Atlantic Canada Cycling Shuttle:
Low-cost transportation organized by ACC leaves early in the afternoon the day before our tour. There will be transportation provided to all riders at the Atlantic Canada Bicycle Rally at Montague moving on to the PEI Tour. With advance notice there can also be pickups from Halifax, Halifax Airport, the Truro Via Rail Station, and Charlottetown, PEI. Contact us for the shuttle schedule before booking flights or trains.

Air:
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island has direct connections with Toronto, Montreal, and Detroit. Several flights go per day from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Charlottetown Airport (www.flypei.com). You would take a bus or shuttle to Borden-Carleton.

Halifax, Nova Scotia - The major connecting airport for Atlantic Canada, Halifax has service from all major Canadian cities. It also has runs from U.S.A. connecting hubs such as Boston, Newark, New York, and Detroit. European cities connect to Halifax through London, England. Airlines to Halifax include Air Canada. (www.aircanada.com) Westjet (www.westjet.com), Northwest Airlines (www.nwa.com), United, American Airlines, Continental, Delta, and Zoom. Selected as the best medium-sized airport in the world, see two interesting sites Fly Halifax (www.flyhalifax.com); and Halifax International Airport (www.hiaa.ca).

Halifax Airport is about 280 km (175 miles) from our tour start at Borden-Carleton, PEI. by way of the Confederation Bridge.

Road:
You can reach Borden-Carleton, PEI by way of the Confederation Bridge (www.confederationbridge.com). It goes from the south-east corner of the province of New Brunswick. The town is where the bridge connects on the island. New and fast highways cross New Brunswick to the bridge from either the state of Maine in the USA, or from Quebec.

Taking the ferries from Maine and going through Nova Scotia is a scenic way but not efficient way to get to our tour start area at Borden-Carleton, PEI. The Nova Scotia boats could form part of a big loop to an from the island. There is a ferry connecting the east end of PEI with Nova Scotia which can offer an alternate drive to or from the tour. Both the bridge and the ferry charge when leaving PEI and both cost roughly the same. Ferry info (Caribou, Nova Scotia - Wood Islands, PEI); PEI Ferry (www.peiferry.com) (Portland and Bar Harbor, Maine - Yarmouth, Nova Scotia) Catferry (www.catferry.com)

Train:
The nearest train station is at Sackville, New Brunswick. Moncton, New Brunswick has more connecting transportation. Atlantic Canada Cycling's shuttle connects at the Truro, Nova Scotia station. It is possible to connect to Montreal by rail further west in Canada and the USA. Via Rail (www.viarail.ca) The train runs six days per week. Should those days be ones you are to arrive or leave then an extra day will be needed for your itinerary.

Bus:
Busses connect to Borden-Carleton, Prince Edward Island. Travellers with bicycles are not treated with first-class style. If baggage holds are full bikes may be held back. Acadian Lines (www.acadianbus.com)