Ancestral lands of the Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk), Haudenosaunee

Jersey artwork © Liam Birch	Longueuil QUEBEC Official Name: Excel Boating Club Water: Rivière St-Maurice Founded: 1936 Founders: John Kerry, et al. Fate: Abandoned & Demolished Club Colours: ACHIEVEMENTS 1949 1947 4th Place: 1939 5th Place: 1941, 1946 Eastern Division Champions: 1942 Greatest Points Total: 1947: 20 (3rd) Excel Regatta All-time Results
INFORMATION
Excel Boating Club came into existence in 1936 at the insistence of past commodores of Longueuil Boating Club, including John Kerry, who were unhappy that their club was moving more towards sailing and rowing activities. The Excel club was strictly for canoeing and kayaking, and was located at Ferry Wharf on the shores of the St. Lawrence. A 1941 Quebec newspaper reports the club's colours as Orange and Black, which corresponds with the 1946 shield crest below. However, subsequent memorabilia indicates club colours of royal blue and orange gold. Excel left the CCA in 1957 and no longer exists today.

	photograph © CCA Archives Doug Bennett & Harald Poulton
photograph © courtesy of Club Nautique de Longueuil Clubhouse		Painting by Bird