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Trans Labrador 2005 Until the Mid 1990’s, travel across Labrador Canada was limited to Air, Snowmobile, Dog Sled or Walking.  With the Advent of the Trans Labrador Highway or Rt 500 and as the Locals call it, “The Freedom Road” (as it gave them the freedom to move) , one can now drive from Goose Bay/Happy Valley Labrador to Labrador City, Labrador,  and then connect to Quebec RT 389, also a wilderness road, ending up at the St Lawrence River. Since the Trans Labrador Highway was built, I have wanted to drive its length, Connect to Quebec Rt 389 and make a giant circle ending back at home.  The actual distance was 3411 miles with 539 miles on  various conditions of  Gravel Road.  In Quebec from Mount Wright to Fire Lake, you drive thru the Iron Ore Mines on old ungraded, washboard, potholes made from mine tailings.  This section of the road was worse than terrible.  Yet it’s the only access  for Labrador City and Goose Bay/Happy Valley (during the winter)  by car or tractor trailer. From Goose Bay to Churchill Falls is a distance of  288 KM with nothing but you and the Gravel…No services of any kind, not even people.  And from Churchill Falls to Labrador City it’s a run of 238 Km again with nothing but you  and the Gravel.  Once entering Quebec on Rt 389, more gravel wilderness road  down to the  Manic 5 Dam with only one fuel stop at Relais Gabriel.  Then continuing on to Baie-Comeau is another  221 KM of desolate beautiful wild country on a rough rolling, narrow, washboard, potholed,  Tar road.. In making this wilderness run, you will be driving on 539 miles of Gravel Road.  This road has many  faces.  You will experience loose stone, like driving on Large Marbles, Serious Washboard and Many Miles of driving on Boulder Heads, Narrow Bridges, Steep Grades (18% at Manic 5), Soft Shoulders and Serious Drop Off’s.  You will not find Radar Traps.  There are no cell phones up there,  If you want communication, a Satellite Phone is required.  You must be prepared to handle your own problems.  Broken Windshields and Flat Tires are a special Hazard.   Serious planning went into this trip.  The Carryall, now named “Sweetheart” for how she ran and  performed flawless.  Only a sticky door lock required some graphite lube in Newfoundland.  She ran 3411 miles and consumed 131.64 gallons of Cetane Boosted Diesel for a mileage of 25.9115 MPG.  She never skipped a beat, drew large crowds of people, asking all kinds of questions and shooting  lots of pictures.    I told ‘Sweetheart’ before we left,   “You fail me and I will paint you  Pink and send you to the Crusher in Mexico”  With that our  Labrador Adventure Expedition started on July 6, 2005 Labrador now has a new Highway, RT 510 that runs from L’Anse-au-Clair to Cartwright, Labrador.  And presently a link is being built that will connect Cartwright to Goose Bay/Happy Valley, Labrador.  When this is complete in a few years, it will be possible to drive from L’Anse-au-Clair to Labrador City all on wilderness gravel road.  This is one of the last true long distance gravel roads in North America.  When you reach North West River, Labrador you are at the END of all roads in this part of North America.  To drive further north, one must go to Alberta, Canada. Date(s): 1943 Dodge Carryall Expedition. Album by CarryallPaul. 1 - 417 of 417 Total. 83650 Visits.
