Trans-Labrador Hwy, Alaska-South America
 

Hi, I'm looking for traveling companions on parts of my trip. I'm shipping my motorcycle to Toronto 16th of May from Europe, and then I will first do the Trans-Labrador Hwy (staring from Toronto 20th of May), then is the plan to continue to Alaska and Prudhoe Bay / Deadhorse. I will probably start from Toronto toward Alaska around mid June, and hopefully be in Alaska in the middle of July. The plan is then to go south through Canada and USA for the next 6 week, and crossing over to Mexico in the end of August. Then I will continue south and hopefully be in Ushuaia in January 2020.

You mean Trans-Canada HWY?

Fast trip, but perfectly do-able. You might think about shipping into the Maritimes (maybe St John's?) if planning to ride the Trans-Labrador, since there's little between Toronto and Newfoundland/Labrador that's really worth riding twice.

No, I mean Trans- Labrador Highway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Labrador_Highway

My original plan was to ship the bike to Halifax, but it was much easier to get it shipped by air to Toronto. I'm aware of that the first part (or maybe the entire part) of the trip until I reach Newfoundland or Route 389 depending on were I start will be quite boring. I'm also thinking about doing US/New England on the way back to Toronto if I start with Route 389, or start with US/New England if I'm doing Newfoundland first.

I was fool because you said that you were starting in Toronto and heading west towards Alaska.

I have traveled coast to coast since the 70's. I did end up a few times in Labrador.

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I assume that markharf has the route through Quebec in mind. I'd avoid that part of the TCH like the plague (boring with fast traffic and lots of it and a heavy police presence).

I’d suggest that if you had the time and enjoy picturesque rural scenery then there is plenty to see between Toronto and Newfoundland. Cross over into the US just north of Kingston and travel through upper New York State on secondary routes. The countryside is rural and scenic with farms and forests and fields and mountains. Allow some time to tour thru the Adirondacks and enjoy the majesty of that area.

When you reach the border with Vermont you’re about to enter one of the prettiest States in the union. Keep to the secondary routes in picturesque Vermont and New Hampshire and enjoy the scenery of the Green Mountains of Vermont and the White Mountains of New Hampshire.

When you reach Maine cut a route to Woodstock, New Brunswick from where you’ll be able to travel down the scenic St. John River valley. Use the secondary routes again to enjoy this majestic river known as the “Rhine of North America”, taking the picturesque 165/102 route to Fredericton and on down to Evandale. Cross the river at Evandale and follow the winding 124 though rural countryside out to Norton and then you can hop on the Trans Canada to Nova Scotia if you’re in a hurry by then.

Once you hit Nova Scotia follow the Sunrise Trail, a scenic ride along the Northumberland Strait, towards Cape Breton. Once you cross the causeway you have only to choose one of the scenic routes to the ferry terminal in N. Sydney. Obviously the Cabot Trail is one of the more popular ones but the other side of the Bras’dOr lake is worth seeing too.

Once you reach NL you can do the Translab and then back to T.O. by whatever route is preferred.

RichardXT350

''I assume that markharf has the route through Quebec in mind. I'd avoid that part of the TCH like the plague (boring with fast traffic and lots of it and a heavy police presence)''.

Quebec has beautiful scenic landscape whether one rides the 132 or the 138 that equals any landscape, of vermont, New Hampshire, Maine or any road of New Brunswick.

And by the way TCH is no worse than any US interstate HWY.

Quebec may have nice scenery somewhere else but I specified the TCH (Hwy 20). Since markharf had implied there wasn't much to see I suspected he had that in mind. In Quebec it isn't worth riding once, let alone twice, IMO. It may not be any worse than a US interstate but that's irrelevant to my point. However PBH, can you comment on what sort of scenery one might view traveling from Trois Rivieres to Chambord (Hwy 155) and then to Chapais (Hwy 167) then to Val d’Or (Hwy 113). That might be a better route to take heading west than just staying on the TCH.

I have ridden many times coast to coast including in Labrador.

From Toronto the HWY 7 is a good choice to make it to Ottawa and up to the Québec border. It's fairly windy and up and down. Once in Québec keep going east towards Montreal.

You will see that you will be eventually able to get on TCH #20 east, once on the #20 try to get on the HWY 40 east because they are building a new bridge. If you don't want to stop in Montreal keep roling on the HWY 40 until the HWY 138 to exit montreal. You cant miss it just past the only bridge. HWY 138 will take you all the way to Baie Comeau about 675 km. The 138 follow the entire north shore of the Saint Lawrence River.Once in Baie Comeau take the HWY 389 up to the frontier quebec/newfoundland 1000km. Don't hesitate to contact me, i will happy to help you

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If you want to stop in Montreal going HWY 40 east exit at HWY 19 south/papineau street. From Papineau you can go anywhere without encountering much trafic and it's quiete central.

I deleted several posts which included a variety of slurs directed at other members. Some of those posts also included information which might otherwise have been useful in the context of the OP's questions. I invite any or all to re-post their information, absent attacks on other members.

Thanks.

Mark (as moderator)

To clarify my earlier posts, I meant to offer my opinion that the Trans-Canada--the main route between Toronto and the Newfoundland ferries--is for the most part not particularly interesting, and not worth transiting twice. As others have pointed out, there are alternate routes, including dipping down through New England or taking various smaller highways within Canada. There are also sights worth seeing along the way no matter what route is taken--the Gaspé, Cape Bretton (especially, IMHO, up to Meat Cove and beyond on the Crown Lands), the Bay of Fundy, parts of the Nova Scotia coast, Prince Edward Island, etc. etc. etc.

I'd add that in my direct experience, riding the various roads through the boreal forest and muskeg (including the Trans-Labrador, the northern legs of the Trans-Canada, and various routes through Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta) does get tiresome after a while. With limited time and a lot to see, using major highways to cover a lot of ground is going to be part of your journey. That's ok, but most would agree that you probably don't want to do any of it twice.

Hope that's helpful.

Mark (as non-moderator who does ride a motorbike from time to time)

I'd be interested in doing the point of entry into Mexico all the way to Ushuaia with you. Have done Deadhorse and several trips in Canada. Located near Dallas, shoot me an email at michael76063@gmail.com with your plans from the US into Mexico and beyond.

Mike

Hey. I arrived fr SA late april and now slowly on my way to New F and then hopefully The Labrador. Plans are to meet up with some friends at HU meeting
11-14 july in Naksup, Canada
Planing to go to NF middle of june due to the wehter,

I haven't checked any messages on HU for a long time, but now
I'm finally in Toronto one week delayed because of bike shipping problems. Today I will do a soft start, riding from Toronto to HU Travellers meeting - Rice Lake. The plan is then to continue to Trans-Labrador Hwy on Sunday. It's possible to see where I am on this link https://eur-share.inreach.garmin.com...cMorcycleRider