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ON Highway Itinerary: Kingston to Montreal via #401 & #20

What to See & Do Between Kingston and Montreal?

This route follows the mighty Saint Lawrence River which takes all the water from Lake Ontario down to sea level at Montreal. You pass the Thousand Islands and just to the south along Highway 2 are many colonial era towns. At Morrisburg, you pass the Upper Canada Village which represents life in Canada in 1867. You pass several major dams on the St Lawrence Seaway, providing both navigable waters for the  Seaway freighters, and generate power to the communities along or near the river. After crossing the Ontario-Quebec border, you cross the Ottawa River onto the Island of  Montreal.

Ontario Itinerary - Kingston - Montreal

Here is the itinerary for the 248 km from Kingston to Montreal along Ontario Highway 401, and Quebec Autoroute 20, known as the Macdonald-Cartier Freeway, to continue into Montreal on #40, the Trans-Canada HighwayMarine Museum at Kingston

The 206 kilometre long Rideau Canal connected Kingston and Ottawa, using the Cataraqui River from Kingston, and the Rideau River from Ottawa. Following the War of 1812-1814, England realized that it needed a protected route between Montreal in Lower Canada and York (Toronto) in Upper Canada. The canal used 47 locks and 24 dams to climb 49 metres (160 feet) above Lake Ontario, and then fall 84 metres (275 ft) back down to the Ottawa River. Today, the waterway is used primarily by recreational boaters, and passes through many quaint towns and villages, with plenty of shopping, dining and accommodation along the way.

The Thousand Islands (which actually number 1865 of them), lie in the St Lawrence for the 50 miles from the point where it drains from Lake Ontario. The islands range in size from a rock sticking out of water all the way up to Wolfe Island which is 27 miles long and 9 miles wide. They form a connection between the Canadian Shield and New York’s Adirondack Mountains just south of the border. In 1904 Canada designated some of the islands as part of the St. Lawrence Islands National Park. Visitors can take tours of the islands, which are popular with sailors and boaters from Canada and the US.

Gananoque's Thousand Islands Bridge across the St Lawrence

St Lawrence cruise lines tour boat

St Lawrence cruise lines tour boat

In the 1950s, the US and Canadian governments created the St Lawrence Seaway, extends 3790 km inland from the Atlantic to the west end of Lake Superior. Dams created stable water levels and harnessed the St Lawrence’s hydroelectric potential while fifteen locks were built to handle ocean-going freighters.

The river was key to early exploration of North America’s interior, but it was a rugged waterway, punctuated with series of rapids, and at Niagara an insurmountable waterfall. Starting in 1829, small canals and locks were built for boats to bypass the rapids and the Niagara Falls, but they were massively expanded in the 1950s to handle international shipping. The largest locks and dams in this section of the Seaway are at Cornwall and at Lachine (Montreal).

Great Lakes freighter

Great Lakes freighter

East of Kingston, the route passes (but does not go through) the towns of Gananoque, Brockville, Prescott and Cornwall , which are all accessible by taking the old Highway 2 which meanders along the St Lawrence, and includes the Thousand Island Parkway between Kingston, Gananoque and Elizabethtown. A bit east of Morrisburg, midway between Prescott and Cornwall is Upper Canada Village, a Confederation-era village made up of buildings relocated there from  original settlements now underneath the dams of the St Lawrence Seaway, and staffed by re-enactors who create an experience of the daily life of that era.

