Nipissing Muskoka District
Grand Lodge of A.F. & A.M Of Canada
in the Pro​vince of Ontario

​A Chronological History of the Development of Freemasonry
North of the Severn River

    . 1855 – Establishment of the Grand Lodge of Canada        
                   o 41 lodges from Ontario and Quebec (Montreal and Quebec City
    . 1876 – Granite Lodge No. 352 formed. (Toronto District)
    . 1877 – Muskoka Lodge No. 360 formed. (Toronto District)
    • 1878 – Toronto District became Toronto District No. 8.
    • 1879 – Unity Lodge No. 376 formed. (Toronto District)
    • 1879 – Georgian District No. 9 was formed and included Granite, Muskoka and Unity Lodges. 
    • 1885 – Mattawa Lodge No. 405 chartered.
    • 1885 – Golden Rule Lodge No. 409 chartered.
    • 1885 – Mattawa Lodge No. 405 chartered.
    • 1889 – Nipissing Lodge No. 420 chartered
    • 1889 – Strong Lodge No. 423 chartered.
    • 1892 – Georgian District No. 9 became Nipissing District No.18
    • 1895 - Algonquin Lodge No. 434 chartered.
    • 1897 – Powassan Lodge No. 443 chartered.
    • 1900 – Sturgeon Falls Lodge No. 447 chartered.
    • 1902 – Corona Lodge No. 454 chartered.        
    • 1904 – Temiskaming Lodge No. 462 chartered.
    • 1904 – Nipissing District No. 18 “Rearranged” 
                    o Mattawa, Keystone, Nipissing, Nickel, Dyment, Sturgeon Falls, Doric, Temiskaming and  
                    Algoma
    • 1904 – Muskoka District No. 19 formed.
                    o Granite, Muskoka, Unity, Golden Rule, Strong, Algonquin, Powassan and Corona.
    • 1908 – Silver Lodge No. 486 chartered.
    • 1913 – Porcupine Lodge No. 506 chartered.
    • 1913 – Elk Lake Lodge No, 507 chartered.
    • 1915 – Nipissing District consisted of:
                    o Mattawa, Keystone, Nickel, Dyment, Sturgeon Falls, Doric, Temiskaming, Algoma, Gore  Bay,                        Hailibury, Silver, Penewobikong, Porcupine, Elk Lake, Espanola, Golden Beaver (UD)
                       Cochrane (UD)     
    • 1916 – Golden Beaver Lodge No. 528 chartered.
    • 1916 – Cochrane Lodge No. 530 chartered.
    • 1917 – Englehart Lodge No. 534 chartered.
    • 1918 – Abitibi Lodge No. 540 chartered.
    • 1924 – North Bay Lodge No. 617 chartered.
    • 1930 – Nipissing District No. 18 
                     o Covered the area from Mattawa to Sault St. Marie. 
    . 1934 – Nipissing East Established
                 - Nipissing West 
                    o SSM to Sudbury and Manitoulin
    • 1935 – Doric Lodge No. 623 – Kirkland Lake
    .  1935 – Spruce Falls No. 648 – Kapuskasing 
    • 1960 – Muskoka District 18 name change to Muskoka- Parry Sound
                    o No change in lodges.
    • 1974 – Nipissing East 
                 - Nipissing Center became Sudbury Manitoulin
                 - Nipissing West (SSM, Elliot Lake, Wawa, Chapleau, etc)
    • 1977 – Nipissing East.
                 - Nipissing Center renamed to Sudbury Manitoulin
                 - Nipissing West
    • 1979 – Nipissing East
                 - Nipissing West became Algoma East (name change)
                 - Sudbury Manitoulin
    • 2014 – Granite Lodge 352 returns to Georgian North
    • 2014 – Nipissing East and Muskoka-Parry Sound merge 
                    o The new name is Nipissing Muskoka.

    •  Lodges in the District

        Muskoka Lodge No. 360
        Unity Lodge No. No. 376
        Mattawa Lodge No. 405
        Golden Rule Lodge No. 409
        Nipissing Lodge No. 420
        Strong Lodge No. No. 423
        Algonquin Lodge No. 434
        Powassan Lodge No. 443
        Sturgeon Falls Lodge No. 447
        Corona Lodge No. 454
        North Bay Lodge No. 617