Monday, 5 October 2015

Boating Clubs



We sold our 40' sailboat this week, after many years of adventures around the coast, and thinking about boating reminded me...

My maternal grandmother Mavor had tucked among her family photos this 1904 newspaper clipping of the Grand Trunk Boating Club.  I don't know if my grandfather or his brother are in this photo, or in fact members of the club.



 I know his older brother Stanley Mavor was a Senior Member in 1924. 


Grand Trunk Boating Club Review 1875-1924, pg 130




My paternal grandparents went canoeing at the Maple Grove Boating Club, near Chateauguay, Quebec. 



Looking around, searching for information, I came across some yacht club and boating club publications, with lists of members. 

Perhaps your ancestor belonged to a boating club. 




Relevant Links

Grand Trunk Boating Club 

Lloyd's Register of Yachts:  British and Foreign Shipping 1902-1903 

Royal Canadian Yacht Club, Toronto

Corinthian Yacht Club, New York 1800

New York Yacht Club 1971

Report of measurements committee of the NY Yacht Club 1883

History of the Boston Yacht Club 1891

Charter and membership roll of the Chicago Yacht Club c1882

17th Annual Regatta, Larchmont Yacht Club 1896

Annuaire du Yacht-club Imperial de Saint-Petersbourg, Russie 1800

Constitution and by-laws of the Quebec Yacht Club 1869

Royal Kennebeccasis Yacht Club, St John, NB

Burlington Bay Boat Club, Ontario 1854

Royal Halifax Yacht Club, Aquatic Carnival 1871 

Royal Yacht Squadron, Cowes, UK 1902

Canadian Canoe Association Meet 1909

Toronto Canoe Club Winter Program 1917

Toronto Canoe Club 1899

Ottawa Canoe Club 1897

Ottawa Canoe Club 1900

Ottawa Rowing Club 1878

London Rowing and Canoe Club 1893

Argonaut Rowing Club, Toronto 1914






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