Route 236 is a two-lane east/west highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River

Saint Lawrence River

The Saint Lawrence is a large river flowing approximately from southwest to northeast in the middle latitudes of North America, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. It is the primary drainage conveyor of the Great Lakes Basin...

 in the Montérégie

Montérégie

Montérégie is an administrative region in southwest Québec. It includes the cities of Boucherville, Brossard, Granby, Longueuil, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Saint-Hyacinthe, Sorel-Tracy, and Vaudreuil-Dorion....

 region of Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. Its eastern terminus is in Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka at the junction of Route 132

Quebec route 132

Route 132 is the longest highway in Quebec. It follows the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River from the border with the state of New York in the hamlet of Dundee , west of Montreal to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and circles the Gaspé Peninsula...

 and the western terminus is at the junction of Route 132 again, in Beauharnois.

Up until the 1980s, Route 236 also used to extend further west, with an additional stretch between Sainte-Barbe

Sainte-Barbe, Quebec

Sainte-Barbe is a municipality of Quebec, located within Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality in the Montérégie administrative region. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 1,453.-Population:Population trend-Language:...

 and the hamlet of Cazaville, part of Saint-Anicet

Saint-Anicet, Quebec

Saint-Anicet is a parish municipality of Quebec, located within the Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality in the Montérégie administrative region...

.

Municipalities along Route 236

• Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka
  Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka, Quebec
  Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka is a municipality of Quebec, located within the Beauharnois-Salaberry Regional County Municipality in the Montérégie administrative region. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 1,668.-Population:Population trend...
  
  
• Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague
  Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague, Montérégie, Quebec
  Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague is a parish municipality of Quebec, located within the Beauharnois-Salaberry Regional County Municipality in the Montérégie administrative region. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 1,404.-Population:Population trend...
  
  
• Saint-Étienne-de-Beauharnois
  Saint-Étienne-de-Beauharnois, Quebec
  Saint-Étienne-de-Beauharnois is a municipality of Quebec, located within the Beauharnois-Salaberry Regional County Municipality in the Montérégie administrative region. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 774.-Population:Population trend...
  
  
• Beauharnois
  Beauharnois, Quebec
  Beauharnois is a city located in the Beauharnois-Salaberry Regional County Municipality of southwestern Quebec, Canada and is part of Greater Montreal Area. The city's population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 11,918...
  
  

External links

• Official Transport Quebec Road Map (Courtesy of the Quebec Ministry of Transportation)
• Route 235 on Google Maps