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Trans-Taiga Road (2004)
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Re: Trans-Taiga Road (2004)
#52It looks like the road was constructed to serve the four hydro facilities that generate power for Montreal. https://openinframap.org/#7.12/53.8/-74.103/A,B,E,I,L,O,P,T show's the hydro facilities and power lines weaving their way down to Montreal.
Relatively long distances of road and power transmission lines to reach the two most remote locations. Especially considering they seem to be limited in capacity (only 319 and 469MW).
Curious to know if something bigger was in the plans, or perhaps the road also have/had other uses?
Re: Trans-Taiga Road (2004)
#53Earlier quoted context omitted.
Does it matter if it’s fertile though? Isn’t the climate there the limiting factor on ag?
It depends, like here in Finland, there is lots of farmland and active farms, but most is at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humid_continental_climate , Norway also has a lot of farms in subarctic areas like this in the article, but Norway is substituting farming very heavily even European standards.
Both Finland and Norway have low population, too, because overall the climate is too harsh for high-yield agriculture.
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#54no settlements or towns aside from Hydro Quebec's settlements for workers (these are private and are not open to the public - they will kick you out) Will they really kick a passing driver out when it's freezing outside? Heck, wherever the population is this sparse and conditions are this harsh people normally actively invite you to their places. This sounds so weird.
It's a way to get cheap tourists from invading?
Re: Trans-Taiga Road (2004)
#55There are many cautions, but this road is nothing that a group of 4x4s couldn’t handle, perhaps in one day.
Re: Trans-Taiga Road (2004)
#56Earlier quoted context omitted.
So if you're ever lost, you just walk? (Assuming nothing kills you in nature) Edit: Wait, no. You could be extremely unlucky and be walking parallel to the closest road, lol.
Walking in a spiral pattern (where the layers of the spiral are close enough that if you look toward the center, you can always see the point where you were on the previous layer) will guarantee that you eventually see all points on any given radius.
You're not wrong, but this is proof that Id rather be stranded in the wilderness with an archeologist than a CS major (I'm assuming).
An archeologist would walk down a gradient until they find a stream and therefore a fluvial network to a human settlement.
Your answer gets me killed.
Re: Trans-Taiga Road (2004)
#57One of the most memorable cycle touring blogs I have read is of Bill St Onge's tour down this road.
In addition to the natural difficulty of cycling this extremely remote road (both ways), he was dousing himself in so much bug repellent that his heart was constantly racing (he thought he was going to have a heart attack) and he was hallucinating (IIRC) a giant bear that was stalking him.
He has taken the blog down, so I can't link it - presumably because he has published a book - https://www.amazon.com/Cycling-Quebecs-Trans-Taiga-Road-Wild...
Re: Trans-Taiga Road (2004)
#58Note that all this information is 20 years old and is badly outdated. Many of the facilities mentioned (eg the Nouchimi Outfitters gas station) no longer exist. https://www.facebook.com/TabascoADV/photos/a.696618650541057...
The most recent update on the homepage is from 2009-03-03.
Re: Trans-Taiga Road (2004)
#59no settlements or towns aside from Hydro Quebec's settlements for workers (these are private and are not open to the public - they will kick you out) Will they really kick a passing driver out when it's freezing outside? Heck, wherever the population is this sparse and conditions are this harsh people normally actively invite you to their places. This sounds so weird.
It's a way to get cheap tourists from invading?
Well, I mean, the touristic potential of a gravel road with 666 km of taiga scenery is a bit limited (if you have seen the first 20 km, you can probably imagine the remaining 646 pretty well). And I say this as someone who has been to Iceland recently...
Re: Trans-Taiga Road (2004)
#60no settlements or towns aside from Hydro Quebec's settlements for workers (these are private and are not open to the public - they will kick you out) Will they really kick a passing driver out when it's freezing outside? Heck, wherever the population is this sparse and conditions are this harsh people normally actively invite you to their places. This sounds so weird.
As bad as it sounds, I'm guessing this policy is because of the indigenous peoples who live in the area and not wanting to create a pattern.