Important Notices
- Introduction to Sprint Canoe-Kayak Two-Week Beginner Summer Camp 14 NEW spaces have been added, HURRY they won’t last long!
- Registration NOW open for ALL Summer programs including:
- Special Olympics Paddling
- Kiddie Canoe-Kayak (ages 4-8)
- Master’s Sprint Canoe-Kayak (ages 25+)
- Dragon Boat (ages 16+)
LAST CHANCE to nab an amazing Summer Job at Petrie Island Canoe Club!
Petrie Island Canoe Club wins Federal CCRF Grant!
Truly, a dream come true!! There are SO many wonderful people to thank for making this facility possible:
- Our family and friends who have been so encouraging and helpful for all these years, especially a very patient & generous husband/PICC boat doctor;
- The paddling community who welcomed us with open arms, and gave us many helping hands, East-Enders who welcomed a new sport into their neighbourhood, and gave our canoe club a chance;
- Our lovely MP, Marie-France Lalonde, for her constant support for the canoe club since even before day 1, and for her help on this boathouse project specifically;
- Our three local Councillors who each generously contributed $50,000 toward the community’s portion of the boathouse (we promise to make your investment worth every penny!);
- MPP Blais, for his sage advice;
- The indomitable Phil McNeely and the talented building committee;
- The legendary Al Tweddle and the Friends of Petrie Island;
- Our friend James, PICC‘s pro-bono webmaster;
- The Friends of the Mer Bleue and Waste Connections Canada (Navan), who granted us $50,000 to install PICC’s first boathouse
- Jacques Bédard Excavation Ltd., for the installation of our first boathouse, and for providing winter storage every year
- The Orléans Lions Club for gifting us our trailer;
- The Rotary Club of Orléans, for their constant and generous support since the very beginning;
- The fabulous and ever-enthusiastic PICC board;
- PICC‘s amazing coaches & staff (you rock!!);
- …and most importantly, our PICC kids, who motivate us all to keep building a better world.