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Brisay
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Brisay is located at km 582 of the
Trans-Taiga Road, and is the effective end of the road for
ordinary vehicles. The remaining distance to Caniapiscau (km 666) is
very rough and requires 4-wheel drive. At this point you are 658 km
from the nearest town (Radisson), the farthest you can be from a town on
any road in Canada!
There are
Hydro Quebec residences here, not
open to the public. No services, accommodations or fuel.
There's an extensive set of Hydro Quebec interpretive signs here, along
a small self-guided road tour of the hydro installation, including a
high viewpoint. Well worth a visit, especially after driving all this
way. No tours are available.
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This map is of the area surrounding Brisay, which
is in the center of the map.
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This next map shows the Brisay local area. The
Trans-Taiga Road comes in from the west on the left side of the map,
at the middle (where it says "Vers Laforge-2").
To continue to Caniapiscau (km 666), when coming in to the Brisay area, turn
right at the "T" junction, following the sign to the "Belvedere", then
turn left at the signs for "Belvedere" & "Caniapiscau" (the sign for
Caniapiscau indicates that it is 92km away, but all other sources say
that the Trans-Taiga Road ends at km 666). Continue straight, over the
control structure past the "Belvederes". There are no further signs
indicating that this is the road to Caniapiscau.
The viewpoints are marked with "Belvedere" signs, and are
represented on the map below by small circles with a dot in the middle.
If you've driven all this way to Brisay, it's well worth the time to
go around to these viewpoints and have a look, especially #1, which
gives a fabulous view of the surrounding region.
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This photo is at viewpoint
#2 (refer to the above map) of the
hydro-electric generating station. At each of the
viewpoints there are several information panels
describing in detail various aspects of the region and
Brisay (all in French). |
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The overflow structure
(viewpoint #2). |
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The actual generating
station (viewpoint #3). |
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A high
viewpoint (#1) overlooking the hydro generating station. |
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Looking "downstream" along
the La Grande River, from viewpoint #1. This viewpoint
is well worth a visit! |
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This is
looking along the road continuing on to Caniapuscau. |
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For most vehicles this is the end of the road. The road from here
to Caniapiscau is very rough and a 4-wheel-drive vehicle is required.
The main reason for this is the very coarse gravel used for this road -
there's large rocks littering the road surface. |
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