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NL Highway Itinerary: Argentia to Whitbourne via route #100

What to See & Do Between Argentia and Whitbourne?

After arriving in Argentia, after a 12-hour summertime  ferry ride from North Sydney, you are ready to hit Newfoundland hard. Stop and check out Castle Hill, a fort that defends the harbour, and then head inland to survey the rugged terrain that makes up Newfoundland. And it must be tough to stand up to Atlantic storms and hurricanes.

NL Itinerary - Argentia to Whitbourne

Placentia Bay-Swift Current

Here is the itinerary for the 45 km between the Argentia ferry dock (from North Sydney, Nova Scotia) along Route #100 to Whitbourne:

Placentia and Argentia

From Placentia, it is a short trip by paved highway to Argentia, the terminus for the Nova Scotia ferry which operates between Argentia and North Sydney, Nova Scotia, during the summer. Argentia’s importance lay in its strategic position and ice free harbour. In 1940, the United States Military began construction of a Naval Operating Base and Air Station which served the American and other Allied Forces during the war years. The base closed only a few years ago.

Castle hill, near Placentia

Placentia, is situated on a large beach near a coastal forest area, and in the early days of the seventeenth century was the French capital of Newfoundland. In 1662, the Colonial French fortified this strategic position, on a summit overlooking the ocean arms of “Plaisance”, as the French called it. The commanding site is now at Castle Hill National Historic Park.

The following year Fort Royal was begun as the main defence against the English attacks by sea, and a starting-out point for French attacks on the English capital of St. John’s (three times). After the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713, the British moved into Placentia, upgraded the defences, and re-took St John.. Once British supremacy was assured, St. John’s became the capital of the colony.

The fort itself no longer exists but visitors can see its foundations clearly on the site’s rocks and can learn much from the Visitor Centre.

Castle Hill Historic Site overlooking Argentia

Avalon Penninsula

On the Avalon Penninsula you arrive in Whitbourne, where you can either connect to the Trans Canada Highway heading west to Clarenville, Gander, and Port-aux Basques, or you can continue east to St John’s.

Irish Loop Drive

You can also head dsouth and take the Irish Loop drive around the southern end of the Avalon Peninsula (mcluding Placentia, St Mary’s, Trepassey, Ferryland, Witless Bay, and Bay Bulls

Elevation Chart - Argentia to Whitbourne

Elevation Chart for itinerary from Argentia to Whitbourne
Elevation Chart for itinerary from Argentia to Whitbourne

Trans Canada Highway History

History: Argentia to Whitbourne

Search Listings along this Itinerary

Visit St John's Newfoundland

St John's

Trans Canada Highway Itinerary Map

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Itinerary Details

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0 Hwy 1 Junction (Whitbourne 56.7

 

13 W access road for community of Placentia Junction (1.6 km) 150.6

 

19 Exit for Fitzgerald’s Pond PP, camping 152.4

 

22J unction Hwy 101, NW to Villa Marie (3 km), Long Harbour (15 km) 174.3

 

31.5 Road access to S to Route 91 (7 km) to Colinet (32 km), St Catherines (46 km), Cataracts PP (25 km), and all communities to the southeast 13.1

 

31.6 Body of water to SW is the Northeast Arm of Placentia Harbour, river to the NE is the Northeast River 15.5

 

34.75 junction Hwy 102, Dunville, N to Fox Harbour, Ship Harbour (24 km) & Atlantic Charter National Historic Site (Dunville)  11.6

 

37.1 SE rd access to waterfront homes, recreational facilities (Dunville)  13.1

 

38.3 SE rd access to waterfront homes (Dunville)  29

 

38.5 SW road access to Hwy 100 25.3

 

41.5 Freshwater, access to Hwy 100 S to Castle Hill National Historic Site (visitor centre 2 km) communities of , Placentia (3 km), St Bride’s (52 km), Cape St. Mary’s Ecological Preserve (60 km)… (Freshwater)  49.7

 

45 Argentia Ferry Dock: Ferries to/from North Sydney NS, NW to Argentia airport (1 km) (Argentia 3

 

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0 Argentia Ferry Dock: Ferries to/from North Sydney NS, NW to Argentia airport (1 km) (Argentia 3

 

3.5 Freshwater, access to Hwy 100 S to Castle Hill National Historic Site (visitor centre 2 km) communities of Placentia (3 km), St Bride’s (52 km), Cape St. Mary’s Ecological Preserve (60 km)… (Freshwater)  49.7

 

6.5 SW road access to Hwy 100 25.3

 

6.7 SE rd access to waterfront homes (Dunville)  29

 

7.9 SE rd access to waterfront homes, recreational facilities (Dunville)  13.1

 

10.25 junction Hwy 102, Dunville, N to Fox Harbour, Ship Harbour (24 km) & Atlantic Charter National Historic Site (Dunville)  11.6

 

13.4 Body of water to SW is the Northeast Arm of Placentia Harbour, river to the NE is the Northeast River 15.5

 

13.5 Road access to S to Route 91 (7 km) to Colinet (32 km), St Catherines (46 km), Cataracts PP (25 km), and all communities to the southeast 13.1

 

23J unction Hwy 101, NW to Villa Marie (3 km), Long Harbour (15 km) 174.3

 

26 Exit for Fitzgerald’s Pond PP, camping 152.4

 

32 W access road for community of Placentia Junction (1.6 km) 150.6

 

45 Hwy 1 Junction (Whitbourne 56.7

 

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