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The Gatineau River Yacht Club (GRYC) is located on Gatineau River in Chelsea, Quebec, Canada. The club is based on two small islands connected by a pontoon bridge. ==History== After farmland on both sides of the Gatineau River was flooded in 1926, hills were turned into islands. The road off the Gleneagle Road leading to the walkway of the Gatineau River Yacht Club is named Summerlea, which was the name of the region until it was changed to Gleneagle in the 1930s. The club was officially opened on September 2, 1962, with an initial membership of five Chelsea residents: Gerry Byers, Pat Evans, Ivan Herbert, Allan Richens and John Winfield and a fleet of their five boats. The club's first commodore was Ivan Herbert. Pat Evans, one of the club's founders, served as the club historian. The original clubhouse was a small white cottage at the bottom of Gleneagle Road, off Route 105, which was rented in the spring of 1963. The initial membership chose the club’s blue and white burgee with 'G R Y C' surrounding a circle of rope, with an anchor at the center. The initial club fees were set at $5 a year.〔(Gatineau Valley Historical Society )〕 By 1964, with a membership of 100 people, the club purchases an island for $12,000 near the site of the club's floating dock. The club consisted of two islands connected by a walkway, complete with cottage and two sleeping cabins. The Gatineau Boom Company donated lumber for a walkway to the island. The GRYC island clubhouse, which resembles a pinecone, was designed by James Strutt based on the rhombic dodecahedron. Club members provided the labour and often donated the supplies. Club members erected the three-level clubhouse on a rocky hillside, out of a wood frame, plywood sheathing, and ribbed metal the colour of tree trunks during the summer and fall of 1978 for $21,000.〔(Allan Richens "The Early Years of the Gatineau River Yacht Club" in Up the Gatineau! )〕 The yacht club hosts social events such as sleigh drives, tea and fashion shows, and "Hawaiian Night" theme parties, Box Socials. The club hosted the National Centennial Junior Sailing Championships in 1967 and an annual CJOH Regatta. Club members Ed Quipp and Pat Evans built the original lighthouse, which was delivered to the island by pontoon barge. The lighthouse was destroyed in 1986 during a windstorm, which also uprooted about 60 trees on the island.〔(Gatineau River Interpretive Guide )〕 The lighthouse and trees were replaced. "Richens Point" on the main island, was named in honour of GRYC founder Allan Richens. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gatineau River Yacht Club」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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