2022 or 2022? When i drove in December of 2020 was only a section near Cartwright left to be paved and i thought it was due to be done in 2021... last bit of asphalt on the 500 outside Churchill was doner in 2015... Hopefully 389 completed this year or next - but they also looking at realignments, so could be awhile yet...
Drove the Trans Labrador highway the summer of 2023. It is now completely paved, just finished for last summer. Other than that, damn good description of the road!
@@Urban_AtlasI once did research on this for fun, and I found the most remote towns for each province and territory. I can send you my notes if you want.
I drove the entire length from Labrador City to the ferry from Quebec to Newfoundland in May with stops in Happy Valley/Goose Bay and most of the coastal communities , I saw my first iceberg in St. Lewis on this trip as well. Overall it was a fantastic drive and the highway is very well paved and looked after. Very little traffic as well so it was a peaceful drive, I spent nearly two weeks dawdling my way along.
I drove the trans-taiga highway during winter for caribou hunting several times. Although unpaved, it doesn't matter during winter, it becomes packed ice all the way. We had 2 50 gal barrels of fuel to make it. This is where I saw the lowest temperature on a thermometer: -40C. I think it the same in F. Just imagine this: once I saw a convoy of Americans that came for hunting. One of them missed a curve and ended up off the road upside down. Pure nightmare.
I also drove the Anticosti road, again for hunting but deer this time. 2 spares tires were not enough, the crushed stone there is very pointy. Compressor and tire repair kit mandatory. Last time I was there was about 20 years, some of the rivers along this road did not even had bridges and we had to cross the rive bed!
I read in a book, I think "The Canadian Establishment" by Peter C. Newman, that a company tried to harvest the trees on Anticosti Island but it was too expensive. The company nicknamed it "Ain't it Costly Island"
I noticed that strange lake that "outlines" a circle just over halfway up The 389. Is that the remaining hint of an ancient impact crater or something? I was just on that highway (to Labrador City) only seven weeks ago.
Because it’s not as remote or isolated as these roads, it has more traffic and more settlements along the route. It’s also more popular with tourists. I could have added it as a 4th road, but I didn’t want to make the video more than 10 minutes.
@@Urban_Atlas Communities? Between Dawson City, and Inuvik on the Dempster, there is one place to get gas, and one small community over the 800 kilometer length. No cell service at all.
@@Urban_AtlasI rode the Trans Lab and the Trans Taiga last year . There are many communities along the Trans Lab approx. every 200 - 300 km plus a fair amount of traffic . The TransTaiga is more remote but the dirt road is well maintained due to many vehicles delivering supplies too and from the hydro stations , people going to work , and locals in the area going from A to B . There is an outfitter ( Mirage Outfitters ) at km 358 that sell gas and offers food and lodging . I think it's somewhat remote but you come across another vehicle every 45 mins or so when I was there in May on my bike . If you wonder down some side roads I would agree that it can get remote .
No highway goes to Norman Wells. The Inuvik and Tuk highway is called the Dempster Highway. Indeed it has become overly popular nowadays with considerable traffic.
I drove the Dempster in September 2023. Popular is a relative definition. Driving a whole day I saw only 3 cars. Aside from Eagle Plains, there really isn’t much between Fort McPherson. It is very lonely and a wonderfully isolated experience.
I remember crossing Canada on the Trans Canada as a kid before the major reconstruction was finished and man it is calm now, Barely any rockslides at all 👍😂
Man I lived in Goose-Bay a few years as a kid when my dad was in the Air Force. It was the early 2000 so the trans-Labrador wasn’t paved at all until you got to Labrador City which is basically a full days drive on gravel. Going to visit family in Montreal by road was quite an adventure.
