A day or two in France

Going to Saint-Pierre

Saint-Pierre et Miquelon is France, a short crossing off Newfoundland's south coast. The boat leaves from Fortune, at the toe of the Burin Peninsula, and the drive to it is the long part.

SPM Ferries: sailings and fares →

It is an international crossing. What to carry, and whether a car can go, are the operator's and the border's to state: read the operator's page before you set off, not at the wharf.

The drive to the boat

Measured by road from each door to Fortune, nearest first.

• From Argentia (ferry)322 km
• From St. John's366 km
• From Gander378 km
• From Deer Lake682 km
• From Port aux Basques (ferry)948 km

Distances by road, measured on OpenStreetMap. Your maps app gives the time on the day.

Sleep near the boat the night before. Every one of these is a long drive to end against a sailing time. Frenchman's Cove Provincial Park is the campground on the way, 41 km from the ferry; in Fortune itself, where to eat.

Coming back

You land at Fortune again, with the Burin Peninsula on the doorstep: the towns and walks near the boat, measured →

Nothing on this site is measured on the islands themselves. We keep what we publish current, and France is not ours to keep current: for the islands, start with the operator.