Port aux Basques ferry terminal → Farewell ferry terminal
Port aux Basques ferry to Change Islands
- Distance
- 609.1 km
- Drive time
- In your maps app ↗
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Then a ferry to Change Islands
Not every Fogo-bound boat stops here. The province publishes separate schedules for separate vessels, and some Farewell–Fogo sailings go straight to Fogo. Find a sailing that stops here in the current schedule before you plan around it.
Operated by the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Current schedule →Faded lines are other drives from Port aux Basques ferry terminal into this area: Farewell ferry terminal (609 km), Twillingate (627 km), Comfort Cove-Newstead (570 km), Musgrave Harbour (661 km). Each splits off where its line leaves this one.
Stop 1: Wreckhouse
The most famous stretch of wind in Newfoundland. The Long Range funnels southeasterlies here hard enough that a man was once employed to decide whether trains could pass: Lauchie MacDougall, the human wind gauge. The Trans-Canada runs straight through it, and high-sided vehicles still get held when it blows. Check the forecast for your timing.
Stopping here adds 0.2 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Wreckhouse ↑Other map apps
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A green space mapped essentially on the driven line. OpenStreetMap records it as a nature reserve but not who runs it, and it is not on ParksNL's list. Treat it as a place to pull over, not somewhere with facilities.
Stopping here adds 0.1 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Indian River ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 3: Loggers' Life Provincial MuseumDetour
A reconstructed 1920s logging camp on the west side of Grand Falls-Windsor, mapped right beside the driven line. Central Newfoundland ran on the woods for a century, and the museum shows that work.
Stopping here adds 4.6 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Loggers' Life Provincial Museum ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 4: Mary March Provincial Museum (Beothuk Interpretation Centre), Grand Falls-Windsor
A few hundred metres off the Trans-Canada in Grand Falls-Windsor. It tells the story of the Beothuk and of central Newfoundland's interior.
Stopping here adds 0.6 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Mary March Provincial Museum (Beothuk Interpretation Centre), Grand Falls-Windsor ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 5: The nordic trails east of townDetour
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. The weather strip above says whether there is snow.
Stopping here adds 2.8 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: The nordic trails east of town ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 6: Upper Falls Lookout
One of three viewpoints mapped together beside the Trans-Canada at the Norris Arm junction. 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.
Directions →Show on map: Upper Falls Lookout ↑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 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.
- Route 331 →Whole road: 3 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 19 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 100% has no surface tag, so unknown.
- Route 335 →Whole road: 1 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 16 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 0% has no surface tag, so unknown.
Drive measured Oct 19, 2026, Port aux Basques ferry terminal to Farewell ferry terminal. Your maps app gives the time on the day. The ferry after it is not included. How we measure
Then the ferry to Change Islands — sailings & schedule →
Add to a trip →Staying here? Days out ↓Keep for offline ↓Ferry info: Marine Atlantic →
609 km, then a ferry. From the Port aux Basques ferry terminal on Routes 1, 340, 331 and 335 to the ferry terminal at Farewell, the same drive as for Fogo.
Plan around the boat. Some crossings go straight to Fogo without calling at Change Islands. Find a sailing that stops here before you plan anything else.
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Short drives from Farewell
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- Indian Lookout Trailtrail · 2 km walk · easy13 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Shoreline Trailtrail · 11.6 km walk · moderate16 kmDirections →
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Distances by road, measured on OpenStreetMap October 16, 2026, from where this route ends. Your maps app gives the time on the day. How we measure
Doing it electric
- Fast chargers on this drive
- Port aux Basques km 3, Robinsons km 107, Corner Brook km 216, Deer Lake km 267, South Brook km 396, Bishop’s Falls km 488, Lewisporte km 538
- Longest stretch without one
- 129 km
- Deer Lake → South Brook, of 608 km driven
- Nearest fast charger to Farewell ferry terminal
- 71.1 km
- by road, at Lewisporte
Coming in 2026 (NL Hydro, 2026-10-22): Deer Lake (km 271). Not counted until it opens.
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
- none
- Not proof it is all paved: 72% has no surface tag.
- Mapped as paved
- 28%
- 150.9 km of 609.1 km driven
- No surface tag on the map
- 72%
- 387.4 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 via Overpass, checked 2026-10-24. Today's road conditions: 511.
Before you go
These change, so we link to the people who keep them up to date.
Is the boat actually running today?Check on the day, every time
A schedule says when a sailing is meant to go, not whether it is going. Wind, ice and mechanical trouble cancel these runs. The province publishes live ferry status separately; open it the morning you travel.
511nl.ca →Ferry sailingsChange through the year
Which vessel is running, and which sailings call here, both change. Confirm a sailing that stops at Change Islands, then plan the drive back from it.
gov.nl.ca →Getting on the boatStanding advice from the province
The province's notice on the ferry page states that vehicles travelling to Change Islands are loaded first, and encourages them to arrive thirty minutes before departure. The deck fills, and the next sailing may not call at Change Islands.
gov.nl.ca →MooseYear round, worst between dusk and dawn
The province states that the likelihood of injury in a moose collision is twice as high between dusk and dawn as in daytime. This is 609.1 km, much of it unlit two-lane highway, and often driven early or late to meet a boat.
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 Farewell ferry terminal
The drives that continue from here, measured the same way you arrived.
Questions
How do I get to Change Islands from the Port aux Basques ferry terminal?＋
Drive to the Farewell ferry terminal, 609.1 km on Routes 1, 340, 331 and 335, then take the ferry. Change Islands is the first call on that run, before Fogo Island.
Is it the same ferry as Fogo Island?＋
Not always. The service can run more than one vessel on separate schedules, and some Farewell–Fogo sailings do not call at Change Islands. Take whichever boat is next and you may end up on Fogo. Find a sailing that stops at Change Islands and confirm it for your travel day.
Can I combine Change Islands and Fogo in one trip?＋
Sometimes. The province publishes some sailings that run Farewell to Change Islands to Fogo Island as one chain, depending on which schedule and vessel are in service. Confirm the specific sailings before planning a day around it.
Do I need a car?＋
You need one to reach Farewell. Taking it across is optional: the boat lands in the community and the island is small, so foot passengers are not stranded at a wharf.
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