@@Urban_Atlas Well since Goose-Bay was a military base we didn’t feel that isolated at all except for distance. We had good internet for the time actually up there because of that. It was a NATO base at the time and there were Brits and Germans fighter jets there that I watched land from my bedroom window every day and had a few friends from Europe over there. It was a bit of a special place so far yet so international at the same time. At one point we had Dutch and Italian neighbours and spent one new year far from our family with a bunch of British people. There was also a Australian family we always said got lost and ended up with us lol. There wasn’t much to do though if you didn’t like going outside for fun you were screwed especially in winter but going snowmobiling with friends when you’re 10-11 is a good childhood I think. I’ve live in Quebec much further south for like 20 years now though so it’s been a long time since I’ve been up there.
I drove thru Labrador during covid to get to the Newfoundland ferry in Blanc-Sablon. Worst part of the road is from Manic 5 dam to Fermont QC. Labrador section wasn't too bad. I have never driven on the Taiga but I have driven up to Radisson QC. Even the road to Radisson is pretty lonely. Air Creebec lost an HS748 aircraft in Anticosti because of an explosive engine failure, nobody was hurt but aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Travelled that road many times. 2008 even the 500 was only paves 40km on each end. When the 510 opened,, it did not even have crushed gravel yet. Was scary
Drove Quebec 389 and the Trans Labrador in June 2019. There was a significant amount of gravel road between Goose Bay and Port Hope Simpson. 389 was most difficult between Baie Comeau and the Daniel Johnson Dam because I was motion sick for about 2 hours Overall, it was a fantastic trip and I am grateful I had the opportunity to drive through Quebec and Atlantic Canada
another very isolated road is the one that connects Labrador City to Baie Comeu Quebec thats an 8 hour drive i mean there are stops along the drive like Gabriels gas station and manic 5 but thats about it, there use to be a town called Ganyon or something like that, but it was bulldozed down in the 80s i think.
Yes, you are right, there are a few roads that are not on this list, I’m working on a second part and some of these roads will be featured in part 2. Thanks for sharing 🙏
if you do a part 2 you should put the dempster highway. its a highway in that goes from dawson, yukon to inuvik and tuktoyuktuk, nwt i drove on it in 2019 and you can go all the way up to the arctic ocean
I drove along the Labrador Straits road from Blanc-Sablon to Red Bay back in the early 1990s. At that time Red Bay was the end of the paved road. I ended up staying an extra day because a wind storm came up that was so powerful the ferry couldn't run, and this was in August.
Hwy 510 is a magical experience. My next goal is the entire distance from goose bay through Northern Quebec. Doggo and I pack the suv with a matress and portable cooktop and we had an amazing trip across Canada. Only B.C. and the territories left. Newfoundland is where I call home. It's a magnificent piece of nature.. the people, as nice as they can be, are very old school, un educated and quite frankly very judgemental and opinionated. If you're not religious or like-minded, watch out. Very good hearted people, just haven't seen much of the world. I say we're stuck in the 70's. Maybe making our way to the 80's now. Come see and experience it, you will be amazed. Have a spare room right by the salt water for anyone needing a getaway.
Great video! I was expecting quebec highway 138. It's the quebec highway that runs along the north shore of the St-Laurent. It's just across the water from Anticosti island, and we've been trying to finish it... to reach the eastern tip of quebec, and join Labrador... for something like fifty years. Still 500 km. left. But I'm sure there are plenty of other good candidates too.
@@rideswift en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemin_du_Roy started in 1706, gotta be one of the oldest. Back then "roads" were waterways, this has got to be one of the oldest.
Not quite as long or remote as these but Manitoba 280 is quite the rough northern road connecting Thompson to Gillam and Fox Lake Cree Nation. The road ends not long after the reserve and the only way to go north to Churchill is by train or plane. The 280 is rough and so are the tracks up to Churchill!
Anticosti is mostly known as a hunting spot for very rich people, and the vehicules are mostly ATVs, I never heard of any ferry moving cars there, most people go by helicopter (information I heard from an helicopter pilot working over there and apparently it's most of the business for helicopter companies)
There isnt a roll on roll off ferry but people need to put their cars in containers on a cargo ship to go there. On the island, most vehicules are pickup trucks but there's many atvs too. There's also an airport. I went this summer, it was great!
