 Canada's original Rod is believed to have been made in the 1840s in Montreal for the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, and then transferred to the Senate after Confederation in 1867, but it was lost in the 1916 fire that destroyed Centre Block.The current rod was crafted the same year by then-Crown Jeweller Garrard & Co..The rod was snapped in half in 1967, and underwent only amateur repairs at the hands of then-Senator Henry Davies Hicks in his personal workshop; over the years it has additionally suffered scratching, cracking, and loss of pieces.