By Sea
Nova Scotia to Newfoundland
Marine Atlantic's modern passenger ferries also accommodates recreational vehicles all year round from North Sydney, Nova Scotia to Port aux Basques, Newfoundland. Crossing time is approximately 6 hours. During the summer season, there are scheduled sailings from North Sydney to Argentia, bringing you in close proximity to St. John's, the Province’s Capital. Crossing time is approximately 12-14 hours. Marine Atlantic ferries offer a wide variety of onboard accommodations, food service, live entertainment, movies, games room and children's activity programs.
For rates and schedules, you may contact:
Marine Atlantic Reservations Bureau
P. O. Box 250
North Sydney, NS B2A 3M3
Telephone: (902) 794-5700
Toll Free Canada and U.S.: 1-800-341-7981
Fax: (902) 564-7480
Website:www.marine-atlantic.ca

Ferries and coastal boats operating year-round and seasonal schedules can take you to islands and secluded coastal communities. Communities on the Labrador Coast are served by one ferry between Cartwright and Happy Valley-Goose Bay and two passenger and freight (no cars) vessels that serve the areas between Pinsent Arm and Cartwright, and Nain and Cartwright.

There is also a vessel that takes you to St. Pierre and Miquelon

Strait of Belle Isle
There is a daily ferry service between St. Barbe on Newfoundland's Viking Trail and Blanc Sablon on the Quebec-Labrador border (summer months only). Crossing time is approximately 80 minutes.
For rates and schedules, you may contact:
The Woodward Group
St. Barbe Ferry Terminal
St. Barbe, NL
A0K 1M0
Telephone: 1-866-535-2567

Coastal Labrador
There are three separate marine services on the coast of Labrador. The southernmost is a coastal boat that connects the communities of Charlottetown, Norman Bay, Pinsent Arm, Williams Harbour and Port Hope Simpson. The communities between Black Tickle and Nain are served by a coastal boat that also calls at Cartwright on the coast, and at Happy Valley-Goose Bay and Rigolet in Lake Melville. And there is a car ferry between Lewisporte in Central Newfoundland and Cartwright and Happy Valley-Goose Bay. For reservations and rates, please call 866-535-2567.

Sept les to Blanc Sablon
A passenger ferry operates April to January from Sept-Iles to Blanc Sablon, Quebec and connects with the ferry from Blanc Sablon to St. Barbe, Newfoundland. For more information call 1-418-461-2656.

By Air

From anywhere in Canada, from all across North America, from major gateways and cities, in the USA, and from Northern Europe, modern jet travel is available to bring you here.

Airlines:
Air Canada, Air Canada tango, and Air Canada jazz operate regular flights to Newfoundland and Labrador, with connections available from all major centers in the United States and Canada. Air Transat offers charter flights from Toronto to Newfoundland and Labrador during the summer months. Air Canada jazz, Provincial Airlines, and Air Labrador provide regular service within Newfoundland and Labrador. Air Labrador also offers service through St. Anthony to many points in Labrador. Provincial Airlines also offers service to the French island of St. Pierre.

Air Transportation Links:
Air Canada
Provincial Airlines
Air Labrador
Westjet
Canjet
Continental Airlines
Air Transat
Evas Air Charters

By Land

Rail
Rail service between Sept-les, Quebec, and Labrador is provided by Quebec North Shore & Labrador Railway. This service takes approximately 10 hours.

For information contact:
Quebec North Shore & Labrador Railway
Telephone: (418) 968-7805/7808 Quebec
Telephone: (709) 944-8205/2490 Labrador

Highway Travel
The Trans-Canada Highway (Route 1) runs through Newfoundland west to east from Port aux Basques to St. John's, for a distance of 905 kilometers. Rural areas of Newfoundland and Labrador are accessible via secondary highways and roads. Secondary highways along the route offer many intriguing, "off-the-beaten-path" trips.

Travel Route 500 on a gravel road that runs through Labrador from Happy Valley-Goose Bay in the east to Labrador City/Wabush in the west. The distance is approximately 525 kilometers and travel time is approximately 9 hours. In spring, the road is occasionally soft and travelable only by four-wheel drive vehicles. For a recorded message on road conditions between Happy Valley-Goose Bay and Churchill Falls, telephone 1-709-896-5840. For information on the road between Churchill Falls and Labrador City, telephone 1-709-282-3406. From Labrador West on a partially paved Route 389, you can drive into Quebec to Baie Comeau on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River for a distance of 581 kilometers. Expected travel time is approximately 8.5 hours.

The Department of Works, Services and Transportation provides the motoring public in the province with the most up-to-date road and driving conditions through digital cameras which are installed at five weigh scale sites along the Trans Canada Highway. All 5 cameras are available online at www.gov.nl.ca/roads/.

Car & RV Rentals:
Avis - 800-879-2847
Budget - 800-268-8900
Hertz - 800-263-0600
Thrifty - 800-847-4389
Sears - 709-778-2960
National - 800-227-7368
Enterprise - 800-325-8007
Rent-a-Wreck - 800-327-0116
Discount - 800-263-2355
Cabot - 866-738-2020
Islander RV Sales & Rentals - 888-848-2267