About East Coast Rec Rides
Family-run Lake Banook rental outfit at 291 Prince Albert Road in Dartmouth with fat-tire eBikes, eScooters, SUPs and SUP bikes for riders 16+, free pickup and drop-off along the lake corridor, and eBike rentals year-round including winter.
Features & Highlights
Detailed Information
East Coast Rec Rides is a family-run rental outfit on the shore of Lake Banook, at 291 Prince Albert Road in Dartmouth, renting fat-tire eBikes, folding e-bikes, fat-tire eScooters, three-wheel e-skateboard scooters, stand-up paddleboards, and SUP bikes to riders 16 and older. The lake is the centre of Dartmouth's outdoor life, with paddling clubs, beaches, and a shoreline trail system sharing its water, and this is the outfit that puts visitors onto all of it without owning a garage full of gear. It is one of the most useful stops in our Dartmouth guide for anyone who would rather ride the city than drive it.
The Fleet: Fat Tires, Scooters, and Boards
The rental list covers the ways Dartmouthians play on and around the lake. Fat-tire eBikes handle the gravel of the regional trail network; folding e-bikes suit shorter city hops; fat-tire eScooters and three-wheel e-skateboard scooters are the quick-thrill option along the lakefront loop. On the water, stand-up paddleboards and SUP bikes, the bicycle-paddleboard hybrids that let you pedal across flat water, put you out on Lake Banook itself, one of Atlantic Canada's most storied paddling lakes and the training water for the region's sprint canoe and kayak clubs.
Everything rents to riders 16 and older. Same-day bookings work for SUPs and scooters, while e-bikes and SUP bikes need a day's notice, worth knowing before you promise the family a Saturday morning on the water.
Free Pickup Along the Lake Corridor
The detail that sets East Coast Rec Rides apart is delivery: staff offer free pickup and drop-off around the Lake Banook corridor, from Grahams Grove and Birch Cove Beach Park at the north end to Lions Beach Park, Shubie Park, and Sullivan's Pond. In practice that means you can arrange to collect an e-bike near the ferry terminal, ride the lakefront and the Shubie trails all afternoon, and hand it back without a car ever entering the plan. That is a genuinely car-free day that starts with the Halifax-to-Dartmouth ferry and ends with a swim at a lake beach, in a city where most visitors never leave the peninsula.
Guided tour maps trace recommended routes, including the run from Dartmouth out along the Salt Marsh Trail, the waterside rail-trail that connects the Dartmouth lakes toward the Atlantic coast at Lawrencetown. Cyclists planning a bigger loop through the province will find more routes in our Nova Scotia cycling guide.
Seasons and Booking
eBike rentals run year-round, including winter, when fat tires are exactly what packed snow calls for, and a winter ride along the frozen lake is one of the quieter ways to see the city (see our Nova Scotia in winter guide for the full cold-season picture). SUPs and scooters are naturally fair-weather rentals, with the lake's beaches and launch spots at their best from June through September.
Address & Location — 291 Prince Albert Road, Dartmouth, B2Y 1N1, directly on the Lake Banook corridor.
Contact & Booking — Call 902-412-5499 or book at eastcoastrecrides.com. Same-day for SUPs and scooters; a day's notice for e-bikes and SUP bikes.
Rating — A 5.0 Google rating from a small review base, the pattern of a local outfit that does one thing well.
For more ways to get out on the water and the trails around the city, browse our Halifax activities listings.
