One note before anything else: we have not been to Mécaglisse. Every other page in this section is written from the fence or the paddock. This one is not, and it would be dishonest to write it as though it were.

It is here because it is on the calendar. Circuit Mécaglisse, in Quebec's Laurentians, hosts rounds of the Canadian Supermoto Championship, so it is part of the map even for families who have not made the trip east yet.

What it is known for is elevation and surface changes — a combination that is hard to find in Ontario, where the tracks our kids ride are essentially flat. Supermoto asks a rider to move between grippy asphalt and a dirt section without a lap to prepare, and Mécaglisse adds vertical change on top of that: crests that hide what comes next, and sightlines that keep moving.

That is the appeal, and it is why it sits differently from the rest of this list. If Lombardy rewards precision and Shannonville reveals confidence at speed, Mécaglisse is supposed to test adaptation — reading what is underneath the tires and changing your inputs before the next corner asks for it.

Supposed to, because we cannot tell you first hand. When we make the trip, this page will be rewritten by someone who has actually stood there.