Bleak House Museum
Bleak House
An 1816 merchant's residence in Fogo Town, one of the best-preserved early fishing-merchant houses in Newfoundland.
Bleak House was built in 1816 as the home of an English fishing-merchant family and was later occupied by several generations of cod merchants. It is a provincial historic site of Newfoundland and Labrador. The house is furnished as it would have looked from the late 19th to the early 20th century, with furniture, household goods, and trade ledgers on display. Guides explain the island's 'merchant-fisherman' credit system and the history of the cod trade. The museum is small and takes about 40 minutes to see, and admission costs a few Canadian dollars. It lies on the north side of Fogo Town near Brimstone Head, so the two can be visited together.
Opening hours
Summer approx. 10:00–17:00
Nearby sights
- Fogo (town)
- Brimstone Head
- Lion's Den Trail
- Fogo Island Inn
- Joe Batt's Point Trail
- Change Islands
- Fogo Island
- Sandy Cove Beach