Editing Hunters' Lodges (section)

{{short description|Secret U.S.-based militia formed during the 1837 Canadian rebellions}}
{{Campaignbox Upper Canada Rebellion}}

The '''Hunters' Lodge''' was the last of a series of secret organizations formed in 1838 in the United States during the [[Rebellions of 1837|Rebellions]] in [[Upper Canada|Upper]] and [[Lower Canada]]. The organization arose in Vermont among Lower Canadian refugees (the eastern division or [[Frères chasseurs]]) and spread westward under the influence of Dr [[Charles Duncombe (Upper Canada Rebellion)|Charles Duncombe]] and Donald McLeod, leaders of the short lived Canadian Refugee Relief Association, and Scottish-born former Mayor of Toronto [[William Lyon Mackenzie]], drawing in support from many different areas in North America and Europe. They also absorbed Henry S. Handy's 'Secret Order of the Sons of Liberty' in [[Detroit]] into a Grand Lodge in [[Cleveland, Ohio|Cleveland]].