Club:Pointe Claire Curling Club
250 Lanthier Ave.,
Pointe-Claire, QC
H9S 4G3, Canada
Tel: 514-695-4324
Founded: 1921 (92 years old)
Brief history:Curling began in Pointe Claire during 1918 on the ice of Lake St. Louis in the bay at the foot of Brunet Avenue. Keeping the ice clear of snow proved to be too onerous and so in 1919 the game moved to the quarry on Cartier Avenue where it remained during the years 1920 and 1921. Irons had been borrowed from the Montreal Thistle Curling Club. They built a two story, 2 sheet club on the corner of Cartier and Lakeshore Road. The present two story, three sheet club was built in 1954.
Accomplishments:
- Canadian Masters champions (2003) – Dave Moon, Mac Baines, Bob Suderman, Don McConnell.
- Royal Montreal Curling Club’s Bicentennial Trophy (2007)won by Don Ross, Diane Harris, Michael Macy, Derek Harris, Russell Haliburton and Kevin Golberg. Trophy played for every 25 years!
- Two past Canadian Brier winners: Don Aitken and Brian Ross (Jim Ursel’s rink -1977.)
- Numerous Past Presidents of Canadian Branch of Royal Caledonia Curling Club – Dave Moon, Russell Haliburton (twice), Robert Dods
Unique facts: In 1957 a rink of Scots (Jock Waugh, Norman Todd, Jimmy Alexander, Willie Wilson and Bill McNamara)playing in the Strathcona Cup test matches across Canada received a royal welcome (including a police escort with blaring sirens, a pass through the Village and entrance into the clubhouse under an arch of crossed brooms). They were so appreciative of the hospitality of the members that they left a curling brush signed by all members of the rink and they also were determined to commemorate their visit to Pointe Claire and entered into negotiations with the club Executive which resulted in the presentation of the “Guests’ Cup” forannual competition under unusual rules of play. Thus began one of the unique traditions at Pointe Claire.
In 1962, Pointe Claire voted to reciprocate and sent the Pointe Claire Cup for annual play to Scotland, the eligibility being that you have visited the Pointe Claire club.
City: Pointe Claire, Quebec – a suburb on the West Island of Montreal,Quebec
Population:30,790 (Canada 2011 Census)
Attractions: Aquatic Centre, Arena, Library, Canoe and Kayak Club, Cultural Centre (Stewart Hall)
History:The name Pointe-Claire appeared on a map as early as 1686. The toponym Pointe-Claire refers to the peninsula, or point, where the windmill, convent, and the Saint-Joachim_de_Pointe-Claire_Church are sited. The point extends into Lake Saint-Louis and has a clear view of its surroundings.[5]
The first grant of land under the seigneurial system was in 1684 to Pierre Cabassier, for a lot just east of Pointe Charlebois.[6] After 1706, "the King's Road" (chemin du Roy, now Lakeshore Road) was decreed, and the parish was subdivided in three côtes: St. Rémy (present-day Boulevard-des-Sources), St. Jean and St. Charles. Between côtes St. Rémy and St. Charles lay 33 lots (numbered 145 to 177). These were generally three arpents(3 x 192 feet) wide by 20 or 30 deep.
In 1713 the seminary formed a parish on the land that now includes Pointe-Claire and much of the West Island, and in 1714 a stone church was built at the point.[7]
In 1854 the municipality of Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire was defined, and the name eventually shorted to Pointe-Claire.[5].
The Grand Trunk Railway built a line in 1855, linking Pointe-Claire to Montreal. This brought people, and with them property development in an area that up to then had been largely agricultural.
The Autoroute 20 was built alongside the railway in 1940, following expropriation of property. This led to a move of the much of the town from the south to the north of the highway, namely the town hall, recreation centre, police station, and fire station.
In 2002, as part of the 2002–2006 municipal reorganization of Montreal, Pointe-Claire was merged into Montreal and became a borough. However, after political changes (Quebec general election, 2003 and the Quebec municipal referendums, 2004) it was re-constituted as an independent city in 2006.