Jenniex House in Gros Morne National Park

Sight · Gros Morne National Park

Jenniex House

A 1926 saltbox moved over sea ice, now facing Bonne Bay.

Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Type
Sight
Nearest trail
4.4 km
Audio stories
3 nearby
  • Exhibit
  • Scenic viewpoint
  • Parking
  • Food

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The Neddy Behind the Harbour

Overview

About Jenniex House

Why stop

  • A local-history museum beside a clear Bonne Bay and Tablelands panorama.

Heads up

  • The museum is a summer-season indoor stop.

Map

Where it is

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SightJenniex House49.53760, -57.88290
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Plan your stop

Before you go

3 active Gros Morne alerts

  • ClosureGreen Gardens and Wallace Brook trail sections closedDo not enter the closed sections of the Green Gardens and Wallace Brook trails.Official details
  • CautionStuckless Pond Trail bridge outDo not use the Stuckless Pond Trail at the stream crossing. - The bridge is out, and Parks Canada says trail use is not recommended at this time because of high water levels at the stream crossing.Official details
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The Neddy Behind the Harbour
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“Neddies Harbour has a person in its name. Local accounts place Neddy Norris and his family here around seventeen eighty-nine, though little record survives of their stay.”

Plays on the road 1.9 km from Jenniex House in the Parkwolf Gros Morne Tour Guide.

More stories near here in the app

  • Neddies Harbour and the Black Spruce
  • The House That Crossed the Ice
  • The Bird Dressed for the Summit
  • Rocky Harbour Visitor Centre
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Guide

More about Jenniex House

A house above Bonne BayJenniex House is a two-storey wooden saltbox museum at Norris Point Lookout, above Bonne Bay.

Jenniex House is a two-storey wooden saltbox museum at Norris Point Lookout, above Bonne Bay. Its compact rooms add a local story to the park's big scenery: domestic life in the Jenniex family, the pulp-and-paper industry, and cod and lobster fishing. If you like small local-history museums, pair the displays with the view; if you only want the panorama, the lookout is right outside.

Moved over winter iceAugustus Major built the house in nearby Neddies Harbour in 1926.

Augustus Major built the house in nearby Neddies Harbour in 1926. In winter 1938, it was moved across sea ice with horses; it has been relocated more than once since. That journey ties the house's displays to the working community the collection describes.

Make the stop workPhotographer's Lookout is beside the house, with Norris Point below, Bonne Bay across the…

Photographer's Lookout is beside the house, with Norris Point below, Bonne Bay across the middle, and the Tablelands beyond. Keep all three in the frame to show how the settlement, bay and mountains sit together. You can park at the lookout, so you don't need a walk for the main view. The house also has a craft shop and tea room with tea, coffee, muffins and homemade bread with molasses for a mug-up. Museum visits are seasonal in summer, so check locally before planning around the indoor displays.

Wildlife

Wildlife in Gros Morne

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