PRINCE RUPERT MASONIC TEMPLE

Two lodges share this landmark building: Tsimpsean Lodge No. 58 which practises "Ancient Work", and Tyee Lodge No. 66 which practises "Canadian Work".

Tsimpsean Lodge, whose name means “Inside the Skeena River” in the local indigenous language, was granted its Charter in 1910. Tyee Lodge, whose name originated from an area trading language, means  "chief" and may also refer to a large Chinook salmon, received its Charter in 1912. Both Lodges have been in continuous operation since inception.

The current Lodge building was opened on January 12, 1932, after its predecessor burnt to the ground in 1930.  The destroyed building had been a provincial courthouse, later purchased in 1923, and pulled on skids by a team of horses to this site from the downtown area.