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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 64km. Narrow, twisty gravel road. | 1.5 hrs | ||
| 495 | Emergency phone. First of 9 railroad crossings, with no signals. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 15 | Labrador City. "Labrador West" is home to two huge iron ore mines and 10,000 people. Dinner NB, Breakfast SB. Always gas up. |
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| 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 | ||