louis-du-Ha-Ha	Map Zoom
52	132	Roadside Turnout with viewpoint on south side		Map Zoom
56	128	junction with route 232, E to community of Cabano, services, Fort Ingall historical site(1.5 km), view of Lac Temiscouata	Cabano	Map Zoom
56	128	Rue Commerciale, west entrance to town of Cabano, services & accommodation	Cabano	Map Zoom
57	127	Rue des Erables ("maples"), access to downtown Cabano, services & accommodation	Cabano	Map Zoom
59	125	Crossing the River Cabano	Cabano	Map Zoom
60	124	Rue Commerciale, Services on NE side of highway	Cabano	Map Zoom
61	123	junction with #232 W to community of Pied-du-Lac (26 km)		Map Zoom
66	119	Exit #30, NW access to Rue Commerciale, all services & accommodation	Notre-Dame-du-Lac	Map Zoom
73	111	Route de L'eglise, services at highway	Notre-Dame-du-Lac	Map Zoom
74	110	Exit #29, Rue Belanger, SE access to Notre-Dame-du-Lac, all services & accommodation	Notre-Dame-du-Lac	Map Zoom
76	108	Notre-Dame-du-Lac Municipal Campground Camping, 2 km's east	Notre-Dame-du-Lac	Map Zoom
81	103	Chemin du Lac (E)		Map Zoom
81	103	Roadside Highway Turnout Picnic tables, toilets, west side of highway		Map Zoom
83	101	Route Lapointe (W) to community of Packington, Avenue Principale (E)	Degelis	Map Zoom
84	100	junction with route 295, Services at both sides of highway, E to community of Degelis, SW to community of Saint-Jean-de-la-Lande (15 km).		Map Zoom
86	98	Highway to SE runs adjacent to Madawaska River	Degelis	Map Zoom
99	85	Quebec / New Brunswick Border. Hwy to NW is Quebec #185, to the SE is New Brunswick #2		Map Zoom
99	85	Rest Area Exit to Large New Brunswick Information Centre, picnic tables, toilets, internet access, W side of highway		Map Zoom
99	85	Edmunston Airport, E side of hwy		Map Zoom
102	82	Highway Weigh Scales Truck weigh station, west side of highway		Map Zoom
107	77	Les Jardin de la Republique Prov Park		Map Zoom
108	77	Highway 2 is twinned to SE		Map Zoom
108	76	Exit #8 W to Chemin Berube, E to Rue Principale Highway #144, West to community of Saint Jacques. West to State of Maine U.S.A.	Edmunston	Map Zoom
110	74	Rue Riviere a SR Truite	Edmunston	Map Zoom
113	71	Exit #13A Chemin Farlagne E to services & accommodation	Edmunston	Map Zoom
114	70	Exit #13B access to Highway 144, Acadia Blvd	Edmunston	Map Zoom
115	69	underpass: Highway 144	Edmunston	Map Zoom
115	69	bridge over Madawasca River		Map Zoom
115	69	Overpass: Rue Victoria (no access)	Edmunston	Map Zoom
118	66	underpass: Chemin du Pouvoir (no access)	Edmunston	Map Zoom
119	66	Exit 18: Boulevard Herbert SW to City of Edmundston downtown, access to highways #120, #161, U.S.A.#1 City of Edmundston Information	Edmunston	Map Zoom
119	65	western boundary: St Basile 10 Indian Reservation	Edmunston	Map Zoom
121	64	eastern boundary: St Basile 10 Indian Reservation	Edmunston	Map Zoom
122	62	Exit 21: Iroquois Rd (NW), Centre Madawasca Blvd (SW) to highway 144 / Rue Principale	Edmunston	Map Zoom
123	61	underpass: Chemin des Lavoie (no access)	Edmunston	Map Zoom
125	59	underpass: Chemin des MGR Lang (no access)		Map Zoom
127	57	Exit: 26 Rue Mathieu, access SW to highway 144, Rue Principale		Map Zoom
130	54	underpass: Chemin Smith (no access)		Map Zoom
133	51	Exit 32 David Rd, access SW to village of Riviere-Verte ( 2 km)		Map Zoom
134	51	bridge over Riviere Verte (Green River)		Map Zoom
136	48	underpass: Part of Riviere Verte (no access)		Map Zoom
147	37	Exit #46 ( Martin Road ) Community of Sainte-Anne-de-Madawaska (3 km)m with access to highway #144		Map Zoom
152	32	Exit #51 West to community of Siegas (2 km). East to Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes ( 6 km). Access to highway #144		Map Zoom
158	26	Exit #56 Part of St Leonard, W to highway 144 and Grande Riviere Camping (1 km)		Map Zoom
160	24	Exit # 58 junction highway #17, W to community of Van Buren, Maine (2 km), E on highway #17 ( Grand-Rivieres-Road) to community of Saint-Quentin (80 km), Campbellton (98 km), Sugarloaf Provincial Park (110 km)		Map Zoom
163	21	Coombes Rd intersection		Map Zoom
167	17	Part of St-Leonard (NE) intersection		Map Zoom
178	6	Exit #75 Community of Grand Falls (downtown) all services, E to highway 108 & access #255, access to St Andre (5 km)	Grand Falls	Map Zoom
179	6	Crossing Saint John River	Grand Falls	Map Zoom
179	5	Hwy #218 W to Hamlin, Maine, and #130 E into downtown Grand Falls	Grand Falls	Map Zoom
180	4	EB Exit #78 Oullette St W of hwy, Belanger St E of hwy, access to downtown Grand Falls	Grand Falls	Map Zoom
181	3	WB Exit #78 Oullette St W of hwy, Belanger St E of hwy, and Harley Hill Rd access to downtown Grand Falls	Grand Falls	Map Zoom
184	0	Michaud Rd intersection, access W to Rapid Brook Camping	Grand Falls	Map Zoom
KM from Start		Highway Point Description	Municipality	GPS and Map Zoom
EB	WB