As a genius, nature has carved the Rivière-du-Loup area as a tiered amphitheater. Therefore, your thighs will maybe want some excuses for asking them to climb these streets that never end up. But your eyes will thank you for the awesome spectacle of an everchanging river, whatever the level from which you attend.
To be at the forefront of this water theater, without punishing your calves, try a ride to parc de la Pointe. On the side of the St. Lawrence river, this will refresh you. From there, you can even embark on a cruise to meet the discrete character of this great play, beluga whales, close to their nursery.
From Rivière-du-Loup, several other routes are available to your two wheels. If you like to vibrate on gravel and head out into the wild scenery, the linear park Petit-Témis takes you 134 km south, to New Brunswick, through the magnificent Témiscouata Lake and its national park. If you prefer the asphalt, highway 132 will reveal the proud charming villages such as Kamouraska, west, and the beauty of the estuary in Cacouna and L'Isle-Verte, eastward.
When you will get off the saddle, you can either go regenerate in the welcoming city center, where you will find an animated public market on summer Saturdays, or visit one of the city parks, which invite to contemplation as well as performance. It is up to you to chosse!
If you still have a bit of energy, you can take part in one of the joyous events that gather Louperivois and tourists around blues or rock music, visual and performing arts, heritage, old cars and beer, among others. All that, in this relaxed atmosphere that is the trademark of the Bas-Saint-Laurent personality!
Before pedalling, click :
Rivière-du-Loup Tourism
Tour de la Pointe (in french only)
Race event (1, 3, 5 and 10 km), on May
Lafontaine public market (in french only)
Every Saturdays, from June to October
Musée du Bas-Saint-Laurent (in french only)
Specialized in modern art and ethnology
Beer Fest (in french only)
Meet Québec's microbrewers, September 2021
Bike path
Linear park Petit-Témis
To be at the forefront of this water theater, without punishing your calves, try a ride to parc de la Pointe. On the side of the St. Lawrence river, this will refresh you. From there, you can even embark on a cruise to meet the discrete character of this great play, beluga whales, close to their nursery.
From Rivière-du-Loup, several other routes are available to your two wheels. If you like to vibrate on gravel and head out into the wild scenery, the linear park Petit-Témis takes you 134 km south, to New Brunswick, through the magnificent Témiscouata Lake and its national park. If you prefer the asphalt, highway 132 will reveal the proud charming villages such as Kamouraska, west, and the beauty of the estuary in Cacouna and L'Isle-Verte, eastward.
When you will get off the saddle, you can either go regenerate in the welcoming city center, where you will find an animated public market on summer Saturdays, or visit one of the city parks, which invite to contemplation as well as performance. It is up to you to chosse!
If you still have a bit of energy, you can take part in one of the joyous events that gather Louperivois and tourists around blues or rock music, visual and performing arts, heritage, old cars and beer, among others. All that, in this relaxed atmosphere that is the trademark of the Bas-Saint-Laurent personality!
Before pedalling, click :
Rivière-du-Loup Tourism
Tour de la Pointe (in french only)
Race event (1, 3, 5 and 10 km), on May
Lafontaine public market (in french only)
Every Saturdays, from June to October
Musée du Bas-Saint-Laurent (in french only)
Specialized in modern art and ethnology
Beer Fest (in french only)
Meet Québec's microbrewers, September 2021
Bike path
Linear park Petit-Témis
Saint-Jean-Port-Joli invites you to live a creative experience to discover or rediscover its cultural vitality. During your tour, you will have the opportunity to enjoy enchanting landscapes. Saint-Jean-Port-Joli also enjoys an exceptional panorama of the St. Lawrence River.
Located in the heart of the village, the Trois-Bérets park is a real open air museum where one can admire the talent of wood carvers from here and elsewhere. You will also have the opportunity to discover museums, art galleries and artists' studios which reflects the cultural vitality of the village. Gastronomy lovers are not left out: they will have no trouble finding a nice restaurant that will offer them culinary discoveries.
The tourist office of Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, in the heart of town, is a must for your bike day. This is the perfect place to gather information that will make your stay even more enjoyable!
Attractions list
Living memory Museum (in french only)
Former canadians Museum
Motorcycle History Museum (in french only)
La roche à Veillon summer theater (in french only)
Events (in french only)
La biennale de sculpture (Sculpture Biennial) July 22 to 25, 2021.
La fête des chants de Marins (Mariners songs celebration) August 1021
Les violons d’automnes (The violins of Falls) September 2021.
