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Hunters' Lodge†

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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a secret society organized in Vermont in 1838 and having branches in Canada and the northern United States, its purpose being to support those in Canada who wished to be free of British rule.

See: Hunter

Quotations

1840

A "Hunters' Lodge" seems to have been in existence . . . in Cobourg [Ontario]. . . .

1861

All along the Frontiers, secret associations under the name of "Hunter's Lodges," were organized.

1963

Soon the Hunters' Lodges were formed to liberate Canada from British tyranny. . . .