Port aux Basques ferry terminal → Salvage
Port aux Basques ferry to Salvage and the Eastport beaches
- Distance
- 667.1 km
- Drive time
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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.
Operated by Marine Atlantic. The drive below starts where the boat lands.
Crossings & current schedule →Faded lines are other drives from Port aux Basques ferry terminal into this area: Burnside ferry terminal (664 km), Terra Nova National Park Visitor Centre (648 km), Dover (642 km), Port Rexton (769 km), Cape Bonavista Lighthouse (818 km), Trinity (770 km), Greenspond (694 km). Each splits off where its line leaves this one.
Stop 1: 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 2: North Atlantic Aviation Museum
On the Trans-Canada at 135, per the museum's own page: Gander's story from 1935 to 2001, the Second World War, the transatlantic crossroads years and 9/11. Hours are linked below.
Stopping here adds 0.1 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: North Atlantic Aviation Museum ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 3: Joey's Lookout
A mapped viewpoint on the Trans-Canada east of Gander, effectively on the road. OpenStreetMap records only the name and that it is a viewpoint. It is easy to miss at highway speed.
Stopping here adds 0.1 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Joey's Lookout ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 4: Eastport Beach
A named sandy beach; the road to Salvage runs right past the sand. This is the beach the Eastport peninsula is known for.
Directions →Show on map: Eastport Beach ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 5: Sandy Cove beachDetour
A second mapped beach, at Sandy Cove, a short spur south of Eastport. OpenStreetMap draws the beach but gives it no name.
Stopping here adds 4.5 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Sandy Cove beach ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 6: Salvage Fisherman's Museum
In the village, no detour: a fisherman's museum in one of the coast's oldest outports. Check the museum's hours before planning the day around it.
Directions →Show on map: Salvage Fisherman's Museum ↑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 310 →Whole road: 5 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 19 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 0% has no surface tag, so unknown.
Drive measured Oct 19, 2026, Port aux Basques ferry terminal to Salvage. Your maps app gives the time on the day. How we measure
Add to a trip →Staying here? Days out ↓Keep for offline ↓Ferry info: Marine Atlantic →
667.1 km. Off the ferry at Port aux Basques to Salvage, on Routes 1 and 310.
Places to eat on the way
94 places to eat within 2 km of this drive, in the order you pass them.
The longest stretch with nothing mapped on it is 128.9 km — after Tim Horton, until Eddies Restaurant.
All 94, in the order you pass them — open the list
- Shark Cove Restaurantrestaurantkm 0 · 1429 m off the road
- Shark Cove Restaurantrestaurantkm 0 · 1427 m off the road
- Port Clubpubkm 1 · 289 m off the road
- Tai-Hong Restaurantrestaurantkm 2.4
- Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 2.6
- Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 3
- Bob's Chicken Coopfast foodkm 3
- Tim Hortonscafékm 3.1
- Robin‘sfast foodkm 3.2 · 823 m off the road
- Subwayfast foodkm 3.2
- Alma‘s Restaurantrestaurantkm 3.3 · 452 m off the road
- Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 5.3
- Robin's Donutsrestaurantkm 38.1
- Midway Motel and Loungepubkm 107.1
- Pinchgut Restaurant & Conveniencerestaurantkm 198.4
- Wendy'sfast foodkm 215.8
- Jungle Jim'srestaurantkm 216 · 213 m off the road
- McDonald'sfast foodkm 216.2 · 332 m off the road
- King Henry's Pubpubkm 216.9 · 1950 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 217 · 1877 m off the road
- Samuel's Sammiches and Sweetsrestaurantkm 217.1 · 1522 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 217.2 · 951 m off the road
- Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 217.2 · 941 m off the road
- Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 217.3 · 911 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 224.6
- Oasis Grill Houserestaurantkm 243 · 263 m off the road
- Cafe 59restaurantkm 243 · 845 m off the road
- Langerspubkm 264.5 · 541 m off the road
- Burger Kingfast foodkm 264.6
- Peter's Pizzafast foodkm 264.6
- KFCfast foodkm 264.7
- Subwayfast foodkm 264.8 · 163 m off the road
- A&Wfast foodkm 264.8 · 162 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 264.9 · 204 m off the road
- Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 265 · 212 m off the road
- Wingn' itrestaurantkm 265.6
- Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 266.1 · 192 m off the road
- Big Stop Restaurantrestaurantkm 266.5
- Tim Hortonfast foodkm 266.5 · 222 m off the road
- Eddies Restaurantrestaurantkm 395.4
- Red Hawk Dinerrestaurantkm 446.2
