Cycling Trip from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario

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Cycling Trip from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario

• Map of the Niagara Cycling Region (PDF)

Wednesday

8:30 a.m. Students and staff meet in room 4 at School to load gear and bikes on the truck.

9:30 a.m. Depart for Fort Erie. Take Hwy #410, Hwy #403 and QEW.

10:30 a.m. Drive to the Walmart in Stoney Creek and pick up Teacher Jess. The Walmart is located at 500 Centennial Pkwy N (at QEW), Stoney Creek, ON L8E 0G2 Map.

11:30 a.m. Lunch in Fort Erie. Park at Wendy's and Tim Horton's at 11-37 Thyret Avenue, Fort Erie, ON L2A 1M3 map

12:45 p.m. Tour of Old Fort Erie, 350 Lakeshore Road, Fort Erie, ON L0S 1J0 (905) 871-0540 map

1:45 p.m. Mount bikes from beach on Lake Erie and ride the Niagara Trail to Riverside Park. See the map

3:30 p.m. Set up our campsite at Riverside Park

4:00 p.m. Guest speaker Zig Misiak speaks to our group about the War of 1812 and the involvement of Aboriginals.

5:30 p.m. Dinner

• Games
• Music
• Campfire

10:30 p.m. Lights out and sleep

Thursday

7:00 a.m. Rise. Pack up gear, Eat Breakfast. Prepare bag lunches. Load Truck.

8:30 a.m. Cycle along the Niagara trail to Niagara Falls.

11:00 a.m. In Niagara Falls visit the Niagara Daredevil Exhibit located at 6170 Fallsview Boulevard Niagara Falls, ON L2G 7T8

12:00 noon Bag Lunch by the waterfall

• Bike past the Butterfly Conservancy

• Cycle to Niagara-on-the-Lake have a short tour of Old Fort George phone (905) 468-6614.

• Cycle to Shalamar Lake Campground Line 8 @ Niagara Parkway, Queenston, Ontario L0S 1L0 phone: 1-888-968-6067

• Set up camp at Shalamar Lake Campground

5:30 p.m. Dinner

• Games
• Music
• Campfire

10:30 p.m. Lights out and sleep

Friday

11:00 a.m. Bus Pickup at Queens Royal Park, Front Steet, Niagara-on-the-Lake Map.

Drive to the Walmart in Stoney Creek and drop off Teacher Jess. The Walmart is located at 500 Centennial Pkwy N (at QEW), Stoney Creek, ON L8E 0G2 Map.

Lunch at Wendy's Tim Hortons, 70 Biscayne Crescent, Brampton ON L6W 4S1 (off First Gulf Blvd and Steeles Ave.) Map.

2:00 p.m. Return to school. Unload gear, hang up tents, wash dishes. Head home.