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Twillingate and Surrounding

A map indicating where Twillingate, Change Islands, and Fogo Island are located.

Elliston and Surrounding

Map of the island of Newfoundland with locations on the Bonavista Peninsula highlighted.

Bay Roberts

Bay Roberts and surrounding areas of Mercer’s Cove, French’s Cove, Juggler’s Cove, and Mad Rock.

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Spence Root Cellar in Brigus, Newfoundland.

The Memory Store: The root cellar – that is built heritage…..

[Music] [Image of Don Johnson and Terra Barrett standing in front of a hillside root cellar] [Don Johnson standing outside of a hillside root cellar] Don Johnson: The […]

The Memory Store: All the doors face east…

[Music] [Image of Don Johnson and Terra Barrett standing in front of a hillside root cellar] [Don Johnson standing inside the doorway of a hillside root cellar] Don […]

The Memory Store: Babies came from here…

[Music] [Image of Don Johnson and Terra Barrett standing in front of a hillside root cellar] [Don Johnson standing inside the doorway of a hillside root cellar] Don […]

The Memory Store: Huge, built like a motorboat…

[Music] [Image of Don Johnson and Terra Barrett standing in front of a hillside root cellar] [Don Johnson standing outside of a hillside root cellar] Don Johnson: Well […]

Restoration of Newfoundland Root Cellars, Elliston

[Music] [Image of a hillside root cellar] Interviewer: So, having these root cellars has attracted visitors from all over North America, tell me about that. [Image of Colleen […]

Above Ground Hatch Cellar

Exterior of this rare type of root cellar from Change Islands, Newfoundland. The hatch door shown in the previous photograph is not visible in the grass in this […]

Crow Head Root Cellar, Twillingate

Crow Head Root Cellar, Twillingate. First owned by Alvin Hamlyn, currently owned by Bruce Hamlyn.

Harbour Grace Root Cellar

This root cellar is owned by the Ryan family in Harbour Grace, Conception Bay. It has a stone and concrete foundation with a wooden roof. Iron railroad tracks […]