Route guide · Seasonal crossing
North Sydney ↔ Argentia ferry availability
The seasonal run between North Sydney, Nova Scotia and Argentia, Newfoundland is the long way over the Gulf: an overnight crossing of roughly sixteen hours that lands about an hour and a half's drive from St. John's.
It sails only a few times a week, for a short summer season — and every Avalon-bound itinerary wants the same dates. Cabins and vehicle space here are some of the hardest space on the Gulf to get.
Sold out? Space still opens
Even on a run with this few sailings, sold out isn't final. Cancellations and released holds happen right up to sailing time, and a single released cabin can rescue a whole itinerary. It goes to whoever happens to be looking at that exact moment.
Nobody can refresh the booking page around the clock. FerryB’y can.
Watch this crossing
Describe your crossing once: either direction or both, travel dates with up to seven days of flex either side, your party, your vehicle, and any cabin or kennel you can't sail without. FerryB’y checks every sailing in your window around the clock for three days and emails you an alert the moment matching space appears.
Then you book it yourself on Marine Atlantic's official site — FerryB’y never sells anything and never takes payment. And if your dates won't stretch to the Argentia season, the Port aux Basques crossing sails year-round.
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