Idea to visit Nunavut by road
I’ve been reading about the James Bay road, a paved highway that takes you from Toronto/Montreal/wherever up to the Hudson Bay region.
The way Nunavut is organized, all islands within Hudson Bay belong to Nunavut. I’ve located a couple places, most notably 52.2100275, -78.5673543, near Eastmain, Quebec, where it appears via several different maps that there are areas (perhaps during low tide or perhaps due to the hydroelectric diversion since mapping) on the shore where you could walk into Nunavut!
From Matagami, QC (a very well connected northern town) it’s exactly 350km on the paved James Bay road, then exactly 100km on a gravel road westward to get to the coast. You’d then have about a 4km trek on foot to reach the Nunavut technicality in question. Watch out for polar bears!
I’ve found differences in border lines on different maps and there are other potential opportunities up in Chisasibi and all along the coast. One map even shows the line for Nunavut crossing the gravel road inland.
At the very least, reaching the coast there would give you Arctic Ocean visit bragging rights, as Hudson bay, and its smaller James Bay are part of the Arctic Ocean!
Curious to hear other people’s thoughts on the potential for an adventurous trek to reach Nunavut from the city. Is this just a technicality or would you have Nunavut bragging rights? Would it be too dangerous? Have you located a better place to try it? Let me know please!
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