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room. CHAPTER 12 A major fire in March of 1993 destroyed the front section of the arena, on Clark Street and it wasn't reopened until August of 1994. The ice surface was brought up to standard size and many other improvements were made. The Powassan Hawks hockey team moved to Sturgeon Falls, in the summer of 1994, with a great deal of excitement in town. The Junior "A" hockey team was a real asset, to the town and to the sport of hockey. The team was called the "Sturgeon Falls Lynx". There was added excitement in the town, in the summer of 1994 among the French population, as the town of Sturgeon Falls became a French-language satellite college campus. Sudbury became the headquarters and the entire campus network was called "College Boreal". The college was housed throughout the town,in existing classrooms At Grand Lodge, in July 1994, Right Wor. Bro. Neil Macdonald was installed as the District Deputy Grand Master. This worthy candidate was a real asset to the Sturgeon Falls Lodge, as well as the district he represented. Wor. Bro. John Giroux served as his secretary. The old "Town Hall", one of the town's oldest municipal buildings, at the corner of Holditch and Queen streets, was taken down, on Monday August 15th 1994, to make way for a $ 2.5 million municipal non - profit housing project. The 67 - year - old three story building was purchased by the town, from Anatole Delorme, who had a livery bam in the cellar, a garage on the second floor and a dance hall on the third floor. Prior to the building of the livery barn on this location, the Clifton House, a local landmark, occupied the land, but was destroyed by fire.