Ancestral lands of the Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk), Haudenosaunee

Jersey artwork © Liam Birch
Kahnawake
QUEBEC
Official Name: Onake Paddling Club 
Water:
 St. Lawrence Seaway
Founded:
 1972
Founders:
 Brenda Rice
Telephone:
 450-632-6601
Website:
  
Social Media:
Club Colours:
   
ACHIEVEMENTS
Greatest Points Total: 1983: 28 (12th)
NATIONAL TEAM COACHES
Alwyn Morris - Coach 1987
INFORMATION
Onake Paddling Club was founded in 1972 on the Kahnawake First Nation near Chateauguay. Onake is distinguished for being the first ratified First Nation sprint club in the Canadian Canoe Association and for producing the first Native Canadian Olympic gold medallist, Alwyn Morris. Onake translates as "birch bark canoe."


Google Maps Link - photograph © Liam Birch
c2000s
c1980s
photograph © National Archives of Canada
Morris Sketch
Mens K4 c1980s
CANADA GAMES MEDALISTS
Konwana'Ke:ren Diabo 2022 C4 200 Mix C2 500 C2 200 C4 500 C1 500 , Corey Hamelin 1989 K2 500 K4 500 , Michael Rice 1985 C4 500 , Sharon Rice 1977 K2 500
NATIONAL TEAM ALUMNI
Alwyn Morris
Sharon Rice
NA Champs 1977 Jr K2 500  
Corey Hamelin
PA Champs 1988 Jr K4 500 Jr K2 1000 Jr K4 1000