Roadtrip to the remotest road in North America (No skyscraper) - Page 2

sopas ej · #21 Posted **Oct 3, 2010, 1:47 PM**

Great photos, and great tour! Pretty amazing road trip.

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Originally Posted by Nightsky

What's up with the lack of license plates? Are license plates not used in the fronts of cars in North America anymore?

Some US states and some Canadian provinces don't issue front license plates, only rear ones are required in those jurisdictions.

begratto · #22 Posted **Oct 3, 2010, 2:17 PM**

Great pics of places few people will ever get to see! Thanks for posting it, I was really curious to see what this whole area would look like.

urbino · #23 Posted **Oct 3, 2010, 3:47 PM**

Bravo.

Wonderful thread.

what about the mosquitoes?

yerfdog · #24 Posted **Oct 3, 2010, 9:04 PM**

Really amazing roadtrip, outstanding photos. What an adventure.

kwoldtimer · #25 Posted **Oct 3, 2010, 9:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by urbino

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what about the mosquitoes?

The Black Flies chase them away !

Kingofthehill · #26 Posted **Oct 4, 2010, 4:34 AM**

thread of the year

photoLith · #27 Posted **Oct 4, 2010, 4:48 AM**

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Originally Posted by Nightsky

Beautiful tour!

What's up with the lack of license plates? Are license plates not used in the fronts of cars in North America anymore?

In Texas we have to have plates in the front and back. But here in Arkansas they only need em in the back. I dont know why certain states require them in the back and some require them in the back and front, hmmm. Cant speak for Canada though, didnt notice that at all when Ive been up there.

vid · #28 Posted **Oct 4, 2010, 6:46 AM**

Only BC, Ontario, Manitoba and New Brunswick require front and rear plates, all other provinces and the territories just issue rear plates.

This sign:

has Cree, which is the people living in that region. (Inuktitut uses Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics but it has a slightly different symbol set; this is the Ojibwe/Cree symbol set.)

If you want to read it, I think it says: Mok alci kaa pacitinaa kanootwaaw / ce cii piihcetwaaw caka piihcewak

c is either ts or ch depending on the dialect, and e is pronounced like "eh!". I don't recognize any of those words. Cree in Quebec is probably not mutually intelligible with Ojibwe from Northwestern Ontario at all. cii might be chi, which in Ojibwe means "great". Biichiwakwaane in Ojibwe means "puts on his hat", maybe piihciwak has something to do with authority?

Nantais · #29 Posted **Oct 4, 2010, 5:30 PM**

Great thread ! I love seeing remote places like that.

wong21fr · #30 Posted **Oct 4, 2010, 5:51 PM**

Wow, that was a great tour. Thanks.

Rizzo · #31 Posted **Oct 4, 2010, 6:05 PM**

Very cool!

Paradox21 · #32 Posted **Oct 4, 2010, 7:54 PM**

Very fascinating (and inspiring) photo thread..almost like a documentary. Like behead said, the great photos are just icing on the cake! Perhaps I'll summon up the willpower to do something like this myself one day....or not!

-AX- · #33 Posted **Oct 5, 2010, 1:36 AM**

Thanks guys for the great response! Lemme answer a few questions :

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Originally Posted by photolitherland

I bet you had no celll service at al

No service! And wouldn't have wanted any anyway!

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Originally Posted by PeterG

Is this in your car? It's surprisingly cosy.

It is! Who needs a Winnebago?

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Originally Posted by Nightsky

Is this aurora borealis alias northern lights?

What's up with the lack of license plates? Are license plates not used in the fronts of cars in North America anymore?

Yep, northern lights, a first time for me! And the license plates question has been answered, Quebec does not issue front plates!

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Originally Posted by urbino

what about the mosquitoes?

No mosquitos nor black flies... Last summer's heat took its toll on em

It should've been much worse!

That was truly one hell of an adventure! You have to love solitude, because when you drive that far without seeing nobody and then the night falls, you really get a sense of this solitude, it's powerful. It strikes you in the face! If that's what you love, then this road is made for you!

Maybe you'd want to get a CAA/AAA membership before overtaking this trip... I didn't have any, and decided to do it anyway, but just keep in mind that if you breakdown in Caniapiscau, you will have to call a towtruck, and it's gonna take them 1 day to get to you, and the bill will rise at a jaw-dropping 3,700$, that is, if you can find a way to call em!

... My lifeline was my dad, who i called from Radisson and allowed myself 3 days for the trip, after which i told him to send help if I hadn't got back to him! Do that if you want to scare the hell out of someone

Centropolis · #34 Posted **Oct 5, 2010, 2:54 AM**

very very awesome! thanks!

Jimby · #35 Posted **Oct 5, 2010, 3:23 AM**

Amazing road trip and great photo thread! Does your dad have more grey hairs now from worrying?

tayser · #36 Posted **Oct 5, 2010, 11:40 AM**

This thread is ridgey didge cool.

giovanni sasso · #37 Posted **Oct 5, 2010, 1:48 PM**

i quite enjoy solitude and driving time alone, but man, a week of the sound of gravel (maybe even just one full day) might drive me bonkers. although a guarantee of the northern lights might keep me going.

really great, intense stuff. thanks for sharing it.

stepper77 · #38 Posted **Oct 5, 2010, 8:52 PM**

I can't express how fascinating I found this thread for the scenery alone. But the quality of the photos are top notch too. Growing up in the Sierras in California, I've driven on my share of long, dangerous, gravel roads. But, 10-20 miles is nothing compared to hundreds. Thanks!

Coldrsx · #39 Posted **Oct 5, 2010, 9:26 PM**

A drive all good Canadians should do one day

Simply amazing dude, thank you.

mSeattle · #40 Posted **Oct 5, 2010, 10:03 PM**

!!!!!WOW!!!!! That's out there!