This map shows the approximate routes of the rally participants, in black. The red line represents the James Bay Road, while green dots represent where particpants met up or were picked up.
Most participants were from the NY, MA or NH, but there were exceptions. NinerCat flew from CA (not shown) into Burlington, VT to be picked up by NHRef. A duo from MO (including Squid) started their odyssey on Wednesday so they could rendezvous on time with others. Blake drove the furthest, starting from Columbus GA on the AL border, with a route through Ottawa rather than Montreal, picking up MinorRoadsKill, the most 'local' participant.
Besides several passenger pickups in the NYC area, a Friday-morning rendezvous was scheduled for 10am at Rouses Point (near Champlain), NY, just south of the NY-QC border. Except for the MINI from GA passing through Ottawa, everyone else headed north via Montreal and passed through Rouses Point, although this did not lead to the formation of a single caravan. Vastly different start times and a few mixups resulted in two independent caravans and several stragglers. Many would have dinner at Val d'Or, the northern-most city of the trip and and where the route leaves the Trans-Canada Highway. From about 10pm until 5am, the MINIs gradually filed into Matagami, some 250km north of Val d'Or, and the start of the James Bay Road. Only at breakfast Saturday morning breakfast would the entire group of 24 finally be assembled.
The return trip was a simple matter of backtracking for most, but again there were a few exceptions. The MO MINI turned east at Val d'Or, returning to the USA via Toronto and Niagara Falls. Gruswitz of Rochester returned via Ottawa as did Ducttape, making use I-87 and the Quickway.