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mish1100
Explorer
Nov 02, 2019

Trans Labrador Highway

Planning on driving the Trans Labrador highway with our Class C motorhome this coming summer. Our route will start in Ontario, go past Quebec City and then head north towards Labrador where we will take the Translabrador highway to the ferry to Newfoundland. We will travel through Newfoundland and take the ferry back to Nova Scotia to start making our way back to Ontario.


Has anyone on here drove the Trans Labrador highway before? How was it?
Roads and Routes
  • winniman's avatar
    winniman
    Explorer II
    Nov 14, 2019
    I have not driven it personally, but when we were in NFLD this summer, we took the ferry over to Labrador to spend a few days and check out the whaling village at Red Bay. When we exited the ferry, this lady comes running up to us saying, "don't do it, don't do it". We asked her what the hell she was talking about. I guess she thought we were going to take my friends 40 ft DP around the 1200 km loop back to Quebec. We talked to several others who had came around the loop. They all said the same thing. Don't do it. Like I say, I have not "did it". Just passing on what we were told. We did drive up as far as Red Bay, and there wasn't much to see there. We were told the rest of it was the same. We did see lots of blackflies.
  • mish1100's avatar
    mish1100
    Explorer
    Nov 14, 2019
    sorry if i posted in the wrong forum. New to this RV chat thing. Was looking at info on the route so was hoping to get some feedback from here. I'll try again in the Canada section. Thanks
  • paulj's avatar
    paulj
    Explorer II
    Nov 02, 2019
    There are 1 or 2 Lab/NL threads per year on the Canada section. Next to none on 'routes'.
  • jamesu's avatar
    jamesu
    Explorer
    Nov 02, 2019
    Moderator: This post should be moved to the “Canada” section.

    It is not possible to reach a Moderator with such a request via the “Notify Moderator” link inside each post anymore. Your IT dept. needs to look into this as this has been a problem for quite some time.
  • Yeti_plus's avatar
    Yeti_plus
    Explorer
    Nov 02, 2019
    We just drove the Trans Lab this summer ( 2019). We were in the truck and truck camper. The part in Labrador was fine. By the end of this construction year I think there will be less than 200 km of gravel left. All the rest will have been paved.
    We were in Quebec when we heard that the Trans Lab had a wash out south of Happy Valley Goose Bay. We started to rethink our options,but our youngest son called to wish his mother a Happy Birthday, and we told him of the problem. He was in Peru on a holiday, but he contacted a friend who works for NL government to find out how long the repair would be.Answer was less than a week, which he relayed back to us. PQ to Peru to St. Johns to Peru To PQ in less than 10 minutes... gotta love technology.
    By the time we got to the wash out, about a week later, the road was re-opened, and just needed pavement to be totally repaired.
    The Quebec section of the road is not quite as good. From Baie Comeau to Manic 5 is paved, but just past Manic 5 it is gravel and rough in spots. It continues as gravel right to within 50 km of the Quebec / Labrador border.
    Brian

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