This is the members-only website for The Chippewa Yacht Club, Incorporated in 1895

Our History

Printed Materials

1895 - 1912
1913 - 1940
1941 - 1978
1979 - 2026

 1895 Chippewa Yacht Club

1895 2nd CYC Annual Regatta

1896 CYC Regatta

1897 CYC Regatta

1906 Chippewa Yacht Club

1908 Cedar Island House

1909 Chippewa Yacht Club

1911 Oak Island Yacht Club

1912 SS Keystorm

    1912 Member Boats   

    1912 – 1940  Ragnavok

    1912 Oak Island Yacht Club

    1914 Member Boats

    1915 Members Boats                 

    1916 – 1947 CYC Minutes 

    1916 Member Boats

    1919 Rob Roy Bill of Sale

    1920 Summer Home Rob Roy

    1921 CYC Yearbook

    1923 TI Article

    1925 Regatta Ojibway 

     1942 Sailboat Storage Rob Roy

     1947 Members      

     1951 Members

     1954 Members

    1959 St Lawrence Seaway 

     1974 Map Chippewa Bay

     1976 River Rescue      

      

1979 Previous Commodores

1979 Members

1981 Who’s Up

1982 – 1984 Members

1990 Ponemah Letter

1995 Rivertime

2020 Continuity

2022 CYC 125th Anniversary

2022 Submerged Fortress

2026 July 4 Party Singer Castle

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Films

Clips from Crow family 1928
Ad Beste Movies 1929 - 1964
1919 - Islands of the St Lawrence
St Lawrenc Seaway by Walter Cronkite

 

1995 CYC Centennial

 -Video provided by Chris and Linda Wood      

Amazon film - Devil's Island
Courtesy of Cliff & Alba Yates

 Thousand Islands Cup

St Lawrence Seaway construction by Walter Cronkite

2nd Annual Thousand Islands Cup

August 24, 2019

 Thanks to three straight days of North wind our docks finally surfaced from the grips of “Year of the Boot.” Power washing ensued and we welcomed some of the fastest classic race boats in the Thousand Islands. The race expanded this year and started with a race of Gar Wood Speedsters. This race was followed by the open class. Each race was started by a cannon blast.

3rd Annual Thousand Islands Cup

August 2020

 Antique race boats sped around a course in Chippewa Bay. Co-organizer and Yacht Club Commodore, John Kunz fired the cannon to begin the boat race, and to touch on the history of the Yacht Club’s participation in the first Gold Cup Race in 1904, held by the American Power Boat Association

 Photos

"Vingt-et-un" winner of 1st Gold Cup 1904 Courtesy David Kunz
The "Chip" 2nd winner of Gold Cup 1905 Courtesy David Kunz
1993 CYC Board Meeting Courtesy Katy Mann
Lyon Trophy. Names engraved starting in 1934
Courtesy of Hans Kunz

 Member Boating Adventures   

2021 Cedar Island to
Plymouth Mass via Erie Canal
by CJ Gorius
The Great Loop 2006 by
Patrick & Mary Fowles