Royal Victoria Yacht Club
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Short name | RVYC |
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Founded | 1892 |
Location | Oak Bay, British Columbia |
Website | https://www.rvyc.bc.ca |
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The Royal Victoria Yacht Club is located along the shores of Cadboro Bay[1] in The Uplands a neighbourhood of Oak Bay, adjacent to the city of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, and has facilities at Tsehum Haven near Sidney.
History
[edit]The Royal Victoria Yacht Club was formed on June 8, 1892, and moved in 1912 to its current location, at the location of the old Hudson's Bay Company cattle wharf.[2] The Royal Victoria Yacht Club is the oldest yacht club in British Columbia.
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Through the years, the club has hosted a number of regattas and sailing races, including a racing program for young sailors[3][4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ MotorBoating. August 1921. pp. 39–. ISSN 1531-2623.
- ^ Murdoch, G. "History of the Municipality of Oak Bay" (PDF). pp. 11, 189–192. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
- ^ Andrew Hempstead (April 15, 2014). Moon Vancouver & Victoria: Including Whistler & Vancouver Island. Avalon Travel Publishing. pp. 150–. ISBN 978-1-61238-745-1.
- ^ Motorboating - ND. 1948. pp. 1–.
- ^ "Victoria sea cadets off to nationals". Times Colonist, April 7, 2015.
- ^ "Swiftsure yacht race wraps up with near-record times". Cindy E. Harnett / Times Colonist, May 24, 2015.
- "The History of Oak Bay Website". Retrieved December 27, 2012.
- "A Brief History of the Royal Victoria Yacht Club". Retrieved October 9, 2021.
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