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September
2005 Travelogue
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Km 218 - a long lonely road.
Generally speaking, after the first 100 kms or so, I only saw
another vehicle every 1/2 to 1 hour. |
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First place to get fuel along this
road - Nouchimi Outfitters at km 286. Fuel here was $1.75 per
liter! |
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At km 308 there is a viewpoint of
one of the dams that form the James Bay hydro-electric project -
this one is "LG-4". |
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Nice small lake at km 337. |
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The sky is till clear! :) |
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Typical scenery along this
stretch. Trees, trees, and more trees. There's no logging
activity this far north - it's not economically viable. |
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The Polaris River and bridge at km
358. |
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Mirage Outfitters, at km 358. This
is the last place to obtain fuel along this road. In Sep 2005
I didn't have a very good experience here. I am told that it is
a MUCH friendlier place now, more oriented towards us the
customers. |
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That evening, before checking in at the outfitter, I drove on
down the road a few miles and came upon this "bone yard". It's
where the hunters dispose of the carcasses of their kills. Here
I heard a pack of wolves howling and barking very close by, as
the moon rose after sunset. Amazing!Yes, I did take the moon
picture with my own camera - a Canon Powershot S2IS digital. The
reason why it turned out so well is due to standard features of
this camera: 5 megapixels, 12x zoom, manual focus, manual
exposure and aperture control, and image stabilization. |
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