Officers, Directors and Staff

An initial meeting of persons interested in preserving the heritage of Port De Grave and Bareneed was held on February 18, 1993. The outcome of the meeting was the formation of the Port De Grave Peninsula Heritage Society Inc.

The Society was re-established on April 11, 2016.
The following is a listing of the current Board members:

 

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The Port de Grave Peninsula Heritage Society exists to promote and preserve the Peninsula’s history.

It was formed because of a genuine love of this special place, a desire to share it with visitors from near and far, and a determination to continue a 500-year tradition of perseverance, preservation, and progress.

Comprising a Board led and supported by local volunteers, the Society oversees several Committees of the Board. These include committees for finance and fundraising; membership and communications; special projects, recognition and research; and crafts, social, food and special events.

 
 

The Port de Grave Peninsula Heritage Society Inc was formed in 1993 and is a registered charitable organization. It has its own by-laws and constitution and is operated by a Board of Directors who are all volunteers. Over the past few years it has been very active in the amount of work that it has accomplished.

Some of our accomplishments are as follows:

  • Recognition of native son in the person of Canon Richards of Bareneed, who became a missionary to the people of the Northern Peninsula and Southern Labrador

  • Acquisition of the Green Point Light station from the Government of Canada to the PDGPHS

  • Designation of the Light Station as a Historic Site by Parks Canada

  • Establishment of a Crown Lands Reserve in the area of the Light Station by the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador — consisting of 18.5 hectares

  • Continuation of the Light House Road (approximately 2 kms) as far east as the Light Station itself

  • Construction of Viewing stands by the Light Station

  • Acquisition of the St. Marks Property to include St. Marks Church and School in Bareneed

  • 2018 opening of the school house in Bareneed as the “Canon Richards Tea Room”, managed by the PDGPHS

 
 
 

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PresidentRoland Andrews
TreasurerBarbara Dawe
SecretaryMarguerite Boone
DirectorDr. Adrian Lear
DirectorVernon Petten
DirectorEffie Boone
DirectorRoss Petten
DirectorLily Petten
DirectorOlive Anstey
DirectorRobert Ball
Program ManagerJoyce Morgan