On my trip over today, I took some pictures while driving. This is only the second time I’ve driven this highway. The first time was last Sunday. On that trip, the hardwoods in the first 2 photos were covered in frost. It was very picturesue. But, I didn’t have the camera with me. From the first picture to the last was about 20-30 miles apart. Most of the route I traveled is shown on this map.
The first 2 photos were taken east of Napadogan and the third west of it. Napadogan is the only habitation between Williamsburg and Juniper. Napadogan consists of a wood processing mill and a handful of houses.
The majority of New Brunswick’s landscape looks much like this although not all of it can be seen from a highway as is the case with these. About 15 years ago I ran into the statistic that over 2/3 of NB is considered uninhabited. That figure was based on a 1 mile (I think) radius around all permanent residences accounted for less that 1/3 of the area of the province. Where you see the blank areas of the map are uninhabited areas.
If you check the bottom of each image, you should notice the pavement progressively disappearing under ice as I traveled west. For most of 10-15 miles, there was little bare pavement. Most people who drive here in the winter get used to driving on ice. The estimated time by mapquest is about 3 1/2 hours. Without stopping for refreshments, streches, etc., it only takes about 3 hrs on dry pavement. Today, with 2 stops it did take about the 3 1/2 hours.
Cool photos!
Thanks, I’ve always really enjoyed the wilderness and sense of isolation.