c1983-2000


c1960s


c1950s

Frank Matthews
1971-1972
Tom Mitchell
1973
Al Groff
1975

 

Winnipeg, MANITOBA  
Red River  
Ancestral lands of the Cree, Oji-Cree, Métis, Ochéthi Šakówin, Anishinabewaki


Google Maps Link - photograph © CCA Archives


Jersey paintings © Liam Birch
Jersey


photograph © Manitoba Archives
1912


photograph © courtesy Winnipeg Canoe Club

1990s


photograph ©

1950s Postcard


1912 Fire


New Retirement Building


Brigden & Nickel


photograph © Robert J. Sweeney

Art Print by
Robert J. Sweeney

Founded:
1893
Founders:
 
Official Name: Winnipeg Canoe Club
Other Names: Manitoba Paddling Association,
Winnipeg Paddling Club
Fate:
Converted to a Golf Course, then Retirement Community
Sprint program relocated to Toba Canoe Club
Telephone:
204-233-1105
Website:
www.canoeclubgolfcourse.com
Club Colours:
   

ACHIEVEMENTS
1937
1912, 1938
4th Place: 1935, 1936, 1951
Western Division Champions: 1971
Prairie Division Champions: 1974, 1975, 1976
Greatest Points Total: 1999: 36 (17th)
INFORMATION
The Winnipeg Canoe Club was incorporated June 6, 1893 and entered CCA in 1912 after racing in a circuit with clubs from Fort William, Minneapolis and Duluth. In 1930, Winnipeg was readmitted to the CCA after some nine years out ofthe association. Some time was spent as the Manitoba Paddling Association from 1949 until 1964, during which (around 1950) there were at least three clubs in the "association." Winnipeg was the first western club to both join CCA and win the championship. Over the years, the club's priorities changed. Canoeing activities were grouped under the name Winnipeg Paddling Club in 1985 (after paddlers "broke away from the financially troubled Tennis Club" in 1983) and then the sprint program relocated entirely in 2000 under a new name and location: Toba Canoe Club. The original building was purchased by a German company which converted the site into a golf course. The new name became “The Treffpunkt Winnipeg Canoe Club Golf Course” and the original structure was torn down in 2007 to make way for a new retirement complex entitled "The Canoe Club."
CCA COMMODORES
None




Club Alumni
Don Starkell
Author of
Paddle to the Amazon
& Paddle to the Arctic

NATIONAL TEAM COACHES
None
CANADA GAMES MEDALISTS
Jamie Copeland 1989 C1 6k , Sandra Coppinger 1977 K2 500 K4 500 , C. Defoe 1969 K2 500 , Beth Dibnah 1977 K1 500 K2 500 K4 500 , M. Nelson 1977 K4 500 , Morna Rockingham 1969 K1 500 K2 500 , Peggy Valousek 1977 K4 500
NATIONAL TEAM ALUMNI

Douglas Groff

OLYMPICS 1940 ‡
(Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame 1983)
Jack McDowell
OLYMPICS 1940 ‡
Frank Banwell
OLYMPICS 1940 ‡
William Brigden
OLYMPICS 1952
(Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame 1993)
James Nickel
OLYMPICS 1952
L. Smith  
NA Champs 1954 K1 1000 , 1955 K1 1000