Canoe Kayak Canada

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Contents 1 Organization 2 Disciplines 2.1 FLATWATER 2.2 WHITEWATER 2.3 MARATHON 2.4 DRAGONBOAT

[edit] Organization

CanoeKayak Canada is the governing body of competitive canoeing and kayaking disciplines in Canada. The four specific disciplines represented are flatwater, whitewater, marathon and dragonboat. CanoeKayak Canada officially replaced the name "Canadian Canoe Association" in 2005, although the former title is still used by the organization. The name change came about from a desire to include the kayaking discipline in the organization's name.

CKC head offices are located in Ottawa, Ontario although divisional and provincial offices as well as high performance centres are maintained throughout the country.

Beginnings

The Canadian Canoe Association was founded ^[1] in 1900 in Brockville, Ontario. There were nine initial charter clubs: Carleton Place Canoe Club (Carleton Place), Brockville Rowing Club (Brockville), Brockville Y.M.C.A. (Brockville), Bohemian Amateur Athletic Association (Brockville), Lachine Boat & Canoe Club (Montreal), Grand Trunk Boating Club (Montreal), Britannia Boat House Club (Ottawa), Ottawa Canoe Club (Ottawa), Kingston Yacht Club (Kingston). Carleton Place Canoe Club is the only surviving charter member although the Lachine club has survived through reorganization.

Activities

The Association was founded in an effort to coordinate Canadian canoe clubs into a national competition separate from that of the American Canoe Association (to which these clubs belonged until 1900). The national championship was initiated in 1900 although no club champion was designated until 1904, the Ottawa Canoe Club becoming the first official Canadian Champion at that time.

Championships were cancelled during the years 1916-1918 and 1942-1945 due to the two world wars. While the national championship continues to this day and is considered the premier national regatta, provincial divisions and regions have organized a variety of events to fill out the seasonal schedule of events for competitors. CanoeKayak Canada also runs annual selection trials to determine their national team squad - athletes chosen to compete in international events including Pan American Games, Junior and Senior World Championships, and the Olympic Games.

Today

CanoeKayak Canada now boasts the largest membership it has ever had. Club membership has risen to over 60 member clubs across the country and individual membership continues to grow. The organization has initiated two recent programs to assist with domestic development: Canoe Kids, a program aimed at introducing more young people to the sport of canoe-kayak, and the Aboriginal Paddling Initiative, a program aimed at incorporating more aboriginal clubs into the organization's membership.

[edit] Disciplines

[edit] FLATWATER

Club Members

Atlantic	Quebec	Eastern Ontario	Western Ontario	Prairie	Pacific
Abenaki	Cap-de-la-Madeleine	Carleton Place	Aka:we	Brandon	Burnaby
Banook	Cartierville	Gananoque	Ak-O-Mak	Calgary	False Creek
Cheema	Cascades	North Bay	Balmy Beach	Edmonton WP	Fort Langley
East River	Deux Rives	Ottawa River	Burloak Canoe Club	Greater Edmonton	Kamloops
Kennebecasis	Kanesatake	Rideau Canoe Club	Chippewas	Minnedosa	Nanaimo
Kinap	Lac Beauport	Sydenham Lake	Collingwood	St. Albert	Pemberton
Maskwa	Lac Sergent		Lakehead	Saskatoon	Ridge
Mic Mac AAC	Lachine		London	Selkirk
Milo	Onake		Mississauga	Toba
Milton	Otterburn		Richmond Hill	Wascana
Orenda	Pointe Claire		Sudbury
Pisiquid	St-Louis		Toronto Island
P.E.I.	Sherbrooke		West Rouge
Sack-A-Wa	Viking
Senobe	Shawinigan
Western Newfoundland
Indian Brook

Champions^[2]

The following clubs have won the Canadian Canoe Championships

Mississauga (19), Cartierville (10), Lachine (10), Toronto (9), Rideau (6), Burloak (6), Grand Trunk (6), Balmy Beach (5), Toronto Island (5), Cheema (4), Gananoque (3), Orenda (3), Quebec (2), Radisson (2), Parkdale (2), Ottawa (New Edinburgh) (2), Lac Beauport (1), Banook (1), Winnipeg (1), Humber Bay (1), Parkdale-Swansea (1)

Athletes

CanoeKayak Canada is responsible for athlete selection for international canoeing events including the Olympic Games. Notable athletes produced by CanoeKayak Canada and its precursor, the Canadian Canoe Association, include:

• Larry Cain (Oakville) - Olympics 1984: Gold and Silver medallist
• Alwyn Morris (Kahnawake) - Olympics 1984: Gold and Bronze medallist
• Hugh Fisher (Burnaby) - Olumpics 1984: Gold and Bronze medallist
• Caroline Brunet (Lac Beauport) - Olympics 1996, 2000 - Silver medallist; Olympics 2004 - Bronze medallist
• Adam van Koeverden (Oakville) - Olympics 2004 - Gold and Bronze medallist
• Steve Giles (Lake Echo) - Olympics 2000 - Bronze medallist

[edit] WHITEWATER

[edit] MARATHON

[edit] DRAGONBOAT

Notes

1. ^ Johnston, C. Fred. 100 Years of Champions - The Canadian Canoe Association 1900-2000. Queens University, Kingston. 2003.
2. ^ Birch, Liam. Canada's Sprint Canoe Clubs - A Pictorial Guide. London, Ontario. 2006.

Links
CanoeKayak Canada
International Canoe Federation
US Canoe Kayak