St.
Rose Boating Club was
founded 1884 and enjoyed a propsperous period hosting
regattas in North Montreal. Sometime in 1882 or 1883,
"a party of young men were standing on the shore
near the bridge at Ste. Rose. One of the party challenged
the others to row across the river and back for cigars.
Ste. Rose Boating Club sprang from that incident."
(Gazette, August 14, 1893) After the war, the club applied
in 1920 for CCA membership but was denied due to one of
their members playing professional hockey. The following
year, after changing their name to the St.
Rose Canoe Club, they applied for membership
again and were accepted. (as stated in the Gazette) Ste.
Rose hosted Eastern Division regattas regularly for twelve
years. The club was founded by a group of vacationers
from Montreal and was situated where the Thérèse
Casgrain Manor now stands. Their last year was 1933 as
indicated in the minutes of the Eastern Division, May
10, "owing to their grounds having been closed."
A St. Rose C4 crew were the first men to raise the John
W. Black trophy. In the early 1900s, St. Rose held joint
regattas with the neighbouring Hiawatha Canoe
Club (never a CCA member club). |
