WELCOME CYCLISTS NETWORK
WELCOME CYCLISTS NETWORK
By means of excellent pave roads, this bicycle ( bike, cycle ) route ( trail ) is located just an hour or so from Kingston and Ottawa, 45 minutes from Perth.
AT SHARBOT LAKE AREA
Here, you're cycling in another world. Bike (mountain and road) routes/trails are near the Mississippi River where it breaks over the shearline of the Canadian Shield. As a part of your bike trip, try kayaking with Adventure Agent.
A general store and Petro-Canada gas station is located at the intersection of Highway 7 and Road 38.
There are three routing options here.
A remote section of Rails-to-Trails type of cycle route extends from the east side of the General Store (Petro-Can gas bar) at Sharbot Lake. This section is very remote for some distance. It is over-grown, and virtually non-existant, so expect some hard going, and in insect seasons, to be besieged. Nonetheless, it is there.
A far more "normal" form of "Rails-to-Trails" exists on the railbed of the former Kingston to Pembroke rail line. The K&P was also known as the Kick and Push Railway. It got that nickname because passengers had to get off the train at certain places and actually help push the train uphill. The rail serviced remote hamlets like Robertsville, Mississippi Station, Snow Road Station, Clarendon Station (home of the annual Blue Skies Music Festival).
This trail runs from "downtown" Sharbot Lake and passes under Highway 7, just west of the PetroCan General Store. It runs parallel to Road 509, the main northerly access to the wilderness of eastern Ontario, right up past Snow Road Station.
The route here is more normal, being of gravel. The route is moderately hilly, and tree-surrounded. You will pass over wooden bridges over creeks. You can cycle right up to Snow Road Station. You will be some distance inland from Road 509 and you are fully independant for self-support. Upon occasion you may pass by some lived-in structures.
For a paved road route, Road 509 is an excellent alternative cycle route, with standard-width shoulders.
At the Snow Road Station area, road shoulders on the Elphin-Maberly (two hamlets on this roadway) Road at places are about a foot wide.
Also see:
SNOW ROAD STATION TRAIL
SHABOMEKA TRAILS
BLOG - SNOW ROAD STATION
Do that trail!
Get Adventure Agent to help move vehicles and bikes, or as a local support. You've got a friend.
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Welcome Cyclists Network - Use of this bike trail route is UNDER YOUR OWN RISK. Neither Adventure Agent nor any of its staff, associates, or otherwise linked entities shall be responsible for any risks, whatsoever. The Participant assumes responsibility and the risk for self and persons joining him/her on these bicycle, bike and MOUNTAIN BIKE ( MTB ) routes and trails.
BRIGHT YELLOW CLOTHING IS RECOMMENDED, AS CYCLISTS ARE NOT FREQUENTLY ON-ROAD.
CELL PHONE COVERAGE IS MINIMAL TO NON-EXISTANT IN THE REMOTE SECTIONS OF THIS ROUTE.
ROUTES HERE ARE USED BY CARS, TRUCKS, ALL TERRAIN VEHICLES FOR COMMUTING FROM WILDERNESS TO GET SUPPLIES.
YOU MAY ENCOUNTER NONE, AS TRAFFIC IS VIRTUALLY NON-EXISTANT.
EMERGENCY SERVICES ARE LARGELY VOLUNTEERS FROM THE EXTREMELY FRIENDLY RURAL SURROUNDS.
AMBULANCE SERVICE WILL CHANGE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT AT PRESENT IT TAKES 45 MINUTES FOR AMBULANCES TO ARRIVE.
TRAINED VOLUNTEERS ARRIVE IN MINUTES. THEY ARE THE HEARTBEAT OF THE WILDERNESS.
A MEDICAL HELICOPTER LANDING PAD IS LOCATED AT SHARBOT LAKE MEDICAL CENTRE. ANOTHER IS LOCATED NEAR PLEVNA, IN THE WESTERLY PORTION OF 509.
CAMPING AND OTHER INFORMATION: HERE
When you see a GREEN FLASHING LIGHT in a vehicle, it is a volunteer, rushing to an EMERGENCY such as a fire, a residential, road or waterway accident.
They are our first responders.
They are our neighbours.
They stand ready to help whoever needs help.
They are heroes every day.
Please pull over and allow them to pass.
They are a rural lifeline, saving lives and properties.
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