Gateway to Labrador Visitor Centre

The Gateway to Labrador Visitor Centre is a restored early 20th 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 is equally striking with a pleasing combination of

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George C. Harris Museum

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 Southcott Award in 1996.

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Gerald S. Doyle Memorial Museum

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. You are invited to visit other sites such as

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Glovertown Museum

The Janes House Museum was opened in 2004 but was originally built by Ambrose and Sarah Janes in 1898. The House was donated by the Janes family several years ago for the purpose of housing a museum. It is one of the oldest structures in Glovertown and was constructed using

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Green Family Forge

The Green Family practiced as blacksmiths in Trinity since before 1750. The death of John Green is recorded in the Church records for 1764. The present smithy was built between 1895 and 1900 and was last in use in 1955. This building is unusual for that era as it is

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Grenfell Historic Properties

The Grenfell Historic Properties celebrate the presence of Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell in Northern Newfoundland and Labrador, and the impact that he and his worldwide mission had on the social, medical and economic climate of the early 1900’s. Equally, the properties tell the story of the evolution of Northern Newfoundland

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Harvey Grant Heritage Centre

The building housing the Harvey Grant Heritage Museum is owned by the Town of Springdale. Construction on the 3-story house was begun in 1917 by Herbert Inder who was killed in World War I. Incomplete, the building was purchased in 1919 by Harvey Clarence Grant who finished the house in

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Hawthorne Cottage National Historic Site

Hawthorne Cottage offers a glimpse of the life and home of world-renowned Arctic explorer, Captain Bob Bartlett. Considered to be one of Canada’s foremost arctic explorers, Bartlett headed more than twenty voyages to the Canadian arctic, including the 1908 voyage to Ellesmere Island with Robert E. Peary. Built in 1830,

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Hefford Plantation Artifacts

The “Hefford Plantation” display is self-guided and is located in the Town Boardroom at the Veteran’s Memorial Community Center. Main Road, New Perlican, Route 80, Baccalieu Trail. Signage is across from the building during the tourist season. Annual Heritage Day: August 6, 2018We have an Annual Heritage Day event which

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