Trinity Historic Sites & Interpretive Centres
• A WorldWeb.com Travel Guide to Historic Sites & Interpretive Centres in Trinity, Atlantic Canada.
This 1880's style "salt box" house houses artifacts used in the domestic, commercial, medical, and governmental aspects of Trinity's history. Open from June 15-Sept 15.
Early 19th Century mercantile building, restored to the 1820 period, was used for a century and a half. Adjacent retail store takes you back to the early 1900's.
Visit the oldest standing church in Newfoundland, built in 1833.
Medical and missionary pioneer John Clinch (1749-1819) settled in Trinity in 1783.
Church registers date from 1753 for this church, which is the third one on the site, constructed from 1892-1894.
The Methodist School built in 1830 now stores artifacts for the Trinity Historical Society. A must visit for the history buff or geneology seeker. Copies of church records dating to 1753, newspapers, photographs, diaries, and business journals.
The Discover Trail is a driving route that travels through historically significant places and stunning vistas. The trail leads to the Bonavista Peninsula and there are three starting points from Port Blandford (Route 233), Thorburn Lake (Route 230) and Clarenville (Route 230A). The jaunt includes historical town centres, nature walks and reserves, Random Island, whale-watching tours and much more.
Once the home of the first Speaker of the House of Assembly this Georgian brick house has been rebuilt to the 1820 period and is now a museum and learning centre.



