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2009 Vancouver Island Summer Brevets
"Backroads 400"
400 km
July 11, 6 a.m.

Ride Organizer:
Lindsay Martin

Start/Finish:
Mill Bay - Tim Horton's - 825 Deloume Road

Map

The organizer warns that this MapMyRides map (linked above) includes "my own routefinding blunders" from the pre-ride, so be careful to cross check with the route sheet below.

Dist.
(cum.)

Turn

Route

Dist.
G0 kms
    Start - Mill Bay
Tim Horton's
825 Deloume Road
 
0.0 R South through parking lot 0.0
0.0 L DELOUME 0.2
0.2 L ISLAND HWY (@ lights) 1.4
1.6 R KILMALU 0.5
2.1 L TELEGRAPH (first left) 6.1
8.2 R CHERRY POINT (to Winery) 4.6
12.8 BL CHERRY POINT (@ Fairbanks) 1.5
14.3 R COWICHAN BAY (@ stop) 5.1
19.4 SO TZOUHALEM (@ lawn tennis club) 5.2
24.6 R MAPLE BAY (@ Yield) (St. Edwards) 6.1
30.7 L HERD (to Crofton; not down to water) 4.4
35.1 R RICHARDS TRAIL (to Pastula Farms) 5.9
41.0 R WESTHOLME (@Stop) (no sign) 2.4
43.4 SO CHEMAINUS (@ Mt. Sicker) 6.5
49.9 SO CHEMAINUS (@ roundabout) 1.0
50.9 R Control #1 - Chemainus
Subway
9734 Chemainus (@ Mill)
 
50.9 R CHEMAINUS (continue north) 9.5
60.4 R HWY #1 to Nanaimo (@ lights) 2.8
63.2 R FIRST (LUDLOW) (@ lights) 0.1
63.3 L ROCKY CREEK 1.9
65.2 SO Stop sign 0.0
65.2 L HWY #1 (on ramp) (north) 3.5
68.7 SO pass Cedar Road junction on right 4.9
73.6 R NANAIMO RIVER (off ramp) (Fry Rd.) 0.6
74.2 CO NANAIMO RIVER (over RR tracks) 9.9
84.1 R SOUTH FORKS (to Gogo's Mill) 4.1
88.2 SO NANAIMO LAKES 6.5
94.7 SO HAREWOOD (@ 4-way stop) 1.2
95.9 L BRUCE (@ stop) 0.3
96.2 SO PINE (@ lights) 0.3
96.5 R WENTWORTH (first right) 0.2
96.7 L MACHLEARY 0.5
97.2 SO WALL (@ lights) 0.5
97.7 L BRADLEY (@T) 0.4
98.1 R MILLSTONE (no choice) 0.7
98.8 R St. GEORGE (@Stop) 0.1
98.9   Cross Terminal (Hwy 19A)  
98.9 SO PRINCESS ROYAL 0.3
99.2 L ESTEVAN (follow main road) 1.1
100.3 R DEPARTURE BAY (@Stop) 2.0
102.3 R HAMMOND BAY (@lights) 8.8
111.1 R BRICKYARD (@clinic) 0.8
111.9 L WALDBANK (@ stop) 0.4
112.3 SO DOVER (@McGirr) 1.4
113.7 R DICKINSON (@ lights) 2.2
115.9 R LANTZVILLE (@ stop) 3.7
119.6 R HWY 19 (@ stop) 5.9
125.5 R NORTHWEST BAY (@ Petrocan) 1.2
126.7 R POWDER POINT (after RR tracks) 2.2
128.9 SO FAIRWINDS (@Stop) 3.7
132.6 SO DOLPHIN (left bend @ 2nd Andover) 1.3
133.9 R Control #2 - Nanoose Bay
Dockside Café - Schooner Cove
3521 Dolphin Drive
 
133.9 R DOLPHIN 3.3
137.2 SO DAVENHAM 0.4
137.6 SO STEWART (left curve) 1.7
139.3 R NORTHWEST BAY (@ stop) 6.6
145.9 L FRANKLIN'S GULL (no choice) 0.1
146.0 R HWY 19A (into Parksville) 2.3
148.3 R PIONEER (after bridge) (no sign) 1.2
149.5 L McVICKERS N (@ QF) 0.1
149.6   cross HWY 19A (@ lights)  
149.6 SO McVICKERS 0.4
150.0 R STANFORD (@ 4-way stop) 0.3
150.3 L CORFIELD (@ 4-way stop) 0.4
150.7 R DESPARD (@ lights) 1.1
151.8 L ALBERNI HWY (4A) (@ lights) 1.6
153.4 L BELLVUE @ Allsbrook Centre) 0.7
154.1 R RUFFELS (@ no through) 1.6
155.7 BL LEFFLER (no choice) 0.8
156.5 R GRAFTON (@ 4-way stop) 8.2
164.7 R PRATT (@ no exit) 1.9
166.6   Cross Alberni Hwy (@ stop)  
166.6 L VANHORNE (first left) 0.7
167.3 L JONES (@ stop) 0.0
167.3 R ALBERNI HWY (4A) 0.2
167.5 R HILLIERS 4.8
172.3 L MEMORIAL (to Qualicum) 4.7
177.0 L ISLAND HWY (19A) (@ Stop) 39.7
216.7 R Control #3 - Buckley Bay
Store/Petrocan
 
