Jersey artwork © Liam Birch

The St. Lambert Boating Club was founded on May 14, 1886, hosting their first annual regatta that same year. They were incorporated in 1890 and joined the CCA in 1902. Although St. Lambert hosted an annual regatta since their inception, reformation as the St. Lambert A.A.A. saw the counting of the regattas begin again in 1928 under the new name. The club's involvement lasted until 1938 when, as reported in the Montreal Gazette, August 14, 1944, "silt and stones carried down the river . . . were making paddling a hazard." The Excel Boating Club shortly took over dominance as a result. Also known as the St. Lambert Amateur Aquatic Association, the club still exists as the Club de Yacht de St-Lambert. At the time of its founding there was already in existence a Victoria Bridge Boating Club (Rowing Club) who held regattas on the St. Lawrence but with no canoe events.