History of True Blue Lodge #98 G.R.C.

True Blue Lodge has the unique distinction of having had two Warrants of Constitution in effect in the same year that the Lodge was being formed. It seems that the Charter Members of True Blue Lodge were all former members of Western Light Lodge # 7, P.R. At this time True Blue was numbered #62. When the first meeting of the lodge was held on the evening of March 5th 1858, it was done under the authority of a dispensation issued by the Ancient Grand Lodge of Canada.

There were, in fact, two Grand Lodges operating in Canada, namely the Ancient Grand Lodge of Canada and the Grand Lodge of Canada. These two Grand Lodges united, and on July 14th 1858, a Warrant of Constitution was issued by the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario, assigning the Number 98 G.R.C. to True Blue. This charter has been in effect since then. The charter of True Blue is unusual in that it has embodied in it a copy of the original dispensation, with the names of the two Grand Masters in office at the time. It also has the two lodge numbers. The document is known as a Warrant of Dispensation.

In 1943 D.D.G.M. Rt.Wor.Bro. Howard E. Richmond presented the lodge with the magnificent double-sided silk banner inscribed "Western Light Lodge No. 7, P.R." which had been kept in the archives of Grand Lodge. It now has an honoured place in the "East" in True Blue Lodge.

True Blue Lodge celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2008. Part of the preparations for this celebration  included restoration treatment for the banner, which at that considerable age was starting to crumble. The banner now appears as bright and new as it did in 1858.