The BiQue Ride

Toronto to Montreal

The BiQue Ride (BiQue is pronounced - Bike, an annual bike tour from Toronto to Montreal first held in 1995.

Six days of cycling

Leaving from the eastern edge of Toronto and riding to Old City Hall in Montreal. Traveling via Prince Edward County through Loyalist country with a rest day in Kingston. Here riders can relax and explore this historic town or take the ferry to Wolfe Island for more riding.

Flat to Gently Rolling Terrain

The route mostly follows the shores of Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. The terrain is flat to gently rolling with one significant climb in Prince Edward County.

  

Tour Itinerary

Downtown Toronto

The BiQue Ride starts on the edge of Toronto. Riders are close to the shores of Lake Ontario from the start of the trip and ride on sections of Ontario's Waterfront Trail, which winds its way through historic towns and farm land rolling past spectacular waterfront vistas. Along the way we enjoy the local hospitality of small town Ontario, rich in history and friendly local charm.

Cyclists travel along side roads and country lanes that avoid traffic congestion. Riders experience the rich local histories, gain insight into key environmental issues of the area and participate in Canada's bicultural way of life.

Ride through towns that began as waypoints on the waterways when the continent was first settled by Europeans and later became Loyalist strongholds after the War of Independence in the U.S. and the War of 1812.

Following the waterfront

Most of this first day is spent within greater Toronto. This is a water-front trip and with paths that go along the lake.

After leaving the greater Toronto area cyclists are on country roads and some paved paths. There are great views of Lake Ontario. Crossing into Prince Edward County, once an island but now connected by a land bridge. This is quiet rural country, which means great cycling roads. A ferry takes cyclists back to the mainland to follow the Loyalist Parkway into Kingston. This is one of the oldest settled areas of this part of Canada

Enjoy a day off in historic Kingston

A rest day in Kingston, former capital of Upper Canada. Downtown Kingston is a compact community that is loaded with history and is easy to tour by foot or by bike.Choose to visit the many museums or historical sites, take a cycling side trip to pastoral Wolfe Island or spend leisurely time in the local cafes.

Discovering the Thousand Islands

Leaving Kingston, ride along the banks of the St. Lawrence River past the Thousand Islands and the Long Sault Parkway, which follows the first section of the Seaway that created a shipping route to the centre of the continent by flooding the river. There is a national park at Mallorytown that has a very good interpretative centre. Much of the architecture is pre-Victorian and there are some wonderful examples of those early designs. In Brockville, there is a classic collection of old mansions along the river.

On to Montreal

On our way to Montreal. The closer to Montreal much of the day is either along rivers or old canal paths. Downtown Montreal is hopping all through the summer. Riding to Place Jacques Cartier, a plaza at City Hall where buskers play to the crowds. Two popular destinations for evening entertainment are the Old Port area and the Latin Quarter.

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