Bras D'Or Yacht Club
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The Bras d'Or Yacht Club is a
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in
Baddeck Baddeck () is a village on Cape Breton Island in northeastern Nova Scotia, Canada. It is situated in the center of Cape Breton, approximately 6 km east of where the Baddeck River empties into Bras d'Or Lake. Baddeck is the shire-town of t ...
,
Nova Scotia Nova Scotia is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada, located on its east coast. It is one of the three Maritime Canada, Maritime provinces and Population of Canada by province and territory, most populous province in Atlan ...
. It is located on its namesake body of water, the Bras d'Or Lakes. The club was founded in 1904. Among its founding members were Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor,
H. Percy Blanchard H. Percy Blanchard was a Canadian lawyer and science fiction author. Blanchard was born in Windsor, Nova Scotia in 1862. He later resided in Baddeck, Nova Scotia. He died in 1939. He is known for his novel ''After the Cataclysm: A Romance of the Ag ...
and Arthur Williams McCurdy. The clubhouse was constructed in 1913. Longtime member J.A. McCurdy, while serving as
Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia The lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia () is the representative in Nova Scotia of the monarch, who Monarchy in Nova Scotia, operates distinctly within the province but is also shared equally with the Canadian federalism, ten other jurisdictions of ...
, donated the McCurdy Cup to the club. This cup serves as the club championship.
Alexander Graham Bell Alexander Graham Bell (; born Alexander Bell; March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922) was a Scottish-born Canadian Americans, Canadian-American inventor, scientist, and engineer who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone. He als ...
frequently attended club functions and even composed a song about it.


Notable events

*Regatta Week -- Annual event since 1913 *Canadian Snipe Championships -- 1954, 1965 *OK Dinghy Championships -- 1977 *National Laser Open -- 1979 *National Laser Open Women -- 1982 *Hobie Nationals -- 1987, 1992


Notable members

* Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor * Arthur Williams McCurdy *
H. Percy Blanchard H. Percy Blanchard was a Canadian lawyer and science fiction author. Blanchard was born in Windsor, Nova Scotia in 1862. He later resided in Baddeck, Nova Scotia. He died in 1939. He is known for his novel ''After the Cataclysm: A Romance of the Ag ...
* J.A. McCurdy * Casey Baldwin * Thomas Selfridge * Mabel Bell


References

{{Baddeck Yacht clubs in Canada Yacht clubs in Nova Scotia