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J.C. Mitchell Insurance Group
Distance: 1.2 Mi230 Bayview Dr Unit 5A
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Lifestyle Integrated Inc
Distance: 1.2 Mi230 Bayview Dr Unit 20
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Patio Concepts Inc
Distance: 2.3 Mi13 - 4 Alliance Blvd, Ste 124
L4M 7G3 Barrie -
Screenhouses Unlimited
Distance: 2.3 Mi13 - 4 Alliance Blvd, Ste 124
L4M 7G3 Barrie -
Sandy Cove Marine Co Ltd
Distance: 6.4 Mi1982 Commerce Park Dr.
L9S 4A3 Innisfil
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The Barrie Rowing Club was founded in the winter of 1987-88 by a small group of dedicated people who shared two things: a love of the sport of rowing, and a dream of establishing a permanent rowing club in Barrie. Amongst the Club's first acquisitions were two old rowing shells borrowed from the Cornwall Rowing Club. The Club's first boathouse was an old storage shed that the Club rented on Victoria Street. To put their boats on the water, rower had to carry then along Victoria Street, across a set of railroad tracks, across Lakeshore Drive, through Centennial Park and across the beach. Without a dock, the rower waded into the water to launch their boats. Despite these humble beginnings, the Club's membership, equipment inventory and reputation grew. In 1990, the Club hosted a National Masters Sculling Camp. The Club's reputation was further enhanced when in 1992, the Canadian Rowing Association held its annual National Coaching Conference in Barrie. By 1992, the Club's expanding membership had outgrown the old boathouse. In 1993, the Rowing Club entered an ambitious partnership with the City of Barrie and several other local organizations (including the Barrie Canoe Club and local Rotary Clubs). With funding from the City, the Province and each of the Community partners, and old CN maintenance building on the south shore was restored, expanded and transformed into the 1.5 million dollar Southshore Community Center. Barrie Rowing Club members have entered and won many...