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The
Almonte
Canoe Club was founded in 1967
as the Almonte Municipal Recreation
Club and took out associate membership with
assistance from Carleton Place's Dave Findlay. The following
year saw full membership and a name change to the Almonte
Canoe Club. They hosted a succesful regatta in 1968 and
competed in the Eastern Ontario Division for five years
until 1973 when the club's storage building collapsed due
to heavy snow. Ed Giffin was named in the local newspaper
as the new Commodore of the club. Unfortunately, the club
failed to rejuvenate afterwards. There was another canoe
club in existence at the time known as the Mississippi
Mobile Canoe Club. This organisation, originally
known as the White Ensign Canoe Club,
took out associate membership in 1971, a status that remained
inconsistent for the next five years before disappearing
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