Our History
1998 - Island Lake Rowing Club was founded by a small group of volunteers.
1999- ILRC was incorporated as a Non-profit organization.
2007 - Para rowing program started.
2008 - A new boathouse was constructed. It was built on a dirt floor and had no electricity.
2011 - ILRC got a second dock to help with a higher volume of dock traffic.
2014 - An addition is added to the boathouse, including a second bay for more boat storage of the smaller boats and an erg/meeting space.
Land Acknowledgement
Island Lake Rowing Club acknowledges that the club sits on aboriginal land that has been inhabited by Indigenous peoples for generations.
As settlers, we are grateful for the opportunity to respect and honour the land as we recognize the past and future stewards of this community. We additionally value the sacredness of the water on which we row and practice actions which are consistent with the interconnectivity of life and water.
We acknowledge the traditional territory of the Anishinaabe, Ojibway, Potawatomi, and the Odawa of the Three Fires Confederacy. We seek to understand the deeply systemic struggle for Indigenous rights and commit ourselves to learning, working, and organizing with a recognition of historic and present-day wrongdoings.
