Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Sleeping & Eating
Everything listed here is in Happy Valley-Goose Bay.
Davis' B&B
B&B $
( 709-896-5077; davisbb@canada.com; 14 Cabot Crescent Rd; r $60-80; )
Family atmo-
sphere and caribou sausages await you at Davis' four-room home. It's near restaurants
and amenities.
Royal Inn & Suites
HOTEL $$$
( 709-896-2456;
www.royalinnandsuites.ca
; 5 Royal Ave; d incl breakfast $105-155; )
The
good-looking Royal has a variety of rooms to choose from; many of them have kitchens.
The 'inn' side has wi-fi; the suites side has hard-wired high-speed access.
El Greco
PIZZERIA $$$
( 709-896-3473; 133 Hamilton River Rd; pizzas $16-22; 4pm-1am Sun-Wed, to 3am Thu-Sat)
This is a decent joint serving pizzas. It's near the Royal Inn.
Getting There & Away
AIR
(
www.provincialairlines.ca
)
flies to St John's, Deer Lake and most towns around Labrador.
BOAT
You can reach Goose Bay by the passenger-only MV
Northern Ranger;
see
CAR & MOTORCYCLE
From Happy Valley-Goose Bay you can take gravel (but to be paved by 2015) Rte 500
west to Churchill Falls and then on to Labrador City. The drive to Labrador City takes
about 10 hours. There are no services until Churchill Falls, so stock up. The Royal Inn &
Suites has free satellite phones you can take on the road (part of a region-wide safety
program). Rte 510 is the gravel road heading southeast toward Cartwright (383km) and
L'Anse au Clair (623km); parts of it are also being paved. Before leaving, contact the
Department of Transportation & Works
(
www.roads.gov.nl.ca
) for the latest condi-
tions.
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