Elevation Chart: Kingston to Montreal

Elevation Chart: Kingston to Montreal
Elevation Chart: Kingston to Montreal

Trans-Canada Highway Itinerary Map

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Itinerary Details

KM 
Highway Point & Features
Elev.
(metres)
0Exit 3, Route 340 Exit 3, Route 340. W to St-Clet. E to Vaudreuil-Dorion (Vaudreuil) 26.8
0.9Exit #2 Route Harwood (route 342)36.9
3.5Exit #29, Autoroute 540, access to Highway #40 northbound, access to Autoroute #40, access to Trans-Canada East to Montreal, and highway 417 NW to Ottawa, Ontario46
5.3overpass: Chemin St-Gregoire (no access)46
6.9Exit #26 Chemin St-Fereol, S to Les Cedres (Les Cedres) 46
10.7Exit #22 Chemin St-Dominique (Les Cedres) 44.2
13.5Exit #19 Chemin St-Emmanuel46.9
15.8Exit 17, Route #201Chemin de la Riviere-Rouge O (N) / Rue Principale (S). N to St Clet (6 km). S to camping, accommodation, Rapid de Coteau du Lac (rapids on St Lawrence)… (Coteau Du Lac) 43.9
16.6Riviere Deslisle river crossing43.9
17.7railway underpass46
18.4Exit #14 Highway 201, gravel pit to SE of junction, Pont Mgr Langois bridge S to Valleyfield (10 km) (Valleyfield46
20.8Exit #12 Montee du Comte (S) Rue Sauve (N), S to gas, camping and accommodation (Coteau-du-Lac) 45.4
23.2Exit #9 Chemin Ste-Catherine (S) / 34E Avenue (N), S to St Zotique, accommodation & camping (Saint-Zotique) 49.1
26.9Exit #6, 69E Avenue / Chemin St-Thomas, S to Saint-Zotique (Saint-Zotique) 46.9
29.5Exit 2, Route #325 (Rue Principale). N to Riviere Beaudette (1 km), S to gas (Riviere Beaudette) 50.9
29.8Overpass Chemin Ste-Claire (no access)52.7
31.4Service station & restaurant, eastbound47.9
31.9Quebec-Ontario border & overpass: 5rd Line Rd / Forced Rd (no access)46
33.5Service station & restaurant, westbound44.8
33.5Service station & restaurant, westbound44.8
35.4Exit 825 Rte 23 (4th Line Rd). North to Dalhousie Mills, S access to camping (8 km)47.9
35.8crossing Sutherland Creek45.1
38.5overpass: 3rd Line Rd (no access)46.9
41.6overpass Highway 26, 2nd Line Rd (no access)46
43.2Visitor Information46
46.6Exit 814 Hwy 34. North to OPP, Alexandria and 417. South to Lancaster, South Lancaster, golfing, SE to camping (3 km)57
47.3Crossing Raisin River43.9
51.2overpass Fraser Rd (no access)56.4
55.6Exit 804 Rte 44. Summerstone Rd, S to Summerstown, Cornwall Regional Airport, N to Summerstown Station, (Cornwall57
61.7Railway crossing (Cornwall) 58.2
64.2Exit 796 Boundary Rd. South to very east access to Cornwall (Cornwall) 60
66.9Overpass Pitt Rd (no access) (Cornwall) 60
68.2Exit 792 McConnell Ave. North to Route 42. South to east access to Cornwall, services, gas, hospitals (Cornwall) 60
70.8Exit 789 Route 138 / Brookdale Ave. North to St Andrews. S to Cornwall downtown, services, accommodation, & Seaway International Bridge to USA, Massena NY (Cornwall) 60.4
72.1overpass Cornwall Centre Rd (no access) (Cornwall) 60
73.9Exit 786 Power Dam Dr. S to community of Long Sault, Long Sault Pkwy, and west access to city of Cornwall (Cornwall) 66.1
75.7overpass Post Rd / Hwy 36 (no access)79.9
79.5overpass Avonmore Rd / Hwy 15 (no access)82.3
82.2Exit 778, Rte 35 / Moulinetter Rd (Long Sault) 82
85.2overpass Highway 12 (Wales Rd) (no access)78
90.5Exit 770 Rte 14. North to Osnabruck Centre. South to Ingleside (2 km), access to Long Sault Parkway, N access to Hwy 278.9
94.8overpass Autsville Rd (no access)78.3
97.5EB Esso gas, services, food on hwy65.5
98.9overpass Nudell Bush Rd(W). Anderson Rd (E) (no access)65.8
100.7Exit 758 Rte 22 / Upper Canada Rd. S to community of Cardinal, Upper Canada Village, campgrounds (Cardinal) 66.1
104EB Shell gas, services, restaurant and picnic65.2
105.1overpass Highway 8 (Church Rd) (no access) S to Riverside/Cedar campground64.9
