Formal Recognition Type

Fisheries Heritage Preservation Program

Notes

This stage was built in 1960 by Sidney Miller after he and his family resettled to Trinity from Kerley’s Harbour. He retired from fishing in 1972 and the stage was purchased by Thomas Spurrell. He used the stage for fishing on occasion, but mostly for tying up his boat, which he used as his primary mode of transportation in his job at the lighthouse at Fort Point. The property was later purchased by Jim Miller and is used by community members for tying up boats and for the recreational fishery. Mr. Spurrell’s son, Gerald applied to the Fisheries Heritage Preservation Program in late 2005. Mr. Spurrell said, “The structure was in such a condition that it was unsafe to use.” At that time the building and stage head had been weather beaten by many winters of harbour ice and the cribbing was in poor condition. In the spring of 2006 work was undertaken on the stage, one of only two remaining in Fishers Harbour in Trinity. “The principal work undertaken on this project included the removal of the old portion of the stage head, placing new lungers and wharf sticks in the stage/wharf to straighten it up and placement of rocks in the wharf to ensure stability of the structure and hopefully prevent any further damage to the wharf from harbour ice,” said Gerald Spurrell.

Community

Trinity, Trinity Bay

Municipality

Town of Trinity

Civic Address

High Street

Construction (circa)

1960 - 1960

Builder

Sidney Miller

Style

Rectangular Short Façade