DISTRICT
HISTORY
The Algoma Central Railway circa 1899
The Kenricia Hotel, Kenora circa 1925
Prior to the creation of Western District, lodges in NW Ontario were part of the Algoma District. There were 15 lodges total in Algoma District pre-1932. In 1932 Western District was formed and it was comprised of eight lodges. The first District Deputy Grand Master R.W. Bro. Earl C. Popham of Lake of the Woods Lodge was appointed by the Grand Master M.W. Bro. Herrington of the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario.
"In the 1930's most of Western District was accessible only by train, trail or gravel roads. Visiting the combined lodges of the now Algoma and Western District would have been an epic journey. The creation of Western District made it more realistic that the DDGM could make at least one visit to a lodge per year."
The home of Authors Robert and Kathrene Pinkerton, Atikokan circa 1916
The Rainy River train station circa 1901
Frontier Gold Mines, Red Lake Ontario, circa 1936
Sioux Lookout Lodge No. 518 circa 1914
Fort Frances Town Hall circa 1910
Main Street Emo circa 1920's
Western District Past Grand Masters
2023 L. Young
2022 R. McClendon
2021 R. Iriam
2020 C. McQuaker
2019 C. McQuaker
2018 G. McKinnon
2017 C. McFayden
2016 R. Kitowski
2015 M. Rogowsky
2014 K. McGill
2013 D. Coulter
2012 M. Alexander
2011 W. Copleland
2010 B. Jackson
2009 R.D. McKay
2008 R.W. Cox
2007 D.W. Johnson
2006 T.A. Dunbar
2005 J.F. Whitton
2004 P. Berard
2003 J. Devins
2002 C.K. McDonald
2001 J. Gould
2000 A.M. Tibbets
1999 J.J. Ossachuk
1998 E.W. Laplante
1997 H.F. Wettstein
1996 J.F. Sykes
1995 R. Marquardt
1994 W.G. Pearen
1993 A.J. Gagnon
1992 W.F. McQuaker
1991 J. G. Rutter
1990 J.E. Meyers
1989 R.W. Booth
1988 A. Allin
1987 W.S. Hagarty
1986 C.W. Kacan
1985 J.L. Parrott
1984 S.D. Sanders
1983 G.E. Devins
1982 A.D. McClendon
1981 A.F. Brown
1980 R.A. Cumming
1979 D.B. Mackie
1978 R.B. Mathison
1977 A. Warnuk
1976 J.D. Jackson
1975 G. Bremmer
1974 W.H. Houston
1973 G.A Fitzgerald
1972 W.A McQuaker
1971 D.W. Whitten
1970 C.F. Schubring
1969 J. K Forbes
1968 D.R. Buie
1967 W.B. Warner
1966 W.F. Piercy
1965 J.E.J. Fahlgren
1964 P. Kendall
1963 H.C. Skead
1962 E.A. Langstaff
1961 J.A. Cox
1960 N.E. Johnson
1959 C.C. Galloway
1958 J.B. Fraser
1957 V.K Croxford
1956 N.C Nuson
1955 A. E. McGraw
1954 M.H. Badger
1953 A. Barclay
1952 W.A. Smith
1951 T. Proudfoot
1950 N.S. Marsh
1949 J.M. Adams
1948 G. Gruchy
1947 C. E. Letman
1946 R.A. Shields
1945 T.J. Thomas
1944D.R. Young
1943 A. Pitt
1942 A.H Watson
1941 R. Mitchell
1940 E.E. Jess
1939 A.G. Holland
1938W.T. Cameron
1937J.W. Douglas
1936C.R. Lyons
1935 H.D. Humphreys
1934 F.H. Huffman
1933 C.W. House
1932 J.H. Hughs
1931 E.C. Popham
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Chukuni Lodge No. 660
Sioux Lookout Lodge No. 518
Pequonga Lodge No. 414
Manitou Lodge No. 631
Manitou Lodge No. 631
Atikokan Lodge No. 668
Golden Star Lodge No. 484
Lake of the Woods Lodge No. 445
Chukuni Lodge Lodge No. 660
Sioux Lookout Lodge No. 518
Pequonga Lodge No. 414
Manitou Lodge No. 631
Golden Star Lodge No. 484
Granite Lodge No. 446
Keewatin Lodge No. 417
Atikokan Lodge No. 668
Ionic Lodge No. 461
Lake of the Woods Lodge No. 445
Chukuni Lodge No. 660
Sioux Lookout Lodge No. 518
Pequonga Lodge No. 414
Manitou Lodge No. 631
Golden Star Lodge No. 484
Granite Lodge No. 446
Keewatin Lodge No. 417
Lake of the Woods Lodge No. 445
Ionic Lodge No. 461
Keewatin Lodge No. 417
Atikokan Lodge No. 668
Sioux Lookout Lodge No. 518
Pequonga Lodge No. 414
Manitou Lodge No. 631
Golden Star Lodge No. 484
Granite Lodge No. 446
Keewatin Lodge No417
Atikokan Lodge No. 668
Algoma District DDGM from Western District Lodges pre- 1932
1929 H.S Cade
1926 W.H. Green
1924 A.M. Taylor
1911 W.A Quibelle
Golden Star Lodge No. 484
Sioux Lookout Lodge No. 518
Golden Star Lodge No. 484
Golden Star Lodge No. 484