Accessible by Trans-Labrador Highway Route 510, air and by sea.
By road from the south take route 510, four kilometres north of Blanc Sablon paved highway for 86 km to Red Bay, Services: food, medical, accommodation, repair, shopping, crafts. Take new gravel highway no services for 74 km to Lodge Bay, Services: none but Services enroute at Mary's Harbour: gas, food, accommodation, medical, airstrip, banking, crafts & gifts. Then take new gravel highway for 62 km from Red Bay to Port Hope Simpson, Services below. Total: 222 km.
By road from the north take route 510 new gravel highway from Cartwright for 187 km, Services: none. Services at Cartwright: gas, food, medical, accommodations, repair, shopping, crafts.
Ferry information: for schedules, rates and reservations at the Blanc Sablon terminal phone the Strait of Belle Isle Ferry Service 1-866-535-2567 and the Quebec North Shore Ferry Service 1-418-723-8787.
By snowmobile: There are extensive snowmobile trails connecting Port Hope Simpson with the communities of Cartwright, Black Tickle, Charlottetown, Mary's Harbour, Battle Harbour, Lodge Bay and Red Bay. Information: (http://www.labradorcoasta...)
By plane
Port Hope Simpson Airport IATA: YHA, about 1 mi south of town. 347 ft runway
Air Labrador
Phone 709 931-2196, (http://www.airlabrador.com). The only carrier providing regular, daily scheduled passenger and freight flights Monday-Friday to Port Hope Simpson.Provincial Airlines Ltd.
Phone Toll Free 1-877-576-3140, (http://www.provair.com/). Offers a charter service into Port Hope Simpson
By Sea
To reach Port Hope Simpson from the south Coastal Labrador Marine Services operates a coastal ferry and freight service during the summer months. Phone 709 960-0292, (http://www.gov.nf.ca/ferr...).
Labrador Marine Services
(http://www.gov.nf.ca/ferr...). operates a drive-on, drive-off 90 minute daily crossing service from St. Barbe to Blanc Sablon. The MV Apollo easily carries some 70 vehicles including capacity for full-sized tractortrailer trucks in addition to motorcoaches, and RVs.Relais Nordik
(http://www.relaisnordik.c...) operates a passenger-cargo service along the Lower North Shore of Quebec to Blanc Sablon. As the N/M Nordik Express stops in each port to unload supplies you have opportunity to visit the villages and historic attractions.To reach Port Hope Simpson from the north: Labrador Marine Services operates the M/V Sir Robert Bond to Cartwright and route 510, (http://www.gov.nl.ca/ferr...).
The coastal boat M/V Northern Ranger (http://www.gov.nl.ca/Ferr...) operates from Happy Valley-Goose Bay to Cartwright and route 510 on a weekly basis and provides a twice weekly service between Charlottetown route 510 and Port Hope Simpson weather permitting.