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Argentia ferry to Burin

Distance
279.6 km
Roads
Route 100Route 1Route 210Route 220ARoute 220
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Burin in winter: a white church and houses on the far side of the harbour, low hills behind and snow on the rocks in front.
Burin in winter: a white church and houses on the far side of the harbour, low hills behind and snow on the rocks in front.Photo: KDBelliveau · source · CC BY-SA 4.0

Places to stay in Burin

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Art in and near Burin

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You arrive by ferry — North Sydney, Nova Scotia to Argentia

Marine Atlantic runs this crossing seasonally, against year-round sailings into Port aux Basques. People choose it for where it lands. Marine Atlantic publishes sailings and fares.

Marine Atlantic: crossings & current schedule →
Driving route from Argentia ferry terminal to Burin: 279.6 km by road, via Routes 100 · 1 · 210 · 220A · 220.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line measured along OpenStreetMap's roads.

  1. Stop 1: Fitzgerald's Pond Provincial Park

    A Provincial Park Reserve, not a provincial park with a campground. ParksNL defines these as pre-1997 parks whose campground area was deproclaimed and privatised, with the rest kept to protect natural features. It states that park reserves have no visitor services, so there is no washroom.

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  2. Stop 2: Arnold's CoveDetour

    A side trip for the Drake Heritage House. Its owner refused to leave Haystack when it was resettled in the 1960s, and the house later came here by barge. Inside it is a time capsule of the era and now the community museum, per the province's tourism site.

    Stopping here adds 8.9 km to the drive.

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  3. Stop 3: Swift Current

    The first community down Route 210, long a favourite for sport fishing, per the province's tourism site. It also names Vernon's Antique Car Museum here.

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  4. Stop 4: Bay L'Argent ferryDetour

    One of the few communities on the Fortune Bay side. A coastal boat for passengers and freight runs from here to Rencontre East and on to Pool's Cove, and the province's tourism site calls the return trip a fine one-day excursion. No cars go on it.

    Stopping here adds 29.9 km to the drive.

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  5. Stop 5: MarystownDetour

    The peninsula's largest town and its service centre, with a shipyard and fabrication plant for the offshore oil industry, per the province's tourism site.

    Stopping here adds 1.4 km to the drive.

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⛽ Fuel and gravel, road by road ▾
  • Route 100 →Whole road: 3 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 63 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 0% has no surface tag, so unknown.
  • Route 1 →Whole road: 54 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 119 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 68% has no surface tag, so unknown.
  • Route 210 →Whole road: 5 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 105 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 0% has no surface tag, so unknown.
  • Route 220 →Whole road: 7 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 35 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 0% has no surface tag, so unknown.

Drive measured Nov 2, 2026, Argentia ferry terminal to Burin. Your maps app gives the time on the day. How we measure

Add to a trip →Staying here? Days out ↓Ferry info: Marine Atlantic →

279.6 km. From the Argentia ferry terminal to Burin, on Routes 100, 1, 210, 220A and 220.

Burin is built along a series of high cliffs and sheltered coves on Route 221, and was once a haven for pirates and privateers, per the province’s tourism site. It suggests a stroll along the Oldest Colony Trust boardwalk in Burin Harbour. The drives from the Saint-Pierre boat cover the rest of the peninsula.

A day in France. Saint-Pierre et Miquelon is the boat from Fortune, 67 km by road from Burin. Getting there, the border both ways, and your car →

When you get to Burin

Sunrise and sunset at Burin, by month
The 15thFirst lightSunriseSunsetLast light
Jan7:17 am7:52 am4:46 pm5:21 pm
Feb6:44 am7:16 am5:33 pm6:05 pm
Mar6:54 am7:24 am7:15 pm7:45 pm
Apr5:51 am6:23 am7:57 pm8:29 pm
May4:59 am5:35 am8:38 pm9:14 pm
Jun4:34 am5:14 am9:07 pm9:46 pm
Jul4:51 am5:30 am9:02 pm9:41 pm
Aug5:33 am6:07 am8:23 pm8:57 pm
Sep6:16 am6:47 am7:24 pm7:54 pm
Oct6:56 am7:27 am6:24 pm6:55 pm
Nov6:40 am7:13 am4:37 pm5:10 pm
Dec7:14 am7:49 am4:22 pm4:57 pm

Worked out for the 15th of each month at this spot, in local time. First and last light are when the sun is 6° below the horizon: light enough to see and shoot by. The weather line at the top has today's.

