| Winterton, Trinity Bay Flash presentation about
Winterton Cultural Heritage >>
Photo: Department of Fisheries and Oceans
Sunset
The Harbour
Three Photos: Lloyd C. Rees
The community of Winterton,
once known as Scilly Cove, is one of the oldest in the province with a recorded history that goes back to the 17century. It has headstones dating back to the 1700s.
Click here for the early history of Winterton.
The name was changed to Winterton in 1912 to honor a former Newfoundland
Prime Minister, Sir James S. Winter. The town has two walking trails: the Sugarloaf Trail and the Outside Pond Park Trail, which are connected to a large trail along the shoreline of Lower Trinity South.
Winterton Boat Building Museum
Punt near Boat Building Museum
Photo: Lloyd Rees
The
Winterton
Boat Building Museum, which was awarded the prestigious Manning
Award of Excellence for 2002 by the Historic Sites Association of
Newfoundland and Labrador, celebrates the skill and ingenuity of
Winterton's boat builders. The facility has full-size boats, constructed
and used in the town, plus all the tools employed to build and sail
them.
St. Luke's Anglican Church
Photo: Lloyd C. Rees
A group of students working on a summer project uncovered an old headstone in the cemetery beside St. Luke's Anglican Church in Winterton that is believed to be the oldest English headstone in the province. It is made from a slab of local gray sandstone measuring 27 by 23 inches with some chipping and damage around the edges. The inscription is in English with spelling typical of the period.
Lincefild Headstone
Front Inscription: 1700, HARE LYETH THE BODY OF WILIAM LINCEFILD WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE OCTOBER THE 7 DAY ANNO DOMINI 1700 Rear Inscription: AGED 30 YR
Wiliam Lincefild died twenty-five years after the earliest recorded settlement in Scilly Cove and only three years after the French pillaged and burned Scilly Cove (Winterton). There were four houses in the cove at the time.
The stone is on permanent display in the Boat Building Museum.
Tourism Association Members
Town of Winterton PO Box 59 Winterton, NL A0B 2M0
Telephone: (709) 583-2010, Fax: 709-583-2099
Email: wintertonmuseum@nf.aibn.com
Web Site: www.woodenboat.ca
The Winterton Boat Building Museum
Open 10:00am- 5:00pm daily, late June until early September.
Other times of year by appointment
Call: (709-583-2044)
Admission: $4 for adults, $2 for youth.. (As a community supported venture, the museum always welcomes donations.) Web Site: www.woodenboat.ca
Outside Pond Park
Open May 24 to October 16
RV Park, Camping, Picnicking
Rates: $1200 Seasonal - $20 Full Serviced RV Site - $17 Overflow
68 RV Sites and 13 Overflow Sites.
Showers / Laundry, 2 Hiking Trails to Lookouts, Outdoor Kitchen, Boating, and Trouting.
PO Box 59, Winterton, NL A0B 3M0
For Reservations: (709) 583-2880
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