Bras d'Or Yacht Club
Canadian yacht club
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Short name | BYC |
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Founded | July 26, 1904; 120 years ago (1904-07-26) |
Location | Baddeck, Nova Scotia |
Commodore | Peter Patterson |
Website | www |
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The Bras d'Or Yacht Club is a yacht club in Baddeck, Nova Scotia. It is located on its namesake body of water, the Bras d'Or Lakes. The club was founded in 1904. Among its founding members were Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor, H. Percy Blanchard and Arthur Williams McCurdy.[1] The clubhouse was constructed in 1913. Longtime member J.A. McCurdy, while serving as Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, donated the McCurdy Cup to the club.[2] This cup serves as the club championship.[3] Alexander Graham Bell frequently attended club functions and even composed a song about it.[3]
Notable events
- Regatta Week -- Annual event since 1913
- Canadian Snipe Championships -- 1954, 1965
- OK Dinghy Championships -- 1977
- National Laser Open -- 1979
- National Laser Open Women -- 1982
- Hobie Nationals -- 1987, 1992
Notable members
- Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor
- Arthur Williams McCurdy
- H. Percy Blanchard
- J.A. McCurdy
- Casey Baldwin
- Thomas Selfridge
- Mabel Bell
References
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-02.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "A taste of history…Bras d'Or Yacht Club | Race the Cape – Sydney Nova Scotia Canada". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-02.
- ^ a b "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
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- Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site
- Baddeck Academy
- Baddeck (Guneden) Airport
- Baddeck River
- Beinn Bhreagh, Nova Scotia
- Bell Bay Golf Club
- Bras d'Or House
- Bras d'Or Yacht Club
- Gilbert H. Grosvenor Hall
- Kidston Island
- Kidston Island Lighthouse
- St. Mark's Masonic Lodge
- Saint Peter's and Saint John's Anglican Church
- Spectacle Island Game Sanctuary
- Telegraph House
- Uisge Ban Falls
- Uisge Ban Falls Provincial Park
- Victoria County Court House
related to Baddeck
- AEA Cygnet
- AEA Silver Dart
- Bell Oionus I
- Canadian Aerodrome Baddeck No. 1 and No. 2
- HD-4
- Hubbard Monoplane
- HMCS Baddeck (K147)
- HMCS Baddeck (R-103)
- Bell Boatyard
- Frederick Walker Baldwin
- Alexander Graham Bell
- H. Percy Blanchard
- Charles James Campbell
- Rachel Davis
- Simon Gibbons, Reverend
- Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor
- Mabel H. Grosvenor
- Mabel Gardiner Hubbard
- George Kennan
- William Kidston
- Moses E. Kiley
- Carleton L. MacMillan
- Arthur Williams McCurdy
- David McCurdy
- John Alexander Douglas McCurdy
- William F. McCurdy
- John Archibald McDonald
- James Charles McKeagney
- Aulay MacAulay Morrison
- Kendall Myers
- Michael A. Newton
- George W. Rice
- Barclay Edmund Tremaine
- Jessica Wong