1 0 Route of Expedition 2 DSC 0234 July 6 2005 Ferry across Lake Champlain, NY The boats turn to ships real soon 3 1 Total inspection, Hardening the nose and loading GPS way points 4 2 5 3 6 4 7 5 8 6 Loaded, ready to roll 9 DSC 0248 Top of Cadillac Mountain, Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, Maine 10 DSC 0249 11 DSC 0251 12 DSC 0254 13 DSC 0256 Line up to board Cat Ferry 14 DSC 0259 15 DSC 0269 Inside Cat Ferry car/truck deck 16 DSC 0290 Cape Forchu  Lighthouse, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia 17 DSC 0307 East Baccaro, Nova Scotia 18 DSC 0311 19 DSC 0312 20 DSC 0314 21 DSC 0317 Liverpool, NS 22 DSC 0318 23 DSC 0321 24 DSC 0322 25 DSC 0323 26 DSC 0326 27 DSC 0331 Visit to  cdnBRUCEcdn in Bridgewater, NS Thanks Bruce for the GREAT route to bypass Halifax 28 DSC 0333 cdnBRUCEcdn  1957 Power Wagon 29 DSC 0338 Trans Canada Highway 102 heading for Truro, NS  Running 60 mph 30 DSC 0339 Canso Causeway to Cape Breton Nova Scotia 31 DSC 0340 Motel at Inverness, NS That evening all the local kids and their trucks showed up to check out the Carryall. 32 DSC 0343 Inverness, NS 33 DSC 0345 34 DSC 0346 35 DSC 0351 Heading North up Cape Breton Island 36 DSC 0354 37 DSC 0359 The next series of pictures are all within the Park 38 DSC 0361 39 DSC 0362 40 DSC 0363 41 DSC 0364 42 DSC 0365 43 DSC 0368 44 DSC 0369 45 DSC 0370 46 DSC 0373 47 DSC 0375 48 DSC 0377 49 DSC 0383 50 DSC 0384 51 DSC 0386 52 DSC 0388 53 DSC 0401 Whale Watching at Pleasant Bay, NS 54 DSC 0446 55 DSC 0495 56 DSC 0530 Cape North, NS Really Great Food and right across from Motel 57 DSC 0531 Motel, Cape North, NS Again tonight, many people stopped at the motel to look at the Carryall.  Its hared to miss from the road 58 DSC 0532 59 DSC 0536 60 DSC 0537 Heading south towards North Sydney, NS 61 DSC 0538 62 DSC 0539 63 DSC 0540 64 DSC 0546 65 DSC 0548 Englishtown, NS Another cable ferry.  Short 5 minute ride that saves tons of miles 66 DSC 0549 67 DSC 0555 NOrth Sydney, NS Marine Atlantic Terminal.  The ship is the MV Caribou which we will take north for 6 hours to Channel-Port aux Basques, Newfoundland. Note trailers loading top and bottom decks. 68 DSC 0558 We are in the boarding lanes.  Before we boarded, the entire lot was full of cars and trucks. 69 DSC 0565 70 DSC 0576 71 DSC 0582 72 DSC 0583 73 DSC 0600 Rain and Fog = Fog Horn every 2 minutes.  After a while you get used to the fog horn and dont hear it. 74 DSC 0604 75 DSC 0605 76 DSC 0607 Bugs Green and Debbie, Newfoundland.  Newfie music is something like Bluegrass and country. You should hear him on the fiddle doing the Orange Blossom Special.   Bought a few CD's for the ride. 77 DSC 0608 78 DSC 0609 79 DSC 0615 80 DSC 0616 MV Caribou Chief Steward playing the Spoons. 81 DSC 0617 82 DSC 0618 Sunset from the MV Caribou.  It will be after 10m pm Newfoundland time when we arrive in Channel-Port aux Basques, Newfoundland 83 DSC 0620 84 DSC 0623 85 DSC 0631 Channel- Port aux Basques, Newfoundland.  Today the crossing took 6 hours.  A crew member told me during the winter with Ice and heavy seas he has seen the crossing take 15 hours. 86 DSC 0632 Ready to unload 87 DSC 0633 88 DSC 0635 I never saw this beautiful Plymouth load.  I believe its a 1959 ??? 89 DSC 0642 Snow Plow on the old Channel-Port Aux Basques to St. John's Train 90 DSC 0644 91 DSC 0650 Now that the TCH connects the Island of Newfoundland the train is no longer in service.  However the road bed is a atv and snbowmobil trail for the entire distance of almost 900 km. 92 DSC 0651 Controls for the Snowplow 93 DSC 0652 Picture of this Plow fighting snow on the tracks 94 DSC 0654 95 DSC 0657 96 DSC 0658 97 DSC 0659 98 DSC 0660 99 DSC 0662 100 DSC 0666 101 DSC 0668 102 DSC 0670 Cape Ray Lighthouse 103 DSC 0671 104 DSC 0673 105 DSC 0674 TCH headiung north towards Stephenville, NL 106 DSC 0677 107 DSC 0678 108 DSC 0684 109 DSC 0685 Little Burnt Bay, NL 110 DSC 0686 111 DSC 0687 112 DSC 0689 113 DSC 0690 Clioff is a great guy.  I stopped at his little park, he came out to look at the Carryall.  he built his home and gardens and park.  He was born on Exploits Island.  CLiff invited me in for some pie.  