The Making of a Cross Canada Route

[Deadly99]

Originally Posted by rinho

A friend send me a message about some potential gas place
Between Chibougamau and Roberval, 2 places
1- "Relais Barrière du Nord", around 50Km south of Chibougamau... Maybe open only during winter (snowmobile)
2- South of "Scierie 54", km178 on road 167. Caféteria open on worker lunch time. not sure it still exists

One still is still the other no longer exists. I'm a dumb ass and forgot to make a waypoint and using satellite maps I can't seem to pinpoint it. The range between Parent and Chibougamau is doable for gas range without this stop so I skipped it on the gps files. I'll be back up there in the spring and will be more diligent in recording its location

In the route description there is a photo of it and a description, cool spot in the middle of nowhere to kick back and have a cold one and even spend a night . The section from Parent to Chibougamau is top drawer. Fun, wide, sandy roads with a way out there remote feeling. One of my favorite stretches of the TCAT

[yamyam]

Hi Deadly99, It's me who gave infos and the picture of us on the Bazin bridge to Rhino! I'll ask a friend who know's this region and see the correct info for the possibility of gaz stations on paved road between Chibougamau and Roberval.

I didn't follow all your interesting thread about the making of your trail. Since I was a child, I did many hunting, fishing, snowmobiling and dual-sport traveling in Québec back roads. If you want, send me the track of the Québec section between the south part and Chibougamau. I'll check if I can add you some infos about gaz point or place to stay. If you have some questions, just email me! Eric

[Deadly99]

Originally Posted by yamyam

Hi Deadly99, It's me who gave infos and the picture of us on the Bazin bridge to Rhino! I'll ask a friend who know's this region and see the correct info for the possibility of gaz stations on paved road between Chibougamau and Roberval.

I didn't follow all your interesting thread about the making of your trail. Since I was a child, I did many hunting, fishing, snowmobiling and dual-sport traveling in Québec back roads. If you want, send me the track of the Québec section between the south part and Chibougamau. I'll check if I can add you some infos about gaz point or place to stay. If you have some questions, just email me! Eric

Thanks Eric, I'll get in touch


Well bummer this thread got moved but I suppose it was no longer a ride report now that the route is complete.

Upwards and onwards I suppose, I for one look forward to reading others folks TCAT ride reports in the future. Please ensure you make sure younhave the most recent version of the files before heading out. The gpx files will be bundled with detailed PDF maps and a text doc with some important info in the next release.

We're still working away on the route descriptions and will hopefully have them complete before the riding season starts this spring.

Like always, stoked with all the support this project received from people from across the country. I think as a collective group we did something pretty outstanding

Cheers

Ted

[morerpmfred]

Post 2530 mentions pdf map file. Will this have the coordinates imbedded for use on ipad/iphone pdf avenza map reader ? So the gps on the ipad/iphone works on the pdf map?

[GISdood]

Originally Posted by morerpmfred

Post 2530 mentions pdf map file. Will this have the coordinates imbedded for use on ipad/iphone pdf avenza map reader ? So the gps on the ipad/iphone works on the pdf map?

I'l lbe exporting the PDF files straight out of ESRI ArcMap with geocoding enabled. So yes, they should be readable from any device/application that supports that feature.

[rinho]

I was not aware of this feature !
Pretty cool!

[Deadly99]

Originally Posted by GISdood

I'l lbe exporting the PDF files straight out of ESRI ArcMap with geocoding enabled. So yes, they should be readable from any device/application that supports that feature.

Awesome!

Originally Posted by rinho

I was not aware of this feature !
Pretty cool!

Me neither

[GISdood]

Originally Posted by Deadly99

Awesome!
Me neither

For those who haven't played with this feature in Adobe...

