Lac Aylmer - St. Joseph-de-Beauce  57.6 or 67.3 miles Tuesday, August 6, 2002 - Day 3   Many scenes such as this during our biking day.  Canada has some beautiful farms and countryside. Above three photos were taken at the Thetford Mines.  Asbestos was mined here - no longer used in Canada or the United States, but was still shipped to some of the Third World Countries.  Very minimal mining still going on.  The small items seen are some of the vehicles left there - bulldozers and trucks.   The entire town of Thetford Mines is on top of mine shafts!   Day 1, Sunday, August 4, 2002 Kingfield to Notre Dame des Bois Day 2, Monday,  August 5, 2002 Notre Dame des Bois to Lac Aylmer Day 3, Tuesday, August 6, 2002 Lac Aylmer to St. Joseph-de-Beauce Day 4, Wednesday, August 7, 2002 St. Joseph-de-Beauce to Levis Day 5, Thursday, August 8, 2002 Quebec City Day 6, Friday, August 9, 2002 Quebec City Day 7, Saturday, August 10, 2002 Quebec City to Kingfield (via motor coach) Optional rides around Quebec City area

 

Distance	Description
1.3	Turn left onto Route 161
4.4	Turn left onto Stratford Road towards Disraeli.
12.1	Continue straight past entrance to town, bike path on left of road.
12.7	Turn left.
13	Turn right to follow route, follow bike path to visit town for restaurant and stores.
24.4	Turn left onto 267 Nord to Thetford Mines.
26.7	Small convenience store and restaurant on left.
27.7	Turn left onto Aeroport Street to visit open pit mine at Black Lake.  This side trip will add only 11 miles to the day and is certainly worth it. The observation tower is suspended 1000 feet above the open mine.  Those not wanting to visit the mine continue straight.
32.7	Turn left onto Route 112 - Boulevard Frontenac
33.2	Observation deck on right.
33.7	Turn left onto Notre Dame retracing your route.
39	Turn right onto St. Alphonse.
40	Turn left onto Mount Granite Nord -all riders will join here.
If you did not visit the mine, then subtract 11 miles from the following directions.
51.3	Broughton Station - continue straight
53.2	Cross route 271 - go straight
55.1	Turn left onto Ave Notre Dame.
55.2	Turn right onto Principale in East Broughton.
55.3	Turn left onto Ave de College.  Turn right onto Rue Beaudoin, IGA on right.
55.4	Turn right onto Ave St. Joseph.
55.5	Turn left onto Sud rang 6
58.1	Stop sign, turn right onto Route 112.  Caution - very busy road. Across the road are huge piles of mine tailings from a local copper mine.
60	Turn right onto Rang 2 Sud.
61.2	Turn left onto Gedeon Lessard.
62.1	Stop sign - continue straight
65.9	Turn right onto 276 Est.
67.3	Campground on right about half way down the hill.