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WHERE THE WOMEN WENT  |  Originally aired Nov. 19, 2008 on CBC-TV — Repeating on Nov. 23 at 11pm on CBC-TV; Please check your local listings for CBC Newsworld repeat airings
Map of Newfoundland & Labrador and Nova Scotia
How the Women Get There
Below is a list of the approximate time it takes each "Newfoundland Lady" to travel:

Commute time: 7.75 hoursDEBBIE HIBBS
Debbie drives 30 minutes from Codroy Valley to Port Aux Basques.
She takes the seven-hour ferry crossing from Port Aux Basques to North Sydney
She works in Georges River, N.S., just a 15-minute drive from the ferry in North Sydney 

Commute time: 13.25 hoursEILEEN LEAMAN
Eileen drives 15 minutes from Isle Aux Mort to Port Aux Basques
She takes the seven-hour ferry crossing from Port Aux Basques to North Sydney
From North Sydney, she takes a six-hour shuttle bus to Halifax

Commute time: 14.5 hoursMARY LOOGIE
Mary drives one-and-a-half hours from St. Georges to Port Aux Basques
She takes the seven-hour ferry crossing from Port Aux Basques to North Sydney
From North Sydney, she takes a six-hour shuttle bus to Halifax

Commute time: 15 hoursMAUD FARRELL
Maud takes a one-and-a-half hour ferry ride from La Poile to Rose Blanche
She drives 30 minutes from Rose Blanche to Port Aux Basques
She takes the seven-hour ferry crossing from Port Aux Basques to North Sydney
From North Sydney, she takes a six-hour shuttle bus to Halifax
 
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