Everything about Quebec Route 389 totally explained
Quebec's
Route 389 connects
Route 138 adjacent to
Baie-Comeau with the
Newfoundland and Labrador border, connecting with the
Trans-Labrador Highway (Newfoundland and Labrador provincial highway 500) to
Wabush and
Labrador City, and beyond to
Goose Bay. On its way it skirts the eastern shore of
Manicouagan Reservoir.
The Quebec North Shore company and
Hydro-Québec completed portions from Route 138 to the Manic 5 hydroelectric project site (Km 212), now known as the
Daniel Johnson dam.
From Km 212, the highway follows a path traditionally used by
aboriginal people and explorers, with access to the Hart Jaune Hydroelectric Complex at Km 390. The town of
Gagnon, now torn down, was at Km 394.
Starting at Km 482, the "Fire Lake Mine Road" section was built by unemployed workers during a labour dispute, influenced by the presence of the railway owned by the Quebec-Cartier Mining Company. This section of road is notoriously known as "the trail."
From Km 482 to Km 570 (354 miles from Baie Comeau), the provincial border, the road is an accident-prone section notorious for its poor surface and sharp curves (the joke being you can see your own taillights). Local citizens in adjacent Labrador are urging realignment of this road, a vital work if it were to be the routing to a fixed link to Newfoundland.
Bridge over the Pékans
River (around Km 550) is popular starting point for the
canoe trips down the
Moisie River.
At Km 562 is the town of
Fermont, a mining town with a population of 2,918, and last Quebec port-of-call before entering
Newfoundland and Labrador. Labrador City is 23 km further along what is now
Highway 500, Wabush is 5 km east of that. The Happy Valley/Goose Bay ferry terminal is located 526 km east of Wabush, along the shores of Lake Melville, with access to the
Atlantic Ocean. The Labrador City/Fermont area border crossing is roughly the half-way point of the approximately 16 hour drive between the junction of Routes 138 & 389 in Baie-Comeau (QC) and the end of Route 500 (and adjunct Route 520) in Happy Valley/Goose Bay (NL).
Towns along Route 389
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