[5] A plaque in the cathedral commemorates three crewmen whose bodies were not recovered following a 1943 crash of a Royal Canadian Air Force B-24 Liberator into Gander Lake.
[6] In August 1985, Robert Runcie, the then-Archbishop of Canterbury, arrived in Gander unannounced before starting a 18-day tour of Canada.
[8] The interfaith memorial service for the 256 U.S. Army soldiers killed on Arrow Air Flight 1285R was held in St. Martin's Pro-Cathedral on 15 December 1985, drawing between 600 and 900 people.
[13] David Torraville, former rector of the parish in Gander and the cathedral, was elected as Bishop of Central Newfoundland in 2005.
[16] The diocese credits Watton's rectorate with making St. Martin's among the fastest-growing Anglican parish communities in Canada.