Excitement coursed through
me the moment I spotted the bike trail:
a route that follows a thin strip of land in the middle of the St
Lawrence River, delineating part of the St. Lawrence Seaway. The Seaway was an ambitious project completed
in 1959, allowing ships to travel from Thunder Bay to the Atlantic Ocean.
In the past decade, Montreal
has been striving to be one of the world’s leading biking destinations.
Included in its extensive network of bike trails is one that follows the
Estacade, a causeway from Nun’s Island, leading to the aforementioned strip of
land. Eleven kilometres of cycling along
the seaway takes one to the town of Ste Catherine and its lock, bypassing the
Lachine Rapids. I spread out my blanket
in the picnic perfect park with a view of rapids and the distant city skyline.
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