The Dartmouth Boys' Christian Association was founded shortly after WWI, either 1919 or 1920. They were short lived as the club was basically a founding entity of the Mic Mac Aquatic Club in 1923. It is unclear if they were absorbed by the new club or if they initiated its founding. The DBCA were regular participants in the Inter Club regattas on Lake Banook for their first two years.

According to Fred Johnston, “as a start, the group of youth at the Dartmouth Boys’ Christian Association (DBCA) who formed the paddling core bought the war canoe from the Jubilee Club and moved it to a shed next to MacPhee’s Boathouse. They recruited former members of the North Star club and started racing on their own.”