Newfiegirl

I am going to be driving from Newfoundland to Fort Mac,, I was wondering if anyone had any advice.... and the only big thing that I am not looking forward to is the drive going through the tunnel through Montreal.

LJ

You can avoid the tunnel in central Montreal: we did on a recent trip from TO to NS, same route basically. You simply follow the signs for Toronto via the Trans Canada Highway through Centre Ville Montreal.(somebody here will be more exact about what number that is.

I don't know what control you have on timing, but if you can manage to stop just outside Montreal on a Friday or Saturday night then attack that stressful bit at 6 or 7 am the next day, it is SO worth it.

laverendrye

You are wise to want to avoid the tunnel and Metropolitan Blvd through Montreal. LJ's suggestion is an improvement, but it will take you across the Champlain Bridge and Hwy 15 which can often have quite heavy traffic.

As you will be continuing on the Trans-Canada west, and not towards Toronto, my suggestion would be to cross the St. Lawrence at Quebec City and follow Autoroute 40 along the north shore. Just after Repentigny before you cross to the island of Montreal, take 640 and follow it to 13, joining the Trans-Canada (40) at Dorval. Continue on 40 all the way to the Ontario border where it becomes 417.

Another route, which is a bit more complicated, but which I would most likely take, would be to turn north on the Laurentian Autoroute (15)from 640, turning west on Autoroute 50 and following it until Calumet just north of Hawkesbury Ont. Cross at Hawkesbury and then head through Vankleek Hill to join 417 west. West of Lachute QC, 50 is only 2 lanes, but it is a controlled access highway and there is very little traffic. Parts of it have recently been opened and don't show on older maps (or my GPS unit).

Finally, a route which you might want to look at (I have never used it) is the alternative Quebec Trans-Canada route.

Get on to the 640 as previously mentioned and turn north on 15. At Ste Agathe, it becomes 117 which you follow all the way through Mont Laurier, Val d'Or and Rouyn Noranda to the Ontario border just east of Kirkland Lake. From there follow Ontario Hwy 11 west.

(I hadn't realized that there was another TCH route in Quebec until a couple of months ago when I saw the markers on 117 and checked it out.)

Newfiegirl

Oh boy,,, I am going to write all this down and try to follow it. Maybe there is a point that I can program in the gps that will take me that way. It is going to be quite a challenge getting through all of this. lol... which one of these points can I put in the gps ,,, then after that I can put the fort mcmurray address in the gps????

Erick_L

http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=d&sourc...62&ie=UTF8&z=6

Erick_L

There are ways to import Google Maps or Google Earth bearings to gps but I don't know how.

Here's the entire route:

http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=d&sourc...114.609375&z=4

Newfiegirl

Thank you ever so much,,, I dont know how to import it to the gps either,,,, I had the chip out and put it in the computer,, but nothing comes up for me to do it,,,, But I will have a look at the maps that you sent,, thanks again