Family fun – face painting, telegraph demonstrations, Lions group BBQ, classic car show. Come show your support as we continue our refurbishment of the century-old locomotive.

🎉🌊 27th Annual Cape Race Heritage Days 🌊🎉 Join us for a weekend of community, culture, history, music, and family fun at the 27th Annual Cape Race Heritage Days, taking place in beautiful Portugal Cove South from August 7–9, 2026! For nearly three decades, this beloved community celebration has brought together residents, former residents, visitors, […]

Mistaken Point Cape Race Heritage Inc. is delighted to invite you to a special afternoon with award-winning CBC Radio journalist and author Theresa M. O’Leary as she launches her fascinating new nonfiction book: “Race to the Cape: The Daring News Chase, the Birth of the Associated Press, and the Journalist at the Heart of It […]

Our historic buildings are open for tours! The Fry House is a two-story log dwelling built in c.1815 by Jacob Fry and Elizabeth Wismer, two of the early German-speaking Mennonite settlers from Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The house has been staged with period-relevant objects and functions as a living history site. Built in 1859 to replace […]

The Trochu and District Museum will celebrate the historical methods of communication in our community with a special exhibit featuring  newspapers dated over 100 years ago, the printing machines of the Trochu Tribune, many styles of telephones, local post offices and letters, and more.

Forget House, a nineteenth-century mansion was constructed for the family of Senator Louis-Joseph Forget (1853-1911).  His wife Maria Raymond-Forget (1859-1925) played a central role in choosing the Second Empire style of the building, as well as its beautiful interior. Officially recognized in 1974 as a monument historique by the Ministère des affaires culturelles du Québec, the building – along with […]