MB pr396 is a weird 30mile long road to nowhere thats paved. was built by a mine that mitsubishi financed hasnt had much maintance in years usualy takes weeks for it to get plowed in the winter
@@Urban_Atlas quite a beautifull area fallows eskers so its held up pritty good designed for people who love to drive though last few years taken a beating with remediation work that was finaly done
The Trans Canada is actually just a route over several highways. For example, in Northern Ontario, it's both Hwy 11 & 17, with 11 being the northern of the 2. While it's a bit shorter now, 11 is the longest highway in the province. Back in the mid 70s, I worked in Northern Ontario and drove over some remote roads. One I did a few times was the one into Armstrong, which is north east of Thunder Bay. IIRC, the road was about 150 miles (it was still miles back then), paved for only the first 30 or so, up to a provincial park. The rest of the way was dirt, gravel, small rocks, etc., with only 1 gas station about 2/3 the way up. I also drove over some logging roads. In that area you'd think nothing of driving for hours just to go somewhere.
Its hard to overstate just how isolated the trans taiga is... 600+km until radisson, which is already isolated another 600+km from any other "meaningful" settlement(800km from the first large-ish hospital) in an already isolated region ANOTHER 600+ km from montreal 😅
Nice you did the longer vid on the highways. Also possible geology Vid idea or you can just answer me here one of the camping RUclipsrs I watch northern scavenger did a 500km crossing from pykes portage in the territories to the Arctic Ocean and the dudes are geologists, they mentioned these things that are basically lave chutes that squeeze out under permafrost and are rare places you can find diamonds at surface level if you know how to look for them. I forget what they called them so I was wondering if you know, are interested? Or thought weird geologic uniquenesses like that would be a good video?
I’m not aware of these bro, I should have taken more geology courses in uni 😅😅. But it’s actually a great idea for a video. I’m gonna start looking into it. Sorry I wasn’t able to answer your question tho.
Is the trans Canada highway a specific highway (2 lanes with a median) throughout or is it more a of a route. My comparison is to the interstate system where they are very clearly freeways throughout, like I-90 connecting Boston to Seattle. My impression of the trans Canada is it’s more like a US highway where sometimes it’s a divided freeway, sometimes it’s a two way street, sometimes it’s high speeds and others it’s slow through a downtown. Sometimes it’s a separate road and sometimes it’s merged with another road, like a US high and interstate sharing the same road. What’s your description of the trans Canada?
Trans Canada at it's origin was a road with one line in each direction that was going through many towns and cities, with many many intersections. With time, many highways have been added along the way in parallel, and some of them have been renamed Trans Canada to be included in the new faster path.
Officially it's a highway, depends on the population density around the area, most of it is 2 lane with a median, sometimes more, sometimes it's a 2 way road, but it's still a fast road, it doesn't turn into a downtown street. You can check it easily, look for the road with the green square with a map leaf on google map.
The TransCanada Highway is a system of highways designated as "TransCanada". In some areas there may be more than one Route, but there's always a main route. The nature of the highway changes depending on where you are, sometimes being a limited access Expressway like the U.S. interstate, sometime being basically major roads in a city, all labeled a highway, and meanwhile you need to turn at intersections with Street lights to stay on the Highway. The number system is different from province to Province. It's basically just a designation given to Provincial Highways. It's main route is Highway 1 through the prairies, Highway 11 and Highway 17 in Ontario, but 17 is the main route, then turns into 417 going through Ottawa. In Quebec TransCanada follows highway 40, until the intersection with highway 20, where it follows highway 20 instead. Not 100% sure what it does in the Maritimes. The Canadian equivalent to the U.S. Interstate is the 400 series of Highways in Ontario, which includes 417 section of the TransCanada through Ottawa. This is a very similar system to the Interstate, but is Southern Ontario Only.
5:53 "... and the landscape is largely untouched." With the minor exceptions, of course, of the enormous dams and power plants, the corridors of huge pylons carrying the electricity, and the vast artificial reservoirs. Other than those minor things, untouched.
