ATLANTIC CLUBS
 

This page outlines the miscellaneous Atlantic clubs that were either precursors to the current member clubs or simply offshoots or short-lived organisations of whom very little is known.

Historic Non-Affiliated Clubs:
CHEBUCTO | KNOCKABOUT | WANDERERS | MOIRS | WOODSIDE
Modern Affiliated Clubs:
BEAVER | BEOTHUK

Ancestral lands of the Mi'kma'ki, Wabanaki
CHEBUCTO
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Halifax Harbour

Google Maps Link - photograph © Ottawa Rowing Club
1897 Trophy


Founded:
 1885
Founders: British servicemen garrisoned in Halifax
Original Name: Chebucto Amateur Aquatic Club
Other Names:
 Chebucto Canoe Club
Fate:
 Folded or Absorbed by Banook Canoe Club
Club Colours:
   
INFORMATION
The Chebucto Canoe Club was founded in 1885 by British service men garrisoned in Halifax. The name derives from the local Mi'kma'ki word Che-book-took which translates as "the great long harbour" or "chief of havens." The original club was located on the Harbour although the exact location is unknown. At some point before 1891, the club's name was Chebucto Amateur Aquatic Club. Chebucto has been described as "by all accounts, the earliest canoe club to be established in North America. This is obviously refuted by other older clubs in Canada, unless the author is referring to a precursor organisation to the 1885 branding. The Captain of the Chebucto Club was Wilson E. Black. One of Chebucto's avid rowers, Arthur Weston, joined with another former Chebucto president, Arthur Pyke to found and incorporate the Banook Canoe Club in 1903. Whether the Chebucto club had relocated to Dartmouth at that time is unknown. It is unclear what happened to Chebucto, if they folded before 1903, prompting Weston and Pyke to look for an alternative, or if they were absorbed or rebranded by the new club. The inaugural Dartmouth Natal Day regatta was organised by Weston, Pyke and J.P.L. Stewart of the Chebucto AAC.
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Ancestral lands of the Mi'kma'ki, Wabanaki
KNOCKABOUT
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Lake Banook

Google Maps Link - photograph © Nova Scotia Museum - Eventual site of Banook Canoe Club. Knockabout was next door.
1887 Medal


Founded:
 1886
Founders:  
Original Name: Knockabout Amateur Aquatic Club
Other Names:
 Knockabout Club
Fate:
 Dissolved
Possible Colours:
   
INFORMATION
The Knockabout Amateur Aquatic Club was founded around 1886 likely because that was when they "erected a boat shed on the lake and even hosted a regatta in August of that year," according to Allan Billard. Their second regatta was 1887 where they gave out medals as seen here. The shield on the medal may have been their club logo. The building was a low shed-shaped building next to the old lock of the Shubenacadie Canal basically on the site of the south-end addition of the current Banook Canoe Club. When Banook was founded, they set forth to "erect a boathouse next to the Knockabouts" which puts KAAC's demise post-1903.
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Ancestral lands of the Mi'kma'ki, Wabanaki
WANDERERS
??, Nova Scotia
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Founded:
 1882
Founders:  
Original Name: Wanderers Amateur Athletic Club
Other Names:
 Wanderers Athletic Club
Fate:
 Folded
Club Colours:
   
INFORMATION
The Wanderers Amateur Athletic Club was organised in 1882 and incorporated 1886. In 1883 they sought to add boating to the club activities. They won a tandem canoe race at the first Dartmouth Natal Day regatta in 1895. The club folded sometime around 1940. From American Canoeist, December 1883: "A boat club was organized this season (1883) in connection with the Wanderers Athletic Club." Their president at one point was Reginald Hart, a prominent athlete from the Northwest Arm Rowing Club.
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Ancestral lands of the Mi'kma'ki, Wabanaki
MOIRS
??, Nova Scotia
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Founded:
 1922
Founders:  
Original Name: Moirs Amateur Aquatic Club
Other Names:
  
Fate:
 Transferred assets to North Star Rowing Club
Club Colours:
   
INFORMATION
The Moirs Amateur Aquatic Club (possibly Amateur Athletic) was organised in 1922. By the time they had puchased a C15 from St. Mary's in 1926, they had been in competition for four years. In 1934, Moirs transferred their assets to North Star Rowing Club and folded from existence.
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WOODSIDE
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
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Founded:
 ??
Founders:  
Original Name: Woodside Aquatic Club
Other Names:
 Woodside Refinery Club?
Fate:
 Folded
Club Colours:
   
INFORMATION
The Woodside Aquatic Club was located at the foot of Pleasant Street in Dartmouth, close to the Ferry Terminal. They were an avid participant in local regattas along with Lorne AAC and the Turtle Groves (an outfit based around Tufts Cove, likely before 1917).
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