109.7Exit 750 Hwy 31. North to Glen Becker, Winchester (with OPP) and Ottawa. S to Morrisburg (1 km), Mariatown (with OPP) (Morrisburg) 64
119.9overpass Boylston Rd (no access)68.6
122.2Exit 738 Rte 1 (Carmen Rd) (Morrisburg) 81.7
130Exit 730, WB access to Hwy 16, N to Spencerville (11 km), Kemptville (34 km), Ottawa (74 km) via 416, both ways access S to Johnstown International ridge to USA, Ogdensburg (5 km) & New York State (Morrisburg) 89
138.7EB Exit 721 Hwy 16, N to Spencerville, Ottawa via 416. (Morrisburg) 89.9
143.8Exit 716 Rte 18 (Edward St, N to Domville. S to Prescott, OPP, or Wellington Historical Site (Prescott) 93.3
145.6underpass Merwin Lane (no access)93.9
148.9underpass Route 31, Blue Church Rd (no access)111.6
155.2Exit 705 Rte 15 (Church St). N to Algonquin, Merrickville (36 km). S to community of Maitland on St Lawrence106.1
159.4overpass Sharpe’s Lane (S) / Kelly Rd (N) (no access)99.4
161.9Exit 698 Hwy 6 (N August Rd) overpass, S to shopping, services, accommodation, Hospital, downtown Brockville. North to OPP.94.8
162.8railway underpass97.8
163.7Exit 696 Hwy 29. N to Brockville Municipal Airport (6 km), Athens (22 km), Smiths Falls (50 km). South to Brockville, all services103.9
166.9underpass Hwy 46 / Lyn Rd (no access)95.1
167.2railway underpass96.3
170.5underpass Hallecks Rd (no access)90.5
173.5Exit 687 Hwy 2. SE to Brockville (10 km), along St Lawrence (Brockville) 87.2
175Exit 685 Eastern access to 1000 Islands Parkway along the St Lawrence, westbound91.1
176.6underpass Sherwood Springs Rd (no access)91.1
180.6Esso Service station & restaurant, picnic area, eastbound90.5
182.6Esso Service station & restaurant, picnic area westbound97.5
184.7Emergency U-Turn104.9
185.2Exit 675 Hwy 5 / Mallorytown Rd. overpass, N to Mallorytown & Athens. S to St Lawrence Islands National park, camping, Mallorytown Landing, N to KOA Thousand Islands104.2
186.9Emergency U-Turn91.1
188.9underpass Larue Mills Rd (no access), S to Rockport90.5
195.4underpass Escott-Rockport Rd (no access)90.5
199.2Exit 661 Rte 137. S to Ivy Lea Bridge to USA, 1000 Islands Parkway91.1
200.9Exit 659 Hwy 3. North to Lansdowne (3 km), Outlet, Charleston Lake PP (15 km). South to To 1000 Islands Parkway, Route 137 & Ivy Lea Bridge to USA I-81 south93.3
208.8underpass Cliffe Rd (no access) (Gananoque) 87.2
212.1Exit 648 Route 2. North to Gananoque, accommodation, services, 1000 Islands Boat Tours. WB Access to 1000 Islands Parkway (Gananoque) 86.9
213.5EB Exit 647 Western end of 1000 Islands Parkway (Gananoque) 91.1
214.9Exit 645 Hwy 32 (Stone St N), N to Hwy 35, S to Gananoque, services, accommodation, museum, and Thousand Island Cruises (Gananoque) 90.8
216.5Crossing Cataraqui River (Gananoque) 77.7
220.6underpass Deer Ridge Rd (no access) N to 4th Concession Rd, S to Highway 290.5
228.2Exit 632 Hwy 16 (Joyceville Rd) N to Hwy 15,S to English Landing PP (5 km), ferry to Howe Island (Kingston111.3
235.4underpass John F Scott Rd (no access) (Kingston) 94.5
237Exit 623 Hwy 15. North to Kingston Mills (1 km), marina, S to accommodation, CFB Kingston (5 km), Old Fort Henry National Historic Site (8 km) (Kingston) 103.3
238.5Crossing Cataraqui River, Rideau Canal, vie N to Colonel By Lake (Kingston) 75
240.3Crossing Rail (Kingston) 85.6
240.7Exit 619 Montreal St.N to Mount Chesney, Glenburnie. South to Kingston, services, and 1000 Island Cruises (Kingston) 97.8
242.9Exit 617 Division Street (S) & Perth Road / Frontenac Road 10 (N), N to towns of Westport (50 km) and Perth (80 km). S to Downtown Kingston(4 km), shopping, gas, accommodation, and hospital. (Kingston102.4
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Highway Point & Features
Elev.
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KM 
Highway Point & Features
Elev.
(metres)
 
