Green Park Shipbuilding Museum & Yeo House

Prince Edward Island


This museum tells the story of the booming shipbuilding industry in the 19th century. It's located in a painstakingly restored Victorian-era home known as the Yeo House, once home to a prominent local shipbuilder, James Yeo.


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