Atlantic Canada Cycling Shuttle:
Low-cost transportation organized by ACC leaves late in the afternoon two days before our tour. It stops at downtown Halifax, Halifax Airport, Truro Via Rail Station and North Sydney, Nova Scotia before taking the overnight ferry to Newfoundland. Contact us for the shuttle schedule before booking flights or trains.

Air:
There is an airport at our starting point at Deer Lake, Newfoundland and Labrador Deer Lake Airport (www.deerlakeairport.com). There are a limted number of flights per day and not much competition Air Canada Jazz. (www.aircanada.com).

There is another airport at the other side of Newfoundland at St. John's. It has more flights but requires a long bus trip or expensive cab ride across the island.

Halifax, Nova Scotia - The major connecting airport for Atlantic Canada, Halifax has service from all major Canadian cities. It also has runs from U.S.A. connecting hubs such as Boston, Newark, New York, and Detroit. European cities connect to Halifax through London, England. Airlines to Halifax include Air Canada. (www.aircanada.com) Westjet (www.westjet.com), Northwest Airlines (www.nwa.com), United, American Airlines, Continental, Delta, and Zoom. Selected as the best medium-sized airport in the world, see two interesting sites Fly Halifax (www.flyhalifax.com); and Halifax International Airport (www.hiaa.ca).

An airport with a few flights a day at Sydney, Nova Scotia is about 30 km from the North Sydney ferry to Newfoundland.

Road:
Option A) Taking a ferry from Bar Harbor, Maine or Portland, Maine to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia and crossing the province to its eastern side at North Sydney. A ferry goes from there to Port-Aux-Basques, Newfoundland and then a drive to Deer Lake.

Option B) Around the Bay of Fundy through New Brunswick then crossing Nova Scotia to its eastern side at North Sydney.A ferry goes from there to Port-Aux-Basques, Newfoundland and then a drive to Deer Lake.

The trip, the cost and time of the ferries may or may not not be worth driving the extra hours through Maine and New Brunswick.

For Newfoundland ferry info see Marine Atlantic (www.marine-atlantic.ca). For information on the Bar Harbor Portland, Maine to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia ferries see Catferry (www.catferry.com)

Train:
The nearest train station is at Truro, Nova Scotia. Trains all originate from Montreal, Quebec. It is possible to connect to Montreal by rail further west in Canada and the USA. Via Rail (www.viarail.ca) The train runs six days per week. Should those days be ones you are to arrive or leave then an extra day will be needed for your itinerary.

Bus:
Busses connect to Deer Lake, Newfoundland from both Port-Aux-Basques, Newfoundland as well as from St. John's, Newfoundland. The service in Newfoundland line is good and there is usually not much trouble getting your bike on. Getting to North Sydney, Nova Scotia where the ferry connects to Newfoundland is another matter. Travellers with bicycles are not treated with first-class style. In addition, if baggage holds are full bikes may be held back. DRL Coach Lines (www.drlgroup.com) Acadian Lines (www.acadianbus.com)