The C.W.A. Guide Book
Edited by W. E. Tisdale and H. B. Donly1887247 chapters31 images
Contents
- The editors apologize for the second edition's near year-long delay, note that ephemeral material and the membership list were dropped while road-reports were considerably extended to cover most of Ontario and much of Quebec, and highlight the new complete index of cities, towns and villages mentioned in the road-reports.
- Lists the Association's officers: President W. A. Karn (Woodstock), Vice-President J. D. Miller (Montreal), Secretary-Treasurer H. B. Donly (Simcoe), the eight District Chief Consuls (Huron, Niagara, Toronto, Midland, Ottawa, Quebec, Manitoba, Maritime) and their Representatives, plus the Racing Board chairman F. G. Gniedinger and the Membership and Transportation Committees.
- An account by C. W. C. Tabor of the Ottawa Bicycle Club describing a trip along the old military road from Riviere du Loup via St. Henri and Lake Temiscouta (hotel on the lakeshore) to Edmonton (Babin's Hotel), then along the St. John River through Grand Falls, Aroostook and Andover (Perley's Hotel) to Woodstock, N.B. (Gibson House), made in four and a half days in October.
- A directory of local C.W.A. consuls by district, from Huron District No. 1 (e.g. Chatham, London, St. Thomas) through Niagara No. 2, Toronto No. 3, Midland No. 4, Ottawa No. 5, to Quebec District No. 6, naming the consul for each town.
- Lists the Canadian railroads (Canadian Pacific, Grand Trunk, Intercolonial, Michigan Central, etc.) that carry bicycles and tricycles free of charge, some requiring a C.W.A. or L.A.W. membership ticket, and a 'Black List' naming the Northern & North Western of Canada as a railway wheelmen should avoid.
- A bibliographic essay listing English-language cycling periodicals then in print (Canadian Wheelman, L.A.W. Bulletin, Wheelman's Gazette, Bicycling World, Outing and the Wheelman, several British titles) with founding dates and prices, followed by American cycling books and road books then on the market including Lyra Bicyclica, Wheel Songs, the Hand-book of the Ohio Division, and the C.W.A. Guide Book itself.
- The five articles of the Canadian Wheelmen's Association's constitution, adopted June 1883 and revised May 1886: the Association's name and objects (Art. 1-2), membership application procedure (Art. 3), the Board of Officers (President, Vice-President, Secretary-Treasurer, Chief Consuls and Representatives, Art. 4), and the amendment procedure (Art. 5).
- By-Law defining the duties of the President, Vice-President and Secretary-Treasurer, including presiding at meetings, removing Board members for misconduct, and the Secretary-Treasurer's duties of correspondence, records and accounts.
- Establishes the Membership Committee, the Committee on Rules and Regulations, the Racing Board (composed of the Chief Consuls) and the Transportation Committee, and sets out the Racing Board's power to investigate amateur standing and suspend wheelmen from the race-track for unfair dealing.
- Sets the annual business meeting for Dominion Day, with a quorum of twenty-five members and club delegates able to cast up to ten votes each, plus the associated general Parade and Race Meeting, and rules for Board meetings and mail votes on Board business.
- Sets out the annual ballot procedure for electing Chief Consuls and Representatives by district between April 1 and May 20, counted by three Scrutineers appointed by the President, with the President and Vice-President elected at the Annual Meeting.
- Covers membership application blanks, the two-week objection period, the definition of an amateur (never competed for a stake, public or gate money, or under a false name), suspension and expulsion procedure, and membership cards signed by the President and Secretary-Treasurer.
- Describes the procedure for the Board to submit a question to the membership by mail ballot, with the President declaring the result carried or lost by majority, or by the returned ballots if no majority is reached within a month.
- Defines the eight C.W.A. districts by county: No. 1 Huron (Elgin, Middlesex, Perth, Bruce), No. 2 Niagara, No. 3 Toronto, No. 4 Midland, No. 5 Ottawa (remainder of Ontario), No. 6 Quebec (whole province), No. 7 Winnipeg (Manitoba, North-West Territories, British Columbia), and No. 8 the Maritime (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island).
- Specifies the Association uniform (Norfolk jacket with belt, knee-breeches, peaked cap, all of dark gray Halifax tweed) as optional, and the gold double-spoked-wheel badge bearing a maple leaf and beaver with the motto 'A pas de Geant', plus the distinguishing badge colors for each officer rank.
- Sets the Association's financial year to expire June 30, allows the Board to appoint additional Representatives as District membership grows, and covers the procedure for amending the By-Laws.
- Sets out the Racing Board's duties and powers, composed of all the District Chief Consuls: arranging the Annual Championships (one and five mile bicycle, one mile tricycle) held under C.W.A. auspices and assigning Provincial Championships to clubs under conditions the Board deems fit.
- Reprints Article V of the By-Laws defining an amateur as one who has never competed in an open competition, for a stake, public money, gate money, under a false name, or with a professional for a prize or where gate money is charged.
- Lettered rules A through I covering suspension for competing at unsanctioned races, the Board's handling of record claims (requiring a surveyor's certified track measurement), the eighteen-inch measurement standard from the inner curb, the Dominion Championships (medals up to $50), and prohibitions on betting and expense payments to amateurs.
- Twenty-nine numbered rules governing the conduct of a race meeting: the referee, judges, time-keepers, starter, clerk of the course and umpires and their duties; starting procedure, passing and fouls, disqualification, novices' races, races without hands, slow races, lap-scoring and run-and-ride races.
- Recounts the Association's founding by eight wheelmen in Toronto on September 11, 1882, the first Grand Meet in London in July 1883 with 250 bicyclists, the 1884 publication of the first Canadian (and world's first bicycle) road book, and the succession of Annual Meets through Toronto (1884), Woodstock (1885) and Montreal (1886), naming presidents R. H. McBride, H. S. Tibbs, J. S. Brierley and the incumbent officers W. A. Karn, J. D. Miller and H. B. Donly.
- Explains that the guide groups road descriptions under headings of certain central towns, following the plan of the old guide book, so wheelmen making extended tours can trace routes as each central point leads to the next.
- City of 10,000 population with rideable streets (sidewalks prohibited) and an active 20-member club; ex-president J. S. Brierley is found at the Journal office and Local Consul C. H. Hepinstall at 286 Talbot Street; Grand Central Hotel recommended.
- Reported to Leamington by A. D. Bowlby, L.A.W. Consul for Windsor (British American Hotel recommended), via the Leamington gravel road 6 miles SE to Ouellette's Corners and Maidstone Cross, then 5 miles east to Essex Centre (Commercial Hotel) on fine gravel, continuing through Cottam and Olinda toward Ruthven.
- Via the Sandwich gravel road 14 miles SW to Sandwich (Stuart House), then the river road to Chapple's (Chapple's House, gravel and sand with side path), Canard, and 6 miles south to Amherstburg (Brown House); the last mile and a half is mixed gravel, sand and clay.
