Indian Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador

Indian Harbour is a settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Indian Harbour
Indian Harbour
Location of Indian Harbour in Newfoundland and Labrador
Coordinates: 54.4727°N 57.185835°W / 54.4727; -57.185835
Country Canada
Province Newfoundland and Labrador

In 1892, Wilfred Grenfell, medical missionary, founded a cottage hospital there, staffed by two doctors and two nurses.[1]

In the late 1920s and early 30s, Australian nurse Kate Merrick worked at the Grenfell Mission.[2] She later wrote a memoir about her time at Indian Harbour titled Northern Nurse (1942), in fact written by her husband the author Elliott Merrick based on her memories.[3] The book was well received spending 17 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list.[4]

Notable inhabitants

References
  1. Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason (1919). A Labrador Doctor: The Autobiography of Wilfred T. Grenfell (PDF). Houghton Mifflin. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
  2. Humber, E. A. (2008). "The Shape of Authenticity in Elliott Merrick's Northern Nurse". Newfoundland and Labrador Studies. 23 (1). Retrieved February 23, 2020.
  3. Elliot Merrick (1942). Northern Nurse.
  4. Wolfgang Saxon (May 1, 1997). "Elliott Merrick, 91; Wrote Stories Set in Labrador". The New York Times. Retrieved February 23, 2020.


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