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Verdun,
Montreal, QUEBEC |
St.
Lawrence River |
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Ancestral
lands of the Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk), Haudenosaunee |
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Google
Earth Coordinates: 45.4498084, -73.5673128 - photograph ©
McCord
Museum |
Jersey
paintings © Liam Birch
Jersey
photograph ©
photograph ©
Team Photo 1935
photograph © collection of
Charles MacLean Cochand
Mens C4 Champions 1900
photograph © CCA Archives
Marshall Brothers
photograph © CCA Archives
ACA Sugar Island Winners
Diamond
Jubilee Program 1935
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Founded: |
1875 |
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Founders: |
James
Anthony (Grand Trunk Railway Shops) |
Official
Name: |
Grand
Trunk Boating Club |
Former
Name: |
Grand
Trunk Boating and Swimming Club |
Fate: |
Abandoned
& Demolished |
Telephone: |
none
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Website: |
none |
Club
Colours: |
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ACHIEVEMENTS |
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1905,
1906, 1907,
1928, 1936,
1951 |
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1904,
1911, 1912,
1926, 1952 |
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1908,
1932,
1935 |
Eastern
Division Champions:
1908,
1909,
1910,
1911,
1912, 1913,
1914, 1919,
1920, 1921,
1922,
1923, 1924,
1926, 1927,
1928, 1929,
1936, 1937,
1940, 1941,
1952 |
Grand
Trunk Regatta All-time Results |
Greatest
Points Total: 1952: 33 (Runner-Up) |
INFORMATION |
The
Grand
Trunk Boating Club
was founded as the Grand
Trunk Boating and Swimming Club in 1875 on Point
St-Charles, Montreal, by James Anthony in an attempt to
provide some morale for his colleagues outside of work.
Ravaged by fire in 1896 and then by ice in 1904, the club
survived to celebrate its ‘official’ diamond
jubilee in 1950 (technically 75 years) just before winning
their fifth national championship. Unfortunately, interest
waned and the club eventually left the Canadian Canoe Association
in 1970. Grand Trunk has had its share of tragedy: the club
suffered another fire in 1950 in its jubilee celebration
year; eleven athletes were also lost with the Minnewawa
war canoe which sank in the St. Lawrence in 1900.
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CCA
COMMODORES |
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William
J. Colligan
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1962
Dan Ryan Sr. - 1952
Bill H. Nickle - 1943
Andrew F. Marnell - 1925
William M. Jennings - 1913
Charles N. Marshall - 1910
W. P. Kennedy - 1905-06
James Powell - 1901-02 |
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Club
Alumni
Art
Filiatreault |
NATIONAL
TEAM COACHES |
None
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CANADA
GAMES MEDALISTS |
None |
NATIONAL
TEAM ALUMNI |
Robert
Cordner
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OLYMPICS
1952;
NA Champs
1954 K4 1000 ,
1956
K2 1000 , 1963
K4 1000 |
George
Ward |
OLYMPICS
1952;
NA Champs
1953 K1 1000 ,
1955 K2 1000 ,
1956 K4 1000 |
Alan
McCleery |
OLYMPICS
1960;
NA Champs
1954
K4 1000 ,
1956
C2 1000 ,
1957
K4 1000 ,
1958 K2 1000
K4 1000 |
J.
McKee |
NA
Champs
1954 K4 1000 |
Ed
Clark |
NA
Champs
1954 K4 1000 |
D.
Kelly |
NA
Champs
1955 C1 1000 |
J.
Reece
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NA
Champs 1956
K2 1000 |
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