Geographic location: Lot 5, Conc. 1, Stanhope

Current address: Southwest corner of Buckslide Road and Kushog Lake Road north of Hwy 118

The Orange Institution, more commonly known as the Orange Order or the Orange Lodge, is a Protestant fraternal organization based predominantly in Northern Ireland and Scotland with lodges throughout the Commonwealth and the United States.

• In 1901 the Worshipful Master of Loyal Orange Lodge No. 1278 was George Armstrong.
• In 1917 the Worshipful Master of the Lodge was A.J. Hewitt of Minden, Ontario and had 47 members.
• In 1926 there were 22 members.
• In 1934 Peterson's Corners still boasted an active Orange Lodge, L.O..L. #1278 (Stanhope), which had a roll of 24. Although most of its residents moved elsewhere, Peterson's Corners remains on Ontario's road maps, a memorial to a once thriving pioneer community.

Fife and drum band: fife - Charles Wright, drummers Jim Rivers, Bill Moore Sr and John Boyd.

Photo: Peterson Corners Loyal Orange Lodge No. 1278 Peterson Corner, Ontario
Front row: Bert Austin, Joseph Hewitt, William Toye, Donald Ross, James Coulter, Albert James Hewitt, Joe Beatty and William John Coulter. Back row: John Boyd, Sam Crawford, James Hie, William Henry Hewitt, James Deacon, Harry Sawyers, Hugh Coulter, Archie Coulter, John Toye, Allen Hewitt, William George Hewitt, John Harrison and Daniel Gannon. Photograph circa 1910.

From A brief history of the Loyal Orange Lodge in Haliburton by By Stephen Hill Published Sept. 12, 2017 in the Haliburton Echo
     The Orange Lodge had established its presence in Haliburton County by the 1860s, immediately after the arrival of the first settlers. Reinforcing British sentiments and dedicated to the preservation of Protestantism, it served to provide for the social and charitable needs of its members in these back-townships.
     Orange membership was advantageous for a man’s professional development, and imperative for cultivating his political aspirations. There was a Lodge in nearly every Haliburton community, and it has been said quite truthfully that every man in the county was either an Orangeman, or related to one. While the order began its slow decline in Canada after the First World War, it was so much a part of the Haliburton County fabric that it survived with strength here until well into the 1980s. Lodges in the smaller communities merged with larger ones over the years; eventually most were absorbed by LOL No. 975 in Haliburton Village, the last active bastion. The Orange Lodge was responsible for much good will and charity, usually anonymous. Perhaps the most memorable instance occurred in 1981 when LOL No. 975 provided financial assistance for St. Anthony’s Roman Catholic congregation during the construction of their new Haliburton church.

Orange Lodge Info. From Peterson's Corners (ghost town) Ontario Abandoned Places:

• 1901: Peterson Corner Orange Lodge (L.O.L. # 1278) was run by George Armstrong. Later it was taken over by WJ Coulter and WG Hewitt.
• 1917: it was run by AJ Hewitt of Minden and James A. Taylor of Elsie and had 47 members.
• Later it was run by John A. Walker of Peterson Corner, Angus Coulter of Boskung and Cliff Harrison of Carnarvon. By 1926 it was down to 22 members, but by 1934 was back up to 24 members.