Victoria Lodge – Masonic Lodge in Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Learn How to Become a Freemason

Lodge St. George #200, Bermuda is the oldest Scottish Lodge outside Scotland.  It has the distinction of being housed in the oldest building in Bermuda, which was originally owned by the State house and used for meetings by the local parliament.

On July 5 1816 the Governor of the Islands executed a deed granting the use of the building to St. George’s Lodge (then #226), reserving the rights of the courts of justice to hold their session in the building if required.  The yearly rent was stipulated to be “One peppercorn, payable at the Feast of St. John the Evangelist, if the same be demanded”.

The annual rental of one peppercorn accrued until July 5 1916, when 100 peppercorns were paid to the Governor.  The annual payment now takes place at a formal ceremony in the town square.  A picture of the building, as it appeared in 1815, was issued on a 4 cent postage stamp in 1970.

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Bro. Sir Winston LEONARD Spencer CHURCHILL (1874 – 1965) was initiated in Studholme Lodge #1591, London, England, and Raised in Rosemary Lodge #2851 on March 25 1902.

Bro. Churchill was 1st Lord of the Admiralty from 1911 – 1915 during the First World War.  In 1940 he was elected Prime Minister of Great Britain,  his pugnacity and rousing speeches inspiring the nation, and the free world, to victory in World War II.  His famous “Iron Curtain” speech was made in 1946. In 1951 he was re-elected Prime Minister and  retired in 1955 at age 80.

In 1953 Churchill was received the order of knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II, and in the same year, was the recipient of the Nobel prize for literature. Amongst his works are six volumes on “The Second World War” and a four volume “A History of the English Speaking Peoples”. Ten years later, on April 9 1963, President John F. Kennedy signed a Congressional bill making Sir Winston an Honorary American citizen, the highest honour that the United States could bestow.

In 1965, on the 100th anniversary of his birth, Britain, the Crown Colonies and Allies of Great Britain issued postage stamps depicting our Brother in his honour.

Bro. Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill is buried at the place of his birth in Blenheim, Oxfordshire, England.

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Bro. PAUL REVERE (1735 – 1818), who made the midnight ride to warn the Americans that “The British are Coming” was a member of the Lodge of St. Andrew, Boston, Massachusetts.

He was also a founding member of Rising States Lodge, and was its Worshipful Master in 1784. Ten years later he was elected Grand Master of the State of Massachusetts and served a two year term.

Bro. Revere was a silversmith by trade, and made many items with Masonic significance.

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THE WORLD’S LARGEST MONUMENT carved by a Freemason is on Mt. Rushmore in South Dakota, U.S.A. It was sculptured by W. Bro. Gutzon Borglum, a Past Master of Howard Lodge #35, New York.

The faces of George Washington, Theodore Roosevelt and Thomas Jefferson, each former presidents of the United States and each a Freemason, are depicted in the sculpture, along with Abraham Lincoln.

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MASONIC ISLAND is situated in Lake Metigoshe in the beautiful Turtle Mountains, between the borders of Manitoba and North Dakota. It covers 7.2 acres, and has been the site of international Masonic gatherings since 1906. At the initial meeting, three candidates were raised before an assembly of 75 Masons.

The tree covered island has an open-air temple at it’s centre, with the principal officers’ chairs, pedestals and altar being constructed of native fieldstone and mortar.

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BLACK CREEK MASONIC LODGE, is located in Pioneer Village at Jane St. and Steeles Ave, Toronto, was built in the 1840′s, It’s original site was in Woodbridge, Ontario, and it was moved to it’s present location some 10 years ago.

Located above the Tinsmith’s shop, on the right as you enter the Village, the Lodge is furnished in authentic pre-confederation style, and illustrates the beautiful workmanship of the Craftsmen of that era.

The Lodge is open daily 10.00am – 5.00pm March to December to any and all visitors . It is manned by volunteer Masons, who will answer questions openly about the Lodge and Freemasonry. Why not take your family for a visit this summer?

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