" Discover the Heritage of the Baccalieu Trail "
1810 First fishing premises are believed to be owned by Andrew Layman and John Tucker.
1819 John Milley establishes a fishing premises.
1869 Census records a population
of 115. The first church and road have been
built by this date.
1880 The first post office is in operation.
1905 A lighthouse is built at Burnt Point.
1920 The first public wharf is built.
1921 Two cod-liver oil factories are established.
1930 - During a storm the ship "Dekult" runs ashore and claims many lives.
1945 The population of Burnt Point is 307.
1962 Burnt Points high school students are transferred to school in Western Bay.
1972 Burnt Point School is shut down and all students have to attend school in Western Bay.
1981 The remaining fishermen in Burnt Point use both traps and gill nets to land catches of cod, flounder and some salmon.