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Above Ground Hatch Cellar

Above ground hatch root cellar in Change Islands, Newfoundland. The design of these cellars can vary with the design of the shed structure above it. In this case, […]

Crow Head Root Cellar, Twillingate

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

Little Harbour Root Cellar

Little Harbour Root Cellar in Twillingate was built using salvaged materials. It was built by or for Harold Pardy, circa 1938, and is currently owned by the Pardy […]

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 […]

French’s Cove Root Cellar, Bay Roberts

Dry-stacked rock root cellar foundations in French’s Cove, Bay Roberts.

Mobile Root Cellar

This hillside root cellar has a stone wall interior and a deep, 3.5 metre, entrance into the cellar. Built in circa 1860 by Scottish immigrant, John Kennedy, the […]

Cupids Cellar

The stacked stone cellar at Cupids Cove Plantation, constructed circa 1610.

Potato Garden, Trinity

Potato garden in flower, Trinity, Trinity Bay, with the Hiscock House Provincial Historic Site in the background.

Lamswood Root Cellar Potato Pounds

Potatoes stored in pounds inside Bill Lamswood’s root cellar in Portugal Cove-St. Phillips. This root cellar was originally built in the 1850s by Richard Squires and is still in […]

Ross Traverse of Torbay, Newfoundland

June 22, 2011 – Julie Pomeroy interviews Ross Traverse about the use of root cellars and how specific items have different storage methods. Ross Traverse: In Newfoundland, the […]

South Side Root Cellar, Twillingate

Built by John Young Sr. circa 1938, it is still owned by the Young family.

Crocker Root Cellar

Exterior of Crocker Root Cellar in Bradley’s Cove, Newfoundland. This root cellar was built in circa 1830 and is a very rare example of a steeply-gabled, stone corbel-vaulted […]