Scotch Road

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Coordinates: 45°40′55″N 74°35′9″W / 45.68194°N 74.58583°W / 45.68194; -74.58583
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45°40′55″N 74°35′9″W / 45.68194°N 74.58583°W / 45.68194; -74.58583

The Scotch Road is a significant historical North-South road running through the rugged foothills of the

Grenville-sur-la-Rouge, Quebec, Canada. It runs from its southern junction with Autoroute 50 and Route 148 near the border with the Village of Grenville, to its northern junction with the Harrington Road near Harrington. For most of its history, the Scotch Road was the main transportation route between the Village of Grenville and the once-bustling mining village of Kilmar, Quebec, situated in the hills along the Ottawa River between Ottawa and Montreal in the Laurentides region of western Quebec. It historically has served as the sole access route for the communities of McGillivray Lake,[1] as well as the once-flourishing Scotch Road settlement.[2]

Its name is derived from the significant number of

McGillivary, McHardy to name only a few.[5]

In its more recent history, the Scotch Road was paralleled for most of its route (and intersected) by the now-defunct Dominion Timber and Minerals Railway from the early 1930s, until July 1981.[6]

Recently, the road has fallen into severe disrepair as a result of corruption and political paralysis within the

Grenville-sur-la-Rouge, Quebec.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Lake McGillivray — Lake McGillivray Community Association". Laclakemcgillivray.ca. Retrieved 2016-11-26.
  2. ^ a b Stock, Sandra (2008). "But Not Forgotten: a brief history of the Scotch Road Settlement" (PDF). Quebec Heritage News. Vol. 4, no. 7. Quebec Anglophone Heritage Network. p. 16. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
  3. ^ Stock, Sandra. "The Road of the Dead". QAHN. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
  4. ^ "Scotch Road Post Office". Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 2019-03-19.
  5. ^ "Scotch Road Cemetery Association". Scotchroadcemetery.com. Retrieved 2016-11-26.
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  7. ^ Kirkpatrick, Tara. "Summer seizures continue as SQ nets largest pot crop in Argenteuil's history". The Review. Archived from the original on 2011-11-14.
  8. ^ Bromberg, Justin (2012-04-09). "'Impractical' road situation leads to emergency repairs". The Review. Archived from the original on 2012-04-16.

External links

Google Maps Drawing of the Scotch Road Route

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