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Port aux Basques ferry terminal → Twillingate

Port aux Basques ferry to Twillingate

Distance
626.9 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 sea door, 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 →
Driving route from Port aux Basques ferry terminal to Twillingate: 626.9 km by road, via Routes 1 · 340.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line computed with OSRM.

Faded lines are other drives from Port aux Basques ferry terminal into this area: Comfort Cove-Newstead (570 km), Lewisporte (542 km). Each splits off where its line leaves this one.

  1. Stop 1: 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. A natural break on a long cross-island run.

    Stopping here adds 0.6 km to the drive.

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    Show on map: Mary March Provincial Museum (Beothuk Interpretation Centre), Grand Falls-Windsor ↑

  2. Stop 2: Loggers' Life Provincial MuseumDetour

    A reconstructed 1920s logging camp just west of Grand Falls-Windsor, a short detour off the drive. Central Newfoundland ran on the woods for a century, and this museum keeps that story. It is seasonal; check before you count on it.

    Stopping here adds 4.6 km to the drive.

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    Show on map: Loggers' Life Provincial Museum ↑
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Route 1 · Route 340

Drive measured Oct 16, 2026, Port aux Basques ferry terminal to Twillingate. Your maps app gives the time on the day. How we measure

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626.9 km. Off the ferry at Port aux Basques, the Trans-Canada carries you almost the whole length of the island, past Corner Brook, Deer Lake and Grand Falls-Windsor, then Route 340 north over the causeways to Twillingate.

Break it somewhere. Grand Falls-Windsor’s two museums are a natural stop on the way.

When you get to Twillingate

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Short drives from Twillingate

An easy day out from TwillingateCodjacks Cove Trail 4.1 km awayA walk: 3.2 km walk · easyDirections from where your phone is now:
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Or any of these: nearest first, measured by road from Twillingate.

More, up to 34 km (2)

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 626 km driven
Nearest fast charger to Twillingate
89 km
by road, at Lewisporte

Coming in 2026 (NL Hydro, 2026-10-10): 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 2026-10-10. How we measure

Every route compared →NL Hydro: plan your road trip →

Paved or not, per the map

Mapped as unpaved
none
Mapped as paved
25%
138.4 km of 626.9 km driven
No surface tag on the map
75%
420.6 km: surface not recorded

Why it matters: 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. The terms themselves. Source for these figures: OSRM driving profile, stored route query, with node annotations; OpenStreetMap surface tags via Overpass, checked 2026-10-16. Today's road conditions: 511.

Before you go

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  • IcebergsBest late May and early June

    The province's advice for viewing. Where the ice is on the day is a live question; check the latest sightings before the drive.

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  • 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 the longest of these drives, most of it unlit two-lane Trans-Canada. Plan to break it rather than finish after dark.

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  • Road conditionsYear round, matters most November–April

    The Trans-Canada crosses the Long Range and the interior, with long unserviced stretches and winter weather that lingers. Check before you set off.

    Check it now →

Onward from Twillingate

The drives that continue from here, measured the same way you arrived.

The drive back

Twillingate back to Port aux Basques measures 626 km — 0.9 km shorter than the drive out.

Plan back from your boarding time. Give the planner your sailing time and it tells you when to set off.

How early to arrive depends on the vessel and the season: check Marine Atlantic →

Return measured 2026-10-16, the same way as the drive out. How we measure

Questions people actually ask

How far is Twillingate from the Port aux Basques ferry?＋

626.9 km from the ferry terminal to the centre of Twillingate.

What route do I take?＋

The Trans-Canada (Route 1) north and east past Corner Brook, Deer Lake and Grand Falls-Windsor, then Route 340 north over the causeways.

Is the Argentia ferry closer?＋

Yes. Argentia is 402.2 km from Twillingate, 224.7 km less, but that crossing is seasonal and Port aux Basques runs all year. Marine Atlantic publishes both.

Should I do it in one day?＋

It is a very long day. Corner Brook, Deer Lake and Grand Falls-Windsor are all on the way if you want to break it.

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Every distance and coordinate on this page was checked against its source on October 16, 2026. Origin: OpenStreetMap way/215300568 — Port aux Basques Ferry Terminal. Destination: OpenStreetMap node/107365649 — Twillingate.

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