The
Almonte
Canoe Club was founded in 1967
as the Almonte Municipal Recreation
Club and took out associate membership with
assistance from Carleton Place's Dave Findlay. The following
year saw full membership and a name change to the Almonte
Canoe Club. They hosted a succesful regatta in 1968
and competed in the Eastern Ontario Division for five
years until 1973 when the club's storage building collapsed
due to heavy snow. Ed Giffin was named in the local
newspaper as the new Commodore of the club. Unfortunately,
the club failed to rejuvenate afterwards. There was
another canoe club in existence at the time known as
the Mississippi Mobile Canoe Club.
This organisation, originally known as the White
Ensign Canoe Club, took out associate membership
in 1971, a status that remained inconsistent for the
next five years before disappearing altogether.
