Thursday, December 1, 2022

LBC The late forties and early fifties

 

Mom & Dad
These are the stairs of LBC club house. It was on piers. Boats were stored and worked on underneath, My parents wedding reception was held in the club. 

Jack Manderville on Y Flyer 1. Note the two steeple church in the background. 

My mother Pearl Larsen on her Moth. 

View of dinghies around 1950.


My dad, Walter Critchlow
My dad is posing on his "Popular Mechanics" sailboat that he built in the dining room of an apartment on Prince Arthur.  Note the keelboats at anchor in the background.
Pearl Larsen on my dad's boat.
In the background yachts are at anchor. Also there is Excel. This was a club of canoe/kayak enthusiasts. There appears to be summer huts. Pearl's Moth can been seen under the transom.

A motor boat.

View from Excel towards Longueuil Boating Club. 

Another view of LBC from Excel.

Paddling regatta. Excel. 




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