Arriving by sea

Arriving by ferry

Two Marine Atlantic crossings from North Sydney, Nova Scotia. You drive off with your own car, and every drive on this site is measured from the ramp as well as the runway.

Which crossing?

• Gros Morne and the west coast: Port aux Basques

  Deer Lake is 272 km from the ramp. From Argentia it is 596 km.

• St. John's and the Avalon: Argentia

  St. John's is 136 km from the ramp. From Port aux Basques it is 908 km. Summer only.

• Central: Gander, Twillingate, Fogo: Argentia

  Gander is 575 km from Port aux Basques and 292 km from Argentia. Summer only.

• Mid-June to late September only for Argentia. The rest of the year, Port aux Basques is the only way over by car. Argentia sails up to three times per week, so its sailing date sets your trip: choose the sailing first, then plan the days around it, and book a vehicle space early. Sailing dates →

From Saint-Pierre et Miquelon (France)? The boat lands at Fortune, on the Burin Peninsula. Driving from Fortune → SPM Ferries sailings
The places only a boat reaches: every island ferry, with the drive to its wharf →
Going the other way? The drive to the Saint-Pierre boat from every door →

Plan the drive

In at one terminal and out at the other is 863 km of driving end to end, before any stops.

Every other ferry on our routes

Island and coastal boats at the end of a measured drive, nearest first.

• Bell Island

  From Portugal Cove ferry terminal · 11 km from St. John's · the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador · schedule

• Fogo Island (via Change Islands)

  From Farewell ferry terminal · 86 km from Gander · the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador · schedule

• Change Islands

  From Farewell ferry terminal · 86 km from Gander · the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador · schedule

• St. Brendan's

  From Burnside ferry terminal · 94 km from Gander · the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador · schedule

• Long Island

  From Pilley's Island ferry terminal · 171 km from Deer Lake · the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador · schedule

• Ramea

  From Burgeo · 266 km from Deer Lake · the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador · schedule

• Gaultois

  From Hermitage-Sandyville · 276 km from Gander · the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador · schedule

• Blanc-Sablon, Quebec — and the Labrador coastal road

  From St. Barbe ferry terminal · 299 km from Deer Lake · the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador · schedule

• Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

  From Fortune · 379 km from Gander · SPM Ferries · schedule

Crossing times and sailings are the operators' to state; follow the schedule link.

Sailings, fares and bookings are Marine Atlantic's to set. Marine Atlantic → · How we measure