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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)''.

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.
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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.
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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

Check out adrider forum a must.

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.
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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.

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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.

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