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Brockville,
ONTARIO |
St.
Lawrence River |
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Ancestral
lands of the Wendake-Nionwentsio,
Haudenosaunee |
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Google
Maps Link - photograph © courtesy Brockville Rowing
Club |
Jersey
paintings © Liam Birch
Jersey
photograph
© Liam Birch
c2005
100th Anniversary Book
Donald Swayne
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Founded: |
1894 |
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Founder: |
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Official
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Brockville
Rowing Club |
Former
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Brockville
Boating Club / Brockville Canoe Club |
Telephone: |
613-342-4849 |
Website: |
www.brockvillerowingclub.ca |
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ACHIEVEMENTS |
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INFORMATION |
The
Brockville
Rowing Club dates back to at least 1884
when the Brockville Canoe
Club belonged to the American Canoe
Association. By 1893, the Brockville
Amateur Athletic Association was formed
by John Maclaren to oversee sporting activities in the town.
Avid rowers organized the Brockville
Rowing Club in 1894 as a tenant to
the B.A.A.A. and absorbed the
Brockville Boating Club (the successor
to the canoe club) in 1895. Brockville Rowing was one of
the founding clubs of the Canadian Canoe Association in
1900 and maintained a strong war canoeing program through
to 1902 at which point paddling activities ceased. The club
still exists today as one of Canada’s prominent rowing
clubs. |
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NATIONAL
TEAM COACHES |
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CANADA
GAMES MEDALISTS |
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NATIONAL
TEAM ALUMNI |
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photograph © courtesy Brockville Museum
c1897 |
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