Conception Bay Museum

The museum is located in the former 1870 Customs Building. The first floor consists of exhibits showcasing the inshore Conception Bay fishery from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, complete with fishery implements and tools, and an exhibit concerning the Peter Easton, a seventeenth-century pirate who was based out of this

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Crow’s Nest Officers’ Club

Crow’s Nest Military Artifacts Association The Crow’s Nest Officers’ Club (originally “The Crow’s Nest Seagoing Officers’ Club”) is a private club which has been in operation since Jan 27, 1942. Beginning as a club for seagoing officers during World War II, the Crow’s Nest is rich in history; the club

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Dr. Henry N. Payne Community Museum & Craft Shop

Cow Head Conservation & Heritage Committee Inc. In Dr. Henry N. Payne Community Museum & Craft Shop you will discover an intriguing collection of artifacts & stories, including 4000 year old tools used by Indigenous hunters, a 700 year old walrus skull and a 200 year old murder weapon, and

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Drake House Museum

Arnold’s Cove Heritage Foundation The Drake House Museum is a project of the Arnold’s Cove Heritage Foundation. The house was constructed in the 1890s in the community of Haystack, Placentia Bay by George Drake and his brother John. Frank Drake, George’s son, inherited the property and lived in the building

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Fox Moth Museum / Norris Arm Heritage and Arts Centre

Norris Arm Heritage Society Inc. The Fox Moth Museum is a heritage museum the main purpose of which is to preserve the heritage and culture of Norris Arm and surrounding area. The museum features a large number of artifacts pertaining to the community and its history regarding aviation, the railway,

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Gander International Lounge

Gander International Lounge Foundation Exalted by the New York Times as “perfectly preserved, the terminal is a time capsule from the heady days when travel was exotic, and airports were beacons of the future.” The international lounge was opened with the blessing of Queen Elizabeth II in 1959. Architects consider

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Gateway to Labrador Visitor Centre

Labrador Straits Historical Development Corporation The Gateway to Labrador Visitor Centre is a restored early 20 th century Gothic Revival style church. The Gateway is a handsome building with white clapboard exterior, pointed arch windows, the hexagonal roofed bell tower, and a signature cinquefoil window. The interior of the Gateway

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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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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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