Originally Posted by
sokolov
Can you tell us more about Gagnon, QC? Is the main street really the only street that remains? Google Maps does show a few roads, but the satellite image resolution is no good in that area.
Is it easy to get to the abandoned airport of Gagnon? How much of the airport's surface is still left?
On one of ghYHZ' pictures
http://picasaweb.google.ca/ghCBNS/Tr...eat=directlink
I do see a black hut in the background at the airport. Any other buildings or shelters anywhere?
When I was there two years ago......only the main street remained. You’re driving through miles of wilderness then all of a sudden......a wide four-lane boulevard, curbs, sidewalks, grassed median. No building, nothing.....but it was a busy community 40 years ago
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ddietle...7618657151039/
You can still see the alignments of the side streets but they’ve been bermed across at the intersections to prohibit entry. Dangerous pits, old cellars etc. You can still drive into the mine site and see the tailings and settling ponds.
The airport is a few hundred meters in from the main road (just north of the town) and the asphalt surface was in good shape when I was there. It appears it might still be used occasionally (I’m guessing: Dept Of Natural Resources) There’s no fence or barriers preventing you from driving in from the main high, across the apron then up and down the runway. I checked the Nav Canada site but “YGA” is no longer listed. And you can see the outline of the old terminal which once served Quebecair flights.