Channel-Port aux Basques → Rose Blanche Lighthouse
Granite Coast Drive
- Distance
- 47.4 km
- Drive time
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Stop 1: 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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Where the passenger-only ferry leaves for La Poile, per the province's tourism site. No vehicles go. The province's ferry services publish the schedule.
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Drive measured Oct 20, 2026, Channel-Port aux Basques to Rose Blanche Lighthouse. Your maps app gives the time on the day. How we measure
47.4 km on Route 470. From Channel-Port aux Basques east along the south coast, past Isle aux Morts, to the restored 19th-century granite lighthouse at Rose Blanche.
Before you leave town: the Railway Heritage Museum in Channel-Port aux Basques holds two 17th-century astrolabes recovered from nearby shipwrecks, per the province’s tourism site. At the lighthouse, a looped walking trail looks over the ocean and Rose Blanche.
Places to eat on the way
13 places to eat within 2 km of this drive, in the order you pass them.
The longest stretch with nothing mapped on it is 26.6 km — after Mary Brown's, until Burnt Islands Coffee Shop.
Every one of them, in the order you pass them
- Shark Cove Restaurantrestaurantkm 0.1 · 1120 m off the road
- Shark Cove Restaurantrestaurantkm 0.1 · 1118 m off the road
- Port Clubpubkm 0.7
- Tai-Hong Restaurantrestaurantkm 1.4
- Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 1.7
- Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 2
- Bob's Chicken Coopfast foodkm 2
- Robin‘sfast foodkm 2.2 · 754 m off the road
- Subwayfast foodkm 2.2
- Tim Hortonscafékm 2.2
- Alma‘s Restaurantrestaurantkm 2.3 · 384 m off the road
- Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 2.4 · 1800 m off the road
- Burnt Islands Coffee Shopcafékm 29 · 1341 m off the road
Not ranked or complete, and nobody pays to be here. No opening hours: phone ahead. Open map data, swept 2026-10-18. How we measure · Add a missing place
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Doing it electric
- Fast chargers on this drive
- Port aux Basques km 2
- Longest stretch without one
- 45 km
- Port aux Basques → Rose Blanche Lighthouse, of 47 km driven
- Nearest fast charger to Rose Blanche Lighthouse
- 45.1 km
- by road, at Port aux Basques
No fast charger at Rose Blanche Lighthouse. From Port aux Basques it is 45 km there and the same back: plan on about 90 km on one charge, more in cold weather or with the heat on. Or charge at Port aux Basques, 45.1 km from Rose Blanche Lighthouse by road, off this drive's own road.
NL Hydro fast chargers within 3 km of the drive. Check the app for one that's working. Exported 2026-10-22. How we measure
Paved or not, per the map
- Mapped as unpaved
- 0.7 km
- Lighthouse Road (0.41 km, 0.3 km from Rose Blanche Lighthouse); Lighthouse Road (0.28 km, 0.6 km from Rose Blanche Lighthouse)
- Mapped as paved
- 4%
- 1.8 km of 47.4 km driven
- No surface tag on the map
- 95%
- 44.1 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 via Overpass, checked 2026-10-20. Today's road conditions: 511.
Before you go
These change, so we link to the people who keep them up to date.
MooseYear round, worst between dusk and dawn
The province states the likelihood of injury in a moose collision is twice as high between dusk and dawn as in daytime. Route 470 is unlit two-lane road along an exposed coast.
gov.nl.ca →Road conditionsYear round, matters most November–April
Route 470 is the one road along this coast and ends at Rose Blanche. Check before winter driving.
511nl.ca →
Questions
How far is the Granite Coast Drive?＋
47.4 km from Channel-Port aux Basques to the Rose Blanche Lighthouse on Route 470, measured on the roads. Newfoundland and Labrador Tourism, which names the drive, gives about 45 km. Theirs is an estimate.
Can I take the car to La Poile?＋
No. The ferry from Rose Blanche to La Poile carries passengers only, per the province's tourism site. The province's ferry services publish the schedule.
Is this the way back to the Marine Atlantic ferry?＋
Route 470 ends at Rose Blanche, so the drive comes back the same way to Port aux Basques, where the ferry from North Sydney docks. The province says the drive can be taken in reverse.
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