 In 1776, Moravian Missionaries established a mission site on Okak Island, just off Okak Harbour.It was the second successful mission to be established by the Moravian Missionaries on the Labrador Coast, the first being founded at Nain, to the south in 1771.The Okak Mission was prefabricated at Nain, and then transported north to Okak, along with a provisions house and bake house.