Défi de L'Île de Montréal128 km on inline skates |
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We gather for the 6 a.m. start behind Verdun Auditorium. You will head out to
the right along the bike-path, and finish from the left.
Maps: Section 1 (576 KB) ~
PDF version (815 KB).
| km | Landmarks | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 0.00 | Verdun Auditorium, bike-path in rear | Heading right, we go upriver |
| 00.9 | Fork, go right. | We avoid the bridge. |
| 02.5 | Natatorium | |
| 03.0 | Municipal greenhouses | Fork left: |
| Just before the municipal greenhouses the trail crosses an entry with a guardhouse on the left. Just beyond, the trail continues left around a pond. | ||
| 03.9 | Entering Ville Lasalle | |
| 05.9 | Lachine Rapids | Hear 'em, can't see 'em! |
| 06.7 | (lovely bike-path by the water) | |
| 08.7 | Canal, at 75th Ave | |
| 09.7 | Store, at 90th Ave | |
| 10.4 | rue Lafleur, Mercier Bridge | |
| 11.0 | C.P. Rail Bridge | |
| 12.0 | End of Lasalle Blvd | |
| We continue along the new bike-path, which takes us to the bridge to cross the Lachine Canal, after which we immediately turn left. | ||
| 12.3 | Lachine Canal, bridge | Turn left onto bike-path |
| 12.4 | 6th Ave & St-Joseph, entering Lachine | Turn left |
| 12.8 | College Ste-Anne | |
| 13.9 | 25th Ave | We're alongside Lac St-Louis |
| 14.6 | PARKING, 32nd Ave | Dairy Queen! |
| 14.8 | Fort Rolland Park | |
| 16.9 | Bike-path ends | |
| 17.8 | Entering Dorval | Few cars, but be careful |
| 20.3 | Pine Beach Blvd | |
| 21.9 | Sources Blvd | |
| 25.4 | PARKING, in the park | |
| 25.5 | St-Jean Blvd, entering Pointe-Claire | Stoplight here... |
| End Of Section 1. You must pass the checkpoint by 8 a.m. | ||