Join one of our interpreters for a tour of the tallest lighthouse in Atlantic Canada and enjoy a panoramic view of the surrounding land and sea during the 132 step adventure to the top. Point Amour Lighthouse is a lot more than a great view… it’s a snapshot of life on the Straits, set in […]

300 years ago, this site was a Beothuk village. Tour the interpretation centre where exhibits and artifacts foster an appreciation for this unique, and now vanished culture. Free admission for Historic Places Day.

This Historic Places Day join one of our interpreters for a personalized tour of the lighthouse including a chance to climb up the stone tower to see the light apparatus used in the 1800s. Also explore our oceans with our annual Under the Sea event. Free admission!

The Mockbeggar Plantation was the former residence of politician and Confederation advocate F. Gordon Bradley. Today, this site tells the story of life in Newfoundland in the 1930s and 1940s, when the issue of whether to join Canada or remain an independent nation was on everyone’s lips. Explore the house with one of our interpreters […]

At the Mercantile Premises, glimpse Trinity as a thriving 1800s seaport. This was the business hub for three merchant families over 150 years. Explore Trinity’s past with one of our interpreters this Historic Places Day. Free admission.

Hiscock House captures life in Trinity in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Emma Hiscock – a widow with six children – maintained a genteel life through entrepreneurship: running a shop, post office – even renting her front room to the Royal Bank. Explore the house with one of our interpreters. Free admission.

Explore the 1875 office building and the 1918 extension. The Cable Station building was open until the 1960s and is a time capsule of communications technology that connected us all at that time. Free admission!

Explore the lives of the first English settlers in Canada at the Cupids Cove Plantation this Historic Places Day. Explore the active archaeological dig and chat with the diggers about their findings. Free admission!

Explore tales of pirates, profit and port during Historic Places Day. Fun for the whole family with a special scavenger hunt. Free admission!

This Historic Places Day explore life in the 1830’s at The Commissariat with demonstrations, food tastings, crafts and more! Free admission.