Saturday, March 3, 2012

Follow the only road

After spending a night in Baie-Comeau, Quebec I started the long drive to Labrador City via Hwy 389 N. The road starts off following the Manicouagan, or Manic River. There are a number of power stations along the highway, the largest being massive Manic Station 5, positioned below the Manic Reservoir. Here I differ to wikipedia and recommend you read a bit more about the "Eye of Quebec" because it's just cool: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manicouagan_Reservoir

Also from the great wikipedia: the 52nd parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 52 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. In Canada, part of the border between Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador is defined by the parallel. At this latitude the sun is visible for 16 hours, 44 minutes during the summer solstice and 7 hours, 45 minutes during the winter solstice. I love the interwebs but not as much as I love 16 hrs of summer sun.

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