- Badger Diner & Motelrestaurantkm 446.4
- Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 475 · 858 m off the road
- Burger Kingfast foodkm 475.2 · 731 m off the road
- Tai Sun Restaurantrestaurantkm 475.2 · 415 m off the road
- Donnini's Pizza & Donairrestaurantkm 475.2 · 434 m off the road
- Dairy Queenfast foodkm 475.2 · 278 m off the road
- McDonald'sfast foodkm 475.3 · 420 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 475.3 · 531 m off the road
- Wing'n Itrestaurantkm 475.3 · 1257 m off the road
- War Wick'srestaurantkm 475.3 · 1349 m off the road
- Subwayfast foodkm 475.3 · 389 m off the road
- A&Wfast foodkm 475.5 · 978 m off the road
- Sarah's Dinerrestaurantkm 475.9 · 1158 m off the road
- KFCfast foodkm 476.1 · 474 m off the road
- Greco Pizzafast foodkm 476.1 · 369 m off the road
- Taiwanrestaurantkm 476.1 · 1229 m off the road
- Juniper Kitchen and Bistrorestaurantkm 476.1 · 1247 m off the road
- Furey's Trailway Take-Outfast foodkm 489.1 · 425 m off the road
- Irvingrestaurantkm 489.3
- Tim Hortonscafékm 489.3
- Riverside Dinerfast foodkm 547.7 · 600 m off the road
- A&Wfast foodkm 569
- Subwayfast foodkm 569
- Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 569.4
- Jumping Bean Coffee Companycafékm 569.5 · 974 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 569.5
- Louis Geesfast foodkm 569.5 · 809 m off the road
- New Highlight Restaurantrestaurantkm 569.5 · 906 m off the road
- Pizza Housefast foodkm 569.5 · 954 m off the road
- East Ocean Restaurantfast foodkm 569.5 · 949 m off the road
- Lilly's Landing Family Restaurantrestaurantkm 569.6 · 986 m off the road
- Jade Garden Restaurantrestaurantkm 569.6 · 869 m off the road
- Grecofast foodkm 569.6 · 883 m off the road
- Ches's Fish & Chipsrestaurantkm 569.8 · 956 m off the road
- DQ Grill & Chillfast foodkm 569.8
- Little Caesarsfast foodkm 569.9 · 1866 m off the road
- The Shawarma Stationrestaurantkm 569.9 · 1143 m off the road
- KFCfast foodkm 570.1 · 1104 m off the road
- Mystic Roomrestaurantkm 570.1 · 800 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 570.1 · 1480 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 570.1 · 1110 m off the road
- Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 570.2 · 816 m off the road
- Subwayfast foodkm 570.2 · 1036 m off the road
- McDonald'sfast foodkm 570.2 · 1045 m off the road
- Wing 'n Itrestaurantkm 570.2 · 1795 m off the road
- Swiss Chaletrestaurantkm 570.4 · 869 m off the road
- Robin's Donutsfast foodkm 570.4 · 845 m off the road
- The Newfoundland Tea Co. Restaurant & Shoprestaurantkm 570.6 · 1906 m off the road
- Copper Kettle Restaurantrestaurantkm 599.5
- Family Pizzarestaurantkm 606.3 · 1870 m off the road
- Mary Brown'srestaurantkm 636
- Chico's Drive B'y & Takeoutrestaurantkm 654.5
- Salvaje Brewing Companypubkm 664.6 · 206 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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Short drives from Salvage
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeOr any of these: nearest first, measured by road from Salvage.
- High Tide Trail (Eastport)trail · 2.6 km out and back · easy9.7 kmDirections →
Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze The province's tourism site points here for what is on in Eastport's arts and culture.
Directions →Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze- Happy Adventurestop12 km
Boat and kayak tours leave here for resettled communities, sea caves and a puffin colony, per the province's tourism site.
Directions →Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Eastport North Arm Provincial Parkstop12 km
A green space near Eastport, essentially on the driven line.
Directions →Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Burnside ferry terminaltown19 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, Gander km 571, Glowertown km 637
- Longest stretch without one
- 129 km
- Deer Lake → South Brook, of 666 km driven
- Nearest fast charger to Salvage
- 28.8 km
- by road, at Glowertown
Coming in 2026 (NL Hydro, 2026-10-22): Deer Lake (km 271) and Gander (km 571). 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%
- 166.1 km of 667.1 km driven
- No surface tag on the map
- 72%
- 427.3 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 2026-10-19. 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 says the likelihood of injury in a moose collision is twice as high between dusk and dawn as in daytime. This is 667.1 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 at one end of the island say little about the other. Check before you set off.
511nl.ca →
Onward from Salvage
The drives that continue from here, measured the same way you arrived.
Questions
How far is Salvage from the Port aux Basques ferry?＋
667.1 km from the ferry terminal to Salvage.
What route do I take?＋
Routes 1 and 310. Your maps app has the turns.
Do I need a car?＋
You came off the ferry with one, so this is your own drive.
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