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Argentia ferry terminal → Rose Blanche ferry wharf

Argentia ferry to La Poile

Distance
903.5 km
Roads
Route 100Route 1Route 470
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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 →

Then a ferry to La Poile

Passengers and freight only: no vehicles. The province gives the crossing as 1 hour 30 minutes and posts summer and winter schedules.

Operated by the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Current schedule →
Driving route from Argentia ferry terminal to Rose Blanche ferry wharf: 903.5 km by road, via Routes 100 · 1 · 470.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line measured along OpenStreetMap's roads.

  1. Stop 1: North Atlantic Aviation Museum

    An aviation museum in Gander. Gander exists because of transatlantic flight, and this is where that story is kept. Check current hours with the museum.

    Stopping here adds 0.1 km to the drive.

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  2. Stop 2: Airport Nordic Ski Club

    Trail lengths are missing because the trails are not on the map yet.

    Stopping here adds 0.1 km to the drive.

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  3. Stop 3: Upper Falls LookoutDetour

    It is the upper waterfall lookout on the Eel Brook Trail, a short walk past Eel Brook's falls: AllTrails lists it at about 1.3 miles out and back, with Lower Falls Lookout as the other viewpoint.

    Stopping here adds 2 km to the drive.

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  4. Stop 4: Indian River

    OpenStreetMap records it as a nature reserve but not who runs it, and it is not on ParksNL's list. Treat it as a place to pull over, not somewhere with facilities.

    Stopping here adds 0.1 km to the drive.

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  5. Stop 5: Starlite Trail trailhead

    A moderate to difficult 5.1 km trail to the top of the Long Range Mountains over the Little Codroy River, per the province's tourism site. The trailhead is on the Trans-Canada near Route 407.

    Stopping here adds 0.1 km to the drive.

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  6. Stop 6: Isle aux Morts

    Two 17th-century astrolabes were recovered just off this coast, per the province's tourism site. The town also tells of Hairyman, a Newfoundland dog said to have rescued 163 shipwreck survivors in 1828.

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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.

Drive measured Nov 6, 2026, Argentia ferry terminal to Rose Blanche ferry wharf. Your maps app gives the time on the day. The ferry after it is not included. How we measure

Then the ferry to La Poile — sailings & schedule →

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

903.5 km. From the Argentia ferry terminal to the wharf at Rose Blanche, for the boat to La Poile, on Routes 100, 1 and 470.

No road reaches La Poile. The province’s ferry page gives the crossing from Rose Blanche as 1 hour 30 minutes, on the MV Challenge One: passenger and freight, no vehicles, 26 passengers. It posts a summer and a winter schedule; open the current one before you drive.

Sunrise and sunset at Rose Blanche, by month
The 15thFirst lightSunriseSunsetLast light
Jan7:33 am8:08 am4:58 pm5:33 pm
Feb6:59 am7:31 am5:46 pm6:18 pm
Mar7:08 am7:39 am7:29 pm8:00 pm
Apr6:04 am6:36 am8:12 pm8:45 pm
May5:11 am5:47 am8:54 pm9:30 pm
Jun4:45 am5:26 am9:23 pm10:04 pm
Jul5:03 am5:41 am9:19 pm9:58 pm
Aug5:46 am6:20 am8:38 pm9:12 pm
Sep6:30 am7:01 am7:38 pm8:09 pm
Oct7:11 am7:42 am6:38 pm7:09 pm
Nov6:56 am7:29 am4:49 pm5:23 pm
Dec7:30 am8:06 am4:33 pm5:09 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

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

The longest stretch with nothing mapped on it is 128.9 km, after Eddies Restaurant, until Big Stop Restaurant.

