K’Taqmkuk Mi’Kmaq Museum

The community of St. George’s is an area rich in Mi’kmaq history. Earliest occupation of the area is uncertain, however the area known as “Seal Rocks” which is now a part of the community of St. George’s, is well documented as being the largest and principle Mi’kmaq settlement in the

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Kent Cottage, at Landfall

Landfall Trust Inc. Kent Cottage is over 200 years old, and represents an excellent example of a period cottage in rural Newfoundland. It retains many of the original features. It is set in 11 acres of the natural environment. It was originally owned by the Pomeroy family, and was later

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King’s Point Heritage House

King’s Point Heritage Society Inc. King’s Point Heritage House is an historical house, built circa 1903, for Ananias G Yates. It was later donated by the family to the King’s Point Heritage Society and was restored into a heritage museum that displays artifacts depicting early life in the King’s Point

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La Scie Outport Museum & Tea Room

La Scie French Shore Connection Society Inc. Built in the early 1940s, this two-story house is an authentic example of outport living. Filled with décor of that time period, one can get a sense of what outport life was like. View the replica of a 16th century Basque fishing vessel,

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Labrador Campus

The Labrador Campus (formerly the Labrador Institute) has been Memorial University’s permanent presence in Labrador since 1979. Collections are predominantly archival and library, but as an important cultural and educational institution, the Labrador Institute also maintains close ties with the museum community. The Institute has collaborated on several exhibitions of

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Labrador Heritage Museum

Labrador Heritage Society The Labrador Heritage Museum is a converted and rehabilitated Hudson Bay Company trading post store building.  Built in 1923 and used by the Hudson Bay Company for 60 + years until 1996. The Museum concept includes the rehabilitation and adaptive reuse of the existing 1923 Hudson Bay

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Lamaline Heritage Museum

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 and Local Data on

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Lane House Museum

The Lane House is the oldest house in Tilting and won the Southcott Award, for excellence in preserving the architectural heritage of Newfoundland and Labrador in 1997. It was built prior to 1836 by Irish cooper Augustin MacNamara (known as “Augie Mac”). Augie Mac came from Ireland with his sister,

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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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Legge Homestead Museum & Gift Shop

Bay St. George South Historical Society The Legge Homestead is a wooden, two-and-one-half storey house in Cartyville, NL. Built circa 1905, it is a rare example of an early twentieth century farmhouse in the Bay St. George region and, indeed, in the entire province.Since it’s designation as a Heritage Structure

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