Founded in the USA in 1888. It was not originally very successful but started to
grow in the early 1900s. Membership was restricted to white men of "sound mind and
body, in good standing in the community, engaged in lawful business who are able to
speak and write the English language". There is a ladies’ auxiliary, the Women of
the Moose, established in 1913, whose local units are called Chapters.
Click for a list of Chapters & Legions in Ontario
The local unit is called a Lodge. The various national, provincial, and state
organizations report to Moose International1. The Moose have four
degrees: Initiation, Moose Legion, Fellowship, and Pilgrim. The last is an honorary
degree and rarely given. The initiation ritual is online2.
Click for a list of Lodges in Ontario
There was a Black women’s organization, the Independent, Benevolent and Protective Order of Moose, which was not associated with the Loyal Order of Moose.
References:
(1) http://www.mooseintl.org/public/default.asp
(2) http://www.phoenixmasonry.org/masonicmuseum/fraternalism/moose.htm