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Fortune ferry to Burgeo and the Sandbanks

Distance
758.6 km
Roads
Route 220Route 210Route 1Route 370Route 480
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Aerial of Burgeo spread across its rocky islands and causeways, deep blue water, bright day.
Aerial of Burgeo spread across its rocky islands and causeways, deep blue water, bright day.Photo: ParsonsPhotographyNL · source · CC BY-SA 4.0

You arrive by ferry — Saint-Pierre, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon to Fortune

The boat from Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon lands at Fortune, on the Burin Peninsula. It is an international crossing: passports, and the rules for bringing a car, are the operator's and the border's to state. SPM Ferries publishes sailings and fares.

SPM Ferries: crossings & current schedule →

Then a ferry to Ramea

Burgeo is also the south coast's ferry gate: the Ramea crossing is mapped in both directions (relations 13094354/13094355), and a second service reaches Grey River and François, outports with no road. The provincial schedule has sailings and fares.

Operated by the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Current schedule →
Driving route from Fortune ferry terminal to Burgeo: 758.6 km by road, via Routes 220 · 210 · 1 · 370 · 480.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line measured along OpenStreetMap's roads.

  1. Stop 1: Square PondDetour

    A pond-side stop beside the Trans-Canada that OpenStreetMap still carries under its old park name. The province no longer lists it. The pond is still there for a leg-stretch.

    Stopping here adds 9.8 km to the drive.

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  2. Stop 2: Joey's LookoutDetour

    A two-minute stop for the bay below.

    Stopping here adds 11 km to the drive.

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  3. Stop 3: 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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  4. Stop 4: 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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  5. Stop 5: Nordic ski trails east of Grand Falls-WindsorDetour

    6.7 km of mapped cross-country ski trail in the woods off the Trans-Canada, just east of Grand Falls-Windsor. The club running them is not named on the map; ask locally about grooming and season.

    Stopping here adds 1.9 km to the drive.

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    Show on map: Nordic ski trails east of Grand Falls-Windsor ↑

  6. Stop 6: Loggers' Life Provincial MuseumDetour

    Central Newfoundland ran on the woods for a century, and the museum shows that work.

    Stopping here adds 4.3 km to the drive.

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⛽ Fuel and gravel, road by road ▾
  • Route 220 →Whole road: 7 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 35 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 0% 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 1 →Whole road: 54 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 119 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 68% has no surface tag, so unknown.
  • Route 480 →Whole road: 1 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 148 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 0% has no surface tag, so unknown.

Drive measured Nov 1, 2026, Fortune ferry terminal to Burgeo. Your maps app gives the time on the day. The ferry after it is not included. How we measure

Then the ferry to Ramea — sailings & schedule →

Add to a trip →Ferry info: SPM Ferries →

758.6 km. Off the ferry at Fortune to Burgeo, on Routes 220, 210, 1, 370 and 480.

Sunrise and sunset at Burgeo, by month
The 15thFirst lightSunriseSunsetLast light
Jan7:29 am8:03 am4:54 pm5:29 pm
Feb6:55 am7:27 am5:42 pm6:14 pm
Mar7:04 am7:34 am7:25 pm7:55 pm
Apr6:00 am6:32 am8:08 pm8:40 pm
May5:06 am5:43 am8:49 pm9:26 pm
Jun4:41 am5:21 am9:19 pm10:00 pm
Jul4:58 am5:37 am9:14 pm9:53 pm
Aug5:41 am6:15 am8:34 pm9:08 pm
Sep6:25 am6:56 am7:34 pm8:05 pm
Oct7:07 am7:38 am6:33 pm7:04 pm
Nov6:51 am7:25 am4:45 pm5:18 pm
Dec7:26 am8:01 am4:29 pm5:05 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

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

The longest stretch with nothing mapped on it is 257.3 km, after Red Hawk Diner, to Burgeo.

