MHM Northern Lights Lodge - Winnipeg MB
Posted by: 
PeterNoG
N 49° 53.783 W 097° 08.295
14U E 633708 N 5528772
This Manitoba Historic Marker is on the Birks Building (formerly the Union Trust Tower) at Main St and Lombard Ave in the Exchange District in Winnipeg MB.
Waymark Code: WMCVVT
Location: Manitoba, Canada
Date Posted: 10/16/2011
Views: 4
Another Manitoba Historical Marker, MHM Union Tower - Winnipeg MB (
visit link) is 10 feet west.
Marker Name: Northern Lights Lodge
Agency: Grand Lodge of Manitoba, A.F. & A.M.
Languages: English
Location:
191 Lombard Avenue
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Marker Text:
Near this spot
on the 8th of November
1864
was instituted “Northern Light Lodge”
the first Masonic Lodge in
the Red River Settlement.
The officers were
John Schultz, Worshipful Master
A. G. B. Bannatyne, Warden
William Inkster, Warden
This tablet was erected by
the Grand Lodge of Manitoba, A.F. & A.M.
To commemorate that event
1925
Link to HistoricPlaces.ca or mhs.mb.ca: [Web Link]
Website: Not listed
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