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Towns The Trans-Taiga Road is a gravel road that
Matagami runs 666 km east from near the top end of the
Nemaska James Bay Road. It was built to access the
Waskaganish various dams and generating stations that
Eastmain extend upriver along the La Grande River.
Wemindji
Radisson [ttrmap_sm]
Chisasibi
Brisay This is an extremely remote road, leading 666
Caniapiscau km east - almost to Labrador - with no
How to get there settlements or towns aside from Hydro Quebec's
Maps settlements for workers (not open to the
Trip planner public). At the far end you will be 745 km
Weather from the nearest town! This is the farthest
What to do there you can get from a town on a road in North
Cautions America! (Not counting the private Hydro
Travelogues Quebec towns that are not open to the public).
Virtual tours Along this road is also the farthest north
RUPERT RIVER point you can travel on a road in eastern
Hydro Quebec Canada.
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Links & more info The road from Brisay (km 582) to Caniapiscau
Forums is rougher and a 4-wheel drive vehicle is
Sitemap recommended by Hydro Quebec. The main reason
Guestbook for this is the very coarse gravel used for
About this site this road - there's large rocks littering the
Use of material road surface. However, I have heard from
Privacy Policy people who have driven this road in ordinary
EN FRANCAIS passenger cars and they say it is fine. You do
have to keep your eyes open for the larger
rocks though.
You should definitely travel this road only in
a reliable vehicle with good tires. It is not
an overly rough road; passenger vehicles can
drive it, but it is gravel. Vehicle breakdowns
here can be very costly. Flat tires can be a
serious (and expensive) incident if your tires
are damaged. You could be looking at having
tires flown in on a non-scheduled flight -
there are no convenient "tire stores" up here!
Please read Driving the Trans-Taiga Road
first.
Although there are no towns, there are a
couple of outfitters along the way that sell
_ fuel and offer meals and lodging. Cell phones
do not work here.
Generally the scenery is fairly level, but
this road is definitely more interesting than
the James Bay Road. For most of the length it
runs through taiga: spruce and jack pine
forest, bogs, rocks, and low hills. This is
about all you'll see apart from birds and some
wildlife, the occasional cabin a short
distance off the road, and Hydro Quebec
installations. I once saw a couple of wolves
playing in the middle of this road.
* This truly is a *VERY*
remote road. Do not
approach a trip along it
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* Please read Driving the
Trans-Taiga Road before
traveling this road.
MORE INFORMATION:
* Detailed Travel Guide to the Trans-Taiga
Road - print this out and take it with you
on your trip.
* Driving the Trans-Taiga Road - information
about driving this road
* Overview Map of the Trans-Taiga Road
* Virtual Tour of the Trans-Taiga Road - a
photographic tour of the road
* Brisay - info and maps (Brisay is a Hydro
Quebec installation at km 582 of this
road).
* Caniapiscau - info and lots of photos
about the Trans-Taiga Road past Brisay to
the far end at Caniapiscau (km 666)
* Past the End - please read this if you are
wondering if it is possible to drive east
from the end of the Trans-Taiga Road to
Labrador (it's not).
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Trans-Taiga Road: Intro page Driving it
Detailed Guide Virtual Tour
Brisay Caniapiscau Overvew map Past
the End
Trans-Taiga Road Virtual Tours
Travelogues Travel Info Roads Towns
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