Labrador Coastal Drive

The Labrador Coastal Drive isn’t on any official map, but locals know the network of fishing roads, logging tracks, and ATV trails that hug the province’s brutal Atlantic shore from the Viking settlement at L’Anse aux Meadows region down to Cartwright. This route pieces together whatever paths exist along one of North America’s most unforgiving coastlines, where 500-year-old fishing villages cling to rocky harbors and icebergs drift south until July. The road—if you can call it that—crosses countless streams, bogs, and exposed bedrock while dodging between settlements like Battle Harbour and Mary’s Harbour.

This is expert-level overlanding that’ll test your navigation, recovery skills, and mental toughness. High-clearance 4WD with armor, winch, and emergency communications are non-negotiable. Many sections are impassable in spring breakup or after heavy rain. July through September offers the best conditions, but weather changes fast. No services for hundreds of kilometers—carry everything. What you get is access to some of the most remote coastal wilderness in North America, abandoned settlements frozen in time, and fishing opportunities that’ll ruin you for anywhere else. Have a dirty day.