We had a nice visit and I left some PW Maple with him. 114 DSC 0691 115 DSC 0692 Original Fish Scale 116 DSC 0695 117 DSC 0696 118 DSC 0697 119 DSC 0702 120 DSC 0703 121 DSC 0705 High School was having a car wash and The Carryall really needed a Bath 122 DSC 0709 The following pictures are all from north Twillingate Island, NL 123 DSC 0713 124 DSC 0715 125 DSC 0724 126 DSC 0725 127 DSC 0726 128 DSC 0727 129 DSC 0728 130 DSC 0730 131 DSC 0736 Long Point Lighthouse, North Twillingate Island, NL 132 DSC 0737 133 DSC 0738 134 DSC 0748 135 DSC 0755 136 DSC 0766 137 DSC 0782 138 DSC 0783 139 DSC 0785 140 DSC 0789 141 DSC 0794 Long Point Lighthouse /Carryall 142 DSC 0799 143 DSC 0800 144 DSC 0806 145 DSC 0808 146 DSC 0809 147 DSC 0817 148 DSC 0832 MV Sir Robert Bond will be our home for the next 43 hours up Ice Berg Alley to Goose Bay, Labrador 149 DSC 0836 Time  to Load.  This is the point of no return.  From here you are committed to the 539 Miles of Gravel that lay ahead.  Carryall is running as expected, green light, load her in. 150 DSC 0838 151 DSC 0845 152 DSC 0849 153 DSC 0850 154 DSC 0851 155 DSC 0852 156 DSC 0855 Seating on the MV Bond.  Some people elect to sit in one of these seats for 43 hours.   I got a nice cabin.  After 43 hours the people in these seats have a blank stare and are drooling 157 DSC 0857 158 DSC 0859 159 DSC 0864 160 DSC 0867 My Cabin on the MV Sir Robert Bond 161 DSC 0868 162 DSC 0869 163 DSC 0871 164 DSC 0872 165 DSC 0877 166 DSC 0888 Some of the Ice Bergs coming down Ice Breg Alley 167 DSC 0889 168 DSC 0891 169 DSC 0898 170 DSC 0926 Cartwright, Labrador. The Logs will be loaded on ocean going barges and towed south for 8 days.  They will end up at Grand Falls/Windsor for processing. 171 DSC 0933 172 DSC 0936 The next series are  from Cartwright, Labrador.  We were in port while cargo was unloaded.  Then back to sea, finally into the Hamilton Inlet and Lake Melville to Goose Bay/Happy Valley Labrador 173 DSC 0937 Wonder what is in those salvage overpack drums ?????maybe I dont want to know 174 DSC 0941 175 DSC 0943 176 DSC 0944 177 DSC 0945 178 DSC 0946 179 DSC 0947 180 DSC 0949 181 DSC 0950 182 DSC 0956 183 DSC 0957 Cartwright, Fire Dept 184 DSC 0960 185 DSC 0961 186 DSC 0964 187 DSC 0969 188 DSC 0971 While in Cartwright, the Chief Engineer came by and wanted to see the Carryall.  We went down on the cargo deck and I gave him the Nickle tour.  Then I looked at him and said  ITS YOUR TRUN....I want to see the engine room and everything below decks.  He said follow me. 189 DSC 0972 190 DSC 0973 191 DSC 0974 The MV Bond is Twin Screw. There are two 2200 hp diesels on each prop, driving thru a reduction gear box providing a constant prop shaft speed of 200 RPM's.  Speed and direction is controlled by prop pitch 192 DSC 0976 193 DSC 0977 CO2 fire protection systems 194 DSC 0978 195 DSC 0979 Stern Thruster 196 DSC 0980 Prop Shaft 197 DSC 0981 198 DSC 0982 199 DSC 0983 200 DSC 0984 201 DSC 0985 202 DSC 0986 Bow Thruster 203 DSC 0987 Air Operated valve on bow Thruster 204 DSC 0988 Spare Connecting Rods for engines. 205 DSC 1044 206 DSC 1045 207 DSC 1046 208 DSC 1048 209 DSC 1051 210 DSC 1053 211 DSC 1064 If you dont get a cabin, some people opt to sleep on the floor.  Must be a hard trip 212 DSC 1077 Arriving at Goose Bay, line handlers coming out to meet ship 213 DSC 1079 Landing at Goose Bay/Happy Valley Labrador 214 DSC 1082 215 DSC 1083 I pulled over to get a picture and before I was done people started to stop and ask questions.  I was here for over an hour 216 DSC 1087 Heading to North West River.  The end of all roads in this part of North America.  They say to drive further north, one must go to Alberta, Canada 217 DSC 1098 This is it !!!  