The Rockport Women’s Institute was established in 1920 and the first meeting was held on June 1. Mrs. D. Reid was President, Mrs. Seaman Secretary Treasurer, Mrs. Fred Huck, 1st Vice President, Mrs. Louise Cornwall, 2nd Vice President. The Branch was part of the Leeds District, alternatively listed as Leeds East or Brockville District.

The final meeting was held on April 6, 1977, and the Branch subsequently disbanded.

The quartz mine was located on lot eight in the ninth concession of Lansdowne (near Black Rapids on Red Horse Lake).
The first mine was dug by Arza Sherman in 1897, who mined quartz and attempted to sell it in the United States. The mine was essentially a hole in the ground with wooden ladders to descend. Sherman sold the property to John Moorehead in 1901.

In 1938, Loris McElroy picked up samples from the site, showed them to a chance acquaintance named George Moroughan, who in turn showed them to Jack Steele, the owner of a mica mine near Sydenham.
In July 1942, the three men signed an agreement to create the Red Horse Lake Mining Syndicate, dividing profits from the mine equally. They also mined quartz, because of its utility in technologies such as radio frequency control and bomb sights (and worth a reported $3000 per ton due to the war effort).

In 1943, the Red Horse Lake Mining Syndicate gave way to the Rare Minerals Prospecting Syndicate which conducted considerable exploration, before giving way in turn to Quartz-Crystals Mining Corporation of Canada Limited. Both the syndicates and the Mining Corporation sold quartz to the Canadian government. The Mining Corporation operated the mine until it went bankrupt in 1950.

In 1951, a new company funded by the federal government, Quartz Crystals Mines Limited, mined the quartz crystals, employing six to seven men until the government announced in 1954 that stockpiles were sufficient and closed the mine.

The Warrant for Loyal Orange Lodge #51 was issued on June 18, 1856, to Michael Cliff at or near McCrones Corners (later Wilstead). #51 appears to have been an Abstinence Lodge. The Lodge moved to South Lake in April of 1857, and amalgamated with #650, one of the two South Lake Lodges. By 1879 or 1880 Lodge #51 appears to have moved down the road to Gananoque Station. There were a number of changes in membership due to the move. In January of 1884 the Lodge moved to Gananoque.

L.O.L. #194, Derry Lodge, began sometime between 1845 and 1874 and appears to have been absorbed by Lodge #511 by about 1880. It was located in Gananoque.

L.O.L. #511 was Warranted on September 17, 1855. By 1889 this lodge appears to have been absorbed by #51.

L.O.L. #51 amalgamated with #26 in 1950.

L.O.L. #26, located in Lansdowne Village, was Warranted on July 11, 1845. The Fraternity was active in Lansdowne until 1982 when it amalgamated with L.O.L. #1 in Brockville.

The Lansdowne Women’s Institute was established in 1909 and the first meeting was held on June 18 at the Lansdowne Town Hall. The first President was Mrs. John Darling. The Branch was part of the Leeds District, alternatively listed as Leeds East or Brockville District.

The Branch is still active.

The Ancient Order of Foresters originated in 1745 in Knarsborough, England. In 1864, the first Court in America, No. 4421, was established in Brooklyn, New York. By 1874, there were 64 Courts of the Ancient Order of Foresters in America. The members, desiring independence from the English organization, founded the Independent Order of Foresters at a National Convention on June 16, 1874. The Independent Order of Foresters established themselves in Canada on April 26, 1876 in London, Ontario, with the incorporation of Court Hope No. 1. The purpose of this organization was to act as a health and life insurance company for its members. The objectives of the Independent Order of Foresters were to unite fraternally all persons of sound body and mental health and good moral character, under the age of 55; to give moral and material aid to its members and their dependents; to educate the members socially, morally, and intellectually; to establish a fund for the relief of sick and distressed members; to create a benefit fund for death benefits for widows and dependents of members; and to secure for its members free medical attendance, a sick benefit, a funeral benefit, a pension plan for members over the age of 70, and disability benefits [<a href="http://www2.trentu.ca/library/archives/74-019.htm">Independent Order of Foresters, Court no. 15, fonds., Trent University</a>]. The organization still exists today, and operates under the brand <a href="http://www.foresters.com/about/story.asp">Foresters</a>.
<br>The Charter for Court Lyndhurst, No. 795, located in Lyndhurst, Ontario was issued by the Supreme Court of the Independent Order of Foresters on May 1, 1891. The first Staff of Officers were:
Revd W. Moore,
W. Webster,
R.N. Singleton,
R.N. Percival,
W.N. Metcalfe,
J.E. Roddick,
Z. M. Sliter,
J. Young,
J. H. Roddick,
J. Roantree,
C.H. Burritt, M.D.,
C.T. Sheffield, &
F. Wiltse.