Grenfell of Labrador
ABRADOR and Newfoundland are the places with which Wilfred Grenfell’s name is generally connected. Dr. Grenfell went to Labrador in 1892 and from then on he laboured in that most inhos-
L ven ame | pitable country, and in Newfoundland and its waters. He established in this part of the world five hospitals, seven nursing stations, four orphanages, and cooperative stores, and he was active also in industrial, agricultural and child welfare work. The name of Wilfred Grenfell became known far and wide, and honours came thick upon him from his own country, from the United States and Canada. Someone described him a few years ago as one of the happiest men on earth. His hair was grey, his eyes were tired, and
his hands were rough from frost-bite and Arctic winds. He had then been shipwrecked four times among icebergs and slept all night on floating ice. He had been lost in the wilds of Labrador and almost frozen to death. He had been so hungry that he had eaten the seal skin straps from his boots. He was past 70, and he hadn’t any money, but he had found the only thing that mattered in the world-true happiness.(Tribute to Sir Wilfred Grenfell, 2Y A, October 13.) >
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 72, 8 November 1940, Page 5
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