- Reported by A. D. Bowlby via Sandwich Street to Walkerville, then the Front Road through Tecumseh (Narrow's Hotel) and Pike Creek; good gravel from Windsor, but the final 5 miles to Belle River are sandy and bad.
- From the old guide book via Talbot Road East through Blenheim (Nester House, 40 miles), Clearville and Wallacetown (Henry's Hotel), then 19 miles to St. Thomas passing Middlemarch and Fingal on good gravel with a clay bottom; a steep hill at Clearville can be coasted with care.
- Reported by C. H. Hepinstall via Talbot Road East, 12 miles of good but very hilly gravel through Yarmouth Centre, New Sarum and Orwell to Aylmer (Kennedy Central Hotel), with a branch road on to Port Burwell, 17 miles SE.
- Reported by C. H. Hepinstall, 9 miles south to Lake Erie past Union on a fairly good, slightly stony gravel road, to the summer resort of Port Stanley (Fraser House on the bluff).
- Reported by C. H. Hepinstall and W. M. Begg, 12 miles north to Lambeth past Five Stakes on smooth gravel, then 8 miles into London via Westminster, Locke and Richmond streets; an alternate route via Glanworth is better in extreme dry weather.
- City of 30,000 with block pavements (sidewalk riding forbidden), home to the Forest City Club and the Westminster Bicycle Touring Club; Consul W. Kingsley Evans at the G.T.R. Freight Office; distances measured from the corner of Dundas and Richmond streets; Grigg House charges $1.50.
- Reported by W. M. Begg via the Wharncliffe and Longwood roads through Lambeth, Delaware (Jarvis House), Melbourne (Corneil House), Strathburn and Wardsville on good gravel, then a very bad, sandy stretch to Thamesville, ending on hard clay into Chatham (Garner or Rankin House).
- From the old guide book, west through Watford (Metropolitan House) and Warwick to Sarnia (Belchamber House), a beautiful, mostly level gravel road with a branch south from Watford to Alvinston.
- Branch road from the old guide book via the 18th Side Road and London Road to Ailsa Craig, nearly all gravel with splendid wheeling through McGilvary Township; Clandeboye is 5 miles northeast on the London-Goderich route.
- Branch road from the old guide book via the 18th side road north, partly clay and partly gravel, into Forest (Franklin House), with splendid wheeling on to Stony Point and Kettle Point on Lake Huron.
- Reported by W. M. Begg via Dundas and Ridout streets through London West, Hyde Park, Milrose, Lobo and Poplar Hill to Strathroy (Queen's Hotel, corner Front and Frank streets), a hilly but rideable gravel road.
- A fair 28-mile gravel road northwest through Ryckman's Corners, Adelaide and Arkona.
- 12 miles southeast on good gravel through Mount Bridges (Bodman House) to Delaware (Jarvis House).
- Reported by W. M. Begg via Dundas Street to Dreamy's Corners, then Thamesford (McCarty's Hotel) and a rough downhill gravel stretch into Ingersoll.
- Town of 3,500 with a club; Local Consul C. S. Rumsey is manager of the Federal Bank; National Hotel recommended; roads best shortly after rain.
- Reported by C. S. Rumsey via the Blanchard gravel road to McIntyre's Corners, Fish Creek and Elginfield to the Proof Line into London, about 28 miles, with a long steep hill at Fish Creek not to be coasted.
- An alternate 25½-mile route from the old guide book via Opposition Corners, St. Ives, Thorndale (McLean's Hotel) and Wyton, mostly good gravel with about a mile and a half of mud.
- Reported by C. S. Rumsey, 21 miles via the Blanchard gravel road to McIntyre's Corners, Kirkton, Winchelsea and Elmville, all good gravel with a few high hills west of Kirkton; the improved Woodham road offers an alternative.
- Reported by C. S. Rumsey via Queen Street (2 miles, hilly and gravel), then 16 miles south to Thamesford on the Nissouri gravel road through Medina and Kintore; the final 6 miles into Ingersoll are rough and hilly.
- City of 10,000 with the Windsor Hotel, Local Consul A. C. Mowat, an active 52-member C.W.A. club and Representative R. M. Ballantyne; sidewalk riding forbidden.
- Reported by A. C. Mowat, 43¾ miles via the Huron gravel road through Seebringville, Mitchell (Hicks House), Dublin, Seaforth (Commercial Hotel), Clinton (Grand Central Hotel) and Holmesville, mostly good hard gravel; an alternate lakeshore route via Brucefield and Bayfield is 9 miles longer but has decidedly better roads.
- Reported by A. C. Mowat via Ontario Street east through Shakespeare, Hamburg (Commercial Hotel) and Baden to Berlin, an extra good, gently rolling road.
- Reported by A. C. Mowat and C. S. Rumsey via Seebringville and Avonton, good hard gravel and nearly level except for one hill at Avonton; a shorter alternate road runs via Conray P.O.
- Town of 3,000 with Hicks House, Local Consul J. M. Ford and a 7-member C.W.A. club; good roads in all directions.
- Reported by J. M. Ford, 12 miles east on the Huron road, hard gravel, passing Subach's Hill, the highest point in Western Ontario, which affords a fine coast.
- Reported by J. M. Ford via Fullerton Street to Russeldale, then the Thames road to Francistown and on to Exeter (Commercial Hotel), rated as good a piece of wheeling as can be found in Ontario.
- Reported by J. M. Ford via the Logan gravel road 22 miles northeast through Bornholm, Moncton and Alwood to Listowel (Grand Central Hotel), good only in dry weather.
- Reported by C. S. Rumsey and J. M. Ford, giving three alternate routes via Russeldale/Kirkton/Woodham, via Fullerton Village and McIntyre's Corners, and a newly gravelled 19-mile route via Seebringville and Avonton now in first-class condition.
- Town of 4,200 on Lake Huron, a favorite summer resort with first-class roads and the Albion or British Exchange hotels; no C.W.A. Consul.
- Reported by R. B. Holmes, Geo. B. Cox and J. A. Muirhead via Bayfield (Morgan's Hotel), Varna (Cook's Hotel, once ridden in 25 minutes), Brucefield (Dixon's Hotel), Exeter (Commercial Hotel), Centralia, Clandeboye and Lucan (McLean's Hotel) to London, magnificent gravel throughout with steep hills at Bayfield and Lucan not safe to coast.
- Reported by G. B. Cox from the old guide book via Carlow/Smith's Hill, Nile (Norton's Hotel), Dungannon (Martin's Hotel) and Belfast to Lucknow (Pascoe's Hotel), then east through Wingham (Brunswick House or Royal Hotel), Bluevale and Brussels (American Hotel) to Walton and Seaforth.
- Reported by E. C. Coleman, 10 miles north on the Grey gravel road to Walton (good and smooth) then 6 miles north to Brussels on stony road.
- Reported by E. C. Coleman via the London road to Egmondville, then Brucefield (Dixon's Hotel) and a beautiful stretch to Varna before 6 miles west into Bayfield (Riverside Hotel).
- Reported by R. B. Holmes from the old guide book, 12 miles of hard gravel with very bad hills in the middle six miles, and only one further hill of importance in the final five miles.
