Why this ride
A natural corridor of river bends, cliffs and historic settlements. It also links naturally to Saint-Maurice River.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Mauricie Route 155
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 263 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 07
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Access context
Check provincial road reports, wildfire closures, ferries and fuel range. Specific flag: seasonal; wildlife.
Seasonal context
May-Oct
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Shawinigan
Shawinigan was once called the City of Energy, and the title still fits. In the late nineteenth century the falls on the Saint-Maurice River provided power for factories, and by the early twentieth century this was one of the biggest industrial centres in Quebec, producing aluminium, pulp, paper and chemicals. Electricity made the town, and the long lines running out to Montreal showed how much power was available. The old plants are still scattered along the river, and the Cité de l'énergie lets you look at the industry from an observation tower.
Read the complete Shawinigan write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Shawinigan sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is La Tuque.
2. La Tuque
La Tuque is a big town in a bigger forest. It sits on the upper Saint-Maurice River, in a municipality that, by area, ranks among the largest in Canada, a sprawl of lakes, spruce forest and hills that stretches far beyond what you can see from the main street. The name means woolly cap, after a rock formation near the river that early voyageurs thought resembled the hat, and the town grew around the railway, the pulp and paper mill and the timber trade.
Read the complete La Tuque write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
La Tuque comes up 110 km in. Next is Chambord.
3. Chambord
Lac Saint-Jean appears at Chambord after a long ride north, and it is a startling sight: a broad inland sea of fresh water, so wide the far shore is just a low line on the horizon. Route 155 ends here after its long run up the Saint-Maurice valley from La Tuque, through hundreds of kilometres of forest with few towns, and it joins the road that circles the lake. Chambord, a village of about seventeen hundred people, sits on the south shore, where farms and blueberry fields open up after the endless woods.
Read the complete Chambord write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
263 km in you reach Chambord.