The Far North
 

I've often wondered how far north can one drive in Canada in a sedan type automobile, in other words no 4 wheel drive, SUV, using paved roads. What kind of experience would it be? Extraordinary unusual scenery, or the same as driving through northern New England? It would have to be the eastern part, as we live in Boston.

The farthest north one can drive on paved highways in Canada is Dawson City, Yukon which is onlay about 8 K's west of the Alaska border. The Northern parts of Eastern Canada are pretty barren and very few roads, paved or otherwise are found there.

Excuse me, I meant Dawson City is 80k's, (about 50 miles), East of the Alaska border.

In a thread just a few days ago, it's been discussed that Quebec Highway 109 - James Bay Road - is paved to Radisson. That's the furthest north you can drive on paved road in the east.

The east is very different from the west, and the west has two distinct types of scenery, too. (mountains, drab forests)

If you actually wanted to plan a trip, you'd probably be better off reorienting your thinking from "farthest north" to "most interesting" and "most different from home."

If you were willing to do this, you'd have a fascinnating, but safe, trip if you headed to Newfoundland.

A lot of the northern roads are gravel and can really ding yup a nice car, but there are good paved highways in Newfoundland takingyou past some gret scenery very different from New England, although sharing the same ocean.

BAK

Also see the thread called Scenic Drives from Quebec City. Not as much wilderness, but very different from your home.

BAK