AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION

The American Canoe Association was formed in 1880. Many Canadian clubs belonged to the ACA as part of its Northern Division until 1900 when the CCA founding clubs formed their own Canadian Association. By 1889, there were up to 23 Canadian member clubs in the ACA.

ASSOCIATE CLUBS
Confirmed 1889 Members:
Founding Date
Confirmed Members after 1889:
Founding Date
Grand Trunk Boating Club 1875 Bohemian Amateur Ath. Association 1898
Pointe Claire Boating Club
1879
Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club 1888
Toronto Canoe Club
1880
Smith's Falls Canoe Club 189?
Buffalo Canoe Club
1882
St. Lambert Boating Club 1886
Ottawa Canoe Club
1883
Argonaut Rowing Club ?
Peterborough Canoe Club
1872
St. Anne's Boating Club ?
Brockville Canoe Club
1884
Galt Canoe Club ?
Britannia Boating Club
1887
Lachine Boating Club 1863
Royal Military College Kingston 1883 Kingston Yacht Club ** 1896
Bobcaygeon Canoeing & Boating Association   Longueuil Boating Club 1867
Orillia Canoe Club 1894
St. John's Boating Club 1890
Lindsay Canoe Club
1883
Ottawa Rowing Club ?
Lake St-Louis  
Aylmer Boat Club ?
Montreal  
Beaconsfield Canoe Club ?
Ubique (RCA Galt?)  
Cataraqui Canoe Club * ?
Deseronto Canoe Club 1884
Gananoque Canoe Club * ?
Lakefield Canoe Club
1883
Prescott ?
Whitby  
Qu'Appelle B.F. & S.C., NWT ?
Otonobee  
Brantford Canoe Club ?
     
Corinthian (Toronto) ?
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Taunnary ?
   
Cobourg * ?
   
Burrard Inlet Boating Club ?
   
Chemung Canoe Club ?
     
Don Rowing Club ?
     
Hudson Boating Club * ?
     
James Bay Aquatic Association ?
     
Leander Boating Club ?
     
National Yacht & Sailing Club ?
     
Parkdale Canoe & Sailing Club * ?
     
Queen City Yacht Club ?
        Royal Hamilton Yacht Club ?
        Royal Canadian Yacht Club ?
        Royal Toronto Sailing Club ?
        Dorval Juniors ?
Other Possible ACA Members:
Founding Date
Other Possible ACA Members:
Founding Date
Winnipeg Canoe Club 1893 Island Amateur Aquatic Association 1887
Primrose Canoe Club 1890 Ste-Rose Canoe Club 1884
Lakefield College Club ? Valois Boating Club 1882
Carleton Place Canoe Club 1893      
           
 
Lindsay Club Penant

Bobcaygeon Club Penant

RMC Kingston Ribbon
   
* Unlikely to be the same clubs as the later CCA membes in the 1900s
** Cataraqui disappears from the ACA Club Members list in 1895. KYC appears in numbers in the 1896 list.They are likely the same organisation rebranded.
1967 saw a Lakefield Preparatory School affiliated with CCA as an associate club.
Canadian ACA Commodores:
E. B. Edwards Peterborough Canoe Club 1883
F. S. Rathbun Deseronto Canoe Club 1886
Lt.-Col. H. C. Rogers Peterborough Canoe Club 1889
Lt.-Col. William H. Cotton Cataraqui Canoe Club or RMC Kingston 1893
John M. McKendrick Galt Canoe Club 1897
William G. McKendrick Toronto Canoe Club 1900
Charles E. Britton Gananoque Canoe Club 1900
John McKay Kingston Yacht Club 1922
Aubrey Ireland Sr. Island Amateur Aquatic Association 1928


Shield won by Ottawa Canoe Club