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Itineraries

'End-to-End' itineraries for you to try.

Bike On Tours has created a self-guided itinerary for Niagara to Quebec along the Waterfront Trail which contains complete accommodation, camping, restaurant, bike repair shop and attractions information and a turn by turn route description, written for either eastbound or westbound travel. Visit www.bikeontours.on.ca for more details.

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Check out our six suggested, easy to follow cycling tours of the Trail:

If we did it…any recreational bicyclist can do it! Kate Harries of the Toronto Star and members of the Waterfront Regeneration Trust completed the Trail in six trips during summer, 2002. Here's our itinerary and the routes:

Read Kate Harries' columns in the Toronto Star:

 

Click here to download your Pedal Passport

 

River Tour - Brockville to Montreal

Check out our itinerary for the fourth annual cycling tour of the Waterfront Trail and its amazing trail connections. This year the staff from the Waterfront Trust along with Kate Harries for the Toronto Star and Anna Biro, one of our end-to-enders, enjoyed a wonderful cycling tour along the scenic St. Lawrence River from Brockville to Montreal. The trip was a pilot run of the potential extension of the Waterfront Trail east of Brockville. The 230km route over four days took us through gorgeous views of the river and canals. Local leaders and community members from the municipalities and towns welcomed us along the way and indicated their strong support for the extension. The Waterfront Trail extension to the Quebec border is 146kms, 50% of which is either off-road path or paved shoulders and includes the St. Lawrence Recreational Path (90kms).

How we did it

2005 - Brockville to Montreal (approximately 230 km)

  • Day Three: Cornwall to Les Cedres, Quebec (approximately 82 km)
    Accomodation: Auberge Willow Place Inn, 208 Main Road Hudson, Hudson, Quebec. Phone: 450-458-7006, www.willowplaceinn.com
  • Day Four: Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue to Montreal (approximately 42 km)
    Accomodation: Institut de tourisme et d'hotellerie du Quebec, 3535 rue Saint-Denis, Montreal. Phone: 1-800-361-5111, www.ithq.qc.ca

Tourist information:

 

Circumnavigate Lake Ontario via the Seaway Trail!

Gone 'end-to-end' on the Lake Ontario Waterfront Trail? Circumnavigate the Lake by travelling the Seaway Trail, like members of the Waterfront Trust. They cycled from Lewiston, NY to Cape Vincent, NY, finishing with a ferry trip to Wolfe Island, Canada. The 400 km, Lake Ontario section of the Seaway Trail is not as populated as the Canadian side. Its easy-to-follow signs and paved, marked shoulders make it perfect for recreational cyclists with the conditioning to handle rolling terrain and steep hills.


Travel the Greater Niagara Circle Route!

Check out our itinerary for the third annual cycling tour of the Waterfront Trail and its amazing trail connections. This year the Waterfront Trust along with Toronto Star reporter Kate Harries and some of our end to enders enjoyed a wonderful ride along the beautiful Greater Niagara Circle Route. Our journey passed through wineries, Niagara Falls and two great lakes while we toured the seven communities that are connected by the Greater Niagara Circle Route. The Route comprises four trail systems, the Waterfront Trail from St. Catharines to Niagara-on-the-Lake, the Niagara River Recreation Trail, the Friendship Trail in Fort Erie and the Welland Canal Recreation Trail.

  • Read the Toronto Star article, "Following new paths". We would like to express our thanks to Kate Harries and the Toronto Star.

How we did it

2004 - The Greater Niagara Circle Route (approximately 160 km)

  • Day One: Charles Ansell Park,St. Catharines to Fort Erie (approximately 90 km).

    The Park is located at the intersection of Lakeshore Rd and Government Rd. We parked our cars here over the weekend.
    Accommodation: Holiday Inn, 1485 Garrison Road (Prov. HWY #3). Phone: 905-871-8333 Toll free: 1-888-269-5550

  • Day Two: Fort Erie to Welland along the Friendship Trail and the Welland Recreation Canal Parkway (approximately 60 km).
    Accommodation: Ramada Inn, 1030 Niagara Street (South of Merritt Rd on Niagara). Phone: 905-735-6666.

  • Day Three: Welland to Port Weller, St. Catharines along the Welland Canal Recreation Parkway. (approximately 20 km). Approximately 7 kms of this route is follows along unpaved, rough terrain, unsuitable only for thin road tires.


Tourist information:

  • Regional Niagara Bicycling Committee www.rnbc.info and www.cycleniagara.com.
  • Regional Niagara Bicycling Map produced by the Regional Municipality of Niagara and the Regional Niagara Bicycling Committee. Call 1-800-263-2988.
  • Welland Canal Corridor brochure produced by the Niagara Economic and Tourism Corporation (1-800- 263-2988 or www.tourismniagara.com)
  • Niagara Economic and Tourism Corporation (1-800-263-2988 or www.tourismniagara.com)

 

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