216.7 L ISLAND HWY (19A) (South) 52.0
268.7 R Control #4 - Parksville
Tim Horton's
490 Island Hwy
 
268.7 R ISLAND HWY (19A) (South) 1.8
270.5 R INDUSTRIAL WAY 1.3
271.8 L FRANKLIN'S GULL 0.1
271.9   cross Hwy 19A (@ lights)  
271.9 CO FRANKLIN'S GULL 0.1
272.0 R NORTHWEST BAY 9.5
281.5 L ISLAND HWY (19A) (South @ lights) 5.5
287.0 R CAPILANO (@ Pedestrian overpass) 0.9
    over RR tracks -- bear left  
287.9 SO WESTWIND (right bend - no choice) 0.1
288.0 L NORTHWIND (@ Stop) 0.7
288.7 L SUPERIOR (@ T) (hidden sign) 0.9
289.6 R VANDENOUK (@ left bend) 0.1
289.7 BL HARBY (no choice) 0.7
290.4 SO PHILLIP (@ right bend) 1.1
291.5 L AULDS (@ Stop) 0.1
291.6 R AULDS (first right)) 2.7
    cross over Nanaimo Parkway  
294.3 SO AULDS 0.2
294.5 R METRAL (@ light) 1.3
295.8 R DOUMONT (to Pleasant Valley) 4.2
300.0 L BIGGS (T @ Weigles) 3.4
303.4 R JINGLE POT (@ stop) 8.0
    cross over HWY 19  
311.4 SO JINGLE POT 0.7
312.1 SO THIRD 1.0
313.1 R WAKESIAH @lights) 1.3
314.4 L SIXTH (no choice) 0.9
315.3 R BRUCE (@ stop) 1.6
316.9 L TENTH 2.4
319.3 R TRANSCANADA (@ lights) 0.8
320.1 L CEDAR (@ lights) 3.0
323.1 SO HARMAC (after bridge) 1.0
324.1 R MACMILLAN (@ 3-way stop) 0.3
324.4 L HOLDEN-CORSO (@ Esso) 1.0
325.4 R WOOBANK (@ Powder Coaters) 1.9
327.3 L CEDAR (pass Yellow Point on left) 1.4
328.7 L QUENNELL (@ Cedar Hall) 5.8
334.5 R YELLOW POINT (@ stop) 2.4
336.9 L CEDAR (@ Husky) 2.7
339.6 L HWY #1 (@ lights) 6.3
345.9   Control # 5 - Ladysmith
7-11
435 Esplanade (Hwy #1)
 
345.9 R HWY #1 2.1
348.0 L CHEMAINUS (@ light) 10.4
358.4 SO CHEMAINUS (@ roundabout) 6.4
364.8 BR Mt. SICKER (@ "To Hwy 1" sign) 0.6
365.4 L TRANS CANADA (@ light @ Tempo) 3.1
368.5 R SOMENOS (To Goldfish Farm) 4.4
    cross Cowichan Valley Hwy  
372.9 SO SOMENOS 2.4
375.3 SO COWICHAN LAKE 1.6
376.9 SO GOVERNMENT (near Esso) 1.3
378.2 R ALLENBY (@ light) 0.7
378.9 L ALLENBY (@ 4-way) (after bridge) 1.4
380.3 R KOKSILAH (first right) 6.0
386.3 R COWICHAN Stn. (after RR bridge) 0.3
386.6 R KOKSILAH (@ Stop) 0.4
387.0 R LAKESIDE (to Blue Grouse) 2.3
389.3 R HWY #1 (@ stop) 2.7
392.0 R COBBLE HILL (@ lights) 2.6
394.6 SO SHAWNIGAN LAKE (@ school) 1.1
395.7 L CAMERON-TAGGART 3.6
399.3 L SHAWNIGAN-MILL BAY (@ Stop) 2.4
401.7 R HWY #1 0.5
402.2 R DELOUME 0.1
402.3 L Finish - Mill Bay
Tim Horton's
 
    CONGRATULATIONS  !!  
Note: This is not the official route sheet. Ride organizers may make last minute changes because of road closures or other problems. The route sheet you receive at the start of the ride is the official one.

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