The Grand Chapter of Newfoundland and Labrador was consecrated on May 28 1994 at a meeting of the Grand Chapter of Nova Scotia, held in Gander, Newfoundland. There are six chapters of which Shannon Chapter No 1 is the oldest having been chartered by the Supreme Grand Chapter of England on August 3, 1864 as Saint John's Lodge Chapter 579 and Chartered by the Grand Chapter of Nova Scotia on June 6, 1876 as Shannon Chapter No. 9.