Saint John's Lodge No.1

St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada
Saint John's Lodge is the oldest continuously operating English Constituted
Masonic Lodge in the Canadian Province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The
Brethren of Saint John's Lodge have been holding consecutive meetings,
officially, since November 29, 1848. At that time they were operating under
special Dispensation from The Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia. On June 5th, 1850
the Lodge received a new Charter from the United Grand Lodge of England,
bearing the Lodge No. 844. This Charter did provide acknowledgement of the
earlier re-establishment of the same Lodge in 1848. In 1863, the United Grand
Lodge of England renumbered its Lodges. Saint John's Lodge No. 844, became
Saint John's Lodge No. 579. On June 10, 1998 Saint John's Lodge No. 579 was
issued a new Charter and renamed, Saint John's Lodge No.1 under the Registry
of the newly consecrated Grand Lodge of Newfoundland & Labrador (November 1,
1997).