The highest summit in Quebec, Mount d'Iberville, dominates at an altitude of 1,622 meters. James Bay J ames Bay is the gateway to the far north. It is referred to as the Mid-North of Quebec. The region extends over 350,000 square kilometers, north of the 49th parallel, one-fifth of the territory of Quebec and twice the size of the island of Great Britain. The Municipality of James Bay includes seven communities, the largest of which is Radisson.
Several airports provide access, but the region can also be reached by land.
The James Bay Highway, or 'Trans-taiga', as Roxane Fraser, author of the only complete guide of the region, so aptly calls it, is a spectacular strip of asphalt 740 kilometers in length, crossing the northern taiga, intersected by lakes and rivers. As the kilometers go by, the feeling of being in close communication with the taiga increases, a fabulous impression of being entirely cut off from all civilization. To be sure you don't miss anything, it is essential to have a map or a guide book listing the attractions hidden by the forest. As far as the eye can see, nature dominates. The sky of the James Bay provides the stage for the impressive polar aurora, which adorn the horizon with green and pink.