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745 km from civilization: Exploring North America's most isolated road

745 km from civilization: Exploring North America's most isolated road

Ellsworth Toohey
Jul 03, 2025
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By Axel Drainville - Flickr: Réservoir Caniapiscau vu de la route Transtaïga, CC BY 2.0, Link

Imagine breaking down on a gravel road where the nearest help is 475 miles away — and winter temperatures hit 40 below zero.

Quebec's Trans-Taiga Road ends at a point so remote that a broken tire might require an emergency plane landing to deliver a replacement.

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