The
Lake St. Louis Canoe
Club was formed in 1884 out of
a desire to devote more attention to canoeing. Rowing
had become the more popular sport at the parent club,
the Lachine Boating Club,
but both organisations would operate out of the same
building. Lake St. Louis were active participants at
the ACA Annual Meets from 1884, as listed in the American
Canoeist. They began hosting regattas on their own lake
and the 1885
regatta, the first of its kind, was heralded as the
"best ever (regatta) held in the province of
Quebec." However, in 1890, it
was decided that a merger with the parent club would
be of benefit since rowing had waned in popularity by
then. The new entity in 1891 was called the Laching
Boat and Canoe Club.
This seems to be in contradiction with the American
Canoe Association Yearbook 1893 which still lists Lake
St. Louis for Lachine. There was a Lake
St. Louis Motor Boat Club which had a distinct
blue and white penant with a diamond logo but it is
unknown if they were related to the canoe club in any
way.