- Reported by R. B. Holmes, 6 miles of hard gravel with one big hill 4 miles south of Clinton.
- Reported by R. B. Holmes, 9 miles southwest with fine wheeling, a series of hills, then a splendid level stretch; good riding continues east to Seaforth, 17 miles, without a dismount.
- Reported by R. B. Holmes, 20 miles north on hard gravel through Londesboro (Bell's Hotel), Blythe (Commercial Hotel) and Belgrave (Sandrill's Hotel) to Wingham (Royal Hotel or Brunswick House), with hills to climb at Londesboro and Belgrave.
- Town of 3,000 with a small C.W.A. club, Local Consul F. W. Hay and the Grand Central Hotel.
- Reported by F. W. Hay and A. Knowles, 9¼ miles north on fair to good gravel with bridges requiring caution; Palmerston's Queen's Hotel recommended, Local Consul A. Knowles on William Street.
- 6¼ miles north, sand and dirt for two miles then good gravel to Harriston (Collison House).
- 13 miles southeast on clay and gravel road, good when dry; Local Consul Jas. Powley at Watt's Hotel, Drayton.
- 4¼ miles east, good gravel except for one three-quarter-mile stretch.
- Via Harriston then southeast to Rothsay and Parker to Elora, good gravel improved by a shower with fine coasts between Rothsay and Parker.
- 21 miles directly west on the Townline, a fairly good gravel road to the lively 2,500-population town of Wingham (Brunswick House), though no wheelmen there.
- 12 miles west on the Town Line to the Brussels Gravel Road, then 6 miles south into Brussels on extra fine gravel (American Hotel).
- Via the Mitchell and Listowel Gravel Road, 22 miles south to Mitchell, very fine wheeling.
- Out Main Street west 12 miles, then north to Wroxeter, all good gravel, then 2¾ miles east to Gorrie.
- Describes the Bruce County Wheelmen, a C.W.A.-affiliated club with members in Walkerton, Kincardine and Port Elgin; secretary S. Roether of Port Elgin is the Local Consul.
- Reported by S. Roether, 27 miles south through Underwood, Tiverton (Mansion House) and Kincardine (Royal Hotel), then via Kingsbridge, Kintore and Port Albert to Goderich; indifferent road until the Point Farm Hotel, a celebrated summer resort with excellent bathing.
- Reported by D. Traill from Hartley House, Walkerton, 27¾ miles via the Durham Road, Johnson's Corners, Greenock, Riversdale, Kirloss (good gravel) and Berrie (Henderson's Hotel) to Kincardine, beach gravel for the final stretch, ridable in 3¼ hours.
- Noted as impassable for a bicycle owing to its roughness and great hills.
- Reported by S. Roether, 28 miles via Tara (Coulson House) over hard, rocky road, then Allenford, Elsinore and Chippewa Hill to Invermay, Arkwright and Burgoyne on good gravel roads.
- Reported by S. Roether, 5 miles north on perfectly level hard gravel, ridable in 30 minutes; Busby House, Southampton.
- Reported by S. Roether, 32 miles via Half-Way House, Burgoyne, Paisley (Wilson's Hotel), Dunkeld and Johnston's Corners to Walkerton (Hartley House), averaging 4 hours.
- Supplied by R. McDowell of Chatsworth in August 1884: an excellent 9-mile gravel road from Owen Sound to Chatsworth, continuing through Desboro, Chesley, Paisley, Glammis and Tiverton to Kincardine and back to Goderich.
- Two towns two miles apart in Waterloo County (population 4,500 and 2,500) whose wheelmen unite in the Echo Club; C.W.A. consuls Chas. E. Fice (Waterloo) and Fred W. Doll (Berlin); American House, Berlin, and Heuther's Hotel, Waterloo.
- Reported by Fred W. Doll via Queen Street and the Bridgeport road, crossing at Bridgeport and following telephone poles into Guelph, 18 miles of hilly but passable surface.
- Reported by F. W. Doll via Snider Street and the Petersburg Road through Petersburg (fair hotel, a very large hill) on hard gravel, then 4 miles west to New Hamburg on extra good road.
- Reported by F. W. Doll via King Street to Centreville, then Freeport and Preston (North American Hotel) on hard gravel, then 5 miles northeast to Hespler (Wayper's Hotel) and on 9 miles to Guelph.
- Reported by F. W. Doll via King Street through Waterloo, then 6 miles northeast to St. Jacobs on fair gravel with a long winding hill by the bridge, then 4 miles to Elmira (Hunt's Hotel).
- Reported by F. W. Doll via the Preston/Hespler road then south into Galt, only fair riding, averaging 1¼ hours for the 12¼ miles.
- Reported by Chas. E. Fice, 35 miles via Martin's Corners, Heidelberg (Steice's Hotel), St. Clements and Tubtown to Linwood (Linwood House, Consul J. W. Bundy), continuing through Macton, Dorking and Tralee into Listowel.
- Village of 1,000 with no club, roads reported by Local Consul Joseph Powley.
- Via the 10th Concession of Peel, mostly gravel then muddy roads, to Parker (Ramsay's Hotel) on the Elora road, then clay road into Arthur (Commercial Hotel).
- Via the 10th Concession of Peel to Goldstone and Creekbank (hard clay), then hard gravel to Elmira (Hunt's Hotel), all good wheeling.
- Via Bosworth, the Elora road to Rothsay and Teviotdale, then Harriston (Collison House), Clifford, Mildmay and Johnson's Corners to Dunkeld and Paisley, described as splendid wheeling with some hills.
- Town of 7,000 population with rideable streets and a large club affiliated with the Woodstock Amateur Athletic Association, whose clubhouse on the south side of Dundas Street West is open to visiting wheelmen.
- Take Dundas Street West 4 miles, careful downhill riding near town end, then southwest 5 miles to Beachville (fair gravel and side paths), Centreville 3 miles, and Ingersoll (Atlantic Hotel) 2 miles further, mostly good gravel averaging one hour.
- Reported by F. Morrison, Aylmer, from the old guide book, 23 miles via Culloden and Brownsville to Springfield (Lambert House, clay with some gravel), then good gravel to Aylmer with fine coasts.
- Reported by W. Briden, Ingersoll, from the old guide book, 20 miles on the old stage road through Putnam, Dorchester and Nilestown, fair riding but 2 miles longer than via Thamesford.
- Reported by Robt. H. C. Wood, Tilsonburg (Matheson House), 14¾ miles via the Ingersoll and Port Burwell Gravel road through Ostrander, Mount Elgin and Salford to the Atlantic Hotel, Ingersoll; splendid road to Mount Elgin, slightly stony thereafter.
- Reported by W. H. Miller and S. Woodroofe via Dundas and Wilson streets to a gravel road through Holbrook and Burgessville to Norwich (Brady House), good road through beautiful country, averaging 1 hour 45 minutes.
- Reported by W. H. Miller, 12 miles east over good gravel road.
- Reported by W. H. Miller, 10 miles west to Mount Elgin on good gravel road.
