On: Canada's 'Great Trail' Is Finally Connected

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A few years ago I road the section from Magog to Montréal, QC which is part of Quebec's "Route Verte". This stretch was completed separate from highways and only occasionally crossed roads. What I noticed most was that it was nowhere near the fastest way to travel because it often went in a round about route instead of following a straight line. The section near Mont Orford was likely the slowest bike path I've been on, followed by a section near Waterloo, Quebec which was a converted rail line which was likely the fastest. The lack of straight lines may be part of the reason why there's 21,000km of trail when you can bike from St. John's to Victoria in just 7,000km.