The only "union-built town" in North America, Port Union was founded in 1916 by the Fishermen's Protective Union under the leadership of  Sir William Ford Coaker. It was home to the Fishermen's Union Trading Company 

The Fishermen's Union Trading Company, formed by the Union to break the merchants' stranglehold on salt fish prices and trade, moved its operations to the new community in 1918. By 1924, when the FPU's annual convention centre, Congress Hall, was built and the Union's weekly newspaper, The Fishermen's Advocate, had also moved from St. John's, the town was a hive of mercantile activity.

In addition to these enterprises, in its successful first decades Port Union could boast:

• a retail store that served 40 outlets in other communities
• a salt-fish plant with electric dryers
• a seal plant
• an international fish and supply trade
• a fleet of supply and trading vessels
• its own spur railway line
• a pier for the government coastal steamer
• coal and salt sheds
• a cooperage and carpenter shop
• workers row housing
• a soft drink (or ìtemperance beverageî) factory
• a hotel
• a warehouse with electric elevators
• its own power-generating plant
• a movie theatre
• a woodworking factory
• a school
• a debating club
• a community nurse
• a church built to commemorate the Coaker Recruits of World War One
• The Fishermen's Advocate Newspaper
• Navagational School
• A Forge

The Factory " Home of the Fishermen's  Advocate Newspaper" and Wood Working Factory is opened for tours  Daily from May Until Mid October and throughout the year by appointment.

Hours Open: 9 AM until 6 PM Daily

Time Period Represented: Sunday through Saturday

Seasons Open: May until October and by appointment during the remainder of the year

Visitor Fees: $7.00 for Adult, Children 6-16 $2.25, Children under 6 are free, Seniors $6.00, Family of 4 is $15.75

The  "Factory" is handicap accessible