Quebec Route 197

Route 197 marker
Route 197
Route information
Maintained by Transports Québec
Length18.5 km[1] (11.5 mi)
Major junctions
South end R-132 in Gaspé
(Saint-Majorique)
North end R-132 in Gaspé
(Rivière-au-Renard)
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
Major citiesGaspé
Highway system
R-195 R-198

Route 197 is a short 19 km two-lane highway which cuts through the Appalachian Mountains in the municipality of Gaspé, Quebec, Canada. Its only function is to act as a shortcut to Route 132 which goes around the Forillon peninsula which makes up Forillon National Park. It starts at the junction of Route 132 in Rivière-au-Renard (part of the municipality of Gaspé) and ends again at the junction of Route 132 in Saint-Majorique, part of Gaspé as well.

  1. ^ Ministère des transports, "Distances routières", page 77, Les Publications du Québec, 2005