Newspaper Article on Dayton Canoe Club and Canoe Club History in U.S.

[Jatfomike]

This week, a local newspaper, the "Oakwood Register", published an article on Charles Schaeffer, "founding father" of the Dayton(Ohio) Canoe Club. The article starts on page 16 of the link below. There is no "paywall" or anything. It's a free weekly community paper published online. The title of the article is "More than a Century later, Local Businessman's Architectural Legacy Lives on in Dayton". The article continues across several pages and then on page 21 is a second article that delves into the history of Canoe Clubs from that era in the U.S. To give a little context, after the great flood of 1913, many of the prominent families of Dayton to include the Schaeffer's, the Wright Brothers, etc. moved to the "Far Hills" above the city in what became Oakwood, Ohio. To this day, it remains a small affluent suburb of Dayton. A lot of "old money" from railroads, auto manufacturing, airplane manufacturing....you get the idea. an interesting read on a rainy day...

Oakwood Register

Mike

 

[Bandanna Dan]

This week, a local newspaper, the "Oakwood Register", published an article on Charles Schaeffer, "founding father" of the Dayton(Ohio) Canoe Club. The article starts on page 16 of the link below. There is no "paywall" or anything. It's a free weekly community paper published online. The title of the article is "More than a Century later, Local Businessman's Architectural Legacy Lives on in Dayton". The article continues across several pages and then on page 21 is a second article that delves into the history of Canoe Clubs from that era in the U.S. To give a little context, after the great flood of 1913, many of the prominent families of Dayton to include the Schaeffer's, the Wright Brothers, etc. moved to the "Far Hills" above the city in what became Oakwood, Ohio. To this day, it remains a small affluent suburb of Dayton. A lot of "old money" from railroads, auto manufacturing, airplane manufacturing....you get the idea. an interesting read on a rainy day...

Oakwood Register

Mike

Interesting. There is a USCA canoe race every year that starts and finishes on Island Park. I've been several times and paddled by the Club and wondered what the history was.

 

[Jatfomike]

@Bandanna Dan Below is a link to a thread I started last year about the club with some photos and links for more information......I live just North of the club in a small neighborhood nestled in between the Stillwater and Great Miami rivers. Directly across from the club is the "Greater Dayton Rowing Association" (GDRA), which also happens to be the US Olympic Rower Training Center.....

Mike

The Dayton (Ohio) Canoe Club.....Last one standing

I joined the DCC a couple of years ago after getting a tour of it.....I thought people here might enjoy hearing a little bit about it.....I will upload some recent photos from my phone as I get time.... I'm kind of embarrassed to say I had been driving/running/walking/biking/paddling by it...

www.canoetripping.net

 

[Glenn MacGrady]

This week, a local newspaper, the "Oakwood Register", published an article on Charles Schaeffer, "founding father" of the Dayton(Ohio) Canoe Club. The article starts on page 16 of the link below.

Just getting to this thread. The Oakwood Register has published three issues since the weekly issue linked in the OP, which link now shows just the current week's (not relevant) issue. Fiddling around with the Oakwood Register's archives menu, I'm hoping that the link below opens to page 16 of the relevant issue:

MAR 1, 2023

MAR 1, 2023

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The Dayton Canoe Club certainly seems to be one of the most historically significant clubs still in existence.

 

[Jatfomike]

Thank-you for updating the link Glenn!