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Welcome to Summerland Lodge

No. 56 on the Registry of the Grand Lodge of British Columbia and Yukon A.F. & A.M.


In 1906, some local Freemasons realized that their number was sufficient to form a Masonic Lodge. On the 15th of March, ten brethren met in Adam Stark's store in the area we now know as Lower Town and formally organized, leaving the matter of obtaining a dispensation in the hands of Bro. Charles Stevens who, it is believed, was head of the Summerland Telephone Company. Fifteen months passed with no apparent headway, so another meeting was called, during which, the brethren elected a slate of officers which included G.L. Parker as Worshipful Master, S. Bartholomew as Senior Warden, W.A. Doherty as Junior Warden and K.S. Hogg as Secretary.

Since W.Brother Parker was away in England when the dispensation was received, J.C. Robson was elected and installed in his stead, becoming the first master of the Lodge. Summerland Lodge No. 56 was instituted on March 1, 1909, with an enrollment of twenty-six charter members: S. Bartholomew, R. Clouston, T. Collinge, Albert Almeron Derrick, George N. Doherty, W.A. Doherty, Harry Dunsdon, C. Featherstonhaugh, James Fyffe, K.S. Hogg, J.A. Kirk, B.C. Moore, W. Nichol, G.H.W. Page, G.L. Parker, Clarence E. Pineo, A. Richardson, J.C. Robson, E.J. Scott, T. Short, Dr. Charles M. Smith, Rev. Herbert Ames Solly, Adam Stark, John Tait, William E. Ward, S. M. Young. (Visitors to Summerland will notice many of those names on street signs.) Summerland Lodge No. 56 received its Warrant on December 19, 1909.


Summerland Lodge celebrated 100 years on 30 May 2009. A bronze plaque has been mounted on a cairn in Lower Town commemorating the event. Grand Master R. Glenn Allen was on hand for the ceremonies.



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