RG> Here in Montreal there are plenty of bike paths. The 
 RG> longest network of path in Canada at 400km or perhaps  400 miles. 
 RG> How are the path in your neck of the woods and how do 
 RG> you find them? Any tid bit to add to this?
Here on the Wet Coast (Victoria, BC) there are a few - specifically, the 
Galloping Goose, which is a reclaimed trail that used to be a train track 
almost 80-90 years ago.
In the city area itself, the Goose is used primarily by commuters, and for 
people that want to walk or roller-blade. Its paved for most of the sections. 
My commute to work is 9.6 Km, and after I hit the Goose, it is rather much in 
a straightish line, including a wooden trestle bridge over a salt-water inlet 
from the harbor. I can get home from work faster on my bike than in a 
hicle.
Other sections of the Goose head out of town, and cease being paved after 
around maybe four or five km.  Then, once the last of big-time city area is 
left behind, the trail becomes a nice, long, gravel track about a 
vehicle-width across - it can easily handle two side-by-each cyclists.
The trail runs 40 Km past some lovely country and scenery, including a lake 
(Matheson Lake) and then along the ocean shore of East Sooke and finally into 
Sooke itself. From there, it ducks up into the hills, over some more wooden 
trestles, and up into the hills of Sooke, towards Shawnigan Lake some 45+ km 
away. The latter is a *tough* ride, I've heard, because of all the hilly 
sections. Some people go up there and stay overnight at a bed-and-breakfast 
place, and come back the next day. Next year, I'll probably do some camping 
that way. 
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