Route 470, also known as La Poile Highway, is a highway on the West Coast of the

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. It is the last provincial highway off

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before approaching the

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Ferry to

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, in Channel-Port aux Basques. The route is in length. During much of the journey, there is plenty of barren land on both sides of the road, until arriving at its final community,

Rose Blanche Rose Blanche – Harbour le Cou is a small town on Newfoundland's southwest shore, about 45 km at the end of Route 470 from Port aux Basques. This community is located in a barren area on the east side of a small bay. In this bay there ar ...

. Route 470 also carries the designation of Granite Coast Scenic Drive.

Route description

Route 470 begins at an interchange with

(

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, Exit 1) just north of the

ferry docks in

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. The highway winds its way through rural hilly terrain for several kilometres, where it meets a local road leading to

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and

Fox Roost Fox Roost is a settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province compri ...

, as well as crosses the Isle aux Morts River, before passing through

Isle aux Morts Isle aux Morts (, ) is a small town on the Southwest Coast of the Island of Newfoundland, with a population of 559 (2021). The town is located approximately east from the Marine Atlantic Ferry Terminal in Port aux Basques along Route 470. T ...

. Route 470 winds its way eastward along the

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coastline for several kilometres to pass through

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and meet a local road leading to Diamond Cove before entering the town of

Rose Blanche-Harbour le Cou Rose Blanche – Harbour le Cou is a small town on Newfoundland's southwest shore, about 45 km at the end of Route 470 from Port aux Basques. This community is located in a barren area on the east side of a small bay. In this bay there ar ...

. The highway now crosses another river and passes by the

La Poile La Poile is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is on La Poile Bay. The community is inaccessible by road and is served by a ferry via a port in Rose Blanche. The town mainly w ...

ferry docks before becoming Main Street and having an intersection with a local road leading to the Harbour le Cou portion of town. Route 470 enters the Rose Blanche portion of town to pass through neighbourhoods, where it meets a road leading to the Lighthouse, before passing through downtown and coming to a dead end at the southern tip of a long, skinny, peninsula.

Major intersections

References

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