It runs for 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) on an east-west course (according to Montreal street directions) along the entire southern edge of the Lachine Canal.

It begins at the Chemin du Musée, an extension of LaSalle Boulevard, at the canal's western entrance in the borough of Lachine, west of which it becomes the Chemin du Canal and runs along the spit of land that forms René Lévesque Park.

Proceeding eastward from here, it traverses the boroughs of Lachine and LaSalle, then the neighbourhoods of Ville-Émard, Côte-Saint-Paul, and Pointe-Saint-Charles in Le Sud-Ouest, ending at Wellington Street beside the Wellington and Peel Basins on the Saint Lawrence River.

This path also continues eastward past Wellington Street, turning north to meet the Bonaventure Expressway and Old Port.

Bicycle rentals are available at the Ma Bicyclette shops at the corner of Rue Thomas-Keefer, near the Atwater Market.