Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell KCMG (28 February 1865 – 9 October 1940) was a British medical missionary to Newfoundland, who wrote books on his work and other topics.

Algernon Sidney Grenfell, headmaster of Mostyn House School, and Jane Georgiana Hutchison.

Although founded to serve the local area, the mission developed to include the aboriginal peoples and settlers along the coasts of Labrador and the eastern side of the Great Northern Peninsula of western Newfoundland.

[5] In 1907, Grenfell imported a group of 300 reindeer from Norway to provide food and serve as draft animals in Newfoundland.

Unbeknownst to him, some of the animals carried a parasitic roundworm, Elaphostrongylus rangiferi, that then spread to native caribou herds.

She organized his fundraising tours and lectures, edited his books and helped secure scholarships for the children of the area to continue their education.

This facility added to the existing house and serves to promote the legacy to thousands of visitors each year.

A large interpretive display is housed there and provides historical background surrounding the work of Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell.

[11] Grenfell is honoured with a feast day on the liturgical calendar of the Episcopal Church (USA) on 9 October.

The following statement has been widely ascribed to him, but cannot be found in any of his books: "The service we render to others is really the rent we pay for our room on this earth.

[13] In 1979, the Corner Brook campus of Memorial University of Newfoundland was renamed Sir Wilfred Grenfell College in his honour.