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AIR: Air Canada (AC) operates regular services to Newfoundland and Labrador. Interprovincial Airlines, Air Nova, Tango and Air Labrador operate services within the province and to the Maritime Provinces.
International airports: Gander (YQX) is 3km (2 miles) from the city centre. Airport facilities include car parking, restaurant, duty-free shop and banks.
St John’s (YYT) is 8km (5 miles) from the city centre (travel time – 15 minutes).
Other major airports are at St Anthony, Stephenville, Deer Lake, Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Wabush and Churchill Falls.
SEA: A year-round, daily passenger and vehicle ferry service runs between North Sydney, Nova Scotia and Port aux Basques on Newfoundland’s southwest coast (crossing time – six hours). Summer services run three times a week between North Sydney and Argentia on Newfoundland’s Avalon Peninsula, mid-June to mid-September (crossing time – 12 hours). Reservations can be made with Marine Atlantic (tel: (800) 341 7981 (toll free in USA and Canada); fax: (709) 695 4206; website: www.marine-atlantic.ca). There is also a summer ferry to the French islands of St Pierre & Miquelon from Fortune on Newfoundland’s Burin Peninsula (crossing time – 90 minutes) (tel: (800) 563 2006 (toll free in USA and Canada) or (709) 832 0429). Intra–provincial ferries connect island communities with larger towns. A seasonal twice daily summer ferry (tel: (709) 729 2830) connects Blanc Sablon in southern Labrador and St Barbe on Newfoundland’s Great Northern Peninsula with an 80-minute crossing. A summer car ferry service operates between Lewisporte, Newfoundland and Cartwright and Happy Valley-Goose Bay in Labrador (tel: (709) 729 2830). A summer coastal boat service is provided by Cruising Labrador (tel: (709) 729 2830 or (800) 563 6353 (toll free in USA andCanada)) between St Anthony on Newfoundland’s northeast coast and Nain, the northernmost permanent settlement in Labrador. Remote communities on the Labrador coast and Newfoundland’s south coast are also served by coastal boats. All intra-provincial ferry services can be checked online (website: www.gov.nf.ca/ferryservices).
RAIL: A passenger service provided by The Québec North Shore & Labrador Railway operates between Sept-Isles in Québec and Labrador City in western Labrador (tel: (709) 944 8205).
ROAD: A modern paved highway (Route 1, the Trans-Canada Highway) crosses Newfoundland from Port aux Basques in the southwest to the capital of St John’s in the east. Distance is 905km (565 miles). Paved secondary roads connect most communities to the main highway. Visitors can reach western Labrador along a partially paved highway from Baie Comeau, Québec. Route 500, a seasonal gravel highway dubbed the ‘Freedom Road’ by residents, connects Labrador City and Wabush in the west with the interior town of Churchill Falls and Happy Valley-Goose Bay in east-central Labrador. There are limited services along this road. Coach: DRL Coachlines (website: www.drlgroup.com) operates a daily scheduled bus service between St John’s and Port aux Basques (Route 1). Stops along the route include Gander, Grand Falls-Windsor and Corner Brook. Route 510 connects communities along Labrador’s southeast coast between L’Anse au Clair on the Quebec/Labrador border and Charlottetown. The road is paved for the first 85km to Red Bay and is Class A gravel from there to Charlottetown (160km). Route 510 was to be extended as far north as Cartwright by the end of 2002. When finished, the Red Bay-Cartwright road will be 355km in total length.
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