Gander International Airport (YQX) → Port aux Basques
Gander Airport (YQX) to Port aux Basques and the Codroy Valley
- Distance
- 574.1 km
- Drive time
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Then a ferry to North Sydney, Nova Scotia
Port aux Basques is the island's year-round ferry terminal: Marine Atlantic's year-round crossing to North Sydney sails from the mapped terminal at the end of this drive. Check Marine Atlantic for sailings, fares and weather holds before you plan a day around a departure.
Operated by Marine Atlantic.
Current schedule →Faded lines are other drives from Gander International into this area: Codroy Valley (549 km). Each splits off where its line leaves this one.
Stop 1: 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
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 2: The nordic trails east of town
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 1.9 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 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 4.3 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: 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.
Directions →Show on map: Indian River ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 5: Codroy Valley Provincial ParkDetour
The mapped reserve on the Grand Codroy estuary, the broad, sheltered river mouth that makes this valley the west coast's great bird water. Waterfowl stage in the wetlands, with the Long Range mountains behind. ParksNL publishes what operates and when.
Stopping here adds 17.2 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Codroy Valley Provincial Park ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 6: 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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Scan with your phone to open this page there. Then tap Keep for offline before you lose signal.
Drive measured Oct 19, 2026, Gander International Airport (YQX) to Port aux Basques. Your maps app gives the time on the day. The ferry after it is not included. How we measure
Then the ferry to North Sydney, Nova Scotia — sailings & schedule →
Add to a trip →Staying here? Days out ↓Keep for offline ↓Airport info: Gander International Airport →
574.1 km. From Gander airport to Port aux Basques, on Route 1.
When you get to Port aux Basques
- Where to eat near Port aux Basques → — 13 places the open map records, alphabetically, with addresses and phone numbers.
Places to eat on the way
88 places to eat within 2 km of this drive, in the order you pass them.
The longest stretch with nothing mapped on it is 128.8 km — after Eddies Restaurant, until Big Stop Restaurant.
All 88, in the order you pass them — open the list
- The Newfoundland Tea Co. Restaurant & Shoprestaurantkm 1.8 · 782 m off the road
- Rosie's Restaurant & Bakeryrestaurantkm 1.8 · 898 m off the road
- Swiss Chaletrestaurantkm 2 · 235 m off the road
- Robin's Donutsfast foodkm 2 · 263 m off the road
- Subwayfast foodkm 2.1
- McDonald'sfast foodkm 2.1
- Wing 'n Itrestaurantkm 2.1 · 703 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 2.1 · 398 m off the road
- Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 2.2 · 268 m off the road
- KFCfast foodkm 2.3
- Tim Hortonscafékm 2.3
- Little Caesarsfast foodkm 2.4 · 816 m off the road
- Mystic Roomrestaurantkm 2.4 · 269 m off the road
- The Shawarma Stationrestaurantkm 2.4
- Ches's Fish & Chipsrestaurantkm 2.5
- Jumping Bean Coffee Companycafékm 2.6
- Lilly's Landing Family Restaurantrestaurantkm 2.6
- Jade Garden Restaurantrestaurantkm 2.6
- New Highlight Restaurantrestaurantkm 2.6
- Pizza Housefast foodkm 2.6
- East Ocean Restaurantfast foodkm 2.6
- Grecofast foodkm 2.6
- DQ Grill & Chillfast foodkm 2.6 · 958 m off the road
- Louis Geesfast foodkm 2.7 · 189 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 3.1 · 918 m off the road
- A&Wfast foodkm 3.2 · 774 m off the road
- Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 3.2 · 845 m off the road
- Subwayfast foodkm 3.2 · 784 m off the road
- Riverside Dinerfast foodkm 25.1 · 600 m off the road
- Irvingrestaurantkm 83.6
- Tim Hortonscafékm 83.6
- Furey's Trailway Take-Outfast foodkm 83.7 · 425 m off the road
- KFCfast foodkm 96.7 · 488 m off the road
- Greco Pizzafast foodkm 96.8 · 383 m off the road
- Taiwanrestaurantkm 96.8 · 1240 m off the road
- Juniper Kitchen and Bistrorestaurantkm 96.8 · 1259 m off the road
- Sarah's Dinerrestaurantkm 96.9 · 1171 m off the road
- A&Wfast foodkm 97.4 · 967 m off the road
- Subwayfast foodkm 97.5 · 379 m off the road
- McDonald'sfast foodkm 97.6 · 409 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 97.6 · 519 m off the road
- Wing'n Itrestaurantkm 97.6 · 1245 m off the road
- War Wick'srestaurantkm 97.6 · 1338 m off the road
- Tai Sun Restaurantrestaurantkm 97.6 · 403 m off the road
- Donnini's Pizza & Donairrestaurantkm 97.6 · 422 m off the road
- Burger Kingfast foodkm 97.7 · 721 m off the road
- Dairy Queenfast foodkm 97.7 · 266 m off the road
- Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 97.8 · 846 m off the road
- Badger Diner & Motelrestaurantkm 126.5
- Red Hawk Dinerrestaurantkm 126.7
- Eddies Restaurantrestaurantkm 177.5
- Big Stop Restaurantrestaurantkm 306.3
- Tim Hortonfast foodkm 306.3 · 222 m off the road
- Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 306.8 · 192 m off the road
- Wingn' itrestaurantkm 307.3
- Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 307.9 · 235 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 308 · 225 m off the road
- A&Wfast foodkm 308 · 178 m off the road
- Subwayfast foodkm 308.1 · 177 m off the road
- KFCfast foodkm 308.2
