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Our first bicycle tour in Quebec – photo reportage

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This is our firs bicycle tour in Quebec province! We present here photo reportage, more details you can read in the article “Bike tour with kids“.
Our plan included:
1.  Montréal-Ouest -> Dorion train station (by local train)
2. Dorion -> Montreal West KOA campground by bicycles along “Soulanges Canal ” [1].
And back same way.
Well, lets start….

Montréal-Ouest train station
We are on Montreal train station. The Vaudreuil-Hudson train is coming and we have to upload our bicycles and other things in it.
Bike rack train Vaudreuil-Hudson train
And this is Alice’s bicycle on the other side of the car. Note, in left upper corner of the photo there is small picture – an instruction how to fix bike on the “rack”.
Bicycles on bike racks AMT
We are on the way inside the local Montreal train. For us official term “racks for bicycles” was some kind of mysterious… But you can see it now – it just a place for bicycle! 😉
Kids in a commuter Montreal's trains
Time for relax before main cycle travel. We’re going to Dorion train station.
Child in Montréal local train AMT
The train is “semi-empty” and my kids jump from one place to another.
Québec landscape from a train
Beautiful landscapes of Quebec you can see from the train’s window.
Dorion train station, Quebec. Our bicycle tour starts here.
We have arrived on Dorion train station. Our bicycle tour in Quebec starts here
Fish in Le canal de soulanges
Here starts Soulanges Canal (Le canal de soulanges). Water in the canal is very clear even we can see bottom.
anchors museum quebec
On the way we were surprised place like anchors’ museum. We decided to stop here and see everything.
Can you move this anchor?
Can you move this anchor?
This anchor is really usual in this museum
This anchor is really usual in this museum
These strange anchors (they were found in 1988) used with beacons.
These strange anchors (they were found in 1988) used with beacons.
beacon with light (weight is 2275 kg).
And this is beacon with light (weight is 2275 kg).
bicycle tour Quebec
Lets continue our cycling trip. After Pointe Des-Cascades our path goes on Veloroute 5 along Le canal de soulanges. Thanks to such excellent bike paths bicycle tour in Quebec just enjoying!
Detour for bicyclists
In one place there was construction area (a high way?) and special detour for bicyclist was built.
It seems this bog from a fairy tale.
It seems this bog from a fairy tale.
Princess frog - Can you find it?
Princess frog – Can you find it?
Old hydroelectric power station
Old hydroelectric power station. Thank to this power station the channel could work at night.
Montreal West KOA campground
And now we are in the Montreal West KOA campground. Before dark, we should have time to prepare out tent for sleeping and prepare something for eat.
Alice prepares our tent for sleeping
Alice prepares our tent for sleeping
Alex is cooking our dinner.
Alex is cooking our dinner.
Campfire
Campfire was one of our important inclusion in “our trip’s program”
positive
It is occasionally nice night shot. But we decided to left it here because a something positive in this shot.
Morning in a campground
Morning. Alex cooks breakfast.
animals in campground
Alice tries to feed the animals, but they don’t show any reaction because they are full-fed. They were fed about half an hour ago by personal of the ground camp.
The goat with satisfied eyes
The goat looks at Alice with satisfied eyes
How edentary lifestyle can change a rabbit
Sedentary lifestyle + high caloric diet could change not only humans… Ducks are in form but I can’t say this about rabbit
Before start to ride we need get an energy.
The way home. We would not believe that it is bicycle tour in Quebec if someone showed this picture! It is looks like clear Kuban region in Russia…
Old gates of Soulanges Canal
Yesterday we hadn’t time to explore the old gates of the Le canal de soulanges
Le canal de soulanges - old gates
It is silence here today but long time ago here went ships.
Old gates on Le canal de soulanges
Old gates on Le canal de soulanges
It’s a good time for biking in the morning because is not hot
Dorion train station. We are loading bicycles. The local train is comfortable and officially bicycles are welcomed (at least on an advertisement). But frankly speaking, the transport of bicycles on the Montreal local train is very uncomfortable.
We need a rest after loading our bicycles to the train it was really hard work.
bike racks in Canadian train
You can see other type of a car. There is place for bicycles only on one side. It is impossible to find out it from outside. We had 3 bicycles but only 2 are allowed at the place in same time transferring bicycles between cars are not allowed.
And now we’ve arrived to Montreal
And now we’ve arrived to Montreal. Photograph: Alice

Of course my children never forget this adventure! It was their first real bicycle trip and they spent overnight in a tent 🙂

Useful information for bicyclists: La Route Verte au Quebec

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