The Historic Town of Harbour Grace

Cormorant in Harbour	Shore Bird
Annual Conception Bay Kennel Club Dog Show	Yorkshire Terrier
Amelia Earhart's TransAtlantic flight from Harbour Grace, May 20, 1932	The SS Kyle which is aground in the harbour. It was built in 1913 and became the first boat to provide Labrador with a regular scheduled service. The boat, which is immortalized in Ted Russell's poem “The Smokeroom on the Kyle,” is an icon in Newfoundland culture.
Harbour Grace Air Strip Plaque The air strip figured prominently in the history of Transatlantic flight. From 1927-936, more than twenty flights took off from Harbour Grace to fly the Atlantic, some of them piloted by famous aviators such as Amelia Earhart.	Harbour Grace Air Strip National Historic Site
Church of the Immaculate Conception	Peter Easton - Pirate Day
Entering the Harbour	Conception Bay Museum Staff

Peter Easton Attacks	The S.S. Kyle, Harbour Grace
Sailing on Conception Bay	Harbour Grace Air Strip National Historic Site

Located an hour's drive from the provincial capital St. John's, the Harbour Grace region in Conception Bay North offers boat tours, sailing, golfing, tennis, whale watching and magnificent ice-bergs in season.

Town of Harbour Grace

Visit the well stocked Kearney Tourist Chalet located near Riverhead at the bottom of the harbour for information. Visitors to the town can take advantage of many services, including restaurants, a large marina, and recreational facilities. Near the Tourist Chalet is a statue of Amelia Earhart, unveilled in 2007 to mark the 75th anniversary of Earhart's solo flight across the Atlantic from the Harbour Grace Air Strip. Compass story about the unveiling of the statue >>

Harbour Grace Historic Sites (Most of the links lead to the website of the Town of Harbour Grace and other external websites.)

The Admiral's Marina is located on the southside of Harbour Grace. The Harbour Authority of Harbour Grace welcomes more than 150 vessels, both fishing and pleasure, on a year round basis.

Coughlan Memorial - The Coughlan Memorial United Church is a memorial to Lawrence Coughlan who is considered to be the first Methodist preacher in British North America. Historians maintain that he came to Newfoundland in 1765 and began preching in Harbour Grace in the summer of that same year making him the first follower of Wesley to preach in the new world.

Customs House/Museum 1870 - The museum contains exhibit about the history of one of the most successful pirates of the 17th century, Peter Easton, and look at old photos of the town. More information about Peter Easton >>

Court House 1830

St. Paul's Church 1835

The Railway Museum - See the station which commemorates the first railway line to open between St. John's and Harbour Grace in 1884. The last spike in the n commemorates the first railway line to open between St. John's and Harbour Grace in 1884. The last spike in the narrow gage rail line was driven by Prince George, later to become King George V, who was at the time visiting Newfoundland as a midshipman aboard H.M.S. Cumberland.

You can also visit the Town of Harbour Grace website where you will find a complete listing of attractions, events, and historical information on Harbour Grace.