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Trans-Taiga Road (2004)

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154 points jason_pomerleau | 3 comments | 03 Jul 25 01:07 UTC | HN request time: 0.209s | source
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rob74 ◴[03 Jul 25 07:30 UTC] No.44452542[source]▶
> Along this road is also the farthest north point you can travel on a road in eastern Canada.

Not to belittle the remoteness of this road, but I just find it interesting that the farthest north point you can travel on a road in eastern Canada is further south than most of Sweden (not to mention Norway or Iceland, which also have very extensive road networks). Another reminder of how important the Gulf Stream is for the climate of Europe...

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1. nkrisc ◴[03 Jul 25 13:37 UTC] No.44454939[source]▶
There’s that and of course the sheer lack of people who live in that vast wilderness larger than Sweden.
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2. southernplaces7 ◴[03 Jul 25 14:15 UTC] No.44455305[source]▶
>There’s that and of course the sheer lack of people who live in that vast wilderness larger than Sweden.

If you're referring to just Northern Quebec, then sure, the area is maybe a bit larger than Sweden, but if you're referring to northern canada, meaning all of its territories above the provinces, then that's a whole different thing. You could fit much off central and western Europe into that region with room to spare.

3. deadbabe ◴[04 Jul 25 04:25 UTC] No.44461117[source]▶
With climate change this will change in the coming decades perhaps. Kind of exciting, a whole new landmass that few people have ever considered exploring and know very little about.