Canada's Sprint Canoe Clubs

Ancestral lands of the Mississauga, Anishinabewaki

Jersey artwork © Liam Birch

Ahmic Harbour
ONTARIO

Official Name:

Ak-O-Mak Canoe Club

Water:

Ahmic Lake

Founded:

1964 (1928)

Telephone:

705-387-3810

Website:

www.campakomak.com

Social Media:

Club Colours:

ACHIEVEMENTS

11th Place: 1988

Greatest Points Total: 1988: 44 (11th)

INFORMATION

The Ak-O-Mak Canoe Club is part of Camp Ak-O-Mak, founded in 1928 as a swimming camp. The organization branched into canoeing and kayaking in 1964 thanks to the work of Donald May, and spent the next seven years competing under the auspices of the Sudbury Canoe Club. By 1971, Ak-O-Mak were competing under their own name, separate from the Sudbury club. Ak-O-Mak caters to both Canadian and American athletes along with its brother camp Chikopi. The Chikopi men won silver at the 1988 National Championships in Juvenile Men's C15 racing as Ak-O-Mak. Ak-O-Mak is an Algonquin word meaning “land across the water.”