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Fortune ferry to Comfort Cove-Newstead

Distance
464 km
Roads
Route 220Route 210Route 1Route 340Route 343
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Fishing boats tied along a wharf in a sheltered cove at Comfort Cove, houses and spruce behind.
Fishing boats tied along a wharf in a sheltered cove at Comfort Cove, houses and spruce behind.Photo: Dave Leyden · source · used with permission, not for re-use

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 →
Driving route from Fortune ferry terminal to Comfort Cove-Newstead: 464 km by road, via Routes 220 · 210 · 1 · 340 · 343.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line measured along OpenStreetMap's roads.

  1. Stop 1: Marystown

    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.

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  2. Stop 2: 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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  3. Stop 3: Joey's LookoutDetour

    A two-minute stop for the bay below.

    Stopping here adds 11 km to the drive.

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  4. Stop 4: Silent Witnesses MemorialDetour

    A memorial on Route 1 outside Gander, unveiled in 1990 for the lives lost in the Arrow Air crash of 12 December 1985. An American soldier stands atop a rock holding the hands of a civilian boy and girl, each child carrying an olive branch for the Screaming Eagles' peacekeeping mission in the Sinai; they were going home for Christmas. The trio look toward Fort Campbell, Kentucky, where a similar statue looks back.

    Stopping here adds 2.4 km to the drive.

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  5. Stop 5: 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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  6. Stop 6: Notre Dame Provincial ParkDetour

    A forested ParksNL park on Junction Pond with a sandy beach, for swimming, canoeing and kayaking, per the province's tourism site. ParksNL publishes its season.

    Stopping here adds 2 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 340 →Whole road: 5 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 44 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 88% has no surface tag, so unknown.

Drive measured Nov 1, 2026, Fortune ferry terminal to Comfort Cove-Newstead. Your maps app gives the time on the day. How we measure

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464 km. Off the ferry at Fortune to Comfort Cove-Newstead, on Routes 220, 210, 1, 340 and 343.

Sunrise and sunset at Comfort Cove-Newstead, by month
The 15thFirst lightSunriseSunsetLast light
Jan7:23 am7:59 am4:36 pm5:13 pm
Feb6:46 am7:19 am5:27 pm6:00 pm
Mar6:52 am7:24 am7:13 pm7:45 pm
Apr5:44 am6:18 am8:00 pm8:34 pm
May4:47 am5:26 am8:45 pm9:23 pm
Jun4:18 am5:02 am9:16 pm10:00 pm
Jul4:37 am5:19 am9:11 pm9:52 pm
Aug5:24 am6:00 am8:28 pm9:03 pm
Sep6:12 am6:44 am7:24 pm7:56 pm
Oct6:57 am7:29 am6:20 pm6:52 pm
Nov6:45 am7:20 am4:28 pm5:03 pm
Dec7:20 am7:58 am4:10 pm4:48 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

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

The longest stretch with nothing mapped on it is 104.9 km, after The Tea Rose, until Breen's.

Show all 61
  • 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
  • Greco Pizzarestaurantkm 430.9
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 430.9
  • Subwayfast foodkm 430.9
  • McDonald'sfast foodkm 431.1 · 165 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, Lewisporte km 432
Longest stretch without one
144 km
Marystown → Goobies, of 463 km driven
Nearest fast charger to Comfort Cove-Newstead
31.9 km
by road, at Lewisporte

The chargers

  • Marystown km 60 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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  • Goobies km 204 of the drive

    Irving Oil 162 Trans Canada

    CCS and CHAdeMO plugs · 62.5 kW DC fast charger

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  • Port Blandford km 262 of the drive

    Rudy’s Restaurant & Gas Bar 42 Blackmore’s Road

    CCS and CHAdeMO plugs · 62.5 kW DC fast charger

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  • Glovertown km 310 of the drive

    Splash N Putt Resort Traytown, NL A0G 4K0

    CCS and CHAdeMO plugs · 62.5 kW DC fast charger

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  • Gander km 376 of the drive

    Orangestore 100 Trans-Canada Highway

    CCS and CHAdeMO plugs · 62.5 kW DC fast charger

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  • Lewisporte km 432 of the drive, 0.7 km off it

    Brittany Inns Hotel 373 Main St, Lewisporte, NL A0G 3A0

    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): 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

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Paved or not, per the map

Mapped as unpaved
none
Not proof it is all paved: 40% has no surface tag.
Mapped as paved
60%
228.7 km of 464 km driven
No surface tag on the map
40%
155.4 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 →

  • Provincial parksSeasonal — typically late spring into the fall

    Notre Dame is an operating provincial park with dates that move year to year; ParksNL publishes them park by park.

    gov.nl.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 464 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 Comfort Cove-Newstead

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

Questions

How far is Comfort Cove-Newstead from the Fortune ferry?＋

464 km from the ferry terminal to Comfort Cove-Newstead.

What route do I take?＋

Routes 220, 210, 1, 340 and 343. 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.

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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/1489610212 — Comfort Cove-Newstead. Planning only: not live and not for navigation; roads and conditions change. Terms