Cycling routes
Located in the heart of the village, the Trois-Bérets park is a real open air museum where one can admire the talent of wood carvers from here and elsewhere. You will also have the opportunity to discover museums, art galleries and artists' studios which reflects the cultural vitality of the village. Gastronomy lovers are not left out: they will have no trouble finding a nice restaurant that will offer them culinary discoveries.
The tourist office of Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, in the heart of town, is a must for your bike day. This is the perfect place to gather information that will make your stay even more enjoyable!
Attractions list
Living memory Museum (in french only)
Former canadians Museum
Motorcycle History Museum (in french only)
La roche à Veillon summer theater (in french only)
Events (in french only)
La biennale de sculpture (Sculpture Biennial) July 22 to 25, 2021.
La fête des chants de Marins (Mariners songs celebration) August 1021
Les violons d’automnes (The violins of Falls) September 2021.
Cycling routes
This municipality, at the confluence of the Sainte-Anne and St. Lawrence River, is best known touristically for winter fishing. World Capital of tomcod, it welcome each year, winter like summer, thousands of visitors.
Superb summer destination, it offers passers several tourist and cultural attractions such as the church and its crypt, as well as the legendary Domaine seigneurial Sainte-Anne where you can stop for a visit or a picnic .
Tasting enthusiasts of local Quebec products, you will be seduced by the richness of local flavors. During a visit of the region's farms and kiosks, you will have the chance to taste alcohol, berries, cheese and hot fresh bread, among others.
Rich of its green spaces, take time to pause to admire the rural landscape at the rest stop or at the Bridge park facing the Sainte-Anne River. Both will offer you a beautiful haven.
Superb summer destination, it offers passers several tourist and cultural attractions such as the church and its crypt, as well as the legendary Domaine seigneurial Sainte-Anne where you can stop for a visit or a picnic .
Tasting enthusiasts of local Quebec products, you will be seduced by the richness of local flavors. During a visit of the region's farms and kiosks, you will have the chance to taste alcohol, berries, cheese and hot fresh bread, among others.
Rich of its green spaces, take time to pause to admire the rural landscape at the rest stop or at the Bridge park facing the Sainte-Anne River. Both will offer you a beautiful haven.
Just 30 km from the west of the island of Montreal, the City of Salaberry-de-Valleyfield is in the heart of an exceptional cycling network, 90% paved, on flat terrain and sprinkled with riverside halts. Indeed, the city was built around the St. Francis Bay, located at the junction of the St. Lawrence River, the St. Charles River and the old Beauharnois Canal. Its historic downtown, vibrant and lively, offers a host of events throughout the summer, unique shops and more than a dozen restaurants terraces. Moreover, the Hotel Plaza Valleyfield, a Welcome Cyclist member, offers storage space for bicycles.
Rural - urban duality, this is what characterizes our region! The Suroît cycle network, totaling nearly 140 km, is rich of its diverses paths and has multiple links between each of them (Parc régional de Beauharnois-Salaberry, Soulanges bike path, Peasant's trail, Haut-Saint-Laurent multifunctional trail).
Also to discover during your stay in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield :
Rural - urban duality, this is what characterizes our region! The Suroît cycle network, totaling nearly 140 km, is rich of its diverses paths and has multiple links between each of them (Parc régional de Beauharnois-Salaberry, Soulanges bike path, Peasant's trail, Haut-Saint-Laurent multifunctional trail).
Also to discover during your stay in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield :
- MUSO – Société des Deux-Rives Museum
- Delpha-Sauvé Park's outdoor aquatic complex (heated pool with swimming lanes, slides, water games)
- Outdoor shows on a floating stage at the old canal's terrace
- Indoor show - Fabien Cloutier in a one-man-show formula
- Sailing tours and "croisières endimanchées"
- Îles-de-Saint-Timothée regional park's beach
- Urban animations and many summer events
A magnificent region on the edge of Lake Saint-Pierre, listed as a UNESCO heritage site, the Sorel-Tracy region has several infrastructures ideal for cyclists, as well as an area of incredible natural spaces. It is a region recognized by cyclists for its flat routes where rural landscapes and the pleasures of water rub shoulders.
