Gould's History of Freemasonry Around the World - Lodge Prudentia

FREEMASONRY IN THE DOMINION11been called for by the proper Officers . I anticipate, however, that the same willbe attended to very soon, as I have been in correspondence with the Brethrenat Fort Garry." Thus the pioneer Lodge of the great Canadian Northwest,which during the four years of its activity had added to its membership theforemost men of the settlement, terminated its existence .On November 21, 1870, a Dispensation was issued by M . •.W. • . Bro . AlexanderA . Stevenson, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Canada, to Bro .Robert S . Patterson, Worshipful Master ; Bro . Norman J . Dingman, SeniorWarden, Bro . William N . Kennedy, Junior Warden, and six others, to formand hold a Lodge which was designated as Winnipeg Lodge but which, bypermission of the Grand Lodge, afterwards changed its name to Prince Rupert'sLodge. The Lodge was located in Winnipeg, Province of Manitoba . It wasInstituted on December 1o, 1870, and its Charter was granted on July 13, ofthe next year . At that time the Lodge was regularly constituted and consecrated.'as Prince Rupert's Lodge, No . 240 G . R . C ., and the Officers were Installed . AsSenior Warden, Bro . William N. Kennedy succeeded Bro . Norman J . Dingman,who had removed from the jurisdiction, and Matthew Coyne succeeded Bro .William N . Keenedy as junior Warden .On January 4, 1871, a Dispensation was issued by M :. W : . Bro . AlexanderA . Stevenson, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Canada, to Bro . John Frazer,Worshipful Master ; George Black, Senior Warden ; Thomas Bunn, Junior Warden,and four others, to form and hold a Lodge to be designated as ManitobaLodge, at Lower Fort Garry, in the Province of Manitoba . The name of thisLodge also was afterwards changed, by permission of the Grand Lodge, toLisgar Lodge . The Lodge was Instituted on February 20, 1871, a Charter wasgranted on the following July 13, and the Lodge was regularly constituted andconsecrated as Lisgar Lodge, No . 244 G . R . C . Then the Officers were Installed .Bro . George Black succeeded Bro . John Frazer as Worshipful Master, Bro .Thomas Bunn succeeded Bro . George Black as Senior Warden, and William J .Piton succeeded Bro . Thomas Bunn as junior Warden . Permission for the removalof the Lodge from Lower Fort Garry to Selkirk, Manitoba, was subsequentlygranted .On April 1g, 1871, a Dispensation was also issued by M .• Bro . AlexanderA . Stevenson, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of.WCanada, to Bro .Frederick Y . Bradley, Worshipful Master, Bro . W . N . Drew, Senior Warden,Bro . James G. Milen, Junior Warden, and six others, to form and hold a Lodgeto be designated as International Lodge, at North Pembina in the Province ofManitoba . This Lodge was never Instituted, however, but when the Dispensationwas issued to Emerson Lodge, No . 6, in 1876 Bro . Bradley was namedMaster .On September 1g, 1872, a Dispensation was issued by M .'. W .'. Bro . WilliamM. Wilson, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Canada, to Bro . James Henderson,Worshipful Master, Bro . Arthur H . Holland, Senior Warden, Bro .Walter F . Hyman, Junior Warden, and six others, to form and hold a Lodge