Formal Recognition Type

Fisheries Heritage Preservation Program

Notes

Note: First and second pictures taken after restoration, third picture taken during restoration, fourth picture taken before restoration.

Hoyles Stage and Boat Shop was built in the early 1940s and was used as a place to salt and cure fish. Fish were caught by cod trap, gill net and jigger. Small boats known as punts were built in the boat shop section and lobster pots were also made at the site. At the time Grant Hoyles decided to make some repairs on the stage, it was twisted and showed signs of rot. With the assistance of the Fisheries Heritage Preservation Program, Grant made great improvements to the building. Cribbing and new shores and sills had to be added to improve the stability of the overall structure. The sides were built out with larger beams to counteract the effects of the twisting over the years, resulting in a square building. Once the stage was square and level, new windows, doors, trims, eaves boards and clapboard were installed. With its green paint and traditional white circles on each door, Hoyles Stage and Boat Shop stands out distinctively on the landscape of Pound Cove. It was restored with the help of the Fisheries Heritage Preservation program in 2004.

Community

Pound Cove

Municipality

Town of New-Wes-Valley

Construction (circa)

1940 - 1940

Style

Rectangular Short Façade