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Museums
Port Union Museum, Reid Railway Station (Area 6)
The Museum is housed in the original 1917 Reid Company Railway Station. This museum tells the story of Sir William Coaker and the FPU and the Reid Railway.
www.trinitybaynorth.com 709 - 469 – 3444
Trinity Museum (Area 5)
The Trinity Museum is located on Church Road, just beyond St. Paul's Anglican Church. The house has four rooms on the first floor and three on the second. Artifacts are also displayed in the hallway on each floor. The Store Room holds a collection of cooper's and carpenter's tools, including jack, jointer, rabbit and butt planes, hoop drivers, cooper's vice and a bending junk. The Kitchen boasts a plethora of domestic items including a selection of glassware, crockery ware and oil lamps. Delicate samplers in time-honoured patterns grace the walls. The Back Porch has weighing beams, weights, scales, measures, whale bones, and a bark pot. The Living Room holds maps and plans as well as medical instruments, survey instruments and a spinning wheel. Another Bedroom contains Army and Navy uniforms from W.W. I and W.W.II, photographs, a gas mask from W.W. I, muskets, cannon balls and a bullet mould.
Admission to any of the six historic attractions in Trinity including the three Trinity Provincial Historic Sites (The Trinity Interpretation Centre, The Lester-Garland Premises and The Hiscock House) and three community-operated sites (the Trinity Museum, the Green Family Forge, and the Lester-Garland House ) can be purchased at any one of these sites.
www3.nf.sympatico.ca/ttci/ info@trinityhistoricalsociety.com (709) 464-3599
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