George C. Harris House

Grand Bank Heritage Society The Museum is located in George C. Harris House, designated a heritage structure by the Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador. A typical Queen Anne structure, it was built in 1908 by local merchant George Harris. The building received the Manning Award in 1994 and the

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Gerald S. Doyle Memorial Museum

King’s Cove Historical Society Inc. The Gerald S. Doyle Memorial Museum, operated by the King’s Cove Historical Society Inc., is located in King’s Cove on Route 235 on the Bonavista Peninsula. It is dedicated to preserving and exhibiting the history of historic King’s Cove and area. Visitors are invited to

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Green Family Forge

Trinity Historical Society Inc. The Green family worked as Blacksmiths in Trinity from the 1750s to 1955. Ada Nemec (nee Green) donated the forge containing a collection of tools used by six generations of her family. The present smithy was built between 1895 & 1900 and is unusually large –

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Home from The Sea – John C. Crosbie Sealers Interpretation Centre

Home from the Sea Foundation The Home from The Sea – John C. Crosbie Sealers Interpretation Centre provides visitors with multiple opportunities to learn about and reflect on the history of sealing and sealers, their stories of family and community are vividly brought to life through various artifacts, art and

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Lamaline Heritage Museum

Lamaline Heritage Society Inc. A glimpse into the community’s past. The Lamaline Heritage Museum has eight rooms displaying unique artifacts depicting life in the late 1800s and early 1900s, a model dory collection handcrafted by former Lamaliner/author/songwriter Otto Kelland, World War I and II, Genealogy, the Inshore Fishery and Scientific

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Lawn Museum

The Town of Lawn The Lawn Museum has local artefacts including items pertaining to the shipwreck disasters of the USS Pullux and USS Truxun as well as displays about the 1929 tidal wave that hit the region. There are also traditional domestic artefacts from the community such as woodstoves, radios,

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Lester-Garland House

Trinity Historical Society Inc. Reconstructed in 1996-97 to the design, structure and architectural details of the house first built in the 1760s and refurbished in 1819, this Georgian style house was the first structure of its kind in the province. Home to the Poole-Newfoundland based mercantile families of the Lesters’

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Livyers’ Lot Heritage Site

Placentia West Heritage Committee The Livyers’ Lot Heritage Site is a great place to explore traditional living in outport Newfoundland. Sample traditional food at the Tea Rose restaurant, visit the Paddle House museum, take part in a craft demonstration or make a purchase at the Economusee. Take a picnic lunch

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Marconi Wireless Interpretation Centre

The Town of Fogo Island Perched high on the hill above the community of Fogo, get a great view of the community and learn about the early communications history of Fogo Island. Built in 1911 at the instigation of the Newfoundland government, the Marconi wireless station on Fogo Island was

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Marystown Heritage Museum

Marystown Heritage Museum Corp. The museum holds a wide variety of exhibits featuring items from the town’s long and rich history, including artifacts used in everyday life and the tools that people used in earning their livings. There is also a display of shipbuilding in the Marystown area. The admission

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