- Reported by W. H. Miller via New Durham and Harley to Brantford through Burford Street and Mount Vernon, all good gravel except the 4 miles from New Durham to Harley.
- Reported by S. Woodroofe and W. J. Knowles via Dundas Street and the Governor's Road to Eastwood, then Cathcart and Burford (all good gravel) to Mount Vernon and on toward Brantford, 7 miles further on fair road.
- Take Vansittart Avenue and the 12th Line to Strathallan (Lappen's Hotel, fair gravel, rolling), then northeast to Tavistock and Shakespeare, then west to Stratford, called one of the finest trips in Canada.
- City of 12,000 with Local Consul W. J. Knowles, the Colborne Street Association Club, and the Kirby House; rideable streets.
- Reported by W. J. Knowles via the Cockshutt gravel road (stony and sandy in places) to Bealton, Boston and Waterford on fair dirt road.
- Reported by W. J. Knowles, 28 miles via Colborne Street to Cainsville, Fairchild's Creek, Jerseyville (clay and sand) and Ancaster (Henderson's Hotel) to Hamilton (Royal Hotel); hard rains make parts almost impassable.
- Reported by W. J. Knowles and W. W. Patterson, 7½ miles of good hard gravel with three large hills, then into Paris on the rather rough Governor's Road.
- Town of 3,200 with an Association Club, Local Consul W. W. Patterson, the Windsor Hotel, and sidewalks free to cyclists.
- Reported by W. W. Patterson, 21 miles via the Governor's Road past the cemetery, sandy and hilly for 3 miles then good hard gravel through Princeton and Goble's to Eastwood and on to Woodstock on fair but hilly gravel.
- Via River Street past Riverview Terrace and Sprague's road to Glenmorris (sandy, side path), then the river road on the east side 6¼ miles to Galt, hilly and rather stony.
- 9 miles via the Governor's Road past the cemetery (sandy last mile) to Bishop's Gate then the Brantford and Woodstock road into Burford, good side path.
- 8 miles via Banfield Street and the Keg Lane Road to a tollgate, then north over smooth, slightly hilly gravel to Ayr; Galt is 7 miles further northeast.
- Town of 3,500 with good sidewalks (used by local wheelmen only when roads are bad), the Battersby House, Secretary-Treasurer H. B. Donly at the Norfolk Reformer office, and Local Consul W. S. Perry on Norfolk Street.
- Reported by W. S. Perry, 8 miles down Norfolk Street to Marr's Hollow (fine gravel), Brown's Hotel, and Dover Toll-gate (poor gravel and sand) into Port Dover (Norfolk House), averaging one hour.
- Reported by W. S. Perry, 8 miles via the same road to Brown's Hotel then the Port Ryerse gravel road to Vittoria on sandy road with good side path; Fisher's Glen, a popular Lake Erie summer resort, is 3 miles further south.
- Reported by W. S. Perry, 8 miles up Norfolk Street to a tollgate on good gravel, then east past Bloomsburg School House (one bad hill to walk) to Waterford (Teeter's Hotel) on ideal gravel with good side path.
- Reported by W. S. Perry, 28 miles via Round Plains (Lang's Hotel, splendid gravel), Scotland (Malcolm's Hotel, sandy loam) and Bishop's Gate to Paris on fine, gently rolling gravel.
- Reported by W. S. Perry and Frank Morrison, 42 miles up Norfolk Street to the Talbot road, then Atherton, Almas' Hotel and the nearly unrideable stretch to Delhi (Stoddard's Hotel), Courtland (Mrs. Connor's Hotel), Staffordville and Richmond into Aylmer on a magnificent road after Delhi.
- Two routes given: via Bishop's Gate on the Simcoe-Paris road then east as described under Paris to Woodstock, or via Tillsonburg as on the Simcoe to Aylmer report then to Woodstock via Ingersoll, the latter 10 miles longer but preferred for better roads.
- Reported by W. S. Perry, 25 miles via the Delhi road to Hawtrey and a frame church, hilly and very sandy, almost unrideable.
- Reported by W. S. Perry, 42 miles via Murphy's Corners, Jarvis (Commercial Hotel, Local Consul A. E. Yeomans), Hagersville (Lawson's Hotel) and Caledonia (Local Consul E. S. Munroe) to Ryckman's Corners and Mountain View Hotel overlooking Hamilton, averaging 5 hours through grand scenery.
- Reported by J. H. Doran, Niagara Falls, via the Port Dover road then the Lake Shore Road through Selkirk, Rainham and Cayuga to Dunnville, 36 miles on clay road, fair hotels at each village; Local Consul H. G. McLean found at McIndoe's Drug Store, Mansion House.
- Reported by H. G. McLean, 25 miles via Attercliffe Station and Port Davidson (clay road) to Smithville and then Grimsby, fine gravel from the foot of the mountain; roads from Dunnville are clay, unrideable after heavy rain.
- City of 10,000 with an active C.W.A. club, Representative H. C. Goodman, Local Consul A. N. Lindsay, and the Grand Central Hotel.
- Reported by A. N. Lindsay via Queenston Street through Merritton to Thorold (City Hotel), uphill alongside the Welland Canal, then into Stamford, 10 miles from St. Catharines.
- Reported by A. N. Lindsay and J. H. Robinson via the Grimsby and Queenston gravel road to Homer and St. Davids (West's Hotel), through a stone tunnel under the G.T.R. and a sandy ravine hill, into Stamford and Niagara Falls (Waverly Hotel); John Robinson, Town Clerk, is the Local Consul.
- Via the river-bank sidewalk and the Upper Suspension Bridge into Niagara Falls, N.Y., then Falls Street, La Salle and Tonawanda (Backus' Hotel) to Black Rock and Delaware Avenue; the L.A.W. hotel is the Genessee House, though the Tift is most frequented by Canadian wheelmen.
- Via the river-road sidewalk through Cedar Islands and Chippewa (Macadamized) then dirt road via Black Creek to Fort Erie, crossing the International Bridge to Black Rock; only good late in summer, taking about 3 hours.
- 4 miles via Geneva Street to the New Canal Bank, very good riding; boats run daily to Toronto and twice weekly to Montreal from Port Dalhousie.
- Reported by A. N. Lindsay via Queenston Street to Homer (good stone road) and Virgil to Niagara on the Lake, 3¾ miles further; Local Consul W. Bailey; the Queen's Royal is a well-known summer hotel, and boats leave twice daily for Toronto and Lewiston, N.Y.
- By the river road, sandy in parts with side-path riding, past Brock's Monument to Niagara Falls, Ont. (Clifton), called some of the best 14 miles of road in the province.
- Via Queenston Street to St. David's then Queenston, skirting the mountain's foot on a long winding hill to the monument, from whose top Toronto is visible on a clear day.
- Via St. Paul Street and Canal Bridge, a stony hill-walk near Decew Falls (two miniature lakes at the waterworks reservoir), 12 miles total on clay road, good in dry weather but impassable after rain.
