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Ontario Grand Lodge
Welcome to the
Masonic Lodges of Eastern District
Eastern District is located in the extreme South-eastern sector of the Province of Ontario, Canada. Our District is
one of 44 Districts within the Grand Registry of the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario (G.R.C).
Eastern District is comprised of 15 Lodges totalling approximately 800 members. We hope that whether you are
a Mason, non Mason or a prospective Mason, you will find these pages interesting and informative.
Information about Vankleek Hill, Ontario:
Vankleek Hill is a community in Champlain township in eastern Ontario, situated south
of Hawkesbury on Highway 34. This agricultural based community became a thriving community in the 1890s
and still retains many of the buildings and structures which were present then. This is reflected in the fact that
Vankleek Hill is the Gingerbread (the wood carvings on the eaves of one’s roof) capital of Ontario.
It was named after Simeon Vankleek, a United Empire Loyalist, who settled here near the end of the 18 th
century. The town has a population of 1,996 and the local newspaper is The Review. [1] The name of the local
hockey team is the “Vankleek Hill Cougars.” Vankleek Hill also has a soccer league, the Champlain Soccer
League, and takes part in the Glengarry Soccer League. There is also a competitive hockey league for girls and
women called the Hawkesbury/Champlain Girls Hockey Association.
Vankleek Hill is currently home to a community garden, which has two acres of organically-grown produce
being harvested by residents within a few steps from Main Street. The town has one set of traffic lights, 9-hole
golf course, golf driving range, parks, arena and a fair ground.
In recent years, the town has become the home of Beau’s All Natural Brewing Company, an award-winning
microbrewery that supplies pubs, restaurants, and LCBOs throughout Eastern Ontario.
This small town in 2011 had a population of 1,833
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Over the last three years this Travelling Gavel has been presented into 43 Lodges including
Massena Lodge # 519, which is in New York USA
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