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Are you interested in an exciting dual-sport trip to a remote destination that isn't 10,000 miles away? Do you like gravel roads, lots of saddle time and challenging riding? A ride on the Trans-Labrador Highway (TLH) will take you as far north as you can go on two wheels in Eastern Canada, and will give you bragging rights to a special trip. Although you won't be the first to ride this great loop, compared to other North American adventure plums such as Alaska's Haul Road to Prudhoe Bay, you will be among a very small group of riders.
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Better make plans soon! The heart of this trip is the 650 miles of remote gravel road that stretch from Eastern Quebec all the way across Labrador. Two things threaten to take much of the "adventure" out of this ride. Paving is scheduled to begin in the next year, and a bridge and newly built paved-road section will eliminate the 13-hour ferry ride now required to complete the trip. These changes will certainly bring development along with them to a roadway that is currently remote. Labrador is the size of New England but has only 30,000 people, and most of them are in two towns. It's so remote the government provides free satellite phones for travelers at both ends of the TLH. Going in April through October will avoid snow, but not black flies, and it rains a lot.
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