All four Atlantic Provinces are well-served by airports offering connections from both inside and outside Atlantic Canada.

Halifax Stanfield International Airport, located approximately 30 minutes outside Halifax, Nova Scotia is the primary hub for connections to major cities in Canada, the United States and Europe. It is geographically closer to Boston and New York than any other major Canadian city. It is served by Air Canada, Continental Airlines, United Airlines, Air St. Pierre, Delta, Provincial Airlines, US Airways and WestJet.

St. John’s International Airport, NL, is the closest to Europe (4.5 hours from London, England). Other airports in Newfoundland include: International Airports at St. John’s and Gander, and domestic airports at Deer Lake (located 30 minutes from Corner Brook), Stephenville, St.Anthony, Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Churchill Falls and Wabush. The Labrador Straits is accessible via the airport at Blanc Sablon, Quebec.

New Brunswick is home to three International Airport (Greater Moncton International Airport, Saint John airport and Fredericton International Airport), a well as one regional airport (Bathurst Regional Airport). The province is served by Air Canada, Continental Airlines, Canadian Affairs, Westjet, Sunwing, Sunquest, Air Saint-Pierre and Transat Holidays.

Highways from all points in the United States and Canada join the Trans Canada Highway (#2) in New Brunswick.

USA Interstate 95 connects with the Trans Canada Highway at the Houlton, ME/Woodstock, NB crossing.

US Route 1 enters New Brunswick at the Calais, ME/St. Stephen, NB; Van Buren, ME/Saint-Leonard, NB and Madawaska, ME/Edmundston, NB border crossings.

The Trans Canada Highway (#16) in New Brunswick connects to Prince Edward Island via the Confederation Bridge and to Nova Scotia via Route 104, which begins at Amherst, Nova Scotia.

The Trans Canada Highway (#104 to #105) in Nova Scotia links to Newfoundland & Labrador via the Marine Atlantic Ferries departing from North Sydney, Nova Scotia to Port aux Basques & Argentia, Newfoundland. Labrador is also now accessible via the Trans-Labrador Highway, which connects Labrador to the province of Quebec.

Greyhound from New York and Orleans Express from Montreal connect with Acadian Lines in New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia. At Amherst, intra-provincial bus lines link most major
communities.

Both VIA Rail and Amtrak (via Montréal) offer transcontinental services that connect to five points in New Brunswick, plus Truro and Halifax, Nova Scotia. There are currently six return trips per week between Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Montreal. There is connecting bus service from Moncton to many locations on Prince Edward Island.
Call VIA: 1-888-842-7245, or go to www.viarail.ca.

Digby, Nova Scotia to Saint John, New Brunswick
Daily service year-round; additional service mid-May to October. Reservations recommended. Tel: 1-877-762-7245

Newfoundland to Nova Scotia
Port-aux-Basques, Newfoundland, to/from North Sydney, Nova Scotia, daily service year-round; additional service mid-June to September. Argentia, Newfoundland to North Sydney, Nova Scotia; Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, mid-June to mid- October. Reservations recommended. Tickets must be picked up one hour before sailing.

Marine Atlantic Reservations
355 Purves St, North Sydney, NS, B2A 3V2
Tel: 1-800-341-7981
www.marine-atlantic.ca

Prince Edward Island to Nova Scotia
Wood Islands, Prince Edward Island, to Caribou, Nova Scotia, daily service May 1 to December 20.

Northumberland Ferries Ltd.
94 Water Street, PO Box 634
Charlottetown, PE, C1A 7L3
In Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, call toll-free 1-800-565-0201. From other areas: 902-566-3838
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