St Anthony, NL
IN 1892, DR. WILFRED GRENFELL, A MEDICAL DOCTOR AND MISSIONARY, TRAVELLED FROM ENGLAND TO NORTHERN NFLD AND LABRADOR, A LAND IMPOVERISHED AND DESTITUTE. MANY OF LIFE'S MOST BASIC NECESSITIES WERE UNAVAILABLE. WITH HIS HEART GOING OUT TO THE PEOPLE IN THE AREA, DR. GRENFELL DEVOTED HIMSELF TO ENRICHING THEIR LIVES AND LIVELIHOOD.
REMEMBERED AS A HERO AND A MAN OF GREAT DETERMINATION AND DEDICATION, DR. GRENFELL WORKED TIRELESSLY TO TURN THE COASTAL REGION INTO A LAND OF PROGRESS. SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, NURSING STATIONS, AN ORPHANAGE, AND A SHIPYARD WHICH FORMED THE COMPONENTS OF THE INTERNATIONAL GRENFELL ASSOCIATION, WERE SOME OF THE RESULTS OF HIS MANY EFFORTS.
THE INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT, LATER RENAMED GRENFELL HANDICRAFTS LTD. IN 1954, WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1906 BY DR GRENFELL AS THE HANDCRAFTING DIVISION OF THE INTERNATIONAL GRENFELL ASSOCIATION. THE
1 Maraval Rd
St Anthony, NL A0K 4S0
CA
P. O. Box 280
St Anthony, NL A0K 4S0
CA
Legal Name: Grenfell Handicrafts (1984) Ltd.
Number of Employees: 15
CA
453220
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