Voyageur Route

A week-long cycling tour from Ottawa to Québec City.

Voyageur Route is a bicycle tour from Ottawa to Québec City via Montréal. The route follows the courses of the Ottawa, Richelieu and St. Lawrence Rivers.

Voyageur Route is a one week tour where cyclists ride from Ottawa to Québec City via Montréal.

The gentle pace of this ride allows ample time to enjoy local attractions, or take side trips.

  

Tour Itinerary

The tour begins in downtown Ottawa, Canada's capital city. Arrive early so you can explore this city.

Leave from the national capital and follow the Ottawa River towards Montréal. The route leaving Ottawa on the first day takes you past Embassies, the Governor-General's residence and the Prime Minister's residence.

Follow the Ottawa River ride to Hawkesbury. From here head towards Montréal.

Sideroads, paths and country lanes

From Montréal travel to Québec City alongside the Richelieu and St. Lawrence Rivers.

Leaving Montréal head south to the Richelieu River and follow the Richelieu until it joins the St. Lawrence at Sorel. Track the edge of a geologically ancient escarpment through small villages most of the way to Trois-Rivières and then follow the St. Lawrence into Québec City.