Show all 116
  • 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
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 143.3
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 143.3
  • Brownings Pubpubkm 145 · 1212 m off the road
  • Flannigans Pubpubkm 145 · 1229 m off the road
  • Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 145.1 · 1264 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 146.6 · 593 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 146.6 · 676 m off the road
  • KFCfast foodkm 146.7 · 773 m off the road
  • McDonald'sfast foodkm 146.7 · 539 m off the road
  • Jungle Jim'srestaurantkm 146.7 · 488 m off the road
  • Jungle Jim'srestaurantkm 146.7 · 488 m off the road
  • Rod's Restaurantrestaurantkm 146.9 · 508 m off the road
  • Don Cherry's Sports Bar & Grillrestaurantkm 146.9 · 202 m off the road
  • A&Wfast foodkm 147 · 585 m off the road
  • A&Wfast foodkm 147 · 585 m off the road
  • Robin's Donutsfast foodkm 147.1 · 1142 m off the road
  • Snack shack.fast foodkm 176.2 · 624 m off the road
  • Happy Adventure Cafecafékm 214.8 · 1229 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'srestaurantkm 222.9
  • Family Pizzarestaurantkm 252.5 · 1870 m off the road
  • Copper Kettle Restaurantrestaurantkm 259.3
  • The Newfoundland Tea Co. Restaurant & Shoprestaurantkm 288.3 · 1906 m off the road
  • Swiss Chaletrestaurantkm 288.5 · 870 m off the road
  • Robin's Donutsfast foodkm 288.5 · 845 m off the road
  • Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 288.6 · 816 m off the road
  • Subwayfast foodkm 288.6 · 1036 m off the road
  • McDonald'sfast foodkm 288.6 · 1045 m off the road
  • Wing 'n Itrestaurantkm 288.6 · 1795 m off the road
  • KFCfast foodkm 288.8 · 1104 m off the road
  • Mystic Roomrestaurantkm 288.8 · 800 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 288.8 · 1480 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 288.8 · 1111 m off the road
  • The Shawarma Stationrestaurantkm 288.9 · 1143 m off the road
  • Ches's Fish & Chipsrestaurantkm 289 · 956 m off the road
  • Little Caesarsfast foodkm 289 · 1866 m off the road
  • DQ Grill & Chillfast foodkm 289.1
  • Lilly's Landing Family Restaurantrestaurantkm 289.3 · 986 m off the road
  • Jade Garden Restaurantrestaurantkm 289.3 · 869 m off the road
  • Grecofast foodkm 289.3 · 883 m off the road
  • Jumping Bean Coffee Companycafékm 289.4 · 974 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 289.4
  • Louis Geesfast foodkm 289.4 · 809 m off the road
  • New Highlight Restaurantrestaurantkm 289.4 · 906 m off the road
  • Pizza Housefast foodkm 289.4 · 954 m off the road
  • East Ocean Restaurantfast foodkm 289.4 · 949 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 289.5
  • A&Wfast foodkm 289.8
  • Subwayfast foodkm 289.8
  • Riverside Dinerfast foodkm 311.1 · 598 m off the road
  • Irvingrestaurantkm 369.6
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 369.6
  • Furey's Trailway Take-Outfast foodkm 369.7 · 423 m off the road
  • KFCfast foodkm 382.7 · 488 m off the road
  • Greco Pizzafast foodkm 382.8 · 383 m off the road
  • Taiwanrestaurantkm 382.8 · 1240 m off the road
  • Juniper Kitchen and Bistrorestaurantkm 382.8 · 1261 m off the road
  • Sarah's Dinerrestaurantkm 382.9 · 1171 m off the road
  • A&Wfast foodkm 383.4 · 969 m off the road
  • Subwayfast foodkm 383.5 · 379 m off the road
  • McDonald'sfast foodkm 383.6 · 409 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 383.6 · 519 m off the road
  • Burger Kingfast foodkm 383.6 · 721 m off the road
  • Wing'n Itrestaurantkm 383.6 · 1245 m off the road
  • War Wick'srestaurantkm 383.6 · 1338 m off the road
  • Tai Sun Restaurantrestaurantkm 383.6 · 403 m off the road
  • Donnini's Pizza & Donairrestaurantkm 383.6 · 422 m off the road
  • Dairy Queenfast foodkm 383.6 · 267 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 383.8 · 846 m off the road
  • Badger Diner & Motelrestaurantkm 412.5
  • Red Hawk Dinerrestaurantkm 412.7
  • Eddies Restaurantrestaurantkm 463.4
  • Big Stop Restaurantrestaurantkm 592.3
  • Tim Hortonfast foodkm 592.3 · 222 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 592.8 · 192 m off the road
  • Wingn' itrestaurantkm 593.3
  • Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 593.8 · 235 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 594 · 225 m off the road
  • A&Wfast foodkm 594 · 178 m off the road
  • Subwayfast foodkm 594.1 · 177 m off the road
  • KFCfast foodkm 594.2
  • Peter's Pizzafast foodkm 594.2
  • Burger Kingfast foodkm 594.3
  • Langerspubkm 594.3 · 550 m off the road
  • Oasis Grill Houserestaurantkm 615.8 · 244 m off the road
  • Cafe 59restaurantkm 615.8 · 863 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 634.2
  • Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 641.6 · 881 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 641.7 · 923 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 641.7 · 912 m off the road
  • Samuel's Sammiches and Sweetsrestaurantkm 641.8 · 1496 m off the road
  • McDonald'sfast foodkm 642.6 · 310 m off the road
  • Jungle Jim'srestaurantkm 642.9 · 197 m off the road
  • Wendy'sfast foodkm 643.1
  • Pinchgut Restaurant & Conveniencerestaurantkm 660.5
  • Midway Motel and Loungepubkm 751.8
  • Robin's Donutsrestaurantkm 820.7
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 853.6
  • Robin‘sfast foodkm 855.6 · 823 m off the road
  • Alma‘s Restaurantrestaurantkm 855.6 · 452 m off the road
  • Subwayfast foodkm 855.7
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 855.7
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 855.9
  • Bob's Chicken Coopfast foodkm 855.9
  • Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 856.3
  • Tai-Hong Restaurantrestaurantkm 856.5
  • Port Clubpubkm 857.1 · 376 m off the road
  • Shark Cove Restaurantrestaurantkm 857.6 · 1778 m off the road
  • Shark Cove Restaurantrestaurantkm 857.6 · 1778 m off the road
  • Burnt Islands Coffee Shopcafékm 882.3 · 1341 m off the road

