Avalon Region

Hawthorne Cottage National Historic Site, Parks Canada

Located in the historic seaside Newfoundland town of Brigus, Hawthorne Cottage was the family home of one of Canada’s most famed Arctic explorers, Captain Bob Bartlett. The 1830 cottage, with its wrap-around veranda and original gardens, is furnished with artefacts from Bartlett’s numerous voyages and daring exploits, as well as original furniture from the 19th and 20th centuries, offering a unique insight into Newfoundland seafaring life and one of Canada’s legends of exploration.