The 138 east is an isolated bit of road on the lower north shore of quebec connected to the trans labrador highway. It is a forgotten part of the country with small fishing villages scattered along it.the quebec government promised to connect it with the suthern part of the 138 many years ago but never followed up on there promises. Shame the villages that aren't connected are dying from the isolation all of the yung people have to move away for work leaving an aging population to dwindle away.the rest of quebec has completely forgotten about this area and it's people.
That’s a shame, I feel like there are some parts of the country that are facing similar circumstances. Imagine the memories and homes associated with these forgotten areas. The villages could have a beautiful history that may be forgotten as they decline. A sad reality.
@Urban_Atlas that's what's happening all we needed was a friggin completion of a road something most of Canada takes for granted. People have died crossing bad ice because they didn't Have a choice completely unacceptable this day and age. The air lines charging ridiculous amounts $ to flye into these communities ,cheaper to flye to Mexico or France than to travel in their own province insane. Not even going to talk about emergency services.
I have been on some of the “ice roads” in northern Alberta, where I have travelled for 7 hrs going to some of these remote worksites, and or communities, and not passed another vehicle. That’s pretty isolated?
I drove the entire Trans-Anticostienne road this summer. My video is in french but you can activate subtiles. ruclips.net/video/Yp3W8wmsDMg/видео.htmlsi=oUP2wBvPbiiPFxrB
I thought the image of the Jeeps wending their way along a dirt road was kind of cute. You wouldn't do something like that along these roads. One of the reasons the communities in these regions are so far apart is, that these areas will kill you, even in the summer. Even experienced Indigenous people know that. That's why they don't live there.
These are the most isolated ones, I’m not trying to be biased towards the east. I have made videos about the North as well. But you are right I could have included a western road as well!
Well those generating stations do provide a significant amount of electricity to potentially millions or people. But I agree our roads in cities and towns can be improved significantly
Just to let you know, as of 2022, the 510 from Happy Valley-Goose Bay to Red Bay is entirely paved, with no gravel sections
Thanks for letting me know, I wasn’t aware that it is fully paved now!
Drove it this summer and it’s great
2022 or 2022? When i drove in December of 2020 was only a section near Cartwright left to be paved and i thought it was due to be done in 2021... last bit of asphalt on the 500 outside Churchill was doner in 2015... Hopefully 389 completed this year or next - but they also looking at realignments, so could be awhile yet...
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@@1djmercer “2022 or 2022?”
These are great videos keep it up! I drove the James Bay highway and the trans Taiga this winter and camped along the way - it was beautiful!
Thanks man! I’m just humbled that people actually enjoy my content🙏.
The Trans Taiga in the _winter_ ?!
Drove the Trans Labrador highway the summer of 2023. It is now completely paved, just finished for last summer. Other than that, damn good description of the road!
Thanks man! Yea thts my mistake I didn’t know they had paved it fully!
You should do a video of the most isolated towns in Canada
Great idea 😉
@@Urban_AtlasI once did research on this for fun, and I found the most remote towns for each province and territory. I can send you my notes if you want.
@@THERES_BEES_EVERYWHERE yea would love that if you don’t mind, I can shout you out in a future video as well!
I drove the entire length from Labrador City to the ferry from Quebec to Newfoundland in May with stops in Happy Valley/Goose Bay and most of the coastal communities , I saw my first iceberg in St. Lewis on this trip as well. Overall it was a fantastic drive and the highway is very well paved and looked after. Very little traffic as well so it was a peaceful drive, I spent nearly two weeks dawdling my way along.
I drove the trans-taiga highway during winter for caribou hunting several times. Although unpaved, it doesn't matter during winter, it becomes packed ice all the way. We had 2 50 gal barrels of fuel to make it. This is where I saw the lowest temperature on a thermometer: -40C. I think it the same in F. Just imagine this: once I saw a convoy of Americans that came for hunting. One of them missed a curve and ended up off the road upside down. Pure nightmare.
