Laval-sur-le-Lac Curling Club in Laval, Quebec The club grew from conversations among local golfers who wanted a curling facility of their own. After the project gained municipal support, construction proceeded on city-owned recreational land and the club opened in the autumn of 1963 with 202 members. Its letters patent date from January 18, 1963, and […]
Read MoreOrmstown Curling Club: two sheets and roots in 1886 Ormstown Curling Club was founded in 1886 in Quebec’s Châteauguay Valley. Today it operates two sheets of ice at 7 rue Chateauguay and has more than 100 members. The current program includes seasonal leagues, junior curling and club tournaments. The building has a second life away […]
Read MoreLachine Curling Club in Lachine, Quebec Lachine’s curling story grew from the Lachine Skating Club in the early 1890s. After joining the Canadian Branch of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club, the organisation became the Lachine Skating & Curling Club and purchased its present site in 1894. The club remains at 4105 rue du Fort-Rolland, linking […]
Read MorePortneuf Curling Club in Donnacona, Quebec Club de curling Portneuf was created in 1954 after Thomas Farnsworth helped persuade local industrial leaders to support a curling club. Its early home was on the former Woodenmill site, linking the club’s beginnings closely with Donnacona’s industrial community. Today the club operates two sheets in the sports wing […]
Read MoreClub de Curling de Chicoutimi: 17 leagues in Saguenay Club de Curling de Chicoutimi operates dedicated curling ice at 760 rue Joliet in Saguenay. Its program is unusually broad for a regional club: 17 leagues cover formats that include junior curling, stick curling, doubles and mixed teams. The club also offers instruction throughout the year. […]
Read MoreCurling Forestville in Forestville, Quebec Forestville’s first curling building was erected in 1966 by Anglo-Canadian Pulp & Paper Mills. Its refrigeration system started on December 27 that year, and the first stones were thrown in January 1967. At first, the rink was reserved for company employees. In 1981 the company transferred the club and its […]
Read MoreSt-Félicien Curling Club in Saint-Félicien, Quebec Club de curling St-Félicien dates to 1990 and forms part of the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean curling network. Compared with many Quebec clubs founded earlier in the twentieth century, it is a relatively young organisation. The club has developed a regular local programme built around league play and organised competition. Its current […]
Read MorePort-Cartier Curling Club: from Shelter Bay to artificial ice The club began in 1951, when Port-Cartier was still called Shelter Bay. A company supplied construction materials for a sports centre, and residents provided the labour. Shelter Bay Curling Club played its first season from mid-December 1951 to March 24, 1952. By the following winter, it […]
Read MoreLacolle Curling Club in Lacolle, Quebec Curling in Lacolle took organised form after the Second World War. Veterans working in immigration and customs played on outdoor ice in 1946, and in 1947 the new club acquired an army hut for its first home. Refrigerated ice arrived in 1954. The club survived a difficult period in […]
Read MoreRosemère Curling Club in Rosemère, Quebec Rosemère Curling Club was founded in 1956 by a group of local residents and built on land associated with the Tylee family. By 1959 the club had added a swimming pool and counted more than 220 members; tennis courts followed in 1973. The organisation later became a nonprofit and […]
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