- Reported by H. A. Willett, Local Consul at Welland (Fraser House), via the Pt. Robinson Road and Lundy's Lane (clay and sand) to Drummondville and the M.C.R. station at the Falls, good in dry weather, impassable when wet.
- Reported by Mr. Willett via North Main Street and the town line, clay and sand then sandy road to Fonthill (Smith's Hotel); a viewpoint 2 miles west of the village affords a view of St. Catharines, Thorold, Lakes Erie and Ontario and, on a clear day, Toronto.
- Due south along the canal bank, 8 miles, all clay except the last mile of hard gravel.
- Reported by Mr. Willett, due east from Stonebridge on fine hard gravel through Ridgeway and Fort Erie, crossing the International Bridge to Buffalo, level as a board.
- Reported by A. N. Lindsay via St. Paul Street and the Hamilton stone road to Jordan (long hills, rough near the P.O.) and Beamsville, past the Grimsby camp ground (4 miles south) to Grimsby village (Consul W. D. Forbes) and on through Stoney Creek to Hamilton on good gravel.
- City of 39,000 on Burlington Bay with fine scenery, rideable streets, the Royal Hotel, a 25-member C.W.A. club and Local Consul G. S. Dunn.
- Notes that the roads between the two cities cannot be ridden by bicyclists, and recommends the daily boats instead.
- Reported by C. E. Tinling from the old guide book, 5 miles west to Dundas (fair, fine side path, telegraph poles to watch for) then 20 miles northwest on the stone main road to Galt (Imperial Hotel), best in dry weather.
- Reported by Mr. Tinling from the old guide book, 9 miles east on stone road via James' Hotel on Barton Street to the Beach; very good wheeling through fine country, though impossible to ride from the Beach on to Burlington town.
- City of 10,000 on the River Speed with sidewalks prohibited, good rideable streets, the Wellington Hotel, a C.W.A. club and Local Consul John Davidson.
- Reported by John Davidson from the old guide book, 9 miles southwest on the Waterloo Road (hard gravel) to Hespeler (Wayper's Hotel, first 6 miles level, balance hilly and almost unrideable), then 5 miles south to Galt (Imperial Hotel) over hard, rolling road.
- Reported by John Davidson from the old guide book, about 40 miles via Woolwich Street and the Elora Road to Marden (Bevin's Hotel) and Junction Hotel, then the Owen Sound Road to Fergus (Spire's Hotel), Arthur (Green's Hotel) and Mount Forest, all fine hard gravel with some coasting.
- Reported by Mr. Davidson via the Brock road to Aberfoyle (poor gravel) and Morriston (good gravel), Puslinch P.O. and Strabane, then Harsland and Bullock's Corners to Dundas (Elgin House) and on to Hamilton.
- Reported by Mr. Davidson and H. A. Carter, via the Eramosa Road 20 miles northeast to Erin village (Williams' Hotel, good hard gravel, splendid coasting), then Hillsburg and on to Orangeville over splendid, slightly stony gravel with big hills.
- From the old guide book via Mono Centre, Shelburne, and the Toronto and Sydenham Road to Flesherton (fair to good, hilly, with a succession of steps at the end giving glorious coasting), reported in stages by the Williams brothers and Chas. Lungley of Toronto; continues onto page 75 through Markdale, Williamsford and Chatsworth to Owen Sound.
- A first-person trip narrative from the old guide book by William J. and Herbert Williams of the Woodstock Club, begun August 13, 1883, describing legs from Woodstock to Waterloo via Tavistock and Shakespeare, Waterloo to Guelph via Breslau, and Guelph to Durham via Fergus, Arthur and Mount Forest, continuing onto page 76 through Williamsford, Chatsworth and Owen Sound.
- Outlines five combined tours for tourists by chaining together previously-described routes: Detroit River to Niagara Falls and Buffalo, Detroit to Goderich, Goderich to Toronto, Detroit to Toronto, and Toronto to Port Elgin, each given as a sequence of cross-references to routes already reported under their central towns.
- The Ontario capital, population 120,000, with fine wide streets, many well paved, and numerous parks and buildings; Chief Consul Charles J. Langley and Representatives Henry Ryrie and Geo. H. Orr are named along with Local Consuls Charles H. Riggs and W. H. Cox and ex-Presidents J. B. Boustead and R. H. McBride; two large clubs, the Torontos and the Wanderers; the Walker House at York and Wellington is the Association Hotel.
- Reported by Charles J. Langley via Dundas Street to West Toronto Junction, Lambton Mills, Islington, Cooksville, Brampton (clay, unrideable after rain), Norval and Georgetown to Bristol Arms, then 8 miles southwest into Guelph on fine gravel with long easy grades.
- Reported by C. J. Langley via Yonge Street, College Avenue and Bathurst Street to Seaton Village, Davenport Road and Carleton to Weston (Eagle's Hotel) on rutty Macadamized road; continues onto page 79 past a bad hill at Black Creek.
- Reported by C. J. Langley, 7 miles northeast on the Don and Danforth Road over the Winchester Street bridge, good stretches of gravel with unrideable sandy patches through Scarboro and Markham townships, not much used by bicyclists.
- Reported by C. J. Langley via King Street and the Kingston Road to Norway and Half-way House, then the Markham road through Malvern (bad hill) and Woburn to Markham (Franklin House, Local Consul Jay J. Ross), then 9 miles good riding via Ringwood to Stouffville.
- Reported by C. J. Langley via Yonge Street to Deer Park and York Mills (rutty, steep hill), Thornton and Richmond Hill (Palmer House) to Aurora (Queen's Hotel); continues onto page 80 through Newmarket (Mrs. Forsyth's Hotel, Local Consul J. G. Watson), Sharon, Queensville, Jersey and Kiswick to Roach's Point, a temperance-hotel summer resort on Lake Simcoe.
- Reported by Charles J. Langley from Kiswick via Sutton (Mansion House), Wilfred and Cannington to Manilla, Sonya, Segrave and Port Perry, then via Manchester to Whitby through Myrtle and Brooklyn, all good gravel and fair wheeling.
- Reported by C. J. Langley via King Street and the Kingston Road through Norway and Highland Creek (fair gravel), Rouge Hill, Dunbarton and Liverpool Market (Mrs. Secker's Hotel) to Pickering; continues onto page 81 into Whitby (Royal Hotel), called the best road leading out of Toronto for bicyclists, averaging 3¼ hours.
- Section heading introducing the road reports for District No. 4, compiled by Mr. W. P. Way, C.C.
- Reported by E. T. Bowie, Consul at Newcastle, via the Kingston Road to Oshawa (Queen's Hotel) and Bowmanville (Rheubottom Hotel), with a fine side run from Bowmanville to Lake Scugog via Hampton, Enniskillen, Burton and Williamsburg to Carsara.
- 5 miles of level, hard gravel road with three beautiful hills to coast; Newcastle's Windsor Hotel and its fine C.W.A. club welcome visiting wheelmen, with local runs to Orono and Harbor.
- 3 miles east, crossing the longest hill known in the Midland District, which can nonetheless be ridden.