Jeez, I can’t even imagine getting stuck out there in the winter 😵
I also drove the Anticosti road, again for hunting but deer this time. 2 spares tires were not enough, the crushed stone there is very pointy. Compressor and tire repair kit mandatory. Last time I was there was about 20 years, some of the rivers along this road did not even had bridges and we had to cross the rive bed!
I read in a book, I think "The Canadian Establishment" by Peter C. Newman, that a company tried to harvest the trees on Anticosti Island but it was too expensive. The company nicknamed it "Ain't it Costly Island"
😂 I wonder where the name Anticosti came from?
Route 389 from fermont to baie-comeau QC is also a very isolated highway
Agreed! Could have potentially included it as well, but I didn’t want to make the video too long
I noticed that strange lake that "outlines" a circle just over halfway up The 389. Is that the remaining hint of an ancient impact crater or something? I was just on that highway (to Labrador City) only seven weeks ago.
very good content cheers :D
Thanks brother!
I can’t believe you didn’t feature the Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway and the rest of the highway that goes into Yukon and Norman Wells.
Because it’s not as remote or isolated as these roads, it has more traffic and more settlements along the route. It’s also more popular with tourists. I could have added it as a 4th road, but I didn’t want to make the video more than 10 minutes.
@@Urban_Atlas Communities? Between Dawson City, and Inuvik on the Dempster, there is one place to get gas, and one small community over the 800 kilometer length. No cell service at all.
@@Urban_AtlasI rode the Trans Lab and the Trans Taiga last year . There are many communities along the Trans Lab approx. every 200 - 300 km plus a fair amount of traffic . The TransTaiga is more remote but the dirt road is well maintained due to many vehicles delivering supplies too and from the hydro stations , people going to work , and locals in the area going from A to B . There is an outfitter ( Mirage Outfitters ) at km 358 that sell gas and offers food and lodging . I think it's somewhat remote but you come across another vehicle every 45 mins or so when I was there in May on my bike . If you wonder down some side roads I would agree that it can get remote .
No highway goes to Norman Wells. The Inuvik and Tuk highway is called the Dempster Highway. Indeed it has become overly popular nowadays with considerable traffic.
I drove the Dempster in September 2023. Popular is a relative definition. Driving a whole day I saw only 3 cars. Aside from Eagle Plains, there really isn’t much between Fort McPherson. It is very lonely and a wonderfully isolated experience.
I remember crossing Canada on the Trans Canada as a kid before the major reconstruction was finished and man it is calm now, Barely any rockslides at all 👍😂
I’d love to see a video focusing on the territories! Love your country man. I’ll be visiting in 2 days
Enjoy Canada bro! It’s a beautiful country ❤️
Where are you going?
@@fredgt45 Bruce peninsula!
Man I lived in Goose-Bay a few years as a kid when my dad was in the Air Force. It was the early 2000 so the trans-Labrador wasn’t paved at all until you got to Labrador City which is basically a full days drive on gravel. Going to visit family in Montreal by road was quite an adventure.
Thts amazing, how was it like growing up in such a small and isolated town. Also thank you to your dad for his service. 🫡
@@Urban_Atlas Well since Goose-Bay was a military base we didn’t feel that isolated at all except for distance. We had good internet for the time actually up there because of that. It was a NATO base at the time and there were Brits and Germans fighter jets there that I watched land from my bedroom window every day and had a few friends from Europe over there. It was a bit of a special place so far yet so international at the same time. At one point we had Dutch and Italian neighbours and spent one new year far from our family with a bunch of British people. There was also a Australian family we always said got lost and ended up with us lol. There wasn’t much to do though if you didn’t like going outside for fun you were screwed especially in winter but going snowmobiling with friends when you’re 10-11 is a good childhood I think. I’ve live in Quebec much further south for like 20 years now though so it’s been a long time since I’ve been up there.
Love these videos!! Fantastic stuff.
Glad you like them!
Great video. Happy to like and subscribe
Thanks man! I appreciate it! Welcome to the channel .
Another great video on another interesting topic.
A drive I'd like to someday is Victoria to Tuktoyaktuk to St. John's.
