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Agree Abitibi is great. Looking at your list you’ve seen some select pockets of some of the best areas in the province. That said there is a lot of trail in between. Sainte Anne Du lac over to La Tuque and back is worth doing as a big loop over a couple days. When the conditions are good (mid February) I’ve found great riding mid week south of Mont Laurier as well (area west of Maniwaki or down towards Mont Pellier). Chaudiere Appalache and Bas St Lawrence towards Rivière du loop is worth a stop and Côte Nord running to Sept isles has good reviews. You have lots to pick from. We enjoyed a ride to Matagami and then onto Chibougamau last year. South east from Val d’or gets remote, but has great trails as well down the 386.

I was thinking the same thing. It’s the best time of year to shop the used market. Picked the wife up an upgrade last week. Something to tinker with and personalize this fall. Can’t wait for the snow to fly. Who else is getting a new or new to them ride for the coming season?

Not sure if this is good or bad news. Depends on perspective I guess. CBCQuebec scraps long-awaited 400-km highway extension on Lo...A promised 400-kilometre highway bridging an isolated part of Quebec’s Lower North Shore to the rest of the province is no longer in the works, according to Transport Minister Benoit Charette.

Looks like it’s done. Nice build!!! And it’s not being finished in December / January. What a great idea. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Eb8jLvPsC/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Nice spot, but can’t say this will hurt the snowmobile crowd too much. After being forced to walk half a mile from where I parked the sled it was never back on the list of places to stay. It was not a short stretch into it off the main trail either. I didn’t seem to fit in wearing my sled suit with the 50 year old dudes walking through the lobby in spa robes in their underwear. Still not nice to see such a large facility going through creditor protection. Hopefully it’s a one off and not part of a larger trend.

Those are some high construction standards. lol. Would be great to see the town re-vitalized.

In the vast majority of Canada you only own the top 6” of ground. Anything below that is mineral rights which are owned by the crown, or can be owned privately (typically by resource companies). People in areas with active resource extraction occurring (mines, oil and gas, etc.) typically understand this and the rest of the country is not as informed. I’m sure there won’t be 100% consensus, but I can see the town being on board. If the mines going to fund construction of new homes/ a new town it could be a win win for all involved. Get a more than fair offer for your home and the promise of good paying jobs. There will be some disagreements I’m sure. But a successful mine can bring a lot of benefits to a small rural area if the ore is good enough and it’s built properly to be economic and to protect the environment. The mine closures in Murdochville will be young enough that people in town will still remember what things were like when it was running full tilt. Will be an interesting thing to watch. Not unprecedented, but not common to see a town moved in recent history.

May have also been some native land use permission issues too if memory serves me right. It’s been a few years now.

I believe some failing bridges were cited. I think it had a lot to do with the wants of the Val D’or club as well that was looking after it. In fairness to them it was a long way from their home base to stage and maintain a groomer out of. Driving 2 hrs in the truck just to get to the groomer is a big ask. I could be wrong, but that’s what I recall. The new route is a lot of good trail.

Not a new trail, but looks like they re-named things in the Pontiac area. What used to be RT386 is now TQ63. Great area, but you have to watch your fuel levels. Some long stretches between gas stops.

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Found my answer today. You can use luggage with the stackable caddy.

Interested in what you find out. My guess is that it’s one of these two options. Please do post what you end up getting. https://ski-doo-shop.brp.com/ca/en/ski-doo-linq-6-us-gal-30-l-trail-pro-bag-860201986.html https://ski-doo-shop.brp.com/ca/en/ski-doo-linq-5-3-us-gal-20-l-deep-snow-expandable-bag-860202878.html https://www.amazon.ca/Ski-Doo-LinQ-Deep-Snow-860201985/dp/B08BYQT73W/ref=asc_df_B08BYQT73W?mcid=73613c7eb6ee3a4691be7c045f30aa23&tag=googlemobshop-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=706746419734&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=8558517270700965184&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1002451&hvtargid=pla-1948571435901&psc=1&hvocijid=8558517270700965184-B08BYQT73W-&hvexpln=0&gad_source=1

Is this a 137” tunnel? Or a 146”? Looks to be a great setup. I’d like to do the same, but with a second sport bag on top of the gas caddy.

The old and new bridge upright frames look remarkably similar. Was the old structure (red parts) wood or steel?