- 12 miles, sandy for the first mile with path riding available and numerous good coasts; the hill entering Port Hope on Main Street is rough but rideable; hotels are the St. Lawrence Hall and Queen's Hotel.
- Reported by E. T. Bowie, 27 miles via Bletcher's Corners through Bewdley on Rice Lake, Bailleboro, Centerville and Fraserville to Peterboro, home to a 10-member club and the Oriental Hotel (Local Consul G. A. Scofield).
- Reported by W. G. Bond of Cobourg, 7 miles of fine, level gravel to Cobourg (Arlington and Dunham hotels, Local Consul W. G. Bond), with a side route to Harwood on Rice Lake, the embarkation point for the Idyl Wild summer resort.
- 8 miles east on good gravel road; Mansion and Patterson Houses recommended, the latter giving a discount to wheelmen.
- Reported by Thornton Huyck, Consul at Colborne, via Wicklow and Colborne (Brunswick Hotel), with a fair side route from Colborne to Hastings via Castleton, Morganston, Norham and Warkworth (Daly House); continues onto page 83 into Hastings (Royal, Clarendon and Coughlin hotels).
- 8 miles of good gravel road with fine coasting; sandy spots approaching Brighton (Clarke House) require caution.
- 10½ miles of splendid, hard road rideable in any weather with only one coast into Trenton (Grand Central and Queens hotels, Local Consul C. W. Thomson).
- From the old guide book via Prince Edward Street and Lovitt's Corners (Murray Canal Crossing) to Carrying Place (Fair Hotel) and 5 miles south to Consecon, on Weller's Bay in rich farming country.
- From the old guide book via Yonge Street through Hilton, Newcomb's Mills, Codrington, Mallory's Corners and Myersburgh (gravel and clay, not rideable while wet) to Campbellford (Windsor Hotel).
- Follows the Campbellford road to Mallory's Corners then west to Norham, Warkworth (Good Hotel) and 10 miles north to Hastings on fine but hilly gravel that dries quickly and is little affected by rain.
- Reported by F. B. Hope, Trenton, 8 miles to Wooler on fair, rideable gravel road; the stage driver reports the road equally good beyond.
- Reported by F. B. Hope, Trenton, via the Murray Canal, Crossing Place and Consecon (Porter's and Baird's Hotels, fine view of Weller's Bay and Bald Head) to Wellington, 10 miles of smooth road with fine coasts; Garratt House, Wellington, $1.00 per day.
- Reported by B. W. Reynolds, Local Consul, via Bloomfield on hard level gravel along West Lake to Picton (Royal Hotel); describes side trips to Glenora (Lake on the Mountain, Bay of Quinte Beach, the Little Giant Factory's tiny water wheel), Milford (Empey's Hotel) and, via Cherry Valley and the dangerous Werden's Hill, on to Sand Banks (Lake Shore House) and Salmon Point Lighthouse.
- Reported by R. H. Fenwick, 12 miles ridden without a halt in 50 minutes to one hour by the 1884 Chicago Tour and 1885 Big 4 tour; visiting wheelmen are kindly treated at the Deaf and Dumb Institute by R. Mattheson Jr. or D. S. Canniff, with care needed descending the rough Murney Hill into Belleville.
- City of 12,000 with the large and enthusiastic Ramblers C.W.A. Club, the Dafoe and Anglo-American hotels, home of C.C. W. P. Way and Representatives R. H. Fenwick and W. E. Foster.
- Reported by W. P. Way of the Ramblers via Wallbridge to Frankford House on the River Trent, then an all-downhill 8-mile level gravel run to Trenton, 35 miles total of most elegant wheeling.
- Reported by R. E. Clarke, Local Consul, about 23 miles crossing by ferry to Rossmore with only one significant hill at Covert's Hotel, 8 miles from Belleville.
- Reported by R. E. Clarke, about 19 miles running nearly south, nearly level and very good riding after the first 5 miles; continues onto page 86.
- 17 miles, following the Wellington road for about 12 miles before turning southeast for a remaining 5 miles of excellent riding.
- A run by W. A. Lingham and Geo. Biggar of the Ramblers via Foxboro, Chatterson and Somerset Lake to Sterling (Chard, Sterling and Scott's hotels), then Springbrook and Marmora (McWilliams' Hotel) and on to Madoc, where wheelmen are represented by H. O. Flynn.
- 9 miles east on elegant, level, smooth gravel.
- Reported by Alex. Leslie, Napanee, via Milltown and Lyendenaga to Napanee (Campbell House) then a steep hill leaving Napanee before a splendid road to Odessa (Queen's Hotel); a side note gives Napanee to Bath via the Odessa road.
- Reported by W. Nicol, Consul at Kingston, via Westbrook and Cataraqui to Kingston on the rideable 'Stone' road with all hills safe to coast; British American Hotel, $2.00 per day.
- Described as one of the prettiest 7-mile runs in Canada, a continuation of King Street passing the Penitentiary, Rockwood Lunatic Asylum and Portsmouth.
- Reported by G. A. Mothersill, Ottawa, via Deseronto on the Bay of Quinte (O'Connor House) and a ferry crossing to Picton (Royal Hotel), 25 miles total, with a further 10-mile ride from Picton west to the Sand Banks summer resort on hard sandy roads shaded by maple trees.
- By the same reporter, 15 miles on hard gravel via Newburgh (Hope's Hotel) and Camden East (McCarthy's Hotel) to Centerville (Wheeler's Hotel), especially good from Camden East onward.
- By the same, a pretty, little-travelled run with a bad railway crossing 4 miles east of Collingsby, continuing through Collingsby and Mill Haven to Bath (Wemp's Hotel), very level with only a few hills.
- By the same, a fair, somewhat hilly and little-travelled road about 14 miles north through Cataraqui and Elginburg.
- By the same reporter, a tolerably good westerly 7-mile road along the shore of Lake Ontario, one of the prettiest runs in the area, with hills good for coasting.
- By the same, the Montreal road running northeast, fairly good in dry weather but with a very dangerous hill a mile from the Mills; a favorite picnic ground with good fishing near the Rideau G.T.R. station.
- Section heading for the road reports compiled by G. A. Mothersill, Ottawa, covering the route from Kingston through Brockville and Cornwall to Montreal.
- Described by its only known rider as a nightmare of vile road to Gananoque (21 miles) and worse granite boulders and sand on to Brockville (32 miles further), with no hotel accommodation; the steamboat through the Thousand Islands is recommended instead.
- 28 miles of clay or gravel road through Aultsville (Haines' House), Farran's Point, Dickenson's Landing, Moulinette, Milles' Roches and Maple Grove to Cornwall, where the American House is the C.W.A. hotel.
- 34 miles of clay road, muddy after heavy rain, through Summerstown (Summers House), Lancaster (McRae's) and Curry's to Coteau (Fullam House); total distance from Brockville to Coteau given as 96 miles.
- From the St. Lawrence Hall, Brockville, via good road following the St. Lawrence River to Prescott (Daniel's Hotel), then hard clay through Edwardsburg/Cardinal and Iroquois to Morrisburg (St. Lawrence Hall); an alternative follows the Williamsburg Canal tow path along the Galops Rapid.
