Ancestral lands of the Mi'kma'ki, Wabanaki

Jersey artwork © Liam Birch	Pickering ONTARIO Official Name: Pickering Rouge Canoe Club Former Name: West Rouge Canoe Club Water: Frenchman's Bay / Rouge River Founded: 1958 Founders: Peter Connelly, Donald May, Atis Bredovskis Telephone: 416-282-6682  Website: www.pickeringrouge.ca Social Media: Club Colours: ACHIEVEMENTS 1996 4th Place: 1964 5th Place: 1995 6th Place: 1994 Greatest Points Total: 1996: 167 (3rd) West Rouge Regatta All-time Results NATIONAL TEAM COACHES Graham Barton Head Coach 1988, 2000, 2017-present; Coach 1985-87
INFORMATION
The Pickering Rouge Canoe Club began as the West Rouge Canoe Club, founded in 1958 on the Rouge River in Scarborough by former Toronto Sailing & Canoe Club members Peter Connelly, Donald May and Atis Bredovskis. The club was initially sponsored by the West Rouge Kiwanis but was unfortunately washed out by high lake levels in 1973. The current sprint program operates on the west spit of Pickering’s Frenchman’s Bay. The club offers dragon boating and camping in addition to recreational and competitive canoeing. A new clubhouse and boat storage were completed in 2010 to coincide with the name change. Club members have been known as the “Rouges.” NB: Although the original colours were green and white (as evidenced in the original logo and jersey below), the colours listed in some regatta programs are quite different; 1962: Purple & Yellow, 1964: Yellow & Green, 1965: Black & Gold (used in penant). By 1968, the now familiar Red & Black were established (reminiscent of Toronto's colours).

c1970s c1960s c1950s

photograph © Liam Birch Frenchman's Bay Site	Clubhouse 1962	Clubhouse 1972
	photograph © Liam Birch Mens C15 2004