I drove thru Labrador during covid to get to the Newfoundland ferry in Blanc-Sablon. Worst part of the road is from Manic 5 dam to Fermont QC. Labrador section wasn't too bad. I have never driven on the Taiga but I have driven up to Radisson QC. Even the road to Radisson is pretty lonely. Air Creebec lost an HS748 aircraft in Anticosti because of an explosive engine failure, nobody was hurt but aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Travelled that road many times. 2008 even the 500 was only paves 40km on each end. When the 510 opened,, it did not even have crushed gravel yet. Was scary
I'd love to drive the trans-taiga. What an awesome overlanding trip that would be!
It’s on my list as well.
Drove Quebec 389 and the Trans Labrador in June 2019. There was a significant amount of gravel road between Goose Bay and Port Hope Simpson. 389 was most difficult between Baie Comeau and the Daniel Johnson Dam because I was motion sick for about 2 hours
Overall, it was a fantastic trip and I am grateful I had the opportunity to drive through Quebec and Atlantic Canada
another very isolated road is the one that connects Labrador City to Baie Comeu Quebec thats an 8 hour drive i mean there are stops along the drive like Gabriels gas station and manic 5 but thats about it, there use to be a town called Ganyon or something like that, but it was bulldozed down in the 80s i think.
Yes, you are right, there are a few roads that are not on this list, I’m working on a second part and some of these roads will be featured in part 2. Thanks for sharing 🙏
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if you do a part 2 you should put the dempster highway. its a highway in that goes from dawson, yukon to inuvik and tuktoyuktuk, nwt i drove on it in 2019 and you can go all the way up to the arctic ocean
Yep Thts a good idea!
I drove along the Labrador Straits road from Blanc-Sablon to Red Bay back in the early 1990s. At that time Red Bay was the end of the paved road. I ended up staying an extra day because a wind storm came up that was so powerful the ferry couldn't run, and this was in August.
The actually titled Road to Nowhere is in Iqaluit. It goes to a gravel pit.
Lol I had no idea about this
Been there I was expecting nothing but there was something
There's also a "Road to Nowhere" in Sankqualaq (SP???). It really does go to nowhere.
Hwy 510 is a magical experience.
My next goal is the entire distance from goose bay through Northern Quebec. Doggo and I pack the suv with a matress and portable cooktop and we had an amazing trip across Canada. Only B.C. and the territories left. Newfoundland is where I call home. It's a magnificent piece of nature.. the people, as nice as they can be, are very old school, un educated and quite frankly very judgemental and opinionated. If you're not religious or like-minded, watch out. Very good hearted people, just haven't seen much of the world. I say we're stuck in the 70's. Maybe making our way to the 80's now. Come see and experience it, you will be amazed. Have a spare room right by the salt water for anyone needing a getaway.
Great video! I was expecting quebec highway 138. It's the quebec highway that runs along the north shore of the St-Laurent. It's just across the water from Anticosti island, and we've been trying to finish it... to reach the eastern tip of quebec, and join Labrador... for something like fifty years. Still 500 km. left. But I'm sure there are plenty of other good candidates too.
I've traveled most of 138 over the years, would be nice to see it finished. I belive its the oldest Hwy in Canada??
@@rideswift en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemin_du_Roy started in 1706, gotta be one of the oldest. Back then "roads" were waterways, this has got to be one of the oldest.
it goes to sept iles
@@cvk4488 It goes more than 400 km past Sept-iles... all the way to Kegashka ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_Route_138 )
Love your remote parks series. Can you do one where it's remote but drivable parks?
Gonna start working on it bro!
@@Urban_Atlas can't wait!!
Not quite as long or remote as these but Manitoba 280 is quite the rough northern road connecting Thompson to Gillam and Fox Lake Cree Nation. The road ends not long after the reserve and the only way to go north to Churchill is by train or plane. The 280 is rough and so are the tracks up to Churchill!
