$27.50 CAD
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Nice silk red ribbon for the national rowing event, given to the Ottawa Rowing Club.
In 1910, the Ottawa Britannias Rowing Club won three events:
Vertical frays at top and below “R” of Rowing. Bit of thinning horizontally at middle.
23 x 5.5 cm
The Royal Canadian Henley Regatta started in 1880 as the first championship for the newly formed Canadian Amateur Rowing Association.
It changed venues often until 1903, when it was decided to hold it at St. Catharines Port Dalhousie's Martindale Pond hosted by the St. Catharines Rowing Club permanently.
Originally the race was 1 mile 550 yards long, the same distance as the Henley Royal Regatta in England at the time. The pond was an ideal location because the level of the water could be controlled. Wooden grandstands were built, and in 1947, women raced for the first time.
