A warm, fraternal welcome awaits you when you visit
Haida Lodge. Since its inception in 1956 Haida brethren
have placed a priority on the fraternal and social
side of freemasonry. Indeed this emphasis on the social-side
of our fraternity was incorporated into our bylaws!
By choice, Haida is a small, friendly lodge with
a membership that has rarely exceeded 55 brethren.
We meet at the Henderson Masonic Hall, located in
Oak Bay. Although relatively small in numbers, Haida
brethren are very active within lodge affairs and
also well-known for staging (or supporting) a wide-variety
of various social and community activities throughout
the year.
The brethren have also established a positive reputation
for regularly visiting other lodges within the two
Victoria districts. Haida Lodge is one of the few
lodges in greater-Victoria to practice ritual based
on the 'Antient Work'.
The name "Haida" was adopted based on a
suggestion by one of our founding brethren, who noted
the long-standing and important relationship between
the Haida first nations people and British Columbia
and the similarity between the Haida Nation's long
tradition of charity and our Masonic principles and
values.
AIMS OF HAIDA
The founding members of Haida wished to form a Lodge
that would guide its members to better exemplify the
teachings of Freemasonry day by day. To this end,
unanimous resolutions were passed setting forth the
following principles:
- Fellowship and Masonic Education are considered
paramount to degree work;
- The Lodge itself is recognized as the original
and best school of instruction. In support of this
principle, all members pledged attendance at all
Communications possible and when unable to attend,
promised to ensure that the Secretary was notified;
- Numerical growth of the Lodge would be gradual;
and,
- Membership should never exceed one hundred in
number.
