Is this ferry-intensive journey along the Labrador coast that Google Maps proposes actually possible?

Is this ferry-intensive journey along the Labrador coast that Google Maps proposes actually possible? - White Cruise Ship

I love ferries and sub-Arctic coastlines. With Google Maps, I found the following itinerary between Havre st. Pierre and Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador:

Ferries around Labrador

Google Maps draws ferries between many places along the coast of Labrador, suggesting one can travel almost all the way by ferry between those two places, as pictured above. It doesn't actually use those ferries for any itinerary unless forced; the itinerary above is for “walking” and only works if I pull it over the ferry routes by hand at 11 places.

It tells me to take a whopping 23 ferries:

4) Take the Havre-Saint-Pierre, QC - Baie Johan-Beetz, QC ferry

5) Take the Baie Johan-Beetz, QC - Natashquan, QC ferry

6) Take the Natashquan, QC - Kegaska, QC ferry

7) Take the Kegaska, QC - La Romaine, QC ferry

8) Take the La Romaine, QC - Harrington Harbour, QC ferry

12) Take the Harrington Harbour, QC - Tête à La Baleine, QC ferry

13) Take the Mutton Bay, QC - La Tabatière, QC/Tête à La Baleine, QC - Mutton Bay, QC ferry

14) Take the La Tabatière, QC - Saint-Augustin, QC ferry to Saint-Augustin

15) Take the Saint-Augustin, QC - Rivière-Saint-Paul, QC ferry

16) Take the Rivière-Saint-Paul, QC - Blanc-Sablon, QC ferry to Blanc-Sablon

28) Take the Red Bay, NL - Henley Harbour, NL ferry

29) Take the Henley Harbour, NL - Cape Charles, NL ferry

30) Take the Cape Charles, NL - Marys Harbour, NL ferry to Mary's Harbour

31) Take the Marys Harbour, NL - Port Hope Simpson, NL ferry to Port Hope Simpson

32) Take the Port Hope Simpson, NL - Fishing Ships Harbour, NL ferry

33) Take the Fishing Ships Harbour, NL - Charlottetown, NL ferry to Charlottetown (Labrador)

34) Take the Charlottetown, NL - Snug Harbour, NL ferry

35) Take the Snug Harbour, NL - Hawke Harbour, NL ferry

36) Take the Hawke Harbour, NL - Sandy Islands, NL ferry

37) Take the Sandy Islands, NL - Batteau, NL ferry

38) Take the Batteau, NL - Cartwright, NL ferry to Cartwright

41) Take the Cartwright, NL - Paradise River, NL/Paradise River - Cartwright ferry

42) Take the Paradise River, NL - Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL ferry to Happy Valley-Goose Bay

It appears unlikely this itinerary is actually possible as described by Google Maps. What I've found so far:

Phase II of new construction, costing $130 million (CAD), began in 1999 and saw Route 510 extended 323 km over 4 years from its terminus in Red Bay northeast to the port of Cartwright. When this southern portion of the TLH was completed in 2002 the Labrador coastal ferry services were transferred in a controversial move from Lewisporte on the island of Newfoundland to Cartwright.

  • The Trans-Labrador Highway Ferry page has a map drawing a black dashed line between Natashquan and Blanc-Sablon and between Cartwright and Happy Valley-Goose Bay, but also other dashed and dotted lines; the map does not include a legend. The ferries drawn with black dashed lines confirm the information from the first two bullet points above.

A number of ferries claimed by Google Maps remain. Generically, is this itinerary possible at all? Specifically, is there any ferry service between Red Bay and Cartwright? Is this perhaps a service only run when the road is closed due to bad weather or so?






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Does Google Maps include ferry times?

Actually, if you plan a trip using public transport, both ferries (Rostock-Gedser and Puttgarden-R\xf8dby) are being known to and used by Google Maps with the correct schedule.

How long is the ferry ride from Newfoundland to Labrador?

Most days have two sailings \u2013 morning and evening \u2013 and the crossing takes six to eight hours, depending on weather.



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