Ryan Premises

48°38′52″N 53°06′47″W / 48.647796°N 53.112931°W / 48.647796; -53.112931The Ryan Premises is a National Historic Site of Canada located in the town of Bonavista, Newfoundland and Labrador.

[4] Earlier, the premises also included a larger salt store, a cooperage, a powder magazine, a telegraph office, wharves, fish flakes, a lumber yard and a shipyard.

[4][5] James Ryan Ltd. was established in the Bayley's Cove section of Bonavista in 1857 where it operated a pub as well as a retail store.

[4] James Ryan Ltd. exited the fishing industry in 1952 and continued on as a general store until closing in 1978.

[5] Parks Canada took over the property and it was officially opened to the public by Queen Elizabeth II on June 24, 1997 to mark the 500th anniversary of John Cabot's landfall at Bonavista.