Welcome!
Welcome to Explore Labrador, a website about tourism services, festivals and events in the Central Region of Labrador, Canada.
Visit Central Labrador
You can visit Central Labrador via route 389/500 starting your drive at Baie Comeau Quebec, travelling north east to Labrador City and then east past Churchill Falls. The Marine Atlantic system operates from June through November, and you can drive your vehicle onto the Bond and sail all the way into Goose Bay, up the coast from Lewisporte Newfoundland, or catch the ferry at Cartwright and sail in across Lake Melville from there. You can also visit by air on Air Canada Jazz or Provincial Airlines from St. John's, Deer Lake, Halifax, or Montreal. Which ever mode you choose, we know you will enjoy your visit.
Please be sure to visit our friends at the Visitor Information Centre in Happy Valley Goose Bay http://www.tourismlabrador.com for more information about tourism products and services.
*The ROAD is NOW OPEN*
The new road link is now open between Goose Bay and Cartwright, on the Atlantic seaboard. Travellers can continue their road trips directly to the Labrador Straits for the ferry crossing of the Strait of Belle Isle from Blanc Sablon, Quebec between May and January. Starting February 1, the Sir Robert Bond will operate two round trips per week between CornerBrook and Blanc Sablon.
Feb thru May - Straits Ferry service information here: http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2010/tw/0107n01.htm
When there is severe weather, portions of this road may be closed to ensure your safety. Please calll for Winter Road conditions and information phone 709-896-7888
SAFETY NEWS - There is NO cell phone service on this long route, but the Provincial Government has a program in place for you to "borrow" a satellite phone for use between Labrador City and Goose Bay and Port Hope Simpson. There is NO FEE for this service. Pick up and drop off points at the hotels in each town. For residents of Newfoundland you must provide a drivers licence or credit card. For non- residents, you must provide a credit card. The phones are only for emergency use and are programmed to enable direct calls to the police.
Feb thru May - Straits Ferry service information here: http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2010/tw/0107n01.htm
When there is severe weather, portions of this road may be closed to ensure your safety. Please calll for Winter Road conditions and information phone 709-896-7888
SAFETY NEWS - There is NO cell phone service on this long route, but the Provincial Government has a program in place for you to "borrow" a satellite phone for use between Labrador City and Goose Bay and Port Hope Simpson. There is NO FEE for this service. Pick up and drop off points at the hotels in each town. For residents of Newfoundland you must provide a drivers licence or credit card. For non- residents, you must provide a credit card. The phones are only for emergency use and are programmed to enable direct calls to the police.
Smart Labrador
This website was designed for us by Smart Labrador and they continue to provide technical assistance. Thanks Doug!