Anticosti is mostly known as a hunting spot for very rich people, and the vehicules are mostly ATVs, I never heard of any ferry moving cars there, most people go by helicopter (information I heard from an helicopter pilot working over there and apparently it's most of the business for helicopter companies)
There isnt a roll on roll off ferry but people need to put their cars in containers on a cargo ship to go there. On the island, most vehicules are pickup trucks but there's many atvs too. There's also an airport. I went this summer, it was great!
MB pr396 is a weird 30mile long road to nowhere thats paved. was built by a mine that mitsubishi financed hasnt had much maintance in years usualy takes weeks for it to get plowed in the winter
I gotta look that one up! Thank you.
@@Urban_Atlas quite a beautifull area fallows eskers so its held up pritty good designed for people who love to drive though last few years taken a beating with remediation work that was finaly done
The Trans Canada is actually just a route over several highways. For example, in Northern Ontario, it's both Hwy 11 & 17, with 11 being the northern of the 2. While it's a bit shorter now, 11 is the longest highway in the province. Back in the mid 70s, I worked in Northern Ontario and drove over some remote roads. One I did a few times was the one into Armstrong, which is north east of Thunder Bay. IIRC, the road was about 150 miles (it was still miles back then), paved for only the first 30 or so, up to a provincial park. The rest of the way was dirt, gravel, small rocks, etc., with only 1 gas station about 2/3 the way up. I also drove over some logging roads. In that area you'd think nothing of driving for hours just to go somewhere.
Awesome!
Thanks!
Like others have said have your facts wrong! Trans lab is totally paved!
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Its hard to overstate just how isolated the trans taiga is... 600+km until radisson, which is already isolated another 600+km from any other "meaningful" settlement(800km from the first large-ish hospital) in an already isolated region ANOTHER 600+ km from montreal 😅
Exactly! The isolation is so profound
Nice you did the longer vid on the highways.
Also possible geology Vid idea or you can just answer me here one of the camping RUclipsrs I watch northern scavenger did a 500km crossing from pykes portage in the territories to the Arctic Ocean and the dudes are geologists, they mentioned these things that are basically lave chutes that squeeze out under permafrost and are rare places you can find diamonds at surface level if you know how to look for them. I forget what they called them so I was wondering if you know, are interested? Or thought weird geologic uniquenesses like that would be a good video?
I’m not aware of these bro, I should have taken more geology courses in uni 😅😅. But it’s actually a great idea for a video. I’m gonna start looking into it. Sorry I wasn’t able to answer your question tho.
@@Urban_Atlas no worries, just something cool I heard about.
Just casually starting the video off at Pipers Lagoon down the road from me
I went to Anticosti and I've done 600km on the isle. On the road I've only seen 1 dude, he was in a Jeep blasting Ac/Dc hahaha
Dude sounds like an absolute legend 😅
Is the trans Canada highway a specific highway (2 lanes with a median) throughout or is it more a of a route. My comparison is to the interstate system where they are very clearly freeways throughout, like I-90 connecting Boston to Seattle. My impression of the trans Canada is it’s more like a US highway where sometimes it’s a divided freeway, sometimes it’s a two way street, sometimes it’s high speeds and others it’s slow through a downtown. Sometimes it’s a separate road and sometimes it’s merged with another road, like a US high and interstate sharing the same road. What’s your description of the trans Canada?
Trans Canada at it's origin was a road with one line in each direction that was going through many towns and cities, with many many intersections. With time, many highways have been added along the way in parallel, and some of them have been renamed Trans Canada to be included in the new faster path.
No, it's just a wide gravel road
Officially it's a highway, depends on the population density around the area, most of it is 2 lane with a median, sometimes more, sometimes it's a 2 way road, but it's still a fast road, it doesn't turn into a downtown street. You can check it easily, look for the road with the green square with a map leaf on google map.
The TransCanada Highway is a system of highways designated as "TransCanada". In some areas there may be more than one Route, but there's always a main route. The nature of the highway changes depending on where you are, sometimes being a limited access Expressway like the U.S. interstate, sometime being basically major roads in a city, all labeled a highway, and meanwhile you need to turn at intersections with Street lights to stay on the Highway.
