Formal Recognition Type

Fisheries Heritage Preservation Program

Notes

The McGrath Stage and Wharf in St. Julien’s represents nearly 200 years of fishing traditions. The McGrath family has had a stage on this site since they first settled in St. Julien’s in the early 1800s. Though these structures have always stood on the same site, they have been replaced over time. The McGrath Stage and Wharf were built in the early 1970s by owner Daniel McGrath. The Fisheries Heritage Preservation Program helped the McGrath’s to restore the stage and wharf back to their original condition. At the beginning of the project the structures were in need of new shores, paint, shingles, a new stage head, cribbing and a splitting table. Said Daniel McGrath of the project, “We now have a new wharf and a stage as good as new. (They’re) not an eyesore anymore…..thanks for making this happen.”

Community

St. Julien's

Municipality

Not specified (Newfoundland)

Construction (circa)

1970 - 1975

Builder

Dan, Tim and Ambrose McGrath