0Exit 617 Division Street (S) & Perth Road / Frontenac Road 10 (N), N to towns of Westport (50 km) and Perth (80 km). S to Downtown Kingston (4 km), shopping, gas, accommodation, and hospital. (Kingston) 102.4
2.2Exit 619 Montreal St.N to Mount Chesney, Glenburnie. South to Kingston, services, and 1000 Island Cruises (Kingston) 97.8
2.6Crossing Rail (Kingston) 85.6
4.4Crossing Cataraqui River, Rideau Canal, vie N to Colonel By Lake (Kingston) 75
5.9Exit 623 Hwy 15. North to Kingston Mills (1 km), marina, S to accommodation, CFB Kingston (5 km), Old Fort Henry National Historic Site (8 km) (Kingston) 103.3
7.5underpass John F Scott Rd (no access) (Kingston) 94.5
14.7Exit 632 Hwy 16 (Joyceville Rd) N to Hwy 15,S to English Landing PP (5 km), ferry to Howe Island (Kingston) 111.3
22.3underpass Deer Ridge Rd (no access) N to 4th Concession Rd, S to Highway 290.5
26.4Crossing Cataraqui River (Gananoque77.7
28Exit 645 Hwy 32 (Stone St N), N to Hwy 35, S to Gananoque, services, accommodation, museum, and Thousand Island Cruises (Gananoque) 90.8
29.4EB Exit 647 Western end of 1000 Islands Parkway (Gananoque) 91.1
30.8Exit 648 Route 2. North to Gananoque, accommodation, services, 1000 Islands Boat Tours. WB Access to 1000 Islands Parkway (Gananoque) 86.9
34.1underpass Cliffe Rd (no access) (Gananoque) 87.2
42Exit 659 Hwy 3. North to Lansdowne (3 km), Outlet, Charleston Lake PP (15 km). South to To 1000 Islands Parkway, Route 137 & Ivy Lea Bridge to USA I-81 south93.3
43.7Exit 661 Rte 137. S to Ivy Lea Bridge to USA, 1000 Islands Parkway91.1
47.5underpass Escott-Rockport Rd (no access)90.5
54underpass Larue Mills Rd (no access), S to Rockport90.5
56Emergency U-Turn91.1
57.7Exit 675 Hwy 5 / Mallorytown Rd. overpass, N to Mallorytown & Athens. S to St Lawrence Islands National Park, camping, Mallorytown Landing, N to KOA Thousand Islands104.2
58.2Emergency U-Turn104.9
60.3Esso Service station & restaurant, picnic area westbound97.5
62.3Esso Service station & restaurant, picnic area, eastbound90.5
66.3underpass Sherwood Springs Rd (no access)91.1
67.9Exit 685 Eastern access to 1000 Islands Parkway along the St Lawrence, westbound91.1
69.4Exit 687 Hwy 2. SE to Brockville (10 km), along St Lawrence (Brockville) 87.2
72.4underpass Hallecks Rd (no access)90.5
75.7railway underpass96.3
76underpass Hwy 46 / Lyn Rd (no access)95.1
79.2Exit 696 Hwy 29. N to Brockville Municipal Airport (6 km), Athens (22 km), Smiths Falls (50 km). South to Brockville, all services103.9
80.1railway underpass97.8
81Exit 698 Hwy 6 (N August Rd) overpass, S to shopping, services, accommodation, Hospital, downtown Brockville. North to OPP.94.8
83.5overpass Sharpe’s Lane (S) / Kelly Rd (N) (no access)99.4
87.7Exit 705 Rte 15 (Church St). N to Algonquin, Merrickville (36 km). S to community of Maitland on St Lawrence106.1
94underpass Route 31, Blue Church Rd (no access)111.6
97.3underpass Merwin Lane (no access)93.9
99.1Exit 716 Rte 18 (Edward St, N to Domville. S to Prescott, OPP, ort Wellington Historical Site (Prescott) 93.3
104.2EB Exit 721 Hwy 16, N to Spencerville, Ottawa via 416. (Morrisburg) 89.9
112.9Exit 730, WB access to Hwy 16, N to Spencerville (11 km), Kemptville (34 km), Ottawa(74 km) via 416, both ways access S to Johnstown International ridge to USA, Ogdensburg (5 km) & New York State (Morrisburg) 89
120.7Exit 738 Rte 1 (Carmen Rd) (Morrisburg) 81.7
123overpass Boylston Rd (no access)68.6
133.2Exit 750 Hwy 31. North to Glen Becker, Winchester (with OPP) and Ottawa. S to Morrisburg (1 km), Mariatown (with OPP) (Morrisburg) 64
137.8overpass Highway 8 (Church Rd) (no access) S to Riverside/Cedar campground64.9
138.9EB Shell gas, services, restaurant and picnic65.2
