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Km 272: Fishing site
Km 275: Junction with the North Road, which runs east and south to Chibougamau, 440 km away; Nemaska is 117 km away; the North Road is 424 km long.
Rest area: picnic tables, toilets, shelters.

Information panel: "Fire-devastated forests". Lightning caused a forest fire here in 1983.
Fishing site nearby.

Click here for more information about the North Road, including a detailed guide and photos.

Km 275: Looking east along the North Road.
Km 275: Rest area at the North Road junction: picnic tables, toilets, shelters.
Information panel: "Fire-devastated forests". Lightning caused a forest fire here in 1983.
Km 286
Km 294: Pontax III River. The "Pontax" name is a corruption of the Indian name "Pontacks", a Cree trapper who used to live in this area. A forest fire was caused by lightning here in 1986.

Fishing site.

Km 301: Emergency telephone ("Pontax")

Km 303-308: Forest fires burned here in July 2002

Km 307: Pontax I River
Km 312: Pontax II River. (Enistuwach River). These are actually three separate rivers.

The three rivers are named according to their flow. ie, Pontax I is the largest of the three, & Pontax III is the smallest. Additionally, this is one of the few river systems up here that has been excluded from diversion and development for hydro-electric projects.

This photo was taken late on a calm evening -- nice and peaceful.

Km 324: Mirabelli Lake campground, 2.5 km east of the Road (the sign is wrong - it says 4 km). Picnic tables, toilet(1), no shelters, boat launching ramp, fishing.

Large informal campground. Nice view of the lake from the hilltop. Forest fire here in 2005. This site was originally a road construction camp.

Km 324: Mirabelli Lake campground: nice view of the lake from the hilltop.
Km 324: Mirabelli Lake on a calm day
Km 326: Jolicoeur River.
Km 326: Jolicoeur River. This river is colored brown from tannin.
Km 326: Jolicoeur River. A rapids is directly under the bridge.

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