Cycling.
The Cataraqui Trail runs east from Newboro through Chaffeys Lock and on toward Smiths Falls along the former CN rail corridor — a flat rail-trail surface managed by the Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority and connected at its eastern and western ends to the broader Cataraqui Trail and Trans Canada Trail networks. Within Rideau Lakes Township, the trail passes the Newboro and Chaffeys Lock lockstation areas and offers family-friendly cycling on a managed surface.
The brief.
The Cataraqui Trail is a multi-use rail-trail open to cycling, walking, and (in winter) snowshoeing and cross-country skiing. The surface is generally hard-packed gravel suitable for hybrid and gravel bikes; standard road bikes work in dry conditions.
Access points within the township are at Newboro, Chaffeys Lock, and points east toward Smiths Falls. The trail is managed by the Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority.
The township also has quiet country roads suitable for cycle touring along the Rideau Heritage Route corridor, but the Cataraqui Trail is the only managed off-road cycling infrastructure surfaced in regional research.
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Cataraqui Trail
Rail-trail through the southern half of Rideau Lakes Township between Newboro and Smiths Falls; passes Chaffeys Lock area; managed by the Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority.
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