Worth stopping for
Hawthorne Cottage National Historic Site
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Hawthorne Cottage is a Parks Canada National Historic Site in Brigus itself — the family homestead of Captain Bob Bartlett, whom Parks Canada credits with commanding Arctic voyages in the twentieth century. Parks Canada's page describes rare artefacts from his expeditions, period furnishings, and the cottage's heritage gardens. It keeps a season rather than year-round hours, so the dates and passes are Parks Canada's to state, not this page's.
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The 1830 cottage at Brigus that was Captain Robert Abram Bartlett's home from 1885 to 1946 — the Arctic navigator who commanded more than twenty expeditions and came back to Brigus after each one before going on to New York. Parks Canada acquired it in 1987 and opened it to the public in 1995; it keeps a season rather than year-round hours, and those dates are the operator’s to publish, not this page’s.
Stopping here adds about 0 min and 0 km to that drive (3h 53m door to door).
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What the map knows
While you're stopped here: Cupids Legacy Centre (1.9 km away) · SS Kyle (15.4 km away) · Spirit of Harbour Grace (15.6 km away)
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