WB Don Smith of Vancouver & Quadra Lodge No. 2 in Victoria put our Temple Lodge No. 33 Historian onto this video about General Sir Arthur Currie, a Past Master of Vancouver & Quadra Lodge No. 2.
For more information, see our web page on General Sir Arthur Currie.
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Here is a documentary about General Sir Arthur Currie, a Past Master of Vancouver & Quadra Lodge No. 2 in Victoria.
Here is another video about the Battle of Vimy Ridge in 1917, in which Sir Arthur Currie was the commanding General:
Here is a video about Sir Arthur Currie and the last 100 days of the First World War:
Here is a video of Canadian historian Dr. Tim Cook discussing Sir Arthur Currie:
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The Grand Historian, VWB Trevor McKeown, has requested the assistance of anyone interested in Masonic history in identifying an unidentified Mason, a Past District Deputy Grand Master, who appears in the photo below.
Some additional information for interested historians:
Here is some information on Kenneth G. McKenzie:
“Kenneth McKenzie was born Nov. 21, 1884 in Bristol, England. He arrived in Vancouver in or before 1921, at which time he was working as a photographer at Geo. T. Wadds. In 1922 he was working under his own name and continued to do so until he formed a partnership with Reuben Marlow in 1932. The partnership operated under the names Art-O-Rama Studio, then McKenzie & Marlow. By 1935, it appears that McKenzie may have left the city, returning some time in the 1940s.
In the mid-1950s, McKenzie operated his own studio located at 1900 Commercial Drive.”
(Source: Vancouver Archives)
Based on the style of this deceased Brother’s clothing, I am speculating that this photo could have been taken between 1922-1932 or between the mid 1950’s and early 1960’s, during the two separate periods in which Kenneth G. McKenzie operated his own photographic studio in Vancouver.
Here are links to more information about photographer Kenneth G. McKenzie (1884-1975):
Researchers should forward their findings to the Grand Historian, VWB Trevor McKeown, at the Grand Lodge of B.C. & Yukon office.
UPDATE: The unidentified Brother has been identified as RWB George Arthur Woodland. We received this from the Grand Historian:
WB Mark Anderson
Historian, Temple Lodge No. 33
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Here are some historic photos of the Duncan Masonic Temple which we came across recently.
The first photo shows Canada Avenue (then known as Front Street) circa fall 1912 or sometime in 1913. We are using those dates because the Duncan Masonic Temple was built in the summer of 1912 while the building that is now the Duncan Christmas Heritage Mall, which was completed in 1914, does not appear in the photo. The Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway Station, built in 1912, appears at the right of the photo with the word “DUNCAN” on its south facade.
The following photograph was taken from the upper storey of a building (since demolished) on Duncan Street looking northwest. The photo shows the E & N Railway Station on the left and the Duncan Masonic Temple on the center-right. We are guessing this photo was taken circa 1912-1913.
The following photograph shows Front Street (now Canada Avenue) looking southwest from Kenneth Street circa 1914.-1915. We are using those dates because the Duncan Christmas Heritage Mall, which was completed in 1914, appears in the photo adjacent to, and to the left of, the Duncan Masonic Temple, which is the building on the right of the photograph.
Here is a current photo of the Duncan Masonic Temple:
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On 30 June 2019 our Temple Lodge No. 33 Historian did a tour of some Masonic graves in Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, as a fund raiser for the Old Cemeteries Society.
For those wanting more information about the graves included on the tour, and the occupants of those graves, here are links to more information about them. Continue reading Deceased Brethren On The Ross Bay Cemetery Tour – 30 June 2019
Our Temple Lodge No. 33 Historian recently came across this 1910 advertisement for the Brackman-Ker Milling Company, which was owned by David Russell Ker, a member of Victoria-Columbia Lodge No.1.
This Brackman-Ker Milling Company mill pictured in the advertisement stood on Victoria’s Outer Wharf, now Ogden Point. It has since been demolished.
Although this mill has been demolished, several Victoria buildings built by David Russell Ker and his Brackman-Ker Milling Company are still standing in downtown Victoria. Here are the ones we know about:
[Note: 1420 Broad Street is the Brackman-Ker Milling Company head office address pictured in the 1910 advertisement above]
Here is a photo of David Russell Ker:
David Russell Ker is buried in Victoria’s Ross Bay Cemetery.
Each month we feature a deceased Vancouver Island Freemason as a way of highlighting Masonic history.
For March 2018 our featured deceased Vancouver Island Freemason is Alexander Edmund Batson Davie (1846-1889), a former Premier of British Columbia.
Alexander Edmund Batson Davie is buried in Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C.
See our web page on Alexander Edmund Batson Davie
Each month Temple Lodge No. 33 features a deceased member as a way of highlighting Masonic history in Duncan and the Cowichan Valley.
Our Featured Deceased Member for March 2018 is Theodore Vincent Sandys-Wunsch (1892-1966), a retired A/Commissioner of the R.C.M.P.
Theodore Sandys-Wunsch is buried in St. Peter’s Quamichan Anglican Cemetery in North Cowichan.
See our webpage on Theodore Sandys-Wunsch.
Each month we feature a deceased Vancouver Island Freemason as a way of highlighting Masonic history.
For January 2018 our featured Vancouver Island Freemason is Simeon Duck (1834-1905), Past Grand Master.
Simeon Duck also commissioned Vancouver architect William Tuff Whiteway (a Freemason) to design and build the Duck’s Building on Broad Street in downtown Victoria.
See our website for more information on Simeon Duck.
Each month Temple Lodge No. 33 features a Deceased Vancouver Island Freemason as part of our Vancouver Island Masonic History Project and as a way of highlighting the contributions Freemasons have made to Vancouver Island.
For December 2017 we a featuring Amor de Cosmos (1825-1897), a charter Member of Victoria Lodge 1085, the first Masonic Lodge on Vancouver Island, the founder of the British Daily Colonist (now the Times-Colonist), M.L.A., second Premier of B.C. and Member of Parliament for Victoria.
Amor de Cosmos is buried in Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C.
See our webpage on Amor de Cosmos.