Prime Berth - Historic Fishing Village
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P.O. Box 133
Twillingate, NL
Canada, A0G 4M0
709- 884-2485 /fax: 709- 884-5226
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Winner of the 2004 Provincial Cultural Heritage Tourism Award.
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The fishermen lucky enough to land the “prime berth” usually caught more fish than any other fisherman therefore making it a great prize. |
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The owner David Boyd's own father was a fisherman for 40 years. So he is well suited to explaining our way of life with great detail as well as great experience. |  |
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The Prime Berth Museum gives us a glimpse of Newfoundland & Labrador's past through its restored fishing premises. |
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At the Prime Berth visitors tour the net loft, fishing stage, fish store, Grandpa's motorboat - a fully restored Newfoundland motor boat. |  |
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Interpreters guide you through the fishing museum interpreting Newfoundland's traditional inshore fishery as you go. Demonstrations of cod splitting and salting occur daily.
You can even catch "conners" (local fish) from the stage head or try mending holes in a cod trap.
**European World Tours, an international touring company based in Hawaii considers the Prime Berth to be one of their most fascinating points of interests while guiding Newfoundland & Labrador tours.
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View our images for a glimpse into outport life. You will find an impressive exhibit depicting coastal living.
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| Most of these photos were taken by John (Jack) C. Loveridge, a great promoter of Twillingate who died in 1975.
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| Did you graduate from J.M. Olds Collegiate or Twillingate Central High? Register, browse and find friends.
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