Rockcliffe Yacht Club Explained

Rockcliffe Yacht Club
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Abbreviation:RYC
Formation:1984
Type:Yacht club Organization based in Canada
Status:active
Purpose:Recreation
Headquarters:Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Region Served:Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Membership:100
Language:English, French

The Rockcliffe Yacht Club is a non-profit Yacht club based on the south shore of the Ottawa River near the Ottawa/Rockcliffe Airport in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada north of the Canada Aviation Museum. It is a 100-member “private co-op” style club. The club originally was part of CFB Rockcliffe but changed to a private club in 1984. The club is centred on a concrete ramp originally used to launch RCAF sea planes. The ramp extends into the water [1] as when the ramp was built, in the 1930s, the level of the Ottawa river was much lower. In 1964, a dam was put across the Ottawa River for the Carillon Generating Station which raised the water level by .[2] As a result, the Rockcliffe Yacht Club has one of the best launching ramps on the Ottawa river.

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45.4638°N -75.6425°W

Notes and References

  1. http://sailquest.com/ottawa/downrvr.htm Sailing the Lower Ottawa River
  2. http://www.hydroquebec.com/generation/hydroelectric/gatineau/carillon/index.html Hydro-Québec Carillon Generating Station