Show all 78
  • Sage Head Cafecafékm 0.3
  • Sarah Rays Placerestaurantkm 6.2 · 710 m off the road
  • Sharon's Nook Coffee Shoprestaurantkm 6.3 · 878 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 60.1
  • McDonald'sfast foodkm 60.3
  • The Tea Roserestaurantkm 98.3
  • Breen'srestaurantkm 203.2 · 485 m off the road
  • Robin's Donutscafékm 203.2 · 865 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 229.2
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 229.2
  • Brownings Pubpubkm 230.9 · 1212 m off the road
  • Flannigans Pubpubkm 230.9 · 1229 m off the road
  • Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 231 · 1264 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 232.4 · 676 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 232.5 · 593 m off the road
  • KFCfast foodkm 232.5 · 773 m off the road
  • McDonald'sfast foodkm 232.5 · 539 m off the road
  • Jungle Jim'srestaurantkm 232.5 · 488 m off the road
  • Jungle Jim'srestaurantkm 232.5 · 488 m off the road
  • Rod's Restaurantrestaurantkm 232.8 · 508 m off the road
  • A&Wfast foodkm 232.8 · 585 m off the road
  • A&Wfast foodkm 232.8 · 585 m off the road
  • Don Cherry's Sports Bar & Grillrestaurantkm 232.8 · 200 m off the road
  • Robin's Donutsfast foodkm 233 · 1142 m off the road
  • Snack shack.fast foodkm 262.1 · 624 m off the road
  • Happy Adventure Cafecafékm 300.7 · 1229 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'srestaurantkm 308.7
  • Family Pizzarestaurantkm 338.4 · 1870 m off the road
  • Copper Kettle Restaurantrestaurantkm 345.2
  • The Newfoundland Tea Co. Restaurant & Shoprestaurantkm 374.2 · 1906 m off the road
  • Swiss Chaletrestaurantkm 374.4 · 869 m off the road
  • Robin's Donutsfast foodkm 374.4 · 845 m off the road
  • Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 374.5 · 816 m off the road
  • Subwayfast foodkm 374.5 · 1036 m off the road
  • McDonald'sfast foodkm 374.5 · 1045 m off the road
  • Wing 'n Itrestaurantkm 374.5 · 1795 m off the road
  • KFCfast foodkm 374.6 · 1104 m off the road
  • Mystic Roomrestaurantkm 374.6 · 800 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 374.6 · 1480 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 374.6 · 1110 m off the road
  • The Shawarma Stationrestaurantkm 374.8 · 1143 m off the road
  • Ches's Fish & Chipsrestaurantkm 374.9 · 956 m off the road
  • Little Caesarsfast foodkm 374.9 · 1866 m off the road
  • DQ Grill & Chillfast foodkm 374.9
  • Jumping Bean Coffee Companycafékm 375.2 · 974 m off the road
  • Lilly's Landing Family Restaurantrestaurantkm 375.2 · 986 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 375.2
  • Louis Geesfast foodkm 375.2 · 809 m off the road
  • Jade Garden Restaurantrestaurantkm 375.2 · 869 m off the road
  • New Highlight Restaurantrestaurantkm 375.2 · 906 m off the road
  • Pizza Housefast foodkm 375.2 · 954 m off the road
  • East Ocean Restaurantfast foodkm 375.2 · 949 m off the road
  • Grecofast foodkm 375.2 · 883 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 375.4
  • A&Wfast foodkm 375.7
  • Subwayfast foodkm 375.7
  • Riverside Dinerfast foodkm 397 · 600 m off the road
  • Irvingrestaurantkm 455.4
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 455.4
  • Furey's Trailway Take-Outfast foodkm 455.6 · 425 m off the road
  • KFCfast foodkm 468.6 · 488 m off the road
  • Greco Pizzafast foodkm 468.7 · 383 m off the road
  • Sarah's Dinerrestaurantkm 468.7 · 1171 m off the road
  • Taiwanrestaurantkm 468.7 · 1240 m off the road
  • Juniper Kitchen and Bistrorestaurantkm 468.7 · 1259 m off the road
  • Subwayfast foodkm 469.3 · 379 m off the road
  • A&Wfast foodkm 469.3 · 967 m off the road
  • McDonald'sfast foodkm 469.4 · 409 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 469.4 · 519 m off the road
  • Wing'n Itrestaurantkm 469.4 · 1245 m off the road
  • War Wick'srestaurantkm 469.4 · 1338 m off the road
  • Burger Kingfast foodkm 469.5 · 721 m off the road
  • Tai Sun Restaurantrestaurantkm 469.5 · 403 m off the road
  • Donnini's Pizza & Donairrestaurantkm 469.5 · 422 m off the road
  • Dairy Queenfast foodkm 469.5 · 266 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 469.7 · 846 m off the road
  • Badger Diner & Motelrestaurantkm 498.2
  • Red Hawk Dinerrestaurantkm 498.4 · 258 m off the road

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.

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Doing it electric

Fast chargers on this drive
Marystown km 60, Goobies km 204, Port Blandford km 262, Glovertown km 310, Gander km 376, Bishop’s Falls km 459
Longest stretch without one
298 km
Bishop’s Falls → Burgeo, of 757 km driven
Nearest fast charger to Burgeo
182.1 km
by road, at Stephenville

No fast charger at Burgeo. From the last fast charger, in Bishop’s Falls, it is 298 km there and the same back: plan on about 596 km on one charge, more in cold weather or with the heat on. Or charge at Stephenville, 182.1 km from Burgeo by road, off this drive's own road.

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): Clarenville (km 230; 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 376; 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
91.9 km
a tertiary road (18.81 km, 89.7 km from Burgeo); a tertiary road (12.58 km, 95.2 km from Burgeo); a tertiary road (7.53 km, 101.8 km from Burgeo)
Mapped as paved
62%
417.2 km of 758.6 km driven
No surface tag on the map
24%
162.1 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 onCheck the operator; the season matters

    SPM Ferries sails between Saint-Pierre and Fortune. Confirm the sailing, and what you can bring across, before you plan the drive.

    spm-ferries.fr →

  • 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 758.6 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 Burgeo from the Fortune ferry?＋

758.6 km from the ferry terminal to Burgeo.

What route do I take?＋

Routes 220, 210, 1, 370 and 480. Your maps app has the turns.

Can I bring a car on the boat?＋

That is SPM Ferries' and the border's to state: read the operator's page before you set off.

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 November 1, 2026. Origin: OpenStreetMap node/7740476043 — Fortune. Destination: OpenStreetMap node/4314598365 — Burgeo place node. Planning only: not live and not for navigation; roads and conditions change. Terms