East of Matane the highway hugs the shoreline, passing through increasingly rugged scenery where the forested hills of the interior push up against the fretted, rocky coast. A string of skimpy fishing villages breaks up this empty landscape – places like Capucins, with its fine headland setting, and Cap Chat , whose 76 towering wind turbines are visible for miles around. Of these, the 110m-tall Éolienne de Cap-Chat (late June to late Sept daily 8.30am–5pm; $6) is the tallest and most powerful vertical-axis wind tower in the world. Just 16km beyond Cap-Chat, unenticing SAINTE-ANNE-DES-MONTS … more »
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