I have been way to quiet on my latest epic adventure of biking eastward from Montreal to St. Johns Newfoundland. I am departing July 28th (in a few days) to Montreal where my bike should hopefully be waiting me. I shipped it by bus last week.
The past 2 years I have biked to Vancouver from Calgary, and each year I did a ride in Jun with the Ride to Conquer Cancer as both a fund raiser, but also to test my capabilities. This year I didn't, which should prove interesting once I get to Montreal. Part of that was I hate asking people for money, and the other is that I have not been as mentally focused as the past 2 years.
But back to this year, the ride is about 2,700 km in length, it will cover Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland in that order. Below is the itinerary for the trip and below that is the list of places I will be visiting and for each province is a link to the bike route I will be following (or I hope to be following).
I am estimating to be riding 100km a day on average, but based on the past 2 years that's usually closer to 120 km. Alas I've not factored in that I have not been biking anywhere as much as I did to prepare for those rides, AND I am planning on taking my camera with me (which weighs almost as much as my trailer loaded) as it is an epic ride and I've never been east of Montreal before.
Enjoy my journey with me and lets see what interesting encounters befall me this year.
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Total Trip Distance: 2700 -> 3200 (@120km/day = 23 ->
27 days biking)
Itinerary
July 28th
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Arrive in Montreal, get bike
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July 29th
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July 30th
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July 31st
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Aug 1st
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Depart Montreal: 141km to Trois-Rivieres
Aug 2nd
: Trois Riveriers
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Arrive Trois-Rivieres
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Depart Trois-Rivieries: 148 km to Quebec City
Aug 3rd
: Quebec City
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Arrive Quebec City
Aug 4th
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Aug 5th
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Depart Quebec City: 380 km to Grand Falls, NB
Aug 6th
– 7th
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Aug 8th
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Arrive in Grand Falls
Aug 9th
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Depart Grand Falls 99km to Hartland
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Arrive in Hartland (covered Bridge) 120 km
from Fredericton
Aug 10th
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Depart Hartland, 76 km to Mactaquack
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Arrive in Mactaquack Provincial Park
Aug 11th
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Depart Mactaquack Provincial Park: 27 km to
Fredericton
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Arrive in Fredericton, NB
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Visit Farmers Market in Fredericton
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Depart Fredericton 113 km to Saint John
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Arrive in Saint John, NB
Aug 12th
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Depart Saint John 50 km to Saint Martins
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Arrive in Saint Martins
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Depart Saint Martins 76 km to Alma
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Arrive in Alma
Aug 13th
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Depart Alma 16 km to Cape Enrage
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Arrive in Cape Enrage
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Depart Cape Enrage 32 km to Hopewell Rocks
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Arrive Hopewell Rocks “The Rocks Provincial
Park”
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Watch Time come in… NEED TIDE CHART FOR THIS DAY
Aug 14th
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Depart Hopewell Rocks 41km to Moncton
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Arrive in Moncton
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See: Magnetic hill
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Depart Moncton 31 km to Shediac
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Arrive Shediac
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See: Giant
Lobster
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Enjoy Beach
Aug 15th
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Depart Shediac 90 km to Bridge (Borden-Carleton)
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Arrive in
Borden-Carleton
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Depart Borden-Carleton
: 21 km to Victoria
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See Play
Aug 16th
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Depart Victoria, PE
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Arrive in Green Gables 39 km
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Visit Green Gables
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Depart Green Gables 12 km to New Glasgow
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Arrive in PEI:
New Glasgow
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Eat Lobster
Aug 17th
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Depart New Glasgow
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Arrive in Charlottetown 40km
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Visit Historic Downtown and the place of
confederation
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Take Ferry to Pictou
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Arrive in Pictou
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Depart Pictou: 148 km to Halifax
Aug 18th
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Arrive in Halifax
Aug 19th
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Do a Tour of Peggy’s Cove
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Depart Halifax: 418 km to Cape Breton
Aug 20th
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Travel
Aug 21th
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Travel
Aug 22th
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Travel
Aug 23th
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Arrive in Cape Breton
Aug 24th
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Depart Cape Breton: 71 km to Cheticamp (start of Cabot Trail)
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Arrive in Cheticamp
Aug 25th
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Depart Cheticamp: 210 km to North Sydney via
Cabot Trail
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Aug 26th
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Arrive in North Sydney
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Take Ferry to Argentia, NL
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Arrive Argentia, NL
Aug 27th
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Depart Argentia, NL to Cape St. Mary : 68km
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Depart Cape St. Mary: 139 km to Cupids
Aug 28th
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Arrive in Cupids
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Depart Cupids: 3km to Brigus
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Arrive Brigus
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Depart Brigus: 73 km to St. Johns
Aug 29th
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Arrive St. Johns
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Visit Cape Spear
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Become a “Newfie”
Aug 30th
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Take day trip to Bonavista : 310 km
Aug 31th
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Sept 1st
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Sept 2nd
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Travel HOME!!!!! From St. John NL
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Aprox $400 for
flight + tax. 3.5 hrs
Sept 3rd
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…. Monday
before working.
