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Queen City Yacht Club

Photos by Alan L Brown - Posted June, 2014

At the Ward's Island Ferry Dock on Toronto Island can be seen this 2014 Heritage Toronto plaque. In the distance can be seen the Queen City Yacht Club. Here's what the plaque tells us:

Coordinates: 43.63111 -79.35715

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During the 19th century, as the use of sailing vessels shifted from trade and defence to recreation, many yacht clubs appeared on Toronto's waterfront. The second of these, Queen City Yacht Club (QCYC), was originally located on a wharf between Simcoe and York Streets. The club received its charter from the City of Toronto in August of 1889 and immediately began holding weekly races.
In 1902, club member and prominent Toronto architect E.J. Lennox designed a new clubhouse. Constructed on the York Street Wharf, the building partially collapsed into the harbour on July 7, 1920. This expedited the club's planned move to Sunfish (later Algonquin) Island, which took place the following year. Founded as a "cooperatively run club accessible to ordinary men," QCYC has been important to the growth of the sport of sailing in Toronto.

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The National Yacht Club
The Royal Canadian Yacht Club

More plaques found on Toronto Island
Allan A. Lamport Regatta Course
Babe Ruth at Hanlan's Point
English's Boathouse
Gibraltar Point
Gibraltar Point Lighthouse
Island Filtration Plant
Island Water Treatment Plant
The Lake Light
Manitou Road
Milton Acorn and Gwendolyn MacEwen
Ned Hanlan 1855-1908
Residents or Parks? Remaking Toronto Island
The Royal Canadian Yacht Club
St. Andrew-by-the-Lake
Toronto Island

More Toronto buildings designed by E.J. Lennox
Casa Loma and the Pellatts
Historic Postal Station 'G'
House of Industry
The King Edward Hotel
Massey-Harris Company
Mount Pleasant Cemetery
"Old" City Hall
Standard Woollen Mills Building

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