The end of all roads 218 DSC 1099 219 DSC 1101 This is the former USAF SAC Base at Goose Bay, Labrador 220 DSC 1102 221 DSC 1104 222 DSC 1105 RAF Vulcan Bomber 223 DSC 1106 224 DSC 1107 225 DSC 1108 226 DSC 1109 227 DSC 1110 Live Newfoundland/Labrador Highway Camera, Goose Bay/Happy Valley Labrador 228 DSC 1111 229 DSC 1112 230 DSC 1005 231 DSC 1113 232 DSC 1114 233 DSC 1115 234 DSC 1116 235 DSC 1117 236 DSC 1130 View from mountain top of Former USAF Sac Base, Now 5 Wing Goose Bay 237 DSC 1133 Chruchill River.  The water you see has gone thru the Hydro Power Project at Chruchill Falls 238 DSC 1143 Best Motel on trip.  Simply beautiful at Goose Bay 239 DSC 1144 240 DSC 1145 Here we are, the purpose for this trip 241 DSC 1146 242 DSC 1147 Belive the sign, there is nothing ahead but you and the gravel for a long time 243 DSC 1148 244 DSC 1149 This next series of pictures are from Goose Bay to Churchill Falls, Labrador 245 DSC 1151 East / West Hammer Lane on the Trans Labrador Highway. 246 DSC 1152 247 DSC 1153 248 DSC 1155 249 DSC 1156 250 DSC 1158 251 DSC 1159 252 DSC 1163 253 DSC 1165 When a truck passes, stop, close the window, your in for a white out of dust. 254 DSC 1167 255 DSC 1172 256 DSC 1173 257 DSC 1177 258 DSC 1183 259 DSC 1185 260 DSC 1187 261 DSC 1188 262 DSC 1189 263 DSC 1191 The original Highway went up that hill.  Many hills and curves have been rebuilt or moved 264 DSC 1192 265 DSC 1197 266 DSC 1198 267 DSC 1200 268 DSC 1201 269 DSC 1202 270 DSC 1204 271 DSC 1205 272 DSC 1206 273 DSC 1207 The road gets worse, better, worse and better.  Its a road of constantly changing conditions 274 DSC 1208 275 DSC 1209 276 DSC 1211 277 DSC 1212 278 DSC 1213 279 DSC 1215 Osprey Nest 280 DSC 1216 Here comes my friend, the Grader.  Smooth road for a while.  Keep off the wind rows where he grades.  Stones as large as concrete blocks lurk in the wind rows.  Eventually they will be graded off the road 281 DSC 1217 282 DSC 1220 283 DSC 1222 284 DSC 1223 285 DSC 1226 Caribou are shot and quartered right along roads 286 DSC 1231 The sign red numberf showing Mega Watt output did not come out well.  AT the time of this picture, the Site was supplying 3513 Mega Watts.  During the winter, the output is 5500 Mega Watts. 287 DSC 1234 288 DSC 1235 Churchill Falls is a company town with about 200 people.  All homes are only on one side of each street to make room for blowing snow 289 DSC 1237 Engine Heater plug'in everywhere 290 DSC 1238 291 DSC 1240 292 DSC 1241 293 DSC 1242 Security, Fire Station and Main Control Room 294 DSC 1243 11 Penstocks are 40 feet below the water and drop 1000 feet the the turbines 295 DSC 1249 Main transformer room for the 11 transformers.  You are now 1000 feet underground 296 DSC 1251 297 DSC 1252 298 DSC 1256 Pipes are drilled into the walls to measure if any water is seeping in behind the rock 299 DSC 1260 300 DSC 1265 These cars are always here, key in and run each shift.  They are the emergency escape.  Its about 2km till they reach the outside thru the tunnel system 301 DSC 1269 302 DSC 1271 Refuge behind these doors.  Fire/Smoke/water tight. Inside is food, water for 60 people for a month. Fresh air to the outside and diesel emergency power 303 DSC 1272 304 DSC 1273 305 DSC 1278 306 DSC 1280 307 DSC 1284 308 DSC 1286 309 DSC 1287 Your at 1000 feet underground. This is the largest Under Ground Hydro Plant in the World. 310 DSC 1289 311 DSC 1290 312 DSC 1291 313 DSC 1296 This device marries the two huge over head cranes so they can lift the 600 ton rotors in the generators .  One is shown on the next page with the tour guide 314 DSC 1297 315 DSC 1300 This is the turn to the Esker Railroad station.  I went in about 50 miles, more on Esker In the Trip Log 316 DSC 1302 Following few pictures are on the Esker Road 317 DSC 1305 318 DSC 1307 319 DSC 1309 320 DSC 1319 321 DSC 1325 322 DSC 1330 323 DSC 1332 Back on the Trans Labrador Highway heading to Labrador City 324 DSC 1333 325 DSC 1334 326 DSC 1336 327 DSC 1339 328 DSC 1343 329 DSC 1345 330 DSC 1349 331 DSC 1350 Cindy II an old Bombardier was sitting by the railroad tracks on the Trans Lab Highway.   