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NATURAL RESOURCES OF QUEBEC 
of cities, populous towns and remote colonization districts, formed on 
January 31, 1928, a total length of 31,342 miles. For improvement pur- 
poses these roads are classified as follows — 
Ist Class, Main Trunk highways...... . 4,823 miles 
2nd Class, County and Market roads................. 9,123 « 
3rd Class, Local roads........ cee... 17,396 
Total... 
21.249 
The Main Trunk Highways System, having a total length of 
4,823 miles, ranks among the longest in Canada and has reached the 
most advanced stage of completion. These main highways are distrib- 
uted over an area of 16,000 square miles and extend throughout the 
inhabited area of the province from Chapeau, 100 miles west of Hull, 
to the Gaspé peninsula at the extreme eastern section of the province. 
Near Roxboro on the island of Montreal 
This class includes forty-six main highways providing a large number 
of connections between the neighbouring provinces and the United States. 
Arteries most travelled are paved with concrete, waterbound macadam 
or bituminous macadam. Other arteries are excellent gravel roads main- 
tained in first class condition and second to none of the hardest pavements 
for comfort and security. 
THE SECONDARY SvsTEM of roads covers a total length of 9,123 
miles, of which about 3,200 miles are improved in the most populous