Yukon Lodge No. 45, Dawson, Yukon Territory - Masonic Temples on Waymarking.com

Inscription on a plaque in front of the Lodge:

Corner Stone
Laid By
Most Worshipful
Brother
Jack T. Harper
Grand Master

The Most Worshipful
Grand Lodge of
British Columbia and Yukon
A.F. & A.M.
On The Occasion Of
100th Anniversary of
Yukon Lodge No. 45
May 26, 2001.

"The Yukon Territory — an introduction.
The Yukon Territory, an area of 186,661 square miles in the extreme northwest of Canada, lies directly north of the province of British Columbia, with the Northwest Territories to the east and the USA state of Alaska to the west. In the north it stretches well above the Arctic Circle to border the Beaufort Sea. Its capital is the City of Whitehorse. The mighty Yukon River from its source at the Llewellyn Glacier, high above Atlin Lake in northwestern British Columbia, runs for a distance of approximately 2,300 miles, northwards through the Yukon Territory, via the cities of Whitehorse and Dawson City, continuing westwards across Alaska to the Yukon delta where it empties into the Bering Sea, South of Norton Sound.

It is not my intention to present a geography lesson, but it is of course necessary to make sure you are aware in what direction we will be travelling together! The Yukon River is the main artery that has, since time immemorial been the waterway that was once the arteries of life in the communities of the Yukon Territory.

As the source of the river is in the south and the river flows northward from Whitehorse to Dawson City. Downstream would therefore be north and people still say "down north" or "I'm going down to Dawson" for the week-end. So a visitor of course would ask. "Down to Dawson? Isn't it up north?"
Just how Freemasonry was introduced into the territory is not easy to say but in 1844 ships from England and San Francisco were arriving at Fort Victoria in British Columbia. It was in 1849 that Vancouver’s Island, of which Victoria is now the capital, was proclaimed a British colony by Great Britain. In 1866 the mainland and island colonies were merged into a single entity "The Colony of British Columbia" and on July 1st 1871, the first Dominion Day was celebrated in British Columbia and she assumed her place as a province of the Dominion of Canada, even though the Terms of the Union Act was not official until July 20th, 1871.

With the population growth and existence of Freemasonry now becoming established in British Columbia, "The Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of The Province of British Columbia" was consecrated on 26 December 1871."

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