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We Ran Out of Fuel on a Remote Wilderness Road | TransLabrador Highway Overlanding Adventure E.6

Leaving an abandoned campground near Northwest River, Labrador we continued East on a remote stretch of the TransLabrador Highway as we headed for the coast and Port Hope Simpson. Early on in the day's travel, we knew we didn't have enough fuel to make it. Fortunately, we had a backup plan. The following day we, took a side route into St. Lewis and Iceberg Alley driving as far east as possible in mainland North America. Even more amazing, we saw a big Bull Moose Crossing the Highway and hiked with kids into a UNESCO World Heritage Site that is also a National Historic Site of Canada. This spot is known as the Boney Shore and is near Red Bay, Labrador. Here, you can find hundreds of old Right and Bowhead whale bones which were left there by Basque whalers who processed them there in great numbers for about 70 years here beginning in about 1600 which is about 400 years ago. They stopped because the whale numbers declined due to overharvesting and it was no longer feasible to make the long voyage from the shores of France and Spain from where the Basque hail.

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Chapters:

0:00 Intro. & Moose!
0:32 Leaving Abandoned Campground & Back on the TransLabrador Highway
1:10 Low on Gas & 250km to the Next Gas Station
4:38 Paradise River Stop to Empty Jerry Cans of Gas
7:06 What Kind of Folding Knife Does Jim Carry?
7:17 Jarred Moose Meat for Lunch!
8:43 Giving Food to the Whiskyjacks the National Bird of Canada
9:41 Overlanding is SelfSufficient
10:40 Arriving in Port Hope Simpson
13:02 Reaching the Ends of the Earth Dump Burnoff
13:22 Getting to Camp & Picking Wild Berries
14:34 STIHL Chainsaw & Splitting Firewood with Hudson Bay Axe
15:40 Yamaha Inverter Generator to Charge Trailer
16:38 Lighting Campfire
17:20 Setting Up Tapui Rooftop Tent, Cooking Dinner & Chilling by the Fire
19:09 The Next Moning Propane Cook Stove Coffee & a Little Hike
21:09 Jim Morning Interview, What's to Come?
24:05 Driving Away
25:29 Side Adventure to Iceberg Alley & St. Lewis, a Quintassential Labrador Fishing Village
30:43 Mary's Harbour, Labrador
31:52 Bull Moose on the Road!
32:31 Hike With Kids to the Boney Shore Near Red Bay to See 400YearOld Whale Bones Left by the Basque
36:32 Back on the TransLabrador Highway to BlancSablon
40:04 Coming Up Next