Roy Whelan Heritage Museum

Humber Valley Heritage Society An impressive facility displaying the history of communities in the Humber Valley. Exhibits on logging, agriculture, transportation and community life in the valley are a must to see. Located in the Roy Whalen Regional Heritage Centre and Archives & Valley Crafts Admission: Free. Donations welcome

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Royal Canadian Legion Branch #12 Museum

Royal Canadian Legion Branch 12 Grand Falls The museum is dedicated to preserving the service of Newfoundlanders who served in both World Wars, the Korean War and peacekeeping missions around the world. Exhibits at the museum include the Royal Newfoundland Regiment from the Beaumont Hamel, France during World War I,

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Royal Canadian Legion Branch #27 Museum

Royal Canadian Legion Branch 27 Clarenville Located in Clarenville. NL, the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #27 Museum has a collection of information about local veterans of the First and Second World Wars, and the Korean Conflict. There are is also photographs and information supplied by descendants of those veterans have

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Royal Newfoundland Regiment Museum

The Royal Newfoundland Regiment Regimental Advisory Committee The Regimental Museum is dedicated to preserving the history of the famed Royal Newfoundland Regiment since its inception to the present day. Though termed a ‘Museum’, it is a site of a Historical Collection and Archives of the Regiment. Here you will find

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Salvage Fisherman’s Museum

Salvage Fisherman’s Museum Committee Located on the most easterly point of the Eastport Peninsula, lies the 300-year-old fishing community of Salvage. Known as the Lane/Heffern House, the Salvage Fisherman’s Museum was created in 1969 and is recognized as one of the oldest in the province. Due to its historic and

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Shipwreck Preservation Society of Newfoundland and Labrador

Shipwreck Preservation Society of Newfoundland and Labrador Inc. The Mission of SPSNL is to advance the awareness, documentation, and stewardship of shipwrecks throughout our province. The Objectives of SPSNL are to: promote the study, documentation, and appreciation of Newfoundland & Labrador shipwrecks, and training in the historical, archaeological and diving

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Sisters’ Dream School Museum

Mainland Heritage Committee Corporation The Sisters’ Dream School Museum offers visitors a glimpse of life from the early 1900s with a unique perspective of the Francophone roots of Mainland (La Grande Terre). Fishermen from France traveled across the waters from Red Island and built the one-room school house in 1910.

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Smallwood Interpretation Information Centre

Located in panoramic Freshwater Bay and the birthplace of the last “Father of Confederation,” the Smallwood Interpretation and Kittiwake Coast Information Centre highlights the story of Joseph R. Smallwood, and his quest for confederation with Canada. The Centre showcases numerous artifacts from the Smallwood era such as campaign hats and

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Spaniard’s Bay Heritage Society

Wesley Gosse Memorial United Church Heritage Building The Municipality of Spaniard’s Bay Heritage Committee originally formed in 1996 under the chairmanship of Mr. Ed Neil. At that time, the group completed the Johnson Foundation history board project. The board is located at Veteran’s Memorial Park and provides information about the

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Springdale Heritage Centre

Springdale Heritage Society The purpose of the Springdale Heritage Society is to collect, preserve, and present items pertaining to the historical and cultural heritage of Springdale and the immediate Hall’s Bay area. Although the Society considers accepting small, museum-type items which are of specific local interest, its focus is primarily

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