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Argentia ferry terminal → La Scie

Argentia ferry to La Scie

Distance
610.9 km
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La Scie around its harbour at the top of the Baie Verte Peninsula — church, houses and fish flakes reflected in still water.
La Scie around its harbour at the top of the Baie Verte Peninsula — church, houses and fish flakes reflected in still water.Photo: Scio c, 2014 · source · CC BY-SA 4.0

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.

Operated by Marine Atlantic. The drive below starts where the boat lands.

Crossings & current schedule →
Driving route from Argentia ferry terminal to La Scie: 610.9 km by road, via Routes 100 · 1 · 410 · 414.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line computed with OSRM.

Faded lines are other drives from Argentia ferry terminal into this area: Baie Verte (562 km), Pilley's Island ferry terminal (507 km), Triton (511 km). Each splits off where its line leaves this one.

  1. Stop 1: Joey's Lookout

    A mapped viewpoint on the Trans-Canada east of Gander, effectively on the road. OpenStreetMap records only the name and that it is a viewpoint. It is easy to miss at highway speed.

    Stopping here adds 0.1 km to the drive.

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    Show on map: Joey's Lookout ↑
  2. Stop 2: Square Pond

    A pond-side stop beside the Trans-Canada. OpenStreetMap still uses its old provincial-park name; the province no longer lists it. A place to stretch your legs.

    Stopping here adds 0.7 km to the drive.

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    Show on map: Square Pond ↑
  3. Stop 3: North Atlantic Aviation Museum

    On the Trans-Canada at 135, per the museum's own page: Gander's story from 1935 to 2001, the Second World War, the transatlantic crossroads years and 9/11. Hours are linked below.

    Stopping here adds 0.1 km to the drive.

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    Show on map: North Atlantic Aviation Museum ↑
  4. Stop 4: Upper Falls Lookout

    One of three viewpoints mapped together beside the Trans-Canada at the Norris Arm junction. 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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  5. Stop 5: Loggers' Life Provincial MuseumDetour

    A reconstructed 1920s logging camp on the west side of Grand Falls-Windsor, mapped right beside the driven line. Central Newfoundland ran on the woods for a century, and the museum shows that work.

    Stopping here adds 4.3 km to the drive.

  6. Stop 6: Indian River

    A green space mapped essentially on the driven line. 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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⛽ 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 410 →Whole road: 3 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 59 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 0% has no surface tag, so unknown.
  • Route 414 →Whole road: 1 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 52 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 0% has no surface tag, so unknown.
Electric: plan 290 km on a charge ↓

Drive measured Oct 19, 2026, Argentia ferry terminal to La Scie. Your maps app gives the time on the day. How we measure

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

610.9 km. Off the ferry at Argentia to La Scie, on Routes 100, 1, 410 and 414.

When you get to La Scie

Places to eat on the way

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

The longest stretch with nothing mapped on it is 143.5 km — after Eddies Restaurant, until Critch's.

All 79, in the order you pass them — open the list
  • 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 92.3
  • 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 · 200 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 · 869 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 · 1110 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 · 600 m off the road
  • Irvingrestaurantkm 369.6
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 369.6
  • Furey's Trailway Take-Outfast foodkm 369.7 · 425 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 · 1259 m off the road
  • Sarah's Dinerrestaurantkm 382.9 · 1171 m off the road
  • A&Wfast foodkm 383.4 · 967 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 · 266 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 383.8 · 846 m off the road
  • Badger Diner & Motelrestaurantkm 412.4
  • Red Hawk Dinerrestaurantkm 412.7
  • Eddies Restaurantrestaurantkm 463.5
  • Critch'srestaurantkm 607 · 178 m off the road

Not ranked or complete, and nobody pays to be here. No opening hours: phone ahead. Open map data, swept 2026-10-18. How we measure · Add a missing place

New place to eat, or one that's missing? This list comes from OpenStreetMap, so nobody can pay to be on it. Add it to the map yourself (about twenty minutes on a phone), or email us the details and we'll put it on the map.

Short drives from La Scie

An easy day out from La ScieBaie Verte 60 km awayIts own page measures from the Argentia ferry; from La Scie it is 60 km.Directions from where your phone is now:
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Or any of these: nearest first, measured by road from La Scie.

Distances by road, measured on OpenStreetMap October 16, 2026, from where this route ends. 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, Glowertown km 224, Gander km 290, Bishop’s Falls km 373, South Brook km 465
Longest stretch without one
145 km
South Brook → La Scie, of 610 km driven
Nearest fast charger to La Scie
145.7 km
by road, at South Brook

No fast charger at La Scie. From South Brook it is 145 km there and the same back: plan on about 290 km on one charge, more in cold weather or with the heat on. Or charge at South Brook, 145.7 km from La Scie by road, off this drive's own road.

Coming in 2026 (NL Hydro, 2026-10-22): Whitbourne (km 45) and Clarenville (km 144) and Gander (km 290). Not counted until it opens.

NL Hydro fast chargers within 3 km of the drive. Check the app for one that's working. Exported 2026-10-22. How we measure

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

Paved or not, per the map

Mapped as unpaved
none
Not proof it is all paved: 54% has no surface tag.
Mapped as paved
46%
260 km of 610.9 km driven
No surface tag on the map
54%
304.8 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 via Overpass, checked 2026-10-19. 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 610.9 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 at one end of the island say little about the other. Check before you set off.

    511nl.ca →

Onward from La Scie

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

Questions

How far is La Scie from the Argentia ferry?+

610.9 km from the ferry terminal to La Scie.

What route do I take?+

Routes 100, 1, 410 and 414. Your maps app has the turns.

Do I need a car?+

You came off the ferry with one, so this is your own drive.

No recorded track yet.Drove it? Send yours →

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Every distance and coordinate on this page was checked against its source on October 19, 2026. Origin: OpenStreetMap node/605220569 — Argentia. Destination: OpenStreetMap node/107363514.

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