Biking in Quebec

The broad St. Lawrence River at dusk from the Route Verte bicycle network outside Montmagny, Quebec. Route Verte offers more than 3,000 miles of bicycle-friendly roads and off-roads trails in Quebec and the ride along the St. Lawrence is one of the best sections for natural beauty.

Quebec City is the starting point for many cyclists traveling east along the St. Lawrence River through quiet villages overlooking sweeping river vistas.

A shuttle service loaded bikes for the drive to Mont-Laurier at the northern end of the P’tit Train du Nord rail trail, where cyclists will begin a ride of two or three days back to Saint-Jerome. The rail trail is one of the highlights of the 3,000-mile Route Verte bicycle network.

Windswept homes on Ile-aux-Grues in the St. Lawrence River. The island offers quiet roads and stunning river vistas for cyclists and lovers of solitude.

Paddlers move through placid waters from the P’tit Train du Nord rail trail outside Montreal, Quebec. The rail trail cuts through stands of hardwood and softwood forests, along lakes and rushing rivers, with inns and cafes along the way.

A wooden outhouse along the P’tit Train du Nord rail trail.

A woodpecker perched along the trail.

The trail offers a dedicated lane for walkers and two lanes for cyclists.

Fields line quiet roads along Route Verte 1 outside Kamouraska, Quebec. Route Verte takes cyclists through a string of quiet villages for hundreds of miles along the St. Lawrence River.

A breakfast plate at Le Plumard B&B in Levis, Quebec.

A visitor admired a mural, covering the side of a building in Quebec City.

One of the towering plant sculptures that cover the grounds of the Montreal Botanical Gardens in Montreal.

A bride had her picture taken at Chateau Frontenac in Quebec City as curious girls watched.

A cyclist paused on an off-road trail in Levis.

Montmorency Falls outside Quebec City.

A carved wooden relief sculpture is displayed in a museum in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, in Quebec.