- Burger Kingfast foodkm 308.3
- Peter's Pizzafast foodkm 308.3
- Langerspubkm 308.3 · 550 m off the road
- Oasis Grill Houserestaurantkm 329.8 · 244 m off the road
- Cafe 59restaurantkm 329.8 · 863 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 348.2
- Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 355.6 · 881 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 355.7 · 923 m off the road
- Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 355.7 · 912 m off the road
- Samuel's Sammiches and Sweetsrestaurantkm 355.8 · 1496 m off the road
- McDonald'sfast foodkm 356.6 · 310 m off the road
- Jungle Jim'srestaurantkm 356.9 · 197 m off the road
- Wendy'sfast foodkm 357.1
- Pinchgut Restaurant & Conveniencerestaurantkm 374.5
- Midway Motel and Loungepubkm 465.8
- Robin's Donutsrestaurantkm 534.8
- Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 567.6
- Subwayfast foodkm 569.7
- Robin‘sfast foodkm 569.7 · 754 m off the road
- Alma‘s Restaurantrestaurantkm 569.7 · 384 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 569.8
- Bob's Chicken Coopfast foodkm 569.9
- Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 570
- Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 570.3
- Tai-Hong Restaurantrestaurantkm 570.5
- Port Clubpubkm 571.3
- Shark Cove Restaurantrestaurantkm 571.9 · 1120 m off the road
- Shark Cove Restaurantrestaurantkm 571.9 · 1118 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 Port aux Basques
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- Channel Head Lighttowerlighthouse2.4 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Smokey Cape Trailtrail · 2.4 km walk · easy12 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Cape Ray lighthousestop18 km
The province's tourism site suggests the Cape Ray Lightkeepers House, on the lighthouse's history, before heading to the wetlands.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Isle aux Mortsstop21 km
Two 17th-century astrolabes were recovered just off this coast, per the province's tourism site.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Harvey's Trailtrail · 4 km loop · easy22 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Wreckhousestop22 km
A named place on the map, not a building, and the Trans-Canada runs straight through it.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Starlight Trailtrail · 4.8 km out and back · challenging33 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Searstonstop38 km
One end of the 5.5 km Coastangs Trail, a moderate coastal walk with mountains behind, per the province's tourism site.
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More, up to 50 km (6)
- Codroy Valleytown39 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Grand Codroy River Estuarystop41 km
Part of the Codroy Valley International Wetlands, on a flyway for migrating birds.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Point Roseehistoric site41 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Rose Blanche ferry terminalstop47 km
Where the passenger-only ferry leaves for La Poile, per the province's tourism site.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Rose Blanche Lighthouselighthouse47 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Cape Anguille Lighthousestop50 km
The province's tourism site calls it worth a visit for some of the best sunsets on the island.
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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
- Gander km 3, Bishop’s Falls km 86, South Brook km 178, Deer Lake km 307, Corner Brook km 358, Robinsons km 467, Port aux Basques km 571
- Longest stretch without one
- 129 km
- South Brook → Deer Lake, of 573 km driven
- Nearest fast charger to Port aux Basques
- at Port aux Basques
Coming in 2026 (NL Hydro, 2026-10-22): Gander (km 3) and Deer Lake (km 303). 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: 78% has no surface tag.
- Mapped as paved
- 22%
- 110.9 km of 574.1 km driven
- No surface tag on the map
- 78%
- 397.5 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 574.1 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 Port aux Basques
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 Gander, with numbers →Arriving without a car
Not renting? Here's who Gander International Airport Authority lists at the terminal.
No rideshare here.
The Airport Authority's transport page lists no rideshare service (checked 2026-09-15).
Taxi
Busy Bee Cabs, which the Airport Authority says runs a 24-hour service available curbside in the Domestic Arrivals area.
Coach
DRL Coachlines runs the island's one scheduled coach, once a day each way, between St. John's and the Marine Atlantic terminal at Port aux Basques. It stops at Gander Airport itself (the restaurant), and at Lewisporte, Grand Falls-Windsor, Deer Lake and Corner Brook among others. It reaches no island and no national park. Tickets are bought on the bus, cash only. The Airport Authority says a wheelchair-accessible bus needs 48 hours' notice. Times and fares are DRL's: drl-lr.com.
Limousine
Nobel Limousines, listed by the Airport Authority.
Avis, Budget, National and Enterprise are listed at the airport. The Authority says accessible vehicles with wheelchair accommodation or hand controls are limited and need 48 hours' notice.
Source: Gander International Airport Authority,2026-09-15. Check there for fares and times.
Questions
How far is Port aux Basques from Gander airport?＋
574.1 km from the terminal to Port aux Basques.
What route do I take?＋
Route 1. 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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