Jersey artwork © Liam Birch

The Burnaby Aquatic Club was founded in 1974 on Burnaby Lake as an alternative to the Burnaby Canoe Club which had met with disaster at the hands of the municipality who had made plans to tear down their Deer Lake complex. Meanwhile, the Burnaby Aquatic Club took out new membership the same year, most of BCC's paddlers having relocated along with most of the club's equipment (CCA Annual Report 1974). Burnaby Aquatic, having attracted elite athletes and quality coaches, went on to become the dominant canoeing force in British Columbia. As the home of the national men's high performance training centre, athletes such as Renn Crichlow and Liam Jewell relocated to Burnaby for their training in the early 1990s. More recently, the club's name has changed to Burnaby Canoe & Kayak Club. Offering sprint canoe-kayak for high performance athletes, school dragon boating and summer learn-to-paddle camps, Burnaby fosters participation and athletic excellence as part of its philosophy, striving to provide the best avenues of success for its athletes.