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The James Bay region of northern Quebec

Virtual Tour of the Trans-Taiga Road
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Km 582: Brisay dam and generating station.

At this point you are 660 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 or accommodations.

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.

For more info about Brisay, go to the Brisay page, which has maps of the area.

This photo is at one of the viewpoints of the hydro-electric generating station.

 

Km 582: Brisay

The overflow structure at Brisay.

Km 582: Brisay

The actual generating station.

Km 582: Brisay

A high viewpoint overlooking the hydro generating station.

 

Km 582: Brisay

Looking "downstream" along the La Grande River, from the same viewpoint. This viewpoint is well worth a visit!

For more info about Brisay, go to the Brisay page, which has maps of the area.

Km 582: Brisay

This is looking along the road continuing on to Caniapuscau.

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.
To continue to Caniapiscau, when coming in to the Brisay area, turn right at the "T" junction, follow the signs to the "Belvedere", then turn left at the signs for "Belvedere" and "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.

 
Km 666: End of the Trans-Taiga Road. 745 km from the nearest town.
Caniapiscau reservoir and Duplanter water overflow structure. No services.
Explo-sylva Outfitter. (514) 254-6345, 1-800-267-9797. Website: www.explo-sylva.com.
Open mid-June through mid-October (thaw period). No fuel.

THIS CONCLUDES THE VIRTUAL TOUR OF THE TRANS-TAIGA ROAD.  

Click here for more info on Brisay.

 

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