Terrifyingly Vast

[u/christopherbonis]

So I live in Massachusetts. And from my point of view, Maine is huge. And indeed, it’s larger than the rest of New England combined.

And I also think of Maine as super rural. And indeed, it’s the only state on the eastern seaboard with unorganized territory.

…and then I look northward at the Quebec. And it just fills me a sort of terrified, existential awe at its incomprehensible vastness, intensified by the realization that it’s just one portion of Canada—and not even the largest province/territory.

What on Earth goes on up there in the interior of Quebec? How many lakes have humans never even laid eyes on before—much less fished or explored? What does the topography look like? It’s just so massive, so vast, so remote that it’s hard for me even to wrap my head around.

[u/dragonborn071]

And its only halfway up Quebec wtf, thats awesome

[u/-Zxart- → u/dragonborn071]

Look up the directions on Google maps from say Boston. The longest stretch of highways is 360 miles. There’s a million small turns and so many different roads to get up there.

[u/Linzabee → u/-Zxart-]

I just looked them up from my starting point. It’s 1593 miles away, but the good news it’s only $16.65 in tolls.

[u/Stannis_Baratheon244 → u/Linzabee]

That's less than 1 trip over the GW bridge lmfao

[u/beard_of_cats → u/Stannis_Baratheon244]

In my experience as a Canadian, toll roads are rare up here. Certainly far less common than in the states. I end up one once per decade at most.