Chemin du Roy

 

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.^[1] 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 metres (24 ft) wide, over 280 kilometres (170 mi) 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.^[1] 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.

Est to West, at the foot of the Laurentians, an eye on the St. Lawrence River

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  Route marker, Quebec City
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  Neuville, Autumn harvest
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  Rivière du Moulin and Vieux moulin Hamelin, Grondines
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  Ste-Anne-de-la-Perade, spring flood
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  Batiscan, sunrise
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  Champlain, Crossroads
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  Trois-Rivières, 1993

Wild plants in ditches and roadsides

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  Cichorium intybus L. ― Chicory.
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  Typha latifolia L. — Broad-leaved cattail.
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  Melilotus alba Desr. — White sweet-clover.
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  Trifolium arvense L. — Trèfle des champs.
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  Iris versicolor L. — Iris versicolore.

 

Modern signed route

• Le Chemin du Roy (official site)