MILL BAY MASONIC HALL

On December 29, 1922, there was an "Assembly of Master Masons" held.

On February19, 1923,  a " Lodge of Instruction" was formed, and on May 26th of that same year,  the Lodge was permitted to meet "under dispensation”. The Lodge would have met for more than a year before it proved itself, and on June 19, 1924,  a Warrant was granted by the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, and the Lodge was named Malahat Lodge and numbered 107 on the register of the Grand Lodge of British Columbia.

On July 16, 1924 the Most Worshipful Grand Master, Most Worshipful Brother Stephen Jones assisted by Officers of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, duly constituted Malahat Lodge No. 107 and installed our Charter Officers.  Worshipful Brother G.W. Yates, our first Worshipful Master, must have been a very proud man on that historic occasion. These same "ancient" By-laws tell us other facts.  Fees for the Degrees were $100 and the annual dues were $9.00.

Travel in those days was not as easy because Regular Communications were held on " the first Monday on, or after the full moon" in each month.  This was a common practice in the old days, the Lodges sometimes being called "Lunar Lodges."  The first Lodge meetings were held at Shawnigan Lake, later moving to Mill Bay in the southern most end of the Cowichan Valley.

This area was named "Me Iuhul", or "good place to secure bait for fishing" by the First Nations people of the area. Malahat is the English pronunciation. Hence our forefathers chose the name Malahat Lodge.

Our Lodge celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2024.

Malahat Lodge has been honoured on 11 different occasions by having one of its members appointed District Deputy Grand Master.  Right Worshipful Brother Fred Tomlinson, 1948 - 1949;  Right Worshipful Brother Alfred J. Mendum, 1954 - 1955; Right Worshipful Brother Albert H. Fox, 1959 - 1960;  Right Worshipful Brother Wilbur C. Werthner, 1964 - 1965; Right Worshipful Brother C. Monty Jasper, 1972 - 1973;  Right Worshipful Brother Vernon H. Archer, 1980 - 1981;  Right Worshipful Brother Jack S.H. Green, 1988 - 1989; Right Worshipful Brother J.E. Des Hutchinson, 1996 - 1997; Right Worshipful Brother Ron Henning, 2008 - 2009, Right Worshipful Brother Phillip Archer, 2014-15 and Right Worshipful Brother Ken Christofferson, 2018-19.