A year after coming to Upper Canada and settling in the Brockville area, Gowan founded the Grand Orange Lodge of British North America in 1830. A shrewd strategist and politician, the enigmatic Irishman used his newspaper, the Brockville Statesman, to promote his political views.

Location

At Courthouse Avenue, Brockville

Themes

• Arts and culture
• Organizations
• People
• Politics and law