The events surrounding the Lundrigan-Butler affair, perhaps the most celeberated legal case in Newfoundland and Labrador history, where two fisherman were publically whipped for outstanding debts to a local merchant.

The function of coats of arms, great seals, and emblems is to identify a place, person, or institution. Various symbols have represented Newfoundland.

The Grenfell Mission provided some of the earliest permanent medical services in Labrador and northern Newfoundland.