Its like a trun back in time, both rigs are old.  I would love to have brought her home with me.  When I got to Labrador City, I found the owner uses it all the time in the winter. 332 DSC 1351 333 DSC 1352 334 DSC 1353 335 DSC 1358 TAR, TAR, TAR  WOW, coming into Labrador City. 336 DSC 1359 Leaving Labrador at km 0.  At the Quebec Border.  Now the road will get really bad in places 337 DSC 1360 Into Quebec, the Tar only lasts for about 15 miles. 338 DSC 1362 This sign is CRITICLE  !!!  If any of the lights are on, the road is closed between those points.  There is no bypass or other road.  STop turn back. 339 DSC 1363 I am now on the road at Mount Wrght Iron Mine. The road base is mine tailings, ungraded, pot holes, worse than worse. 340 DSC 1365 Fermont is the last little town before going back into the bush 341 DSC 1366 Yor now on Quebec Rt 389 and will be on it for many a long hour.  11 hours from Labrador City to Baie-Comeau Quebec 342 DSC 1367 343 DSC 1368 344 DSC 1369 345 DSC 1375 346 DSC 1379 347 DSC 1380 348 DSC 1394 349 DSC 1395 Towers at the closed Fire Lake Iron Mine 350 DSC 1397 Back on Tar as we approach the Ghost Twon of Gagnon 351 DSC 1402 Note the driveway cuts wherre the homes once stood 352 DSC 1407 353 DSC 1408 354 DSC 1413 You will see this a few times on Rt 389. Your on Tar,and road goes back to Gravel 355 DSC 1415 356 DSC 1419 The old road heading up the hill 357 DSC 1420 358 DSC 1424 359 DSC 1427 360 DSC 1428 361 DSC 1429 362 DSC 1430 363 DSC 1433 364 DSC 1434 365 DSC 1435 366 DSC 1436 367 DSC 1443 368 DSC 1444 Hard to figure, no house, no road, no path, just a mail box ? 369 DSC 1446 370 DSC 1450 371 DSC 1452 372 DSC 1460 Relais Gabreil comming into view 51.19.34  LAT 068.07.21 lONG The only fuel on this bush road 373 DSC 1461 The Motel unit in the rear  is available 374 DSC 1462 These overnight Cottages are also  available. 375 DSC 1463 Diesel 1.19 Per Liter.  I filled up, as I wanted to keep my Jerry cans for an emergency 376 DSC 1465 I hope its not a real SOS.  That phone is 97 km away. 377 DSC 1470 378 DSC 1476 379 DSC 1483 380 DSC 1484 No Moose, No Bear, No Caribou, just a lone Porky.  I think he spoke French, I called at him to turn around for the picture, he just kept going.  Oh Well 381 DSC 1486 382 DSC 1487 Top of Manic 5 Hydro Project 383 DSC 1488 384 DSC 1489 Check the 18% grade, with twists and switchbacks 385 DSC 1491 386 DSC 1493 387 DSC 1494 388 DSC 1499 389 DSC 1500 390 DSC 1501 Manic 5 and water from Space Shuttle 391 DSC 1502 This is it, back on TAR.  At Manic 5,  TAR starts all the way to Baie-Comeau 392 DSC 1504 Ferry at Tadoussac Quebec, crossing the Saguenay Fijord. Very Beautiful Area 393 DSC 1505 394 DSC 1506 395 DSC 1507 I think the Big Guy coppied my Color 396 DSC 1508 Crossed the St Lawrence River at St Simeon / Riviere du loup, Quebec 397 DSC 1514 Line up for Ferry 398 DSC 1516 399 DSC 1526 400 DSC 1539 Running on Auto Route 20 in Quebec, heading home.  Running 60 mph and they were blowing my doors off passing me 401 DSC 1540 Almost home, I will be in my own bed tonight.  After 18 days on the road, it will good to get home 402 DSC 1542 I got the  T  Shirt 403 DSC 1543 Sweetheart got the Badge 404 DSC 1550 Scanned picture of Western Brook Pond, Gros Morne National Park in Newfoundland.  I will return with my M-37 Bandit.  Its a 2 day hike into this point 405 R01 406 R02 407 R03 408 R04 409 R05 410 R06 411 R07 412 R08 413 R09 414 R10 415 R11 416 R12 417 to-rebuild Follow the link in the picture to visit the complete reconstruction. From a Rusty Bucket of Bolts to Sweetheart
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