Hawthorne Cottage National Historic Site

Fascinating

The cottage is very interesting, with impressive period artifacts and lots of great, fascinating history about the family’s most famous Captain Robert Bartlett, Canadian Arctic explorer who opened the...

Awesome spot to visit in the Summer. Very touristy!!

Brigus is a quaint little town. Lovely to walk about or hike to the lighthouse. Visitors and locals love the area. If you like to pick blueberries very plentiful in the fall.

Hawthorn House

A most unique Canadian is associated with this house. A UNESCO site. Very well preserved .Much to read about inside. The staff are most polite and well informed. Then on a nice day one can take a stro...

Wonderful to visit

Great little wee village...cute house and well worth the drive.....also the Hawthorne Cottage really gives you an idea of what life was like in the old days.....and tells you all about our history and...

If you like sea faring history, you must visit this house

This was the home of a ship captain that explored almost all of the Arctic Ocean and transported the team that were the first to the North Pole. Incredible stories about Arctic ocean travel from both...