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Virtual Tour of the James Bay Road
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Km
518: Junction with the Wemindji Road.
Wemindji is a
Cree village 96 km west on the shores of James Bay. Rest area: toilet(1), picnic tables, shelters(2).
Information panel: "The hidden treasures of glacial
deposits". CLICK
HERE for more info. |
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Kaychikwapitcha Lake briefly visible to the east. |
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Km
542: Yasinski Lake. Picnic tables, toilets(2),
shelters, fishing, information panels, scenic viewpoint. No camping.
This is one of the most important spawning
grounds for walleye in Canada. |
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Photo by "Peter (uptick)" |
Km 542: Yasinski
Lake in the winter (Feb 2005) Photo by
"Peter (uptick)".
CLICK HERE
to visit Peter's website and view the complete trip. |
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Photo by "Peter (uptick)" |
Km 542: Yasinski
Lake in the winter (Feb 2005)
Photo by "Peter (uptick)".
CLICK HERE
to visit Peter's website and view the complete trip. |
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Km
544: Junction with the
Trans-Taiga
Road.
This is a very remote unpaved road that leads
east for 666 km.
CLICK HERE for more
info. |
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Km
544: Looking east at Km 0 of the Trans-Taiga Road. For more information about this road, including a
detailed guide, see the
Trans-Taiga Road section of this website. |
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East Castor River Km 556:
Hydro Quebec microwave tower ("Yasinski"). No emergency phone. |
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Km
561: Castor (Beaver) River. Rest stop: picnic tables, toilet(1),
fishing, no shelters. |
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Km 561: Castor
(Beaver) River rest stop: picnic tables, toilet(1),
fishing, no shelters. |
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Km
574: Duncan Lake campground, 6 km west off the Road. Campground,
picnic tables, toilets(2), boat launching ramp. Nice campground.
Forest
fire here in 1996-98 or thereabouts. |
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Km 574: Road to
Duncan Lake campground. |
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Km 574: Along the
road to Duncan Lake campground. |
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Km 574: Along the
road to Duncan Lake campground: A young black spruce
tree rises from the ashes of the forest fire. |
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Km 578:
Information panels: "Lands of lichen" and "The jack
pine" |
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Km 579:
Radisson garbage dump. Good place to observe bears, ravens, and other
scavengers.
Km 581: Junction with Hydro Quebec Road - "Duncan", leading east
towards dams and boat launching ramp on the Robert Bourassa Reservoir.
Km 582:
Information panel: "A cree moss winter lodge" |
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Km
589: La Grande Riviere Airport. |
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Km 589: La Grande Riviere Airport. Fuel is available
here at certain times. In August 2002 gas was 86.0¢ per liter, diesel 79.0¢ per
liter. (819) 638-8847. |
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Km
600: Junction with
Chisasibi Road. Chisasibi
is a Cree village that lies about 90 km to the west on the banks of the La Grande River, near James Bay.
The LG1 dam and power station is along this road as well, 62 km west of
the James Bay Road. James Bay itself is about 16 km west of Chisasibi.
Tours of LG1 are available. There is also access to Longue Pointe on
James Bay. CLICK HERE for
more info. |
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Km
602: Hydro Quebec main transformer station (part of
it). |
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Km 614:
Access road to Robert Bourassa Reservoir lookout and boat launch. |
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Km
617: Junction with the access road to
Radisson.
Radisson is about 5 km north & west of the James Bay Road. Most services are
available here.
In Aug 2004 gas was $1.00 per liter here.
There is an excellent tourist information booth here, just as you come
into town.CLICK HERE for more
info. |
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Km
620: End of the James Bay Road -- the end of the Road is
where the pavement ends. Robert Bourassa (LG2) and LG2A hydroelectric
power generating stations are ahead. There's a network of unpaved roads
here leading to various parts of the hydro installation. See the
Radisson section of this site for a
map. Tours are available in both French and English, and well worth the
time. You must book these in advance. 1-800-291-8486. The tours take
approximately 2-3 hrs, are free, and leave from Radisson. This
concludes the Virtual Tour of the James Bay Road. |
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Photo by David Rose |
Km
620: Another "end of the road" photo. This is David
Rose - see his website about his trips up the James Bay
Road here:
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This concludes the James Bay Road
Virtual Tour!
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