Dyment Lodge A.F. & A.M.
No. 442 GRC
Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario
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Info
Location
169 Main Street
Thessalon, ON P0R 1L0
Regular Meeting Night
7:30 pm on the second Thursday of each month except July and August.
Installation of Officers
Wednesday, June 24, 2026 @ 7:30 pm
DDGM’s Official Visit
Thursday, December 11, 2025
Dinner @ 6:00 pm – Meeting @ 7:30 pm
2025/26 Officers
Worshipful Master
W. Bro. Steven Whitfield
I.P.M.
W. Bro. Dennis McLeod
Senior Warden
Bro. Tyler King
Junior Warden
W. Bro. John Thomas Tremelling
Chaplain
W. Bro. Bryan Buchanan
Treasurer
W. Bro. W. Edward Pigeau
Secretary
W. Bro. Randall J. Bird
Dir. of Ceremonies
W. Bro. Kent T. Weber
Senior Deacon
Bro. Timothy Hopkins
Junior Deacon
W. Bro. Benjamin Webster
Inner Guard
V.W. Bro. Robert Allen
Senior Steward
W. Bro. Bruce Goodmurphy
Junior Steward
W. Bro. Richard Coventry
Tyler
W. Bro. Tony Marinaro
Historians
R.W. Bro. Nelson R. Ingram
W. Bro. Gary D. Brown
W. Bro. W. Edward Pigeau
V.W. Bro. Loyal D. Beggs
The History of Dyment Lodge No. 442
The path of Masonry in the Town of Thessalon proved to be a difficult one. The brethren suffered three major fires within the first 75 years. The first one occurred in 1910. Damage was relatively minor and most of the lodge materials were rescued. The second fire occurred in the fall of 1916. This fire proved to be far more severe and everything was lost. The brethren prevailed and tried once more only to have a devastating fire occur in May of 1963. The only items saved were two blackened ashlars and the minute books, which were, thankfully, not in the lodge room at the time. The members endured and built their own lodge building on the main street of Thessalon. The building was opened in October of 1963. It is the lodge building presently being used.
Dyment Lodge has endured these major fires over the years. They continuance of the Lodge is a memorial to the tenacity of its members and the desire to keep Masonry in the area. In addition to these problems, Dyment Lodge has endured many business closings, downturns in the economy and the ever-present movement of young people to the larger urban centers.
Today it boasts a membership of approximately 130 Masons. It is considered a very strong and growing Lodge in the Algoma East District. Members come from the Town of Thessalon and as far west as St. Joseph Island. They also come from the east close to the Village of Iron Bridge.
If you wish to know more about Dyment Lodge, please contact either the Worshipful Master or the Secretary. You can access either of them from this site.