Page 48 - PCYC 75th Anniversary Book

Mother Nature pays us a call Aerial view of the Clubhouse and harbour circa 1970 (Above)
Port Credit Harbour, 1978 (Below)
In 1973, a spring of high water and strong southerly winds threatened on several occasions to flood the Clubhouse.
In fact, the membership was called out at night to come to the Club and fill sandbags for a protective wall on the
southwest corner of the property. Throughout the night, the First Mates (who had recently adopted this new name)
served chilli as the members worked building the wall. By morning, the waters had been beaten and the
Clubhouse was safe.
Again in October of that same year, the lake served up its worst with a late season storm before all the boats
were hauled. Thanks to quick work of many members no PCYC boats were damaged, however, in the harbour’s
newly created marina, before the Ridgetown was sunk to create shelter, 6 boats went to the bottom and many
were damaged!
46 The 1970s
Lollipop the All Day Sucker
Was the water level dropping or did the bottom come up? By the late ‘60s water scow. Lollipop came into being in 1973 and was used successfully for a short time,
level problems at the mouth of the river were made worse by the construction of the moving dredged silt to the land fill park area on the west side of the river.
apartment building on the west side of the river. Dredging occurred in 1971 at Before long a provincial law was passed that made dredged materials subject to
considerable expense and just a few years later several more areas in the harbour specialized disposal, so that put an end to the activities of Lollipop at PCYC.
were badly silted and more dredging was required. Commodore Ron Bradshaw found a new home for Lollipop with a Pennsylvania power
PCYC has always been blessed with talented members who have stepped forward company where she is used to dredge and clear the water intakes, apparently still
to solve problems for the Club. Several members, particularly Tony Clark and Ron working very well.
Clinch, were instrumental in designing and having built a sand sucker/dredge on a
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