Quebec R-389 and Trans-Labrador Highway 500

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km   Notes Time
    216 km. Paved, but twisty, narrow and hilly. No shoulder. 2-2.5 hrs
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  Baie Comeau This is the last town on R-389 until Fermont, 562km away. km 0 is at R-138.  
22   Manic-2 Dam, visible from the road.  
52   Emergency phone  
126   50th Parallel.  
165   Emergency phone. Transformer station. This is where the electricity goes up to 735-kV.  
197   Emergency phone.  
214   Motel de l'Énergie. Gas up and chow down on southbound trip.  
216   Manic-5 dam . Cross river on weir below the dam. Photo op.
 
 
    101 km. Gravel road, easier curves and hills, with shoulders but deep ditches. 1.25 hrs
260   An anomolous 7km stretch of paved road.  
280   Manicougan Reservoir should be visible from time to time in the distance to your left for many miles.  
288   Be on the lookout for a private entry on the left. Drive down for a look at the Manicouagan Reservoir. Photo op.
300   Pass through region of moderate sized mountains next 75 kms  
315   Excellent view of the Reservoir.  
317   Relais Gabriel. Gas, restaurant, motel. Gas up and chow down on northbound trip.  
 
    75 km. Similar gravel road. 1 hr
365   Beaupin River. One-lane bridge.  
375   Hart Jaune River. One-lane bridge.  
391   Left turn to enter the ghost town of Gagnon, next 3km. No services.  
 
    90 km. Paved road, very straight. 1 hr
393   Short stretch of divided highway begins.
 
407   52nd parallel. The taiga, composed mainly of small black spruces and jack pines, officially starts here.  
418   Emergency phone. Road Maintenance.  
440   Casse River  
483   Fire Lake Mine. Paved road ends. Left turn.
 
 
    64km. Narrow, twisty gravel road. 1.5 hrs
495   Emergency phone. First of 9 railroad crossings, with no signals.
 
511   Emergency phone.  
540   First view of Mount Wright strip mine visible from the road, which will be circled.  
547   Mount Wright.  
       
    38km. Paved road, variable quality. 0.5 hrs
555   Severson Mountains to the north  
562   Junction with the 2km road leading to Fermont, population 3,000.
 
570   Border of Quebec and Labrador, the end of Quebec Hwy 389. Beginning of Trans-Labrador Highway.
Distances are now measured from the Labrador border.
15   Labrador City. "Labrador West" is home to two huge iron ore mines and 10,000 people.
Dinner NB, Breakfast SB. Always gas up.
 
    250km. Class A gravel road. 3 hrs
23   Turn left to take the Trans-Labrador Highway (500) to Churchill Falls and Happy Valley.  
65   Quebec North Shore & Labrador RR crossing, Ross Junction, connects Sept Iles to Scheferville and Lab West.
182   Ossakmanuan Reservoir Bridge.  
223   Esker Road Junction. Northernmost point of the trip. 53' 39"  
243   Churchill River crossing, and Churchill Falls (the falls)  
260   Airport  
265   Town of Churchill Falls, population 600. Turn right on John Cabot St. for Gas. Hotel is on Ressegieu Drive..
 
    290km. Class A gravel road. 3.25 hrs
267   Churchill Falls Generating Station  
270   Orma Rd. Junction. If unsigned, take the right fork.  
525   Muskrat Falls  
555   Happy Valley. Turn left onto Highway 520 for Goose Bay, the NATO Base and NorthWest River.  
 
    41km. paved road. 0.5 hrs
596   North West River, easternmost settlement reachable by road in continental North America