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Welcome to the Ingleside Masonic Centre where 4 separate lodges meet. All log notes or fraternal greetings will be read in the next open meeting of Lost Villages Lodge 125
Wales Lodge A.F. & A.M. No. 458 Now Lost Villages Lodge No. 256.
Wales Lodge No. 458 was instituted June 13, 1902. The lodge called Wales its home until the flooding of the Seaway. The Lodge held its last meeting over Colquhoun’s General store on Dec 30, 1957 and moved to their new home in Long Sault on March 3rd 1958. Following the sale of the property in Long Sault, Wales Lodge No. 458 moved to Ingleside in 1985.
And When Conjoined
Although originally located in Farran’s Point and Wales, the Masonic influence of these two lodges extended to the other surrounding communities. These communities were destroyed as a result of the development of the St. Lawrence Seaway. Communities that today are referred to and known locally as “The Lost Villages”. Over the years the membership of both these lodges consisted of citizens of the villages of Farran’s Point, Aultsville, Dickinson’s Landing, Mille Roche, Moulinette and Wales. To honour these Masons and the communities from which they came, it is indeed fitting that the new lodge created as a result of the amalgamation of Farran-Ault Lodge No. 256 and Wales Lodge No. 458 be called “Lost Villages Lodge No. 256.”
Corinthian Lodge No. 669
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On December 10th, 1951 a group of Masons in Cornwall, led by Bro. G.A. Revell, Bro, A.E. Stanford and R.W. Bro. F.E. Eaton, and fifteen other Masons, met to discuss the establishing of a new Masonic Lodge that would meet in the Masonic Temple in Cornwall.
At a second meeting on December 18th, twenty Masons were in attendance and decided to adopt the name Corinthian from several names submitted. They also established the meeting night as the second Thursday of the month, determined the membership fees and operating budget. A slate of officers was elected as follows: Master – R.W. Bro. F.E. Eaton; Senior Warden –Bro. G.A. Revell; Junior Warden – Bro. A.E. Stanford; Secretary – Bro. Maurice Miller.
A petition signed by 39 Masons was presented for the formation of the new lodge on December 27th and dispensation was received from the Grand Master. Corinthian Lodge was Instituted on March 13th, 1952 by R.W. Bro. H.A. Stimson, D.D.G.M.
The Warrant for Corinthian Lodge No. 669 was approved by Grand Lodge in July 1952. A meeting was held October, 1952 to Constitute and Consecrate the new lodge and the Officers were installed on November 8th.
Membership increased through the 50’s and during the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s averaged 130 members. The 90’s saw a steady decline in membership that leveled off at 80 members, a number that has held steady since 2000.
February 12th, 2004 was the last meeting to be held in the Cornwall Temple before the sale of the building. On March 11th, 2004 the Lodge was moved to Aultsville Fraternity Hall in Ingleside, where it continues to meet and practice the tenets and principles of Freemasonry.
Cornwall Lodge No. 125
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History of Cornwall Lodge No. 125
The history of Cornwall Lodge dates from the year 1793, when a warrant was granted to Members of the Craft residing at Cornwall in the County of Stormont, in the Eastern part of Upper Canada, by the Grand Lodge of England. The Lodge was called Athol Lodge, No. 3, and Walter B. Wilkinson was the Master. There are no records in existence of the work done by the Lodge at that time, and there seems to be a difference of opinion as to whether the warrant was issued specially to Cornwall Lodge or was transferred from the regiment of the Queen's Rangers, whose charter became dormant about that time. From 1793 until 1804 there appears to be no record and it is not until the 17th of April 1804, that we again hear of it. On that date Bro. Jermyn Patrick, the Grand Secretary of the Provincial Grand Lodge at York, in Upper Canada, writing to the W. Master and officers of Lodge No. 1 of Niagara says: "Another warrant has been granted to brethren of Cornwall, designated by Athol Lodge No. 3, bearing date 13th February,1804- Walter Butler Wilkinson, Esquire, Master." The lodge became dormant in 1812 and the charter was probably transferred to Brockville in 1816.
The present Lodge was instituted in 1860 and the charter being dated July 12th of that year, and is signed by M. Wor. Bro. William M. Wilson, the first Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Canada.
The Lodge continued to grow and prosper until in July 1876, a fire occurred which completely wiped it out destroying all the records and documents which had been carefully preserved and which could not be replaced. In January 1884, the Lodge was again destroyed by fire, and after occupying several rooms in different parts of the town, finally settled into permanent quarters.
Compared with its rather unsteady history in the 19th century, the Masonic Lodges in Cornwall would benefit from many positive changes and a vast increase in membership during the 20th century.
Corinthian Lodge No. 669 and Eastern Lodge No. 707 were spawned by the renewed interest in Freemasonry realised by veterans returning from World War II and by the many who moved to the Cornwall area during the construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway. The dedication of the membership of Cornwall’s three Lodges resulted in the construction of the existing Lodge building during the 1950’s and for the next thirty years many fine men were initiated, passed and raised within it’s walls. By the 1980’s, many renovations were clearly necessary and modest improvements were made to the lodge rooms and mechanical systems making it much more attractive and comfortable.
This saga clearly shows that while Freemasonry is steadfast in its tradition and allegory, its Lodges and members are ever changing. A change occurred in 1999, when the Lodge building name was changed from the Cornwall Masonic Temple to the Cornwall Masonic Centre to remove any implied religious preference.
Once again, change impacted upon The Masonic Centre when the building was sold to the Local Muslim Corporation and on March 3, 2004, Cornwall Lodge No. 125 held its last meeting in the Cornwall Masonic Centre. Cornwall Lodge 125 started meeting at Fraternity Hall, Ingleside with its April 2004 meeting.
The Lodge’s membership changed in February of 2005 when Eastern Lodge No. 707 amalgamated with the Mother Lodge, Cornwall No. 125 under the name of Cornwall Lodge No 125.
It will be interesting to watch the future of Freemasonry unfold within Cornwall Lodge No. 125 into this next millennium.
On June 7, 2012, members of Cornwall Lodge 125 ,Corinthian Lodge 669and many district attended a special Masonic evening at the Ingleside Masonic Centre.
The Most Worshipful the Grand Master D. Garry Dowling conducted the amalgamation of Cornwall Lodge 125 and Corinthian Lodge 669
Following the amalgamation ceremony the officers of Cornwall-Corinthian Lodge 125 AF & AM were installed according to ancient custom.
Here now begins a new chapter as the history of Cornwall-Corinthian Lodge No.125 and may it be as rich and fulfilling as their previous ones.
Finch Lodge No. 557
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