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SS Ethie wreck site

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Sunrise and sunset at SS Ethie wreck site, by month
Month (the 15th)SunriseSunset
January8:13 am4:47 pm
February7:32 am5:39 pm
March7:36 am7:25 pm
April6:29 am8:13 pm
May5:36 am8:58 pm
June5:12 am9:30 pm
July5:29 am9:25 pm
August6:11 am8:41 pm
September6:56 am7:36 pm
October7:42 am6:32 pm
November7:33 am4:39 pm
December8:12 am4:21 pm

Worked out for the 15th of each month at this spot, in local time. The weather line at the top has today's.

On the way to…

  1. YDF → Cow Head →

    The mapped historic wreck site of the coastal steamer that went ashore in 1919, steps from the highway.

    Stopping here adds about 0.3 km to that drive (119 km start to finish).

  2. Port aux Basques → Cow Head →

    Stopping here adds about 0.3 km to that drive (383 km start to finish).

  3. YQX → Cow Head →

    Stopping here adds about 0.3 km to that drive (422 km start to finish).

  4. YDF → L'Anse aux Meadows →

    A mapped shipwreck site on the Gros Morne coast. The coastal steamer Ethie went ashore here in 1919, and the beach still shows her bones. Steps from the highway.

    Stopping here adds about 0.3 km to that drive (436 km start to finish).

  5. Port aux Basques → Port au Choix →

    Stopping here adds about 0.3 km to that drive (501 km start to finish).

  6. Port aux Basques → St. Barbe ferry →

    Stopping here adds about 0.3 km to that drive (564 km start to finish).

  7. YQX → St. Barbe ferry →

    Stopping here adds about 0.3 km to that drive (602 km start to finish).

  8. Port aux Basques → Roddickton →

    Stopping here adds about 0.3 km to that drive (616 km start to finish).

  9. Port aux Basques → L'Anse aux Meadows →

    Stopping here adds about 0.3 km to that drive (701 km start to finish).

  10. Argentia → Cow Head →

    Stopping here adds about 0.3 km to that drive (709 km start to finish).

  11. YQX → L'Anse aux Meadows →

    Stopping here adds about 0.3 km to that drive (740 km start to finish).

  12. YYT → Cow Head →

    Stopping here adds about 0.3 km to that drive (753 km start to finish).

  13. Argentia → L'Anse aux Meadows →

    Stopping here adds about 0.3 km to that drive (1027 km start to finish).

  14. YYT → L'Anse aux Meadows →

    Stopping here adds about 0.3 km to that drive (1071 km start to finish).

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What the map knows

Mapped as attraction in OpenStreetMap.

While you're stopped here: Western Brook Pond trailhead (2.5 km away) · Shallow Bay beach (20.1 km away) · Gros Morne Visitor Information Centre (22.4 km away)

From OpenStreetMap, 2026-09-05 (last edited 2025-08-28). Listed, not recommended. How we measure

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SS Ethie wreck site on the YDF → Cow Head drive, 119 km from Deer Lake, start to finish.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line computed with OSRM.
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