Places to eat on the way

Near Burin, the places are on the town's own list: where to eat near Burin →

10 places to eat within 2 km of this drive, in the order you pass them.

The longest stretch with nothing mapped on it is 105.5 km, after Breen's, until The Tea Rose.

Every one of them, in the order you pass them
  • Mary Brown'srestaurantkm 45 · 835 m off the road
  • A&Wfast foodkm 45
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 45.1 · 224 m off the road
  • Subwayfast foodkm 45.1 · 180 m off the road
  • Meghan's Restaurantrestaurantkm 92.2
  • Robin's Donutscafékm 116.5
  • Breen'srestaurantkm 116.8
  • The Tea Roserestaurantkm 222.3
  • McDonald'sfast foodkm 260.3
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 260.4

Not ranked or complete, and nobody pays to be here. No opening hours: phone ahead. Open map data, read 2026-10-18 (how we measure). Missing one? Add it to the map or email us the details.

Short drives from Burin

An easy day out from BurinLanding Place Pond Walking Trail 14 km awayA walk: 3.6 km walk · easyDirections from where your phone is now:
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Or any of these: nearest first, measured by road from Burin. Each one's page has directions.

More, up to 75 km (3)

Distances by road from Burin, measured on OpenStreetMap November 7, 2026. Your maps app gives the time on the day. How we measure

Doing it electric

Fast chargers on this drive
Goobies km 118, Marystown km 261
Longest stretch without one
143 km
Goobies → Marystown, of 279 km driven
Nearest fast charger to Burin
18.4 km
by road, at Marystown

The chargers

  • Goobies km 118 of the drive

    Irving Oil 162 Trans Canada

    CCS and CHAdeMO plugs · 62.5 kW DC fast charger

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  • Marystown km 261 of the drive

    Marystown Hotel and Convention Centre 180-190 Ville Marie Dr, Marystown, NL A0E 2M0

    CCS and CHAdeMO plugs · 62.5 kW DC fast charger

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Charging: about 100 km of range every 15 minutes, and most EVs to 80% in less than an hour. You start it with a free ChargePoint account, with the ChargePoint app or card. NL Hydro, read November 1, 2026.

Coming in 2026 (NL Hydro, October 22, 2026): Whitbourne (km 45; CCS and CHAdeMO plugs · ultra-fast, up to 175 kW to one car, 350 kW where a site has two or more chargers). Not counted until it opens.

NL Hydro fast chargers within 3 km of the drive. Check the app for one that's working. Exported October 22, 2026. How we measure

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Paved or not, per the map

Mapped as unpaved
none
Not proof it is all paved: 24% has no surface tag.
Mapped as paved
76%
195.8 km of 279.6 km driven
No surface tag on the map
24%
61.3 km: surface not recorded

In a rental car: Hertz Canada’s terms say “use off paved roads or on roads which are not regularly maintained” voids the damage waiver. Check your own agreement. Hertz’s terms ↗. Source for these figures: OSRM driving profile, stored route query, with node annotations; OpenStreetMap surface tags from a local Geofabrik extract (Overpass unreachable), checked 2026-11-01. Today's road conditions: 511.

Before you go

These change, so we link to the people who keep them up to date.

  • The crossing you arrive onSeasonal — Argentia is not the year-round crossing

    Port aux Basques runs through the winter; Argentia does not. Confirm the sailing first, because the other landing is on the far side of the island.

    marineatlantic.ca →

  • MooseYear round, worst between dusk and dawn

    The province says the likelihood of injury in a moose collision is twice as high between dusk and dawn as in daytime. This is 279.6 km, much of it unlit two-lane highway; plan the drive for daylight where you can.

    gov.nl.ca →

  • Road conditionsYear round, matters most November–April

    Conditions change fast on this coast. Check before you set off.

    511nl.ca →

Questions

How far is Burin from the Argentia ferry terminal?＋

279.6 km by road from the ferry terminal to Burin.

What route do I take?＋

Routes 100, 1, 210, 220A and 220. Your maps app has the turns.

What is there to do in Burin?＋

The province's tourism site suggests a stroll along the Oldest Colony Trust boardwalk in Burin Harbour.

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Every distance and coordinate on this page was checked against its source on November 2, 2026. Origin: OpenStreetMap node/605220569 — Argentia. Destination: OpenStreetMap node/1509847715 — Burin town node. Planning only: not live and not for navigation; roads and conditions change. Terms