SERVICE AND AMENITIES
RECOGNIZED ACCOMMODATIONS FOR CYCLISTS
1 Partnership The St. Lawrence by bike
2 partnership The St. Lawrence by bike and Bienvenue cycliste
3 Bienvenue cycliste
THE ESSENTIALS
TOURIST ATTRACTIONS ALONG THE BANKS OF THE ST. LAWRENCE
SERVICE AND AMENITIES
- Cycle route: between 40 to 110 km
- Long term parking
- Maison des gouverneurs | 92, chemin des Patriotes, Sorel-Tracy
- Regard sur le fleuve Park| 5, rue Saint-Pierre, Sorel-Tracy
- Public toilets:
- Regard sur le fleuve Park | 5, rue Saint-Pierre, Sorel-Tracy
- Maisouna Park | 10525, route Marie-Victorin, Sorel-Tracy
- Pointe-aux-Pins Park| rue du Fleuve, Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel
- Parks and picnic tables:
- Regard sur le fleuve Park | 5, rue Saint-Pierre, Sorel-Tracy
- Maison du Marais | 3742, chemin du Chenal-du-Moine, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel
- Maison des gouverneurs | 92, chemin des Patriotes, Sorel-Tracy
- Maisouna Park | 10525, route Marie-Victorin, Sorel-Tracy
- Pointe-aux-Pins Park | rue du Fleuve, Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel
- Self-service bike repair station
- Maison des gouverneurs | 92, chemin des Patriotes, Sorel-Tracy
- Maisouna Park | 10525, route Marie-Victorin, Sorel-Tracy
- Restaurants and coffee shop
- Marc Beauchemin Restaurant| 124 île d’Embarras, Saint-Anne-de-Sorel
- Steakhouse de l’Hôtel de la Rive | 165 chemin Sainte-Anne, Sorel-Tracy
- Le Belvédère | 155 chemin Sainte-Anne, Sorel-Tracy
- Cantine Ti-Ken | 1717, chemin du Chenal-du-Moine, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel
- Cabaret Les Années Folles | 143, rue du Traversier, Sorel-Tracy
- Other restaiurants in downrown Sorel-Tracy
- Grocery
- Provigo | 50, rue Victoria, Sorel-Tracy
- Métro Plus | 7000, avenue de la Plaza, Sorel-Tracy
RECOGNIZED ACCOMMODATIONS FOR CYCLISTS
- Gîte 12 George2
- Camping Chenal-du-Moine2
- Hôtel de la rive3
1 Partnership The St. Lawrence by bike
2 partnership The St. Lawrence by bike and Bienvenue cycliste
3 Bienvenue cycliste
THE ESSENTIALS
- Archipelago of Lake Saint-Pierre and its 103 Islands
- The UNESCO biosphere reserve of Lake Saint-Pierre
- Downtown
- The majestic St. Lawrence River
- Rural charm
TOURIST ATTRACTIONS ALONG THE BANKS OF THE ST. LAWRENCE
- Biophare (museum institution dedicated to the Biosphere Reserve of Lake-Saint-
Pierre) - Grèves Regional Park (hiking, picnic tables, reception area)
- Statera – L’Archipel fabuleux (cruise, dome with projection, interactive course)
- La Marina de Saurel (nautical show) 2 rue Saint-Pierre, Sorel-Tracy
- Crèmerie Boréal (ice cream, picnic tables) 2786 chemin Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel
Home of the well-know Madeleine, Verchères is a charming village more than 300 years old. Many historical figures are natives to the place, like Calixa Lavallée, composer of Canada's national anthem, as well as the famous patriot Ludger Duvernay. Crossed by the Route Verte, the village is a good stopover for cyclists. Here, you will find a B&B and touristic attractions worth mentioning: chalouperie, communal mill, Madeleine de Verchères' statue, and St-François-Xavier Church (erected in 1787). Park furniture created by Ateliers Guyon impresses. Discover those "sail benches" erected in honor of the pioneer families of Vercheres.
If you love the countryside, go on a bike ride on des Terres-Noires and du Petit-Coteau roads. They offer nice scenery of the region's agricultural heritage.
Fans of fresh produce will not want to miss the farmer's market.
It takes place on Sundays from 10 A.M. to 2 P.M., from mid-June to mid-September.
Location: Town Hall's parking, 581 Marie-Victorin.
If you love the countryside, go on a bike ride on des Terres-Noires and du Petit-Coteau roads. They offer nice scenery of the region's agricultural heritage.
Fans of fresh produce will not want to miss the farmer's market.
It takes place on Sundays from 10 A.M. to 2 P.M., from mid-June to mid-September.
Location: Town Hall's parking, 581 Marie-Victorin.
