Argentia ferry terminal → Petite Forte ferry wharf
Argentia ferry to South East Bight
- ⛽ Route 210 has 105 km with no fuel. Where to fill up →
- Distance
- 248.7 km
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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 South East Bight
Passengers and freight only: no vehicles. The province gives the crossing as 25 minutes and posts summer and winter schedules.
Operated by the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Current schedule →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.
Directions →Show on map: Fitzgerald's Pond Provincial Park ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 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.
Directions →Show on map: Arnold's Cove ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 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.
Directions →Show on map: Swift Current ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 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.
Directions →Show on map: Bay L'Argent ferry ↑Other map apps
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Scan with your phone to open this page there. Then tap Keep for offline before you lose signal.
⛽ 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.
Drive measured Nov 6, 2026, Argentia ferry terminal to Petite Forte 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 South East Bight — sailings & schedule →
Add to a trip →Keep for offline ↓Ferry info: Marine Atlantic →
248.7 km. From the Argentia ferry terminal to the wharf at Petite Forte, for the boat to South East Bight, on Routes 100, 1, 210 and 215.
No road reaches South East Bight. The province’s ferry page gives the crossing from Petite Forte as 25 minutes, on the Marine Coaster III: passenger and freight, no vehicles, 34 passengers. It posts a summer and a winter schedule; open the current one before you drive.
Sunrise and sunset at Petite Forte, by month
| The 15th | First light | Sunrise | Sunset | Last light |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7:16 am | 7:51 am | 4:43 pm | 5:18 pm |
| Feb | 6:43 am | 7:14 am | 5:30 pm | 6:02 pm |
| Mar | 6:52 am | 7:22 am | 7:13 pm | 7:43 pm |
| Apr | 5:48 am | 6:21 am | 7:56 pm | 8:28 pm |
| May | 4:55 am | 5:32 am | 8:37 pm | 9:13 pm |
| Jun | 4:30 am | 5:10 am | 9:06 pm | 9:46 pm |
| Jul | 4:48 am | 5:26 am | 9:02 pm | 9:40 pm |
| Aug | 5:30 am | 6:04 am | 8:22 pm | 8:56 pm |
| Sep | 6:14 am | 6:45 am | 7:22 pm | 7:53 pm |
| Oct | 6:55 am | 7:26 am | 6:22 pm | 6:53 pm |
| Nov | 6:39 am | 7:13 am | 4:34 pm | 5:07 pm |
| Dec | 7:13 am | 7:49 am | 4:18 pm | 4:54 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
8 places to eat within 2 km of this drive, in the order you pass them.
The longest stretch with nothing mapped on it is 104.3 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 221.1 · 1230 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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More about this drive
Doing it electric
- Fast chargers on this drive
- Goobies km 118
- Longest stretch without one
- 130 km
- Goobies → Petite Forte ferry wharf, of 248 km driven
- Nearest fast charger to Petite Forte ferry wharf
- 66.7 km
- by road, at Marystown
No fast charger at Petite Forte ferry wharf. From the last fast charger, in Goobies, it is 130 km there and the same back: plan on about 260 km on one charge, more in cold weather or with the heat on. Or go by way of Marystown and charge there (143 km from the charger at Goobies): then it is 66.7 km to Petite Forte ferry wharf and the same back, about 133 km on one charge.
The chargers
Goobies km 118 of the drive
Irving Oil 162 Trans Canada
CCS and CHAdeMO plugs · 62.5 kW DC fast charger
Directions →Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeMarystown 66.7 km from Petite Forte ferry wharf by road
Marystown Hotel and Convention Centre 180-190 Ville Marie Dr, Marystown, NL A0E 2M0
CCS and CHAdeMO plugs · 62.5 kW DC fast charger
Directions →Other map apps
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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
Paved or not, per the map
- Mapped as unpaved
- 21.3 km
- Hayden's Point Road (0.23 km, 0.1 km from Petite Forte ferry wharf); Petit Forte Road (14.73 km, 4.4 km from Petite Forte ferry wharf); Petit Forte Road (3.55 km, 9.1 km from Petite Forte ferry wharf)
- Mapped as paved
- 65%
- 152.1 km of 248.7 km driven
- No surface tag on the map
- 26%
- 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 2026-11-06. 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 248.7 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 the South East Bight boat from the Argentia ferry terminal?＋
248.7 km by road from the ferry terminal to the wharf at Petite Forte.
What route do I take?＋
Routes 100, 1, 210 and 215. Your maps app has the turns.
Can I take my car to South East Bight?＋
No. The province lists its vessel, the Marine Coaster III, as passenger and freight, no vehicles. Leave the car at Petite Forte.
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width="100%" height="420" style="border:0" loading="lazy"
title="Driving route: Argentia ferry terminal to Petite Forte ferry wharf"></iframe>?lat=&lon=&label= to the URL to pin your own property on the map.Every distance and coordinate on this page was checked against its source on November 6, 2026. Origin: OpenStreetMap node/605220569 — Argentia. Destination: OpenStreetMap node/3265813333 — the ferry wharf at Petite Forte, the end of the South East Bight ferry route. Planning only: not live and not for navigation; roads and conditions change. Terms