Kingston to Ottawa Cycling

Cycling to Newboro

This trip was a solo cycling trip from Kingston to Ottawa, roughly parallelling the Rideau Canal. This trip was done over 6 days at the end of August and early September in 2005. Each day was roughly 70km along the direct route, although I tended to take less direct, but more interesting back roads. For accomodation, I stayed in bed and breakfasts - it is much easier to cycle to know there is a warm bed and hot shower waiting for you at the end of the day.

I started the trip by taking the train with my bike to Kingston. The following day I cycled north to Westport. From there, I meandered north and east to Merrickville crossing the Rideau River several times. I did a day trip to Smith Falls from Merrickville and spent a second night in Merrickville. On the last cycling day, I travelled north along the Rideau River to Ottawa. The next morning, I packed up my bike in a box and took the bus back to Toronto.

Lock Winch, Merrickville

The more detailed description of the trip is on the following two pages.

• Kingston to Merrickville - Kingston, the Cataraqui Trail, Westport, the Narrows, Kilmarnock Island, Merrickville (15 photos).
• Merrickville to Ottawa - Merrickville, Smiths Falls, Kars, Manotick, Ottawa (17 photos).

I took over 450 photos on the trip and have uploaded about 80 to this website. There are various ways to navigate the photos.

First, by city, which misses all the rural photos:

• Kingston
• Westport
• Merrickville
• Ottawa

Secondly, by theme, which misses random photos:

• Sunsets
• Intersection Signs
• Canals
• Cycling and the Road

Finally, all the photos in a giant chronological gallery:

• All Photos