The Grand Lodge of Newfoundland and Labrador of Ancient Free & Accepted Masons is the regular

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with authority over Freemasons in the

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province of

Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic Canada, Atlantic region. The province comprises t ...

. It was consecrated on November 1, 1997, with 32 lodges, of which 28 are still extant as of 2020, by the

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. Its current Grand Master is Most Worshipful Brother W. Donald Vokey. The Grand Lodge used to be headquartered in the historic Masonic Temple in St. John's, which it shared with the other regular body of craft masonry in Newfoundland and Labrador, the District Grand Lodge of Newfoundland and Labrador of the Grand Lodge of Scotland, in addition to several appendant bodies. Since 2009, the headquarters is now located in Freemason's Hall, in the city of Mount Pearl.

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Official website

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