Quebec
Montreal to Grand Falls: 690 km
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Montreal
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Airport shuttle which leaves directly from the
bus terminal. Visit this website for more information: http://www.autobus.qc.ca/anglais/horaire
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Greyhound
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Staying at HI-Montréal
1030 Mackay Street
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Trois-Rivieres: 141 km
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Quebec City: 148 km
o
Stay in old Quebec city
o
Crepes places Informal is the one to visit,
not the Formal one. (Old Quebec City)
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New Brunswick
Grand Falls to Confederation Bridge (Borden-Carleton
PEI side): 640 km
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Grand
Falls : 398 km
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Nice Falls, biggest East of Niagara Falls
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Hartland : 99 km
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The longest covered bridge
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Mactaquack
Provincial Park : 76 km
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Fredericton : 27 km
o
on a Saturday morning for farmers market. Have
Samosa’s there.
o
Kings Landing (historical village)
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Art Gallery – really impressive for small
city.
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Saint John: 115 km
o
Reversing Falls
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Saint
Martin’s : 50 km
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High and Low Tides
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Some caves accessible at low tide.
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Alma : 76 km
o
High and Low Tides
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Cape
Enrage : 16 km
o
Light house
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Hopewell
Rocks : 32 km
o
HopeWell
Rocks –(provincial park) be there just before low tide.
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Moncton : 41
km (152 km direct from Saint John)
o
Magnetic Hill (in town)
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Shediac (Near
Moncton - east): 30 km
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Near to PEI… Parlay Beach – much nicer then
beaches in PEI. White sand, warm water
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Giant lobster!
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Borden-Carleton
- Confederation Bridge: 90 km
PEI
Borden-Carleton
(Bridge) to Charlottetown : 109 km
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Visit beaches on NB side. (locals go)
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Victoria : 21 km
o
Play House, 20km from bridge
o
Must visit, small quaint town
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Green Gables: 39 km
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New Glasgow : 11 km
o
Lee Weiss
knows Erin & Mike Forrest
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Charlottetown: 38 km
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Ferry to Pictou, NS
Nova Scotia
Pictou, NS to North Sydney, NS (take ferry to Channel-Port aux Basques,
NL): 911 km
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Pictou
o
Visit on way back from PEI, really cool hotel
train cars converted. Really pricey
o
Take Ferry from PEI
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Halifax: 165 km
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Peggy's Cove: 50km
o
Beautiful Light house
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Cape Breton: 418 km
o
Fortress Louisburg
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Leave by Ferry to NL
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Cabot trail (ride it): 71 km
o
If you do the Cabot trail you’ll have to bike
through Cheticamp, they have whale watching tours if you have the time
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North Sydney: 210 (via Cabot Trail)
o
take Ferry to Newfoundland à Port aux Basques or à St. Johns
Newfoundland
From Argentia to St. Johns: 282 km
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Ferry from North Sydney to here is 14 hours
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Argentia
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Cape St Mary's: 68 km
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birdwatching again
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Cupids : 139 km
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the largest British flag at the very first
permanent British settlement
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Brigus : 3 km
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a kind of hole fishermen used to catch their
fish
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East Coast Trail (http://eastcoasttrail.ca/) along
the East coast starting a little to the North of Saint John's
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St. Johns: 73 km
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Where to apply: http://www.georgestreetlive.ca/25-bars/ at bars Christian's Bar, Trapper John's Museum N' Pub.
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Cape Spear : 150 m
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the most East point
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Bonavista
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Take a Tour!!!! à birdwatching
- puffins
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