Bras d'Or Lakes Scenic Drive (PDF 282)Two segments. Still sussing out what to include in what, and what is/isn't signed, etc. Going primarily by what's highlighted yellow in the PDFs...
1.) BrasDOrDr Main perimeter loop:
• No signage on NS223Abe or at NS105(6). My current thinking is NS223Abe and the ferry aren't included.
(Highlighted yellow on the PDFs, but unsigned. So NERR!) Goes straight thru on NS105.
• NS NS105 6 4
•
End? END?! Are you shitting me? The wiseacre in me wants to declare that it ends, and immediately begins again. Maybe I'll make this the endpoint in my route file. :P
• unnumbered roads along western shore
• signage at Dundee;
disappears at West Bay. :( Nothing N to NS105• NS NS4
PepSt NS216
•
Right turn from NS216 onto NS4 west.
• NS NS216 NS4 NS223
• NS NS223 NS216 ... (?)
Unnumbered roads along eastern shore of Little Bras d'Or Lake•
(Can't find ANY signage)• PDF, lo-res & imprecise as it is, suggests Scotch Lake Rd
• 12.0 Shapefiles have L_STNAME_C as "Bras d'Or Lakes Scenic Drive Trail" along Long Island Rd
•
(The fact that both the E-W St Columbia Rd in Grass Cove, and Gillis Point & Washabuck Rds are tagged as "Bras d'Or Lakes Drive" hurts the shapefiles' credibility, though... )• Going with the Long Island Rd routing: historic GMSV suggests it to be the earlier improved (paved) route, and it's closer to the water, keeping with the theme of the Scenic Travelways.
• Georges River Rd, Church Rd
• NS NS105 18
HilBouRd (HilBouRd doesn't exist; would be just east of exit 17)
•
Left onto HilBouRd• Hillside Boularderie Rd, Kempt Head Rd
1 2, Steels Crossing Rd
1 2, Kempt Head Rd
•
At NS105(13),
it takes the corner. Boom.• NS NS105 13 11
1A.) Bonus ext:Highlighted yellow on Scenic Travelways map. (Cabot Trail?) Not highlighted on p.282 of the flipbook. There's been ample signage where I've looked in GMSV, e.g. NS205 in Baddeck.
• NS NS105
11 10
• Signage
to and
from NS205 at NS105(10). (
W of NS105(10) imagery from 2009.)
• Signage
to and
from NS205 at NS105(8).
• NS NS105 8 7
•
2009 and
2012 GMSV imagery shows Bras d'Or Dr going both directions
• check signage W of there
2.) BrasDOrDrIon Iona
"Scenic Diversion":
• NS NS223 NS216
LitNarFry• No signage at E end
• Signage at
StColRd, and
heading west• NS NS223
LitNarFry StColRd via Little Narrows Rd, St Columbia Rd, Washabuck Rd, Gillis Point Rd, and St Columbia Rd?
•
Ambiguous signage where route ends and loops back onto itself.
Caveats:1.) Segment west of NS105(7).
2.) NS105 7 11 overlap (CabTrl?)...
3.) Route from NS105(18) to NS223_E.
4.) Lack of signage from Dundee (BlaRivRd) to NS105; END sign approaching NS105(4).
Decisions:1.) Signed (historically, at least) going W from Exit 7. That, and the END sign implies it's still a route in progress, so hey.
2.) Consistently signed. I have no problem including it.
3.) Choosing Long Island Rd routing, because GIS, GMSV/pavement, and water.
4.) Segments are labeled as "Bras d'Or Lakes Scenic Drive" in the shapefiles, FWIW. But it's a hell of a long segment with no signage, and the END sign at NS105(4) does concern me.
STATUS: READYCheck mainline GISplunge results
• IslCoveLn mismatches NS216 by epsilon
• MidCapeRd: gross mismatch from NS4. Road not in 9.0 shapefiles. Splunge from 12.0 instead. SegDump: 108073-190
• +X657788 mismatches NS4 by epsilon
resync TCHMai with NS105
