This Saturday the Fall 400 Dragon Boat Festival returns to Carleton Place –here is a little history to go along with the poster.
Read about Dave Findlay here.
1970’s Carleton Place Canadian
1970’s Carleton Place Canadian
in 1900 the Carleton Place Canoe Club was reorganized as a racing association and joined the new international canoe association. A district grouping to include Ottawa, Brockville, Aylmer, Britannia and Carleton Place clubs was planned and they ordered their first war canoe.The club was originally conceived in 1893 as the Ottawa Valley Canoe Association. Our Carleton Place Canoe Club is the only surviving charter member of the association, and the oldest existing sprint racing club in Canada!
Who is Mickey Morphy? Watch the Carleton Place Canoe Club Trailer below. There is also a brief glimpse of John Edwards in the clip
February 1956
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Also Linda, when you talk of the Carleton Place Canoe Club, you can’t forget Fred Trafford. I was never involved in the club, but there are many people around that were, and I know Fred and Rita, with their 2 sons, Logan and Dale, were involved in the Canoe Club for years. Logan did live on Lake Park Road at one point, and I’m sure he would be a great source for a lot of info for you for the canoe club.
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Thanks Tom… you need to write me a few of your memories.. Ill print them:)
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