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Deer Lake Regional Airport (YDF) → Farewell ferry terminal

Deer Lake Airport (YDF) to Fogo Island

Distance
342.5 km
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Two icebergs standing offshore near Fogo Island, seen across a low rocky headland.
Two icebergs standing offshore near Fogo Island, seen across a low rocky headland.Photo: Paul Asman and Jill Lenoble, 2016-06-11 · source · CC BY 2.0

Then a ferry to Fogo Island

The mapped ferry route runs Farewell → Change Islands → Fogo Island. Which sailings call where, how long they take and what they cost change with the season, the vessels working and the weather. Check the current schedule.

Operated by the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Current schedule →
Driving route from Deer Lake Regional Airport (YDF) to Farewell ferry terminal: 342.5 km by road, via Routes 1 · 340 · 331 · 335.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line computed with OSRM.

Faded lines are other drives from Deer Lake Regional into this area: Farewell ferry terminal (343 km), Twillingate (360 km), Comfort Cove-Newstead (303 km), Musgrave Harbour (395 km). Each splits off where its line leaves this one.

  1. Stop 1: Indian River

    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.

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    Show on map: Indian River ↑
  2. Stop 2: 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.

  3. Stop 3: 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.

  4. Stop 4: 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.

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    Show on map: The nordic trails east of town ↑
  5. Stop 5: Bishop’s Falls Heritage Centre

    A small heritage centre in Bishop's Falls, just off the Trans-Canada.

    Stopping here adds 1.5 km to the drive.

  6. Stop 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.

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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 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, Deer Lake Regional Airport (YDF) 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 Fogo Island — sailings & schedule →

Add to a trip →Staying here? Days out ↓Airport info: Deer Lake Regional Airport →

342.5 km. From Deer Lake airport to Farewell ferry terminal, on Routes 1, 340, 331 and 335.

Places to eat on the way

30 places to eat within 2 km of this drive, in the order you pass them.

The longest stretch with nothing mapped on it is 127.2 km — after Tim Horton, until Eddies Restaurant.

Every one of them, in the order you pass them
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 2.6 · 1696 m off the road
  • Big Stop Restaurantrestaurantkm 2.6 · 1465 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonfast foodkm 2.6 · 1693 m off the road
  • Eddies Restaurantrestaurantkm 129.8
  • Red Hawk Dinerrestaurantkm 180.6
  • Badger Diner & Motelrestaurantkm 180.8
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 209.4 · 858 m off the road
  • Burger Kingfast foodkm 209.6 · 731 m off the road
  • Tai Sun Restaurantrestaurantkm 209.6 · 415 m off the road
  • Donnini's Pizza & Donairrestaurantkm 209.6 · 434 m off the road
  • Dairy Queenfast foodkm 209.6 · 278 m off the road
  • McDonald'sfast foodkm 209.7 · 420 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 209.7 · 531 m off the road
  • Wing'n Itrestaurantkm 209.7 · 1257 m off the road
  • War Wick'srestaurantkm 209.7 · 1349 m off the road
  • Subwayfast foodkm 209.7 · 389 m off the road
  • A&Wfast foodkm 209.9 · 978 m off the road
  • Sarah's Dinerrestaurantkm 210.3 · 1158 m off the road
  • KFCfast foodkm 210.5 · 474 m off the road
  • Greco Pizzafast foodkm 210.5 · 369 m off the road
  • Taiwanrestaurantkm 210.5 · 1229 m off the road
  • Juniper Kitchen and Bistrorestaurantkm 210.5 · 1247 m off the road
  • Furey's Trailway Take-Outfast foodkm 223.6 · 425 m off the road
  • Irvingrestaurantkm 223.7
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 223.7
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 270.8
  • Greco Pizzarestaurantkm 270.9
  • KFCfast foodkm 270.9
  • Subwayfast foodkm 270.9
  • McDonald'sfast foodkm 271.1 · 165 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

New place to eat, or one that's missing? This list comes from OpenStreetMap, so nobody can pay to be on it. Add it to the map yourself (about twenty minutes on a phone), or email us the details and we'll put it on the map.

Short drives from Farewell

An easy day out from FarewellIndian Lookout Trail 13 km awayA walk: 2 km walk · easyDirections from where your phone is now:
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Or any of these: nearest first, measured by road from Farewell.

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
Deer Lake km 3, South Brook km 130, Bishop’s Falls km 222, Lewisporte km 272
Longest stretch without one
127 km
Deer Lake → South Brook, of 342 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 0). 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

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

Paved or not, per the map

Mapped as unpaved
none
Not proof it is all paved: 73% has no surface tag.
Mapped as paved
27%
84 km of 342.5 km driven
No surface tag on the map
73%
229 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 342.5 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 Farewell ferry terminal

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

Renting a car? Book the car when you book the flight.

Summer rentals sell out, says NL Tourism, and in June 2026 BNN Bloomberg reported St. John's airport agencies booked for nearly all of summer.

Both checked October 7, 2026.

Rental counters at Deer Lake, with numbers →

Arriving without a car

Not renting? Here's who Deer Lake Regional Airport lists at the terminal.

No rideshare here.

The airport's ground-transportation page lists no rideshare service, only three taxi firms, a shuttle and seven charter operators (checked 2026-09-15).

  • Taxi

    Star Taxi, which the airport calls its primary ground transportation provider, serving the whole region with wheelchair-accessible vans and accommodating service dogs. The airport advises contacting them 24 to 48 hours before you arrive.

    (709) 634-4343

  • Taxi

    Deer Lake Taxi, listed as operating around the clock across the province with no pre-booking required.

    (709) 635-0000

  • Shuttle

    Star Taxi runs a shuttle between Corner Brook and the airport, serving named hotels, with a private-car option. It must be booked ahead. The airport publishes the fares.

    (709) 634-4343

  • Coach

    DRL Coachlines' once-a-day coach each way between St. John's and Port aux Basques stops in Deer Lake town (the Circle K), not at the airport terminal. It reaches no island and no national park. Tickets are bought on the bus, cash only. Times and fares are DRL's: drl-lr.com.

    (888) 263-1852

Source: Deer Lake Regional Airport,2026-09-15. Check there for fares and times.

Questions

How far is Farewell ferry terminal from Deer Lake airport?+

342.5 km from the terminal to Farewell ferry terminal.

What route do I take?+

Routes 1, 340, 331 and 335. Your maps app has the turns.

Do I need a car?+

Plan on one. Buses between these towns are few, and the drive is the way most people make it.

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