Here is a partial list of local places and locations named for Ashlar Lodge, No. 3 members and Masonic themes:
- Acacia Avenue – runs parallel with Ashlar Avenue and Doric Avenue, all named for well known items in Masonic ritual
- Ashlar Avenue – runs parallel with Acacia Avenue and Doric Avenue, all named for well known items in Masonic ritual
- Clark Road – named for William R. Clark
- Doric Avenue – runs parallel with Acacia Avenue and Ashlar Avenue, all named for well known items in Masonic ritual
- Drake Street – named for Samuel Drake, Wor. Master of Ashlar Lodge, No.3 in 1877, 1878 and 1884
- Franklyn Street – named for William Hales Franklyn, Charter member of Nanaimo Lodge, No. 1090 in 1867.
- Horne Way – named for William Horne
- Mark Bate Lane – named for Mark Bate, 1st Mayor of Nanaimo
- McGirr Road – named for William McGirr, Wor. Master of Ashlar Lodge (1909), District Deputy Grand Master (1912)
- Mount Mark – near Horne Lake, named for Mark Bate.
- Muir Road – named for J.E.L. Muir, Ashlar Lodge member
- Stewart Avenue – named for William Stewart, Charter Member of Nanaimo Lodge, No.1090 in 1867, Charter member of Caledonia Lodge, No 478 in 1869, District Deputy Grand Master (1890)
- Randle Road – named for Oliver T.H. Randle, Wor. Master Ashlar Lodge (1907)
- John Shaw High School – named for John Shaw, Wor. Master of Ashlar Lodge (1905-06), Mayor of Nanaimo (1912-13), Grand Master (1918)
- Stephenson Point Road – named for David Stephenson, Wor. Master Ashlar Lodge (1908), District Deputy Grand Master (1904)
We will be adding more names to this list as we do more research.
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