Not ranked or complete, and nobody pays to be here. No opening hours: phone ahead. Open map data, read 2026-11-07 (how we measure). Missing one? Add it to the map or email us the details.

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Short drives from Rose Blanche

An easy day out from Rose BlancheSmokey Cape Trail 54 km awayA walk: 2.4 km walk · easyDirections from where your phone is now:
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Or any of these: nearest first, measured by road from Rose Blanche. Each one's page has directions.

More, up to 83 km (2)

Distances by road from Rose Blanche, 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, Port Blandford km 176, Glovertown km 224, Gander km 290, Bishop’s Falls km 373, South Brook km 465, Deer Lake km 594, Corner Brook km 645, Robinsons km 754, Port aux Basques km 858
Longest stretch without one
129 km
South Brook → Deer Lake, of 902 km driven
Nearest fast charger to Rose Blanche ferry wharf
44.6 km
by road, at Port aux Basques

The chargers

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) and Clarenville (km 144; CCS and CHAdeMO plugs · ultra-fast, up to 175 kW to one car, 350 kW where a site has two or more chargers) and Gander, a second site in the same town (km 290; CCS and CHAdeMO plugs · ultra-fast, up to 175 kW to one car, 350 kW where a site has two or more chargers) and Deer Lake, a second site in the same town (km 590; 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

Every route compared →NL Hydro: plan your road trip →

Paved or not, per the map

Mapped as unpaved
0.2 km
Water Bottom Road (0.2 km, 0.1 km from Rose Blanche ferry wharf)
Mapped as paved
26%
208.1 km of 903.5 km driven
No surface tag on the map
74%
606.8 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 2026-11-06. 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 903.5 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 →

Onward from Rose Blanche ferry wharf

The drives that continue from here, measured the same way you arrived.

Questions

How far is the La Poile boat from the Argentia ferry terminal?＋

903.5 km by road from the ferry terminal to the wharf at Rose Blanche.

What route do I take?＋

Routes 100, 1 and 470. Your maps app has the turns.

Can I take my car to La Poile?＋

No. The province lists its vessel, the MV Challenge One, as passenger and freight, no vehicles. Leave the car at Rose Blanche.

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Every distance and coordinate on this page was checked against its source on November 6, 2026. Origin: OpenStreetMap node/605220569 — Argentia. Destination: OpenStreetMap node/1493904103 — the ferry wharf at Rose Blanche, the end of the La Poile ferry route. Planning only: not live and not for navigation; roads and conditions change. Terms