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Port aux Basques ferry terminal to Corner Brook

Distance
221.8 km
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Aerial of Corner Brook in autumn colour along the Humber Arm shore, hills behind, blue sky with cloud.
Aerial of Corner Brook in autumn colour along the Humber Arm shore, hills behind, blue sky with cloud.Photo: ParsonsPhotographyNL · source · CC BY-SA 4.0

Places to stay in Corner Brook

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Out on the water from Corner Brook

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You arrive by ferry — North Sydney, Nova Scotia to Port aux Basques

Port aux Basques is the island's year-round ferry terminal, and everyone who comes through it has their own car already ashore.

Marine Atlantic: crossings & current schedule →
Driving route from Port aux Basques ferry terminal to Corner Brook: 221.8 km by road, via Routes 1 · 450A.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line measured along OpenStreetMap's roads.
  1. Stop 1: J.T. Cheeseman Provincial Park

    A ParksNL campground close to the ferry terminal: sand beach, dune boardwalk, and the first sheltered pitch off the boat. Piping plovers nest here, so parts of the beach close; the park's postings say where. Check ParksNL for season and sites.

    Stopping here adds 4.4 km to the drive.

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    Show on map: J.T. Cheeseman Provincial Park ↑
  2. Stop 2: Cape Ray LighthouseDetour

    The light on the island's southwest corner, where the Cabot Strait begins. It is mapped at the end of Cape Ray Road with a Maritime Link information board alongside, and J.T. Cheeseman's beach between it and town. The Table Mountains stand behind; the ferry you came on passes in front.

    Stopping here adds 9.1 km to the drive.

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    Show on map: Cape Ray Lighthouse ↑
  3. Stop 3: Wreckhouse

    The most famous stretch of wind in Newfoundland. The Long Range funnels southeasterlies here so hard that a man was once employed to decide whether trains could pass: Lockie MacDougall, the human wind gauge. The Trans-Canada runs straight through, and high-sided vehicles still get held when it blows. Check the forecast before you go.

    Stopping here adds 0.2 km to the drive.

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  4. Stop 4: Codroy Valley Provincial ParkDetour

    The mapped reserve on the Grand Codroy estuary, the sheltered river mouth that makes this valley the west coast's great bird water. Waterfowl gather in the wetlands with the Long Range mountains behind. ParksNL publishes what operates and when.

    Stopping here adds 17.2 km to the drive.

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  5. Stop 5: Barachois Pond Provincial ParkDetour

    The ParksNL camping park on this road: the province's 2026 camping list carries it, open May 15 to September 14 that year, dates subject to the weather.

    Stopping here adds 3.6 km to the drive.

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  6. Stop 6: Captain James Cook MemorialDetour

    The mapped historic monument and lookout above the city, with the Captain James Cook Lookout Path threading the headland around it. Cook charted this bay before he charted the Pacific, and the view down the Humber Arm shows why the survey mattered. A short climb up the hill shows the whole lay of the land.

    Stopping here adds 4.5 km to the drive.

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⛽ 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 450A →Whole road: 4 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 2.5 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 63% has no surface tag, so unknown.
Campground 69 km from the end →

Drive measured Oct 8, 2026, Port aux Basques ferry terminal to Corner Brook. Your maps app gives the time on the day. How we measure

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The first city off the boat and the west coast’s service hub. The drive up is the west coast entire: Wreckhouse, the Codroy Valley under the Long Range, the Bay St. George lowlands, then the Humber Arm.

Port aux Basques to Gros Morne continues past the city’s turn-off for anyone headed north.

When you get to Corner Brook

Sunrise and sunset at Corner Brook, by month
The 15thFirst lightSunriseSunsetLast light
Jan7:34 am8:10 am4:50 pm5:26 pm
Feb6:58 am7:31 am5:40 pm6:13 pm
Mar7:05 am7:36 am7:26 pm7:57 pm
Apr5:58 am6:31 am8:12 pm8:45 pm
May5:01 am5:39 am8:55 pm9:33 pm
Jun4:34 am5:16 am9:26 pm10:09 pm
Jul4:52 am5:33 am9:21 pm10:02 pm
Aug5:38 am6:13 am8:39 pm9:14 pm
Sep6:25 am6:57 am7:36 pm8:08 pm
Oct7:09 am7:41 am6:33 pm7:05 pm
Nov6:56 am7:30 am4:42 pm5:17 pm
Dec7:31 am8:09 am4:25 pm5:02 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.

Short drives from Corner Brook

An easy day out from Corner BrookCardio Climb 7.6 km awayA walk: 7.6 km walk · moderateDirections from where your phone is now:
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Or any of these: nearest first, measured by road from Corner Brook. Each one's page has directions.

  • The mapped historic monument and lookout above the city, with the Captain James Cook Lookout Path threading the headland around it.

  • Pepsi Centrestop2.5 km

    The west coast's big indoor ice.

  • Gorge Viewpointstop6.2 km
  • The west coast's cross-country answer to Marble Mountain's downhill, just south of the city: 37 km of mapped ski trails, 27 of them named, from Jack Rabbit to Heart Break Ridge, plus a biathlon range and a Main Lodge (measured from the map 2026-09-04).

  • Cardio Climbtrail · 7.6 km walk · moderate7.6 km
  • An unnamed lakefront beach on Deer Lake at Pasadena, halfway along the drive.

  • A mapped viewpoint just off the highway at the Deer Lake end, with a quick look at the country ahead.

More, up to 97 km (3)

Distances by road from Corner Brook, 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
Port aux Basques km 3, Robinsons km 107, Corner Brook km 216
Longest stretch without one
109 km
Robinsons → Corner Brook, of 222 km driven
Nearest fast charger to Corner Brook
at Corner Brook

The chargers

  • Port aux Basques km 3 of the drive

    Irving Oil 1 High Street

    CCS and CHAdeMO plugs · 62.5 kW DC fast charger

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  • Robinsons km 107 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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  • Corner Brook km 216 of the drive

    Irving Oil (Confederation Drive) 8 Confederation Drive

    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

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Paved or not, per the map

Mapped as unpaved
none
Not proof it is all paved: 77% has no surface tag.
Mapped as paved
23%
44.2 km of 221.8 km driven
No surface tag on the map
77%
147.9 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 2026-10-08. Today's road conditions: 511.

Before you go

These change, so we link to the people who keep them up to date.

  • Wreckhouse winds and road conditionsYear round, and wind matters here in any season

    The drive crosses Wreckhouse early on, and the province holds high-sided vehicles there when it blows. The terminal page carries the forecast and the conditions service; check them before you leave the dock.

    511nl.ca →
  • 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. After a night crossing, most of this drive is on unlit highway.

    gov.nl.ca →

Questions

How far is Corner Brook from the Port aux Basques ferry?+

About 222 km, up the Trans-Canada and in on Route 450A.

Is there anywhere to camp on the way?+

J.T. Cheeseman, close to the terminal, and Barachois Pond further up the Trans-Canada are both ParksNL camping parks. Their detours are in the stops above; the provincial parks guide has their season.

Corner Brook or Gros Morne first?+

Corner Brook is on the way: the Gros Morne drive from this dock passes the city's turn-off. See the Port aux Basques to Gros Morne page.

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Every distance and coordinate on this page was checked against its source on October 8, 2026. Origin: OpenStreetMap way/215300568 — Port aux Basques Ferry Terminal. Destination: OpenStreetMap node/2437986499 — Corner Brook. Planning only: not live and not for navigation; roads and conditions change. Terms