142.2Exit 758 Rte 22 / Upper Canada Rd. S to community of Cardinal, Upper Canada Village, campgrounds (Cardinal) 66.1
144overpass Nudell Bush Rd(W). Anderson Rd (E) (no access)65.8
145.4EB Esso gas, services, food on hwy65.5
148.1overpass Autsville Rd (no access)78.3
152.4Exit 770 Rte 14. North to Osnabruck Centre. South to Ingleside (2 km), access to Long Sault Parkway, N access to Hwy 278.9
157.7overpass Highway 12 (Wales Rd) (no access)78
160.7Exit 778, Rte 35 / Moulinetter Rd (Long Sault) 82
163.4overpass Avonmore Rd / Hwy 15 (no access)82.3
167.2overpass Post Rd / Hwy 36 (no access)79.9
169Exit 786 Power Dam Dr. S to community of Long Sault, Long Sault Pkwy, and west access to city of Cornwall (Cornwall) 66.1
170.8overpass Cornwall Centre Rd (no access) (Cornwall) 60
172.1Exit 789 Route 138 / Brookdale Ave. North to St Andrews. S to Cornwall downtown, services, accommodation, & Seaway International Bridge to USA, Massena NY (Cornwall) 60.4
174.7Exit 792 McConnell Ave. North to Route 42. South to east access to Cornwall , services, gas, hospitals (Cornwall) 60
176Overpass Pitt Rd (no access) (Cornwall) 60
178.7Exit 796 Boundary Rd. South to very east access to Cornwall (Cornwall) 60
181.2Railway crossing (Cornwall) 58.2
187.3Exit 804 Rte 44. Summerstone Rd, S to Summerstown, Cornwall Regional Airport, N to Summerstown Station, (Cornwall) 57
191.7overpass Fraser Rd (no access)56.4
195.6Crossing Raisin River43.9
196.3Exit 814 Hwy 34. North to OPP, Alexandria and 417. South to Lancaster, South Lancaster, golfing, SE to camping (3 km)57
199.7Visitor Information46
201.3overpass Highway 26, 2nd Line Rd (no access)46
204.4overpass: 3rd Line Rd (no access)46.9
207.1crossing Sutherland Creek45.1
207.5Exit 825 Rte 23 (4th Line Rd). North to Dalhousie Mills, S access to camping (8 km)47.9
209.4Service station & restaurant, westbound44.8
209.4Service station & restaurant, westbound44.8
211Quebec-Ontario border & overpass: 5rd Line Rd / Forced Rd (no access)46
211.5Service station & restaurant, eastbound47.9
213.1Overpass Chemin Ste-Claire (no access)52.7
213.4Exit 2, Route #325 (Rue Principale). N to Riviere Beaudette (1 km), S to gas (Riviere Beaudette) 50.9
216Exit #6, 69E Avenue / Chemin St-Thomas, S to Saint-Zotique (Saint-Zotique) 46.9
219.7Exit #9 Chemin Ste-Catherine (S) / 34E Avenue (N), S to St Zotique, accommodation & camping (Saint-Zotique) 49.1
222.1Exit #12 Montee du Comte (S) Rue Sauve (N), S to gas, camping and accommodation (Coteau-du-Lac) 45.4
224.5Exit #14 Highway 201, gravel pit to SE of junction, Pont Mgr Langois bridge S to Valleyfield (10 km) (Valleyfield) 46
225.2railway underpass46
226.3Riviere Deslisle river crossing43.9
227.1Exit 17, Route #201Chemin de la Riveire-Rouge O (N) / Rue Principale (S). N to St Clet (6 km). S to camping, accommodation, Rapid de Coteau du Lac (rapids on St Lawrence)… (Coteau Du Lac) 43.9
229.4Exit #19 Chemin St-Emmanuel46.9
232.2Exit #22 Chemin St-Dominique (Les Cedres) 44.2
236Exit #26 Chemin St-Fereol, S to Les Cedres (Les Cedres) 46
237.6overpass: Chemin St-Gregoire (no access)46
239.4Exit #29, Autoroute 540, access to Highway #40 northbound, access to Autoroute #40, access to Trans-Canada East to Montreal, and highway 417 NW to Ottawa, Ontario46
242Exit #2 Route Harwood (route 342)36.9
242.9

Exit 3, Route 340 Exit 3, Route 340. W to St-Clet. E to Vaudreuil-Dorion (Vaudreuil) 

head north: to take AutoRoute 40 to Island of Montreal, Pierre Trudeau Airport in Dorval, and travel to and through Montreal

head south: to take AutoRoute 30 (Toll-route) around Montreal, which reconnects with the Trans-Canada on the south shore at Boucherville

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Highway Point & Features
Elev.
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