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Virtual Tour of the James Bay
Road
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View to the east of Kamatapukamaw Lake |
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Km 463: A Cree
Indian camp. These are spread out along the James Bay
Road and other roads in the area. They pretty well the
only buildings you will see along the Road. |
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Km
464: Riviere Vieux Comptoir (Old Factory River) rest
stop. Picnic table(1), toilet(1), no camping.
Information panel: "Once upon a time...the Earth".
This photo is looking north down the hill towards the
river. A large forest fire was caused by lightning
here in 1989, which extended through to Yasinski Lake. |
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Km 464: Riviere
Vieux Comptoir (Old Factory River). One of the largest
culverts in the world is here. |
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Km
467: Very nice view of Old Factory Lake to the west. |
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Km 467: Old Factory
Lake. |
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Km 467: Lac Vieux
Comptoir (Old Factory Lake) - rest area right alongside
the Road. Very nice view of Old Factory Lake to the
west, especially at sunset. Picnic tables, toilets, no
shelters, camping. No fires. This is a very basic
campground. This area was called the "Painted Hills"
by the Cree.
Information panels. |
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Km 467: Rocky hills
to the west. |
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Km 467: Factory Lake and
rocky hills |
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Km 467: The view from the
top of one of these hills. |
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Km 467: At the top looking
back down to the James Bay Road. There's no trail. |
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| Km 469:
Mistanikap Lake is visible to the east |
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Km 469 |
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Km 475 (approx) |
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Km 477: Many areas
here are very sandy, with forests of Jack Pine. |
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| Km 482:
Hydro Quebec microwave tower ("Sakami"). No emergency phone. |
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Km
488:
Information panel: "The trucks of the north." This isn't
a photo of that, but is a photo of the representative
forest here. |
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Km
503: Miron Lake, 1 km east off the Road. Campground,
picnic tables, toilet(1), boat launching ramp, fishing,
no shelters. This is a very basic campground, little
more than a parking lot. Go down the access road a ways,
then turn left at the Indian hunt camp. This area was
used as a trapper's camp and worker's camp in the past.
Miron Lake was called "The crosswise house lake" in the
past by the Cree. |
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| Km 504: Emergency telephone ("Chantal") |
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Km
517: Information panel. Nice wetland here.
It's good to stop every now and then and get out of
the car and simply have a look around at what's there. |
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