Editing Newfoundland and Labrador (section)

===Ferries===
Within the province, the Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Transportation and Works operates or sponsors 15 automobile, passenger and freight ferry routes which connect various communities along the province's significant coastline.<ref>{{cite web|title=Summary of Services Available|url=http://www.tw.gov.nl.ca/ferryservices/schedules/highlights.html|publisher=Department of Transportation and Works|access-date=February 20, 2013|archive-date=February 21, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130221041858/http://www.tw.gov.nl.ca/ferryservices/schedules/highlights.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

A regular passenger and car ferry service, lasting about 90 minutes, crosses the [[Strait of Belle Isle]], connecting the province's [[island of Newfoundland]] with the region of [[Labrador]] on the mainland. The ferry MV Qajaq W travels from [[St. Barbe, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. Barbe, Newfoundland]], on the [[Great Northern Peninsula]], to the port town of [[Blanc-Sablon, Quebec]], located on the provincial border and beside the town of [[L'Anse-au-Clair]], Labrador.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/qajaq-labrador-straits-apollo-replacement-1.4963079|title=Meet the Qajaq, set to sail the Strait of Belle Isle in 2019|publisher=CBC|access-date=October 31, 2021|archive-date=October 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211031200038/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/qajaq-labrador-straits-apollo-replacement-1.4963079|url-status=live}}</ref> The MV ''Sir Robert Bond'' once provided seasonal ferry service between [[Lewisporte]] on the island and the towns of [[Cartwright, Newfoundland and Labrador|Cartwright]] and [[Happy Valley-Goose Bay]] in Labrador, but has not run since the completion of the [[Trans-Labrador Highway]] in 2010, allowing access from [[Blanc-Sablon, Quebec]], to major parts of Labrador.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tw.gov.nl.ca/ferryservices/schedules/i_goosebay_cartwright.html|title=Minister Announces Changes to Labrador Marine Service|publisher=Department of Transportation and works|access-date=July 30, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722045113/http://www.tw.gov.nl.ca/ferryservices/schedules/i_goosebay_cartwright.html|archive-date=July 22, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Several smaller ferries connect numerous other coastal towns and offshore island communities around the island of Newfoundland and up the Labrador coast as far north as [[Nain, Newfoundland and Labrador|Nain]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tw.gov.nl.ca/ferryservices/schedules/index.html|title=Routes, Schedules and Rates|publisher=Department of Transportation and works|access-date=July 30, 2012|archive-date=July 22, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722050442/http://www.tw.gov.nl.ca/ferryservices/schedules/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> There are also two ferries, MV Legionnaire and MV Flanders, that operate between [[Bell Island (Newfoundland and Labrador)|Bell Island]] and Portugal Cove–St. Philips yearly, mainly used by those commuting to St. John's for work. The MV Veteran, a sister ship of MV Legionnaire, operates between Fogo Island, Change Islands, and Farewell.
[[File:MV Atlantic Vision entering Port aux Basques May 2014.jpg|thumb|[[MV Atlantic Vision|MV ''Atlantic Vision'']] is one of several ships that provides inter-provincial ferry service to Newfoundland.]]
Inter-provincial ferry services are provided by [[Marine Atlantic]], a federal [[Crown corporation]] which operates auto-passenger ferries from [[North Sydney, Nova Scotia|North Sydney]], Nova Scotia, to the towns of [[Channel-Port aux Basques|Port aux Basques]] and [[Argentia]] on the southern coast of Newfoundland island.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.marine-atlantic.ca/en/sailinginfo/arrivals.asp |title=Marine Atlantic |publisher=Marine-atlantic.ca |access-date=July 26, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124143545/http://marine-atlantic.ca/en/sailinginfo/arrivals.asp |archive-date=November 24, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>