The number system is different from province to Province. It's basically just a designation given to Provincial Highways.
It's main route is Highway 1 through the prairies, Highway 11 and Highway 17 in Ontario, but 17 is the main route, then turns into 417 going through Ottawa. In Quebec TransCanada follows highway 40, until the intersection with highway 20, where it follows highway 20 instead. Not 100% sure what it does in the Maritimes.
The Canadian equivalent to the U.S. Interstate is the 400 series of Highways in Ontario, which includes 417 section of the TransCanada through Ottawa. This is a very similar system to the Interstate, but is Southern Ontario Only.
5:53 "... and the landscape is largely untouched." With the minor exceptions, of course, of the enormous dams and power plants, the corridors of huge pylons carrying the electricity, and the vast artificial reservoirs. Other than those minor things, untouched.
The 138 east is an isolated bit of road on the lower north shore of quebec connected to the trans labrador highway. It is a forgotten part of the country with small fishing villages scattered along it.the quebec government promised to connect it with the suthern part of the 138 many years ago but never followed up on there promises. Shame the villages that aren't connected are dying from the isolation all of the yung people have to move away for work leaving an aging population to dwindle away.the rest of quebec has completely forgotten about this area and it's people.
That’s a shame, I feel like there are some parts of the country that are facing similar circumstances. Imagine the memories and homes associated with these forgotten areas. The villages could have a beautiful history that may be forgotten as they decline. A sad reality.
@Urban_Atlas that's what's happening all we needed was a friggin completion of a road something most of Canada takes for granted. People have died crossing bad ice because they didn't Have a choice completely unacceptable this day and age. The air lines charging ridiculous amounts $ to flye into these communities ,cheaper to flye to Mexico or France than to travel in their own province insane. Not even going to talk about emergency services.
More videos like this
More on the way 🙏
I have been on some of the “ice roads” in northern Alberta, where I have travelled for 7 hrs going to some of these remote worksites, and or communities, and not passed another vehicle. That’s pretty isolated?
It is, but I haven’t included Ice roads in this list, only all season roads.
I drove the entire Trans-Anticostienne road this summer. My video is in french but you can activate subtiles.
ruclips.net/video/Yp3W8wmsDMg/видео.htmlsi=oUP2wBvPbiiPFxrB
That’s amazing! I would love to watch! Thank you!
A report on the most longest and highest posted speed limits on highways/roads in Canada.
Great idea! I’m
Gonna do this one!
When your roads to nowhere are bigger than most European nations 😅
😂😂so true haha
… “ … *roads to nowhere* …” |||> yet linking infrastructure that powers electricity to 200 million people in Canada and USA.
I thought the image of the Jeeps wending their way along a dirt road was kind of cute.
You wouldn't do something like that along these roads.
One of the reasons the communities in these regions are so far apart is, that these areas will kill you, even in the summer.
Even experienced Indigenous people know that. That's why they don't live there.
Yea thts just a result of limited access to some stock footage lol
Dempsters and Cassiar highways should be on here. Literally nothing but bears.
Part 2 on the way
5:05 LEBRON MENTIONEDDDDD
LeGrande 😂
you forgot to mention Anticosti's HUGE deer population wich attracts hunters from all over, well done nonetheless
Yes, Anticosti is so interesting, it also has some of the best preserved marine animals fossils. I could do an entire video on it!
try to do not just eastern Canada!!! Maybe a road to Churchill manitoba!!!
or Whitehorse Yukon!
cheers eh!!!
These are the most isolated ones, I’m not trying to be biased towards the east. I have made videos about the North as well. But you are right I could have included a western road as well!
there's not even a single road to churchill
Best roads to meet a cryptid
Future video idea “Cryptids of Canada” 🤔
next video - the most under-populated areas in canada for Indians, oh wait nevermind there are none
So for electricity and a few hundred people Canada spends billions ,but the roads in our cities and towns are terrible.
Well those generating stations do provide a significant amount of electricity to potentially millions or people. But I agree our roads in cities and towns can be improved significantly