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Sixty -three years after our founding
fathers signed the Declaration of Independence, twenty-two years before
the Civil War and two years after Michigan became a State, while Abraham
Lincoln was still a 30-year-old lawyer in Illinois, the Detroit Boat Club
was founded. Organized by oarsman on February 18, 1839, it is the
oldest continuous rowing club in the world, the oldest boating club in the
United States and the oldest social club in Michigan. The Club had
five clubhouses at several locations in the Detroit area before it built
the fireproof one that opened on Belle Isle on August 4, 1902. The Club remained there until February 23, 1996 at which time they elected to look for a new home |
 1905 photo of the Clubhouse |
