Fortune ferry terminal → Petite Forte ferry wharf
Fortune ferry to South East Bight
- Distance
- 126.7 km
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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 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: Fortune Head light stationDetour
The lighthouse on Fortune Head, inside the ecological reserve that protects the fossils, per the province's tourism site.
Stopping here adds 12.1 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Fortune Head light station ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 2: Grand BankDetour
The town the Grand Banks schooner fishery built, with widow's-walk merchant houses that look more Lunenburg than Newfoundland. Its heritage is the schooner fleet's story.
Stopping here adds 0.5 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Grand Bank ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 3: George C. Harris House, Grand BankDetour
Grand Bank grew with the Grand Banks schooner fishery, and its Queen Anne-style houses carry widow's walks where skippers' wives watched for their return. The province's tourism site calls the Harris House a perfect example, with a widow's walk looking over the town.
Stopping here adds 0.5 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: George C. Harris House, Grand Bank ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 4: Provincial Seamen's Museum, Grand BankDetour
The museum the province's tourism site names in Grand Bank, the town most tied to the schooner fishery.
Stopping here adds 0.8 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Provincial Seamen's Museum, Grand Bank ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 5: Frenchman's Cove Provincial ParkDetour
A provincial park. ParksNL publishes its season and what operates there.
Stopping here adds 8.2 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Frenchman's Cove Provincial Park ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 6: 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.
Directions →Show on map: Marystown ↑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 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.
Drive measured Nov 6, 2026, Fortune 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 →Staying here? Days out ↓Keep for offline ↓Ferry info: SPM Ferries →
126.7 km. From the Fortune ferry terminal to the wharf at Petite Forte, for the boat to South East Bight, on Routes 220, 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
6 places to eat within 2 km of this drive, in the order you pass them. The longest stretch with none is 53.8 km, after Sharon's Nook Coffee Shop.
Every one of them, in the order you pass them
- 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
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 Petite Forte
Or any of these: nearest first, measured by road from Petite Forte. Each one's page has directions.
- Bay L'Argent ferrystop49 km
One of the few communities on the Fortune Bay side.
Distances by road from Petite Forte, measured on OpenStreetMap November 7, 2026. Your maps app gives the time on the day. How we measure
More about this drive
Doing it electric
- Fast chargers on this drive
- Marystown km 60
- Longest stretch without one
- 66 km
- Marystown → Petite Forte ferry wharf, of 126 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 Marystown, it is 66 km there and the same back: plan on about 132 km on one charge, more in cold weather or with the heat on. Or go by way of Marystown and charge there (60 km from the charger at Marystown): then it is 66.7 km to Petite Forte ferry wharf and the same back, about 133 km on one charge.
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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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.
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
- 79%
- 78.6 km of 126.7 km driven
- No surface tag on the map
- 0%
- 0 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 126.7 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 Fortune ferry terminal?＋
126.7 km by road from the ferry terminal to the wharf at Petite Forte.
What route do I take?＋
Routes 220, 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.
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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