Ontario's Bike Paths and Rail Trails

✍ Scribed by John Lynes

• Publisher: Hunter Publishing (NJ)
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 180
• Series: Ulysses Green Escapes: Ontario's Bike Paths & Rail Trails
• Edition: 3rd
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Ontario's Bike Paths and Rail Trails takes you along safe, well indicated trails, enabling you to better enjoy your travels on two wheels. A comprehensive directory of Ontario's bicycle paths and rail trails, it’s an ideal companion for family day trips. This unique guidebook to cycling in Ontario provides more than 110 detailed cycling maps covering all of the province’s regions, including the Greater Toronto Area, the Niagara Peninsula, the Lakelands, the Ottawa region and the long-distance Waterfront Trail, which runs along Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. The different types of paths are clearly shown, and tables indicating distances covered are provided to help you plan your outings. This excellent guide to Ontario's bike paths is rounded out with sound advice for preparing your excursions, maintaining your bike and cycling with children, as well as information on Ontario’s cycling rules and regulations. Perfect for all cyclists, this book will guide you through each of your excursions, whether you’re setting off on your first bike trip or planning your next trek as a seasoned pro.

✦ Table of Contents

Ontario’s Bike Paths and Rail Trails......Page 3
Table of Contents......Page 5
Bicycle Parts......Page 6
Legend......Page 7
Where is Ontario?......Page 8
Ontario’s Bike Paths and Rail Trails......Page 9
How to Use this Guide......Page 10
General Information......Page 11
What You’ll Need......Page 14
Preparation......Page 21
Increasing Your Efficiency......Page 25
Cycling with Children......Page 26
Further Information......Page 27
Southwestern Ontario......Page 33
The Niagara Peninsula and Surroundings......Page 65
The Lakelands......Page 87
Central Ontario......Page 117
Eastern Ontario......Page 129
Ottawa and Surroundings......Page 139
Northern Ontario......Page 155
The Waterfront Trail......Page 167
Index......Page 175
Write to Us......Page 178