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Thomas Mouland House at Mockbeggar, Bonavista

In the spring of 2006 CapeRace, with the assistance of the Bonavista Historical Society, acquired, moved, and restored the Thomas Mouland House in the historic Mockbeggar neighbourhood, one of several districts which now form the town of Bonavista.  The house is situated about three hours from St. John's on the Discovery Trail.  Joseph White, a merchant in Poole, England, established fishing premises in Mockbeggar in the early 1700s as an extension of his established business in Trinity. The story of the Mockbeggar plantation traces the evolution of the Newfoundland fishery over two centuries.  It was an industry controlled by merchants from England, to one which developed its own merchant class.  Thomas Mouland House Photo Gallery click here

It is believed that the Thomas Mouland House is over 100 years old.    The site upon which it now sits was donated to the Bonavista Historical Society and was vacant land, used for drying fish and storing wood.  While the house is deemed historic because of it's age and architecture, the real history is found in the life story of the man that lived there.  The first owner, Thomas Mouland, was involved in the great Newfoundland Sealing disaster of 1914, which he survived.   The interior of the house, with the exception of a small wall in the kitchen which was removed to accommodate the fridge, remains intact.  There are three bedrooms, two facing the ocean.  One room has a queen bed, one has a double bed, and the other has two twin beds.  A daybed is found in the kitchen.  There is a deck and bbq with views of the ocean.  Laundry facilities are on premises.

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