Access & Points of Interest

Below is a list of some of the key locations and points of interest on the trail.

Trail access points:

  • Beebe : Principale and Woodside St.
  • Ch. Stanstead (parking lot)
  • Ch. Rivière
  • Ch. Laflamme (parking lot)
  • Ch. Curtis
  • Ch. Boynton (under autoroute 55)
  • Ayer’s Cliff : Main St. (parking lot*)

 Parking available at:

  • Km 1 (just before Km 1, ch. Boynton, parking lot)
  • Km 6 (ch. Boynton, under #55 overpass, on shoulder of the road)
  • Km 9.4 (ch. Curtis, designated parking on the shoulder of the road)
  • Km 12 (ch. La Flamme, parking lot)
  • Km 16 (off Ch. Stanstead, parking lot)

*Parking is also available in the town of Ayer’s Cliff at the start of the trail. Please use the parking lot behind the library and not those of the surrounding merchants.

Points of interest along the trail:

  • Km 0 spruce grove
  • Km 1.1 picnic table
  • Km 5 bridge
  • Km 8 bridge
  • Km 9.5 bench
  • Km 10.9 – km 11.1  enchanted forest path
  • Km 11.1 SteenHemel memorial rest stop & picnic table
  • Km 11.5 Doré marsh
  • Km 12 toilet (not available in 2021)
  • Km 12.1 picnic table
  • Km 12.3 bridge
  • Km 12.9 bridge
  • Km 13.4 Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers memorial site
  • Km 14 tunnel
  • Km 15.5 dam
  • Km 16.2 teepee & picnic table
  • Km 16.8 rest area – Medicine wheel and the Four Directions
  • Km 19.5 wooden trestle bridge
 There are also many historic stone culverts and cow passages along the trail.
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