photograph © courtesy Winnipeg Canoe Club
1990s

photograph ©
1950s Postcard

1912 Fire

New Retirement Building

Brigden & Nickel

photograph © Robert J. Sweeney
Art Print by
Robert J. Sweeney

The Winnipeg Canoe Club was incorporated June 6, 1893 and entered CCA in 1912 after racing in a circuit with clubs from Fort William, Minneapolis and Duluth. In 1930, Winnipeg was readmitted to the CCA after some nine years out ofthe association. Some time was spent as the Manitoba Paddling Association from 1949 until 1964, during which (around 1950) there were at least three clubs in the "association." Winnipeg was the first western club to both join CCA and win the championship. Over the years, the club's priorities changed. Canoeing activities were grouped under the name Winnipeg Paddling Club in 1985 (after paddlers "broke away from the financially troubled Tennis Club" in 1983) and then the sprint program relocated entirely in 2000 under a new name and location: Toba Canoe Club. The original building was purchased by a German company which converted the site into a golf course. The new name became “The Treffpunkt Winnipeg Canoe Club Golf Course” and the original structure was torn down in 2007 to make way for a new retirement complex entitled "The Canoe Club."

Club Alumni
Don Starkell
Author of
Paddle to the Amazon
& Paddle to the Arctic