Here's the toolbar you need to enable:


The 'Analysis' toolbar looks like this:



Third button from the left is the one you want. When you select that command, you'll get a running display in the lower right of the screen that reads the lat/long (or UTM coordinate, depending on what projection/datum the map has been authored in) of wherever your cursor is, like so:



***Edited to add:
For simplicity's sake, I think I'm going to use a geographic (lat/long) datum for all of these maps instead of UTM coordinates. Many - if not ALL - of the trail sections run across 2 utm zones in one day. There are only a handful of 'regions' to this map set and 14 UTM Zones across Canada. I can imagine that changing your coordinate system on a daily basis would get a little tedious, not to mention confusing if you forgot one day.

[MAXVERT]

A bump to get this back to page 1

Who's planning on riding the whole route this Summer ?

Will a set of paper maps still be available .

I'm fairly certain I'll be riding the route West to East.
Since I'm in Idaho and the prevailing winds blow east it
seems like the best option.

So my start date will depend on the opening of the section through the Rockies.

Max

[Deadly99]

Originally Posted by MAXVERT

A bump to get this back to page 1

Who's planning on riding the whole route this Summer ?

Will a set of paper maps still be available .

I'm fairly certain I'll be riding the route West to East.
Since I'm in Idaho and the prevailing winds blow east it
seems like the best option.

So my start date will depend on the opening of the section through the Rockies.

Max

Two groups that I know of are planning to ride the entire route.

Early July you "should" be able to get threw the mountains (typical year).

When you get to Ontario you've got a place to stay, work on bike, laundry, etc

Paper maps should be available shorty (calling GISDood to the courtesy phone )...well pdf files you can print off.

Cheers

[MANXMAN]

Originally Posted by MAXVERT

I'm fairly certain I'll be riding the route West to East.
So my start date will depend on the opening of the section through the Rockies.

Originally Posted by Deadly99

Early July you "should" be able to get threw the mountains (typical year).

There also may be problems in early July before you get to the Rockies. The very first day going west will take you to the Poison Mnt. Technical section and could be too muddy to get through. After that the Big Bar reaction ferry may not be running because of the strong flow of the Fraser River that time of year. Lastly, the Nemaiah Valley can also be very muddy in early July. All three of these areas are fantastic and shouldn't be missed, but they all may have to be by-passed if we have another "bad" spring.

Everything will depend on the snowpack melt and wether or not we have a wet spring this year in BC.

[sthamerica]

We have plans to ride as much of the TCAT as we can over 8 weeks or so, commencing June 10th 2013 starting from St Johns and hopefully ending in Vancouver within that time frame.

We welcome all helpfull comments and advise, and good natured fellow riders to join us.

At this point we are trying to get a handle on the requirements for a foreigner buying, and importantly registering and insuring bikes in Canada.

Hopefully someone from a dealership, or individuals with experience in this matter will read this message and point us in the right direction.

[Deadly99]

I have no idea about buying a bike, registering and insuring in Canada for a non resident....sorry. Perhaps someone else has some information and can chime in ?

[Deadly99]

Originally Posted by MANXMAN

There also may be problems in early July before you get to the Rockies. The very first day going west will take you to the Poison Mnt. Technical section and could be too muddy to get through. After that the Big Bar reaction ferry may not be running because of the strong flow of the Fraser River that time of year. Lastly, the Nemaiah Valley can also be very muddy in early July. All three of these areas are fantastic and shouldn't be missed, but they all may have to be by-passed if we have another "bad" spring.

Everything will depend on the snowpack melt and wether or not we have a wet spring this year in BC.

Good info Ross, I'll add it to the route description

[FINNDIAN]

Originally Posted by sthamerica

We have plans to ride as much of the TCAT as we can over 8 weeks or so, commencing June 10th 2013 starting from St Johns and hopefully ending in Vancouver within that time frame.

We welcome all helpfull comments and advise, and good natured fellow riders to join us.

At this point we are trying to get a handle on the requirements for a foreigner buying, and importantly registering and insuring bikes in Canada.

Hopefully someone from a dealership, or individuals with experience in this matter will read this message and point us in the right direction.

I've registered vehicles to non residents. All you need is a Canadian address and your I.d. AS Far as insurance goes. I wouldn't think any insurance Co. would oppose taking your money

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