We wanted to drive to the end of Highway 138 which took about 4-5 hours and then you head back on the same highway. We left our campsite at Longue-Pointe-de-Mingan and headed out. Hwy 138 is called the route to the End of the World or the Whale Route (Route des Belaines) or just The Route. It is a highway in the the stunning Côte-Nord region, offering wonderful views of the Saint Lawrence River. This highway is a lifeline that connects various communities and when you are at the end, if you want to continue to other communities, it’s by boat or ferry. The road was pretty good and ended in the village of Kegaska. When you reach the end, you either turn left or right to dead ends.
On the way there, because we’re nosey, we stopped at a free campground just outside Baie Johan Beetz which was right on the water and I mean, right on the water! It was a rocky shoreline and we couldn’t believe what the sites looked like. It would be okay if you had a camper van but for us, it would have been difficult to get there and set up. We did watch a seagull eating a lobster on the shoreline which was kind of cool. We drove through Aquanish (population 224), Natashquan (population 262), Nutashkuan(population 915) and of course Kegaska (population 124). Clint and I like to do off road adventuring so anytime we saw a dirt road, usually going nowhere, we headed down it. We did 526 kms that day but it was very enjoyable. Here are some photos to look at…….
Dinner 
After dinner drink 
A view of the campground, such as it is….. 
You can see a sign on the rocks, that was one of the campsites 
View from the campground 
Campground Outhouse
A sign at another campground we drove by 
History of the town of Kegaska, population approximately 124 people 
Beautiful scenery 
A cafe we stopped at in Natashquan 
On the side of the road 
I liked these little houses 
A snow fence, keeps the snow, most of it, from getting to the road 
One of the towns on our way 
A boat on the rocks 
Some of the landscape 
A dirt road to nowhere, very narrow and bumpy 
The end of the road….
Next stop Baie Comeau, home of one of our past Prime Ministers, Brian Mulroney.
See you soon !
Trums Travels 
Wow, the landscape up there is so beautiful! Raw beauty! Somehow it reminds me of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. That campsite at maybe one foot above sea level on the rocks is one that I’d avoid!
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Such beautiful views out there!
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