When we left Baie Ste Catherine, we zoomed through Quebec, with a stopover before our last destination in La Belle Province.
Snapshots taken through the window fail to do justice to this beautiful province. They do provide a tantalising, and slightly blurred glimpse of what there is to see and do in Quebec.
Of course, being summer, there was construction at many points.
We just took it all in stride. It was the hill gradient signs that had us intrigued. This one shows a range of gradients on the pending hill.
The minimum gradient that we saw was 6%, the maximum was 12%. That was a 12% drop over 500 m. It was a steep hill.
I did mange to snap a picture of an 11% gradient.
There were several advisory roadside signs. This one was amusing.
Quebec seems to fully support its agriculture sector. There are road signs proudly indicating farming areas.
The rows of power lines running for kilometres indicate the importance given to that supporting branch of the industrial sector.
Our drive along Highway 40 was punctuated by glimpses of the St Lawrence River on one side,
and pastoral landscapes on the other.
The length of our trip from Saguenay to Pontiac County, including an overnight stop en route, was an attractive drive that included a quick glimpse of Sanctuaire Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre,
Montmorency Falls.
and eventually the Gatineau Hills, which meant we were getting close to our destination.
Pontiac County is predominantly an agricultural area, with fields and farmhouses.
a fine place to pause for a couple of days.
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