OT: Where is the wilderness? (was Re:jobs in Linux / IT)

[Peter]

On Thu, 22 Dec 2005, CLIFFORD ILKAY wrote:

>
> On the Quebec side of the border with Ontario, one can take Highway
> 109, the northern most paved road in Eastern Canada, all the way up
> to James Bay. It would be about 1700 km from Toronto to Chissasibi,
> which is at the end of that road on James Bay
> <http://mandow.ca/got.htm>. I read a travelogue of someone who drove
> up there and it seems like quite an adventure indeed. See here:
> <http://mandow.ca/diary.htm>. If I recall correctly, there was a 700
> km stretch with no gas stations so most people would have to carry
> spare fuel.

What are the roads like up there ? I imagine freezing/thawing destroys 
them pretty quick and they are not rebuilt every year ?

Peter
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