- Section heading for the District No. 5 road reports, compiled by F. M. S. Jenkins, Chief Consul.
- The Dominion capital, population about 35,000, with good city riding and an active club of nearly 40 members; Chief Consul F. M. S. Jenkins is found in the Money Order Branch, P.O. Department, and Local Consul Major Walsh in the Dead Letter Branch, Parliament Buildings.
- Via Wellington and Bridge streets past the city Waterworks and the Suspension Bridge to Hull (population about 10,000, principally French), passing Eddy's Match Factory, then through Ironsides Village (extensive iron mines) and up 'The Long Hill' to Chelsea, a road dependable in all weathers at 7 to 9 miles an hour with views of the Laurentian Mountains; continues onto page 92 describing Chelsea's Gilmour's Park and Mills and the road on to the Peche village and North Wakefield.
- Via Ironsides and the Long Hill, crossing the Gatineau River past the residence of Alonzo Wright, M.P., 'King of the Gatineau', then 8 unrideable sandy miles to Gatineau Point Village and 7 rough, stony clay miles to Templeton, from where the tourist can return to Ottawa by steamboat or ferry to the Montreal road.
- A picturesque but slow route via Old Chelsea and a steep, rough push up Hull Mountain, past an ice-cold spring, then a rough stretch and 2¼ miles of smooth Macadam to Mrs. Ritchie's Hotel, Aylmer; recommended for scenery, not for those pressed for time.
- Via the Hull road and Suspension Bridge, past Eddy's Match Factory, Moore's hill and Bison's Hotel to Aylmer (Mrs. Ritchie's Hotel), the Ottawa Bicycle Club's favorite 9-mile run on well-kept macadam beside Lake Deschenes, about one hour each way.
- Via the Richmond Road to Bell's Corners (macadam ends) and Stittsville (clay and sand), then rough clay to Carleton Place (C.P.R. Restaurant), stony road with sandy bits to Innesville and clay to Perth, then a rough macadamized/clay-track road past Pike Falls to Smith's Falls, about 3+2 hours wheeling.
- Via Wellington Street and Hintonburgh Corners, past Birchtown/Skead's Mills and Brittania Village to Bell's Corners (Brown's Hotel), then Fallowfield and Richmond (Rully's Hotel, a favorite 19-mile, 2-hour run), continuing through rough clay to Franktown (Dominion House) and sandy road to Smith's Falls (Butler's Hotel) and on to Brockville, 30 miles of good macadam.
- Branches from No. 3(a) past Franktown to Perth (Hick's Hotel, fair clay road), then 7 miles of sand and gravel to the crowded summer resort of Oliver's Ferry.
- Via Smith's Falls and Beckwith Street to Lombardy (Reilly's Hotel), 7 miles partly stony and sandy, then on to Portland on the Rideau Lakes (Willis House), a summer resort with a daily stage to Newboro; describes an alternate second route past Otter Lake with fine beach and grand scenery.
- No. 3(d). Ottawa to North Gower, Merrickville, Smith's Falls and Oliver's Ferry (opens in a new tab)Via Richmond to the ill-kept North Gower road, then clay (excellent when dry) to Merrickville and 10 good miles to Smith's Falls (Butler's Hotel), continuing through deep sand and hilly road via Lombardy to Oliver's Ferry and a very sandy 7 miles to Perth.
- 13 miles via the Arnprior road turn-off to Christian's Hotel (rough clay, rideable only in dry weather) and Murch Corners, with fair wheeling continuing toward Lake Constance, unexplored beyond that point.
- 6 miles of fair-condition macadamized road via Hintonburg Corners to Merivale (one hotel), continuing onto page 101 through sandy and clay road to Manotick, very hilly and only rideable in dry weather.
- 20 miles of macadamized road via Bank Street, Patterson Creek Bridge, Lansdown Park and Billings Bridge village to Metcalfe (Mrs. York's Hotel), passing O'Neil's Hotel en route.
- Via the Bank Street road past O'Neil's Hotel where roads fork to Metcalfe or Kemptville and Prescott; described as fair riding for 8-10 miles with heavy, often unrideable sand beyond; an alternate County road via Vernon gives 12 miles of good clay and 11 of heavy sand; Burrill's Hotel recommended at Kemptville, with 16 more heavy-sand miles on to Spencerville.
- 9 miles of rough stone road relieved by nice stretches of footpath wheeling.
- Via No. 4(a) to Billing's Bridge then up the river bank past Mooney's Hotel on good macadam, then a mile of unrideable sand and 6 miles of clay to Manotick Village (McCarney's Hotel), with a good swimming place where the Jock meets the Rideau.
- Via Nicholas Street and a good coast down to Hurdman's Bridge, then hilly and rough to Hawthorne Village (Graham's Hotel, macadam ends) and clay road to Eastman's sulphur, saline and gas springs, near a famous deer-hunting ground.
- 16 miles via Rideau Street, Janeville and stone quarries to Labelle's Hotel and Trotting Track, with a branch to Robert's sulphur and saline Springs, then St. Joseph Village (excellent road, numerous rideable hills) to Cumberland (Mrs. Foubert's Hotel), 2 hours from Ottawa, with a favorite evening run down to meet the 5 p.m. river steamer back to the city.
- Introduces a road account wheeled by F. M. S. Jenkins in September 1884, reprinted from the New York Wheel, covering Ottawa to Montreal, Montreal to Sorel and Quebec to Matane; notes that a phenomenal 1885 spring tide had washed sand over much of the Quebec-to-Little Metis beach road, temporarily spoiling its wheeling qualities.
- F. M. S. Jenkins's roughly 450-mile first-person account: Ottawa to Montreal (128 miles) via St. Joseph, Cumberland, Clarence, Wendover, Plantagenet, Caledonia Springs, L'Original/Hawkesbury, Point Fortune, Rigaud, Vaudreuil and St. Annes; Montreal to Sorel via the south-shore ferry through Longueuil, Boucherville, Varennes and Vercheres (sandy and difficult beyond); then by boat to Quebec and on through Cacouna, Trois Pistoles, Bic, Rimouski, Father Point, St. Flavie, Grand Metis and Little Metis to Matane, naming hotels, distances and road surfaces throughout and recommending the Trois-Pistoles-to-Matane stretch as a fine straightaway century.
- Names the district's officers: Chief Consul F. G. Gneedinger, 94 St. Peter St., Montreal, and Representative W. G. Ross, 26 University St., Montreal.
- The metropolis of Canada, population with suburbs 200,000; the Windsor Hotel gives C.W.A. members a 25 per cent discount except during Winter Carnival, and the Montreal Bicycle Club, the oldest and wealthiest in Canada, has an elegant $28,000 club house at Mansfield Street and Burnside Place; Local Consuls are A. T. Lane, Chas. Loggie and H. M. Ramsay.
