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Fortune ferry terminal → Rose Blanche ferry wharf

Fortune ferry to La Poile

Distance
989.6 km
Roads
Route 220Route 210Route 1Route 470
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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 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 Fortune ferry terminal to Rose Blanche ferry wharf: 989.6 km by road, via Routes 220 · 210 · 1 · 470.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: 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: 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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  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 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.

Drive measured Nov 6, 2026, Fortune 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: SPM Ferries →

989.6 km. From the Fortune ferry terminal to the wharf at Rose Blanche, for the boat to La Poile, on Routes 220, 210, 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

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

The longest stretch with nothing mapped on it is 129 km, after Eddies Restaurant, until Big Stop Restaurant.

Show all 120
  • Sage Head Cafecafékm 0.3
  • Sarah Rays Placerestaurantkm 6.2 · 710 m off the road
  • Sharon's Nook Coffee Shoprestaurantkm 6.3 · 877 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 · 202 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 · 870 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 · 1111 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 · 598 m off the road
  • Irvingrestaurantkm 455.4
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 455.4
  • Furey's Trailway Take-Outfast foodkm 455.6 · 423 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 · 1261 m off the road
  • Subwayfast foodkm 469.3 · 379 m off the road
  • A&Wfast foodkm 469.3 · 969 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 · 267 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 469.7 · 846 m off the road
  • Badger Diner & Motelrestaurantkm 498.3
  • Red Hawk Dinerrestaurantkm 498.5
  • Eddies Restaurantrestaurantkm 549.2
  • Big Stop Restaurantrestaurantkm 678.2
  • Tim Hortonfast foodkm 678.2 · 222 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 678.6 · 192 m off the road
  • Wingn' itrestaurantkm 679.2
  • Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 679.7 · 235 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 679.8 · 225 m off the road
  • Subwayfast foodkm 679.9 · 177 m off the road
  • A&Wfast foodkm 679.9 · 178 m off the road
  • KFCfast foodkm 680.1
  • Peter's Pizzafast foodkm 680.1
  • Burger Kingfast foodkm 680.2
  • Langerspubkm 680.2 · 550 m off the road
  • Oasis Grill Houserestaurantkm 701.7 · 244 m off the road
  • Cafe 59restaurantkm 701.7 · 863 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 720.1
  • Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 727.4 · 881 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 727.5 · 923 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 727.5 · 912 m off the road
  • Samuel's Sammiches and Sweetsrestaurantkm 727.7 · 1496 m off the road
  • King Henry's Pubpubkm 727.8 · 1919 m off the road
  • KFCfast foodkm 727.8 · 1991 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 727.8 · 1848 m off the road
  • McDonald'sfast foodkm 728.5 · 310 m off the road
  • Jungle Jim'srestaurantkm 728.8 · 197 m off the road
  • Wendy'sfast foodkm 729
  • Pinchgut Restaurant & Conveniencerestaurantkm 746.3
  • Midway Motel and Loungepubkm 837.7
  • Robin's Donutsrestaurantkm 906.6
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 939.4
  • Alma‘s Restaurantrestaurantkm 941.4 · 452 m off the road
  • Robin‘sfast foodkm 941.5 · 823 m off the road
  • Subwayfast foodkm 941.5
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 941.6
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 941.7
  • Bob's Chicken Coopfast foodkm 941.7
  • Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 942.1
  • Tai-Hong Restaurantrestaurantkm 942.3
  • Port Clubpubkm 942.9 · 376 m off the road
  • Shark Cove Restaurantrestaurantkm 943.4 · 1778 m off the road
  • Shark Cove Restaurantrestaurantkm 943.4 · 1778 m off the road
  • Burnt Islands Coffee Shopcafékm 968.1 · 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 BlancheHarvey's Trail 27 km awayA walk: 4 km loop · 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.

  • Harvey's Trailtrail · 4 km loop · easy27 km
  • Port aux Basquestown47 km
  • Channel Head Lighttowerlighthouse49 km
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  • Smokey Cape Trailtrail · 2.4 km walk · easy54 km
  • Cape Ray lighthousestop60 km

    The province's tourism site suggests the Cape Ray Lightkeepers House, on the lighthouse's history, before heading to the wetlands.

  • Wreckhousestop64 km

    A named place on the map, not a building, and the Trans-Canada runs straight through it.

  • Starlight Trailtrail · 4.8 km out and back · challenging75 km
  • Searstonstop80 km

    One end of the 5.5 km Coastangs Trail, a moderate coastal walk with mountains behind, per the province's tourism site.

More, up to 83 km (3)

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
Marystown km 60, Goobies km 204, Port Blandford km 262, Glovertown km 310, Gander km 376, Bishop’s Falls km 459, South Brook km 551, Deer Lake km 680, Corner Brook km 730, Robinsons km 840, Port aux Basques km 944
Longest stretch without one
144 km
Marystown → Goobies, of 988 km driven
Nearest fast charger to Rose Blanche ferry wharf
44.6 km
by road, at Port aux Basques

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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  • Bishop’s Falls km 459 of the drive, 0.6 km off it

    Irving Oil 62 Main St

    CCS and CHAdeMO plugs · 62.5 kW DC fast charger

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  • South Brook km 551 of the drive

    Eddie’s Restaurant 48 Aspen St, South Brook, NL A0J 1S0

    CCS and CHAdeMO plugs · 62.5 kW DC fast charger

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  • Deer Lake km 680 of the drive

    Irving Oil 62-102 Trans-Canada Highway

    CCS and CHAdeMO plugs · 62.5 kW DC fast charger

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  • Corner Brook km 730 of the drive

    Irving Oil (Confederation Drive) 8 Confederation Drive

    CCS and CHAdeMO plugs · 62.5 kW DC fast charger

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  • Robinsons km 840 of the drive

    Midway Motel Route 1 (2 Kilometres East of Robinsons Junction) 48.2428, -58.7110

    CCS and CHAdeMO plugs · 62.5 kW DC fast charger

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  • Port aux Basques km 944 of the drive

    Irving Oil 1 High Street

    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) and Deer Lake, a second site in the same town (km 676; 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
38%
331.2 km of 989.6 km driven
No surface tag on the map
62%
545.5 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 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 989.6 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 →

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 Fortune ferry terminal?＋

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

What route do I take?＋

Routes 220, 210, 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.

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 6, 2026. Origin: OpenStreetMap node/7740476043 — Fortune. 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