The places no road reaches
Only by boat
The province runs 11 ferries from the island of Newfoundland: to islands and outports with no road in, and across the Strait to Labrador. Here is each one: the drive to its wharf, measured, what is across, and where its schedule is.5 of them carry no cars: you leave the car at the wharf and go over on foot.
Check the boat the morning you go. Schedules change with the season and the vessel on duty; the province posts each change on the service's own page and live on 511nl.ca. When the boat doesn't sail: the fallbacks near Gander →
Bell Island
Car ferry Bell Island – Portugal Cove
Wharf: Portugal Cove. 11 km from St. John's airport.
- “Crossing Time: 20 minutes (5 km)”
St. John's to Portugal Cove: the drive, with its stops →Schedule and fares (the province) →
St. Brendan’s
Car ferry St. Brendan’s – Burnside
Wharf: Burnside. 94 km from Gander airport.
- “Crossing Time: 1 hour (18 km)”
Gander to Burnside: the drive, with its stops →Schedule and fares (the province) →
Fogo Island and Change Islands
Car ferry Fogo Island – Change Islands – Farewell
Wharf: Farewell. 86 km from Gander airport.
- “Farewell to Fogo Island (13 km): 1 hour and 15 minutes (combined) 45 minutes (direct)”
- “Farewell to Change Islands (6 km): 20 minutes”
Gander to the Fogo Island boat: the drive, with its stops →Gander to the Change Islands boat: the drive, with its stops →Schedule and fares (the province) →
Long Island
Car ferry Long Island – Pilley’s Island
Wharf: Pilley’s Island. 171 km from Deer Lake airport.
- “Pilley’s Island to Long Island (1 km) 5 minutes”
Deer Lake to Pilley’s Island: the drive, with its stops →Schedule and fares (the province) →
Blanc-Sablon, Quebec, and the Labrador Straits
Car ferry St. Barbe – Blanc Sablon
Wharf: St. Barbe. 300 km from Deer Lake airport.
- “St. Barbe to Blanc Sablon: 1 hour 45 minutes (36 km)”
- “Difficult ice conditions may increase crossing times.”
Deer Lake to St. Barbe: the drive, with its stops →Schedule and fares (the province) →
La Poile
On foot: no cars La Poile – Rose Blanche
Wharf: Rose Blanche. 44 km from Port aux Basques ferry; 313 km from Deer Lake airport.
- “Crossing Time: 1 hour 30 minutes (35 km)”
Ramea and Grey River
Car ferry Ramea – Grey River – Burgeo
Wharf: Burgeo. 266 km from Deer Lake airport.
- “Ramea to Burgeo: 1 hour 15 minutes (22 km)”
- “Burgeo to Grey River via Ramea: 3 hours (41 km)”
Deer Lake to Burgeo: the drive, with its stops →Schedule and fares (the province) →
Francois and Grey River
On foot: no cars Francois – Grey River – Burgeo
Wharf: Burgeo. 266 km from Deer Lake airport.
- “Grey River – Burgeo 2 hours (41 km)”
- “Grey River – Francois 1 hour 45 minutes (35 km)”
Deer Lake to Burgeo: the drive, with its stops →Schedule and fares (the province) →
Gaultois and McCallum
On foot: no cars Gaultois – McCallum – Hermitage
Wharf: Hermitage. 277 km from Gander airport.
- “Gaultois – Hermitage approximately 20 minutes (6 km)”
- “McCallum – Hermitage approximately 1.5 hours (26 km)”
Gander to Hermitage: the drive, with its stops →Schedule and fares (the province) →
Rencontre East
On foot: no cars Rencontre East – Bay L’Argent – Pool’s Cove
Wharf: Bay L’Argent. 122 km from Fortune ferry; 274 km from St. John's airport.
Wharf: Pool’s Cove. 258 km from Gander airport.
- “Rencontre East- Bay L’Argent 1 hour 45 minutes (41 km)”
- “Rencontre East- Pool’s Cove 1 hour 15 minutes (31 km)”
South East Bight
On foot: no cars South East Bight – Petite Forte
Wharf: Petite Forte. 127 km from Fortune ferry; 293 km from St. John's airport.
- “Crossing Time: 25 minutes (9 km)”
And France. The boat to Saint-Pierre et Miquelon leaves from Fortune, on the Burin Peninsula: Going to Saint-Pierre →
What is across, whether the boat carries cars and the crossing times in quotation marks are the province's, from each service's page (Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Marine Services: each service's own page), read 2026-10-08. The Labrador services are left out: this site covers the island. Drives: OSRM driving profile (router.project-osrm.org) over OpenStreetMap, door to wharf, measured 2026-10-08, by road.