- Reported by Messrs. Miller, Lane and Ross from the old guide book, via Sherbrooke Street and Cote St. Antoine, continuing onto page 112 through Cote St. Luke, Blue Bonnets, Lachine, Dorval and Point Claire (Windsor Hotel, roads good macadam to here) then poorer clay road via St. Anne's, Vaudreuil and St. Dominique to Coteau Landing (Fulham's Hotel).
- From the old guide book via Sherbrooke and Bleury streets, Wiseman's Hotel and St. Jean Baptiste village to Sault au Recollet, then a ferry crossing and St. Vincent de Paul (Bertrand's Hotel, steep unrideable ascent) to Terrebonne (Boulevard Hotel).
- From the old guide book via St. Catharine and St. Mary streets to Hochelaga, then Longue Point (Dorais' Hotel) and along the river bank through Point aux Trembles to Bout de L'Isle, all macadamized.
- From the old guide book via Sherbrooke Street and the Cote des Neiges road (Lumkin's Hotel, steep unrideable ascent) through St. Laurent to Bord a Plouffe; continues onto page 113 across a covered bridge to St. Martin's (Bourassa Hotel), with branches to the unrideable sand roads toward St. Eustache and St. Rose.
- Reported by A. T. Lane via a Laprairie ferry then a soft earth road to St. John's, a pretty ride along the Richelieu River to Chambly, and the long, rough 15-mile stretch from Chambly to Longueuil where a ferry returns to Montreal.
- Reported by Messrs. Joyce and Bishop of the Montreal Bicycle Club and continued by others through the Eastern Townships: Montreal to Chambly via Longueuil (15 m., military road), Marieville, Rougemont, St. Cesaire (fine slaty macadam), Abbotsford (Yamaska Mountain scenery), Granby (Savage's Hotel) and Waterloo; continues through Melbourne, Richmond, and Sherbrooke to East Hatley and Massawippi, with a closing note on road surfaces and the district's characteristic 'water bar' hill drains.
- Headquarters of the newly organized Eastern Townships' Bicycle Club, a C.W.A.-affiliated organization with members across the district; Captain and Local Consul R. N. Robins of Sherbrooke.
- From Granby (Windsor Hotel) via Shefford Mountain Post Office to Waterloo (Brook's House), then Frost Village and South Stukely to Orford Mountain (4,200 feet, fine but rocky scenery) and on to Magog (Park House); continues onto page 116 to Sherbrooke (Magog House), reported by E. Farwell and R. N. Robins.
- Reported by T. S. Somers and R. N. Robins via Market Hill and Wellington Street to Lennoxville, then sandy stretches and the steep, sand-covered Libby's Hill to Compton and Coaticook (Queen's Hotel, Mrs. Trihey, proprietor).
- Reported by R. N. Robins via Richby to Hillhurst, Senator Cochrane's celebrated stock farm, then Compton Centre and Waterville (crossing the Grand Trunk Railway) and the Massawippi Valley to Lennoxville and Sherbrooke, 23¾ miles.
- Reported by E. Farwell and R. N. Robins from the Magog House via Spring Brewery and Brompton Church to Windsor Mills, then the best stretch of the route into Richmond via the steep Cutter's Hill; closes with notes that Eastern Townships roads recover quickly after rain except in prolonged wet spells, and describes the region's distinctive 'water bar' hill drains.
- From the old guide book: the provincial capital, population 62,000, picturesquely sited at the junction of the St. Lawrence and St. Charles rivers with Upper and Lower Towns; no road information was available for the roughly 180-mile route to Montreal; Consul W. N. Campbell of 109 St. Peter St.
- Reported by W. N. Campbell via the St. Foy road, 9 miles of macadam good in all weathers.
- 16 miles east on Queen's Highway past Montmorenci Falls (Burean's Hotel, a dangerous hill with a sharp turn and bridge) to Chateau Richer, all fine macadam excellent in any weather, averaging 1¾ hours.
- Via the Charlesbourg Road to Charlesbourg and St. Pierre (Central Hotel) on good macadam with two notable hills, then sand and loam, not extra good, on to Stoneham.
- Names the district's officers: Chief Consul Charles Coster, care of McAvily & Co., St. John, N.B., and Representative J. M. Barnes, 103 Mecklenberg St., St. John, N.B.
- City of 27,000 with an active Bicycle Club and C.W.A. members eager to assist visiting wheelmen; wide but not very smooth streets, good roads leading out of the city, and the Dufferin Hotel recommended.
- Via the Carleton ferry and Fairville to Maple Hill and Spruce Lake, a good view of the Bay of Fundy along the way, with good boating and fine trout fishing at the lake.
- Via the Yorkshire Tavern turn past South Bay and Grand Bay to Westfield, a New Brunswick Railway station on the St. John River at the foot of Long Reach with good trout fishing and game.
- Via King's Square, Union and Brussel streets and the Marsh Bridge to a splendid coast at Silver Falls and on to Loch Lomond, magnificent scenery and a good hotel with splendid boating.
- Following the Loch Lomond road via the level, hard-surfaced Marsh Road, with some hills best walked; rideable for 10 miles with fine scenery and a few good coasts.
- Reported by J. M. Barnes via Brookville and the pretty riverside village of Rothesay (excellent boating and bathing) to Hampton, the Shiretown of Kings County, and on to Sussex; telegraph poles follow the road the whole way so there is no danger of losing the route.
- Karl Kron's first-person account, from the old guide book, of an August 1883 tour beginning at Yarmouth, through Weymouth (a steep unrideable hill), Digby, Annapolis, Bridgetown, Kentville, Wolfville and Grand Pre to Windsor and on through fog and rain to Halifax, 218 miles in five days; continues with his speculation on possible routes northeast of Halifax to Pictou, Truro and Amherst, and a supplementary account by E. Norman Dimock and a Mr. Bird of a Windsor-to-Yarmouth ride finding the Mahone Bay stretch almost unrideable and rocky.
- Karl Kron's account of touring the Island, finding the reddish sandy-clay roads better than they look from a train, usually rideable in dry weather though impassable sloughs when wet, and recommending any wheelman visiting bring a bicycle despite the monotony of the perfectly straight roads.
- The Chief Consul's account of Manitoba roads starting from Winnipeg, describing the favorite 24-mile evening run to Headingly and back (level as a barn floor), the 23-mile run to Selkirk along the river, and the 18-mile run to Stonewall, calling Manitoba almost a paradise for wheelmen for six or seven months of the year.
- A two-column alphabetical index of every city, town and village named in the preceding road reports, with the printed page number(s) on which each appears.
- An alphabetical directory of recommended hotels by town across the routes described in the guide, from Amherstburg (Brown's) to Waterloo, P.Q. (Brooks'); hotels marked with an asterisk have signed the C.W.A. contract and give members a 25 per cent discount.
- Describes the Association uniform of Norfolk jacket, close-fitting knee-breeches and peaked cap in dark gray Halifax tweed, supplied at cost price by contract with the mill; gives ordering instructions and 1887 prices for cloth, caps (from Chas. Robinson & Co., Toronto, or A. T. Lane, Montreal) and stockings (75 cents per pound of yarn or per pair).
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