The Rockcliffe Yacht Club is a non-profit Yacht club based on the south shore of the Ottawa River near the Ottawa/Rockcliffe Airport in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada north of the Canada Aviation Museum. It is a 100-member “private co-op” style club. The club originally was part of CFB Rockcliffe but changed to a private club in 1984. The club is centred on a concrete ramp originally used to launch RCAF sea planes. The ramp extends 50 feet (15 m) into the water [1] as when the ramp was built, in the 1930s, the level of the Ottawa river was much lower. In 1964, a dam was put across the Ottawa River for the Carillon Generating Station which raised the water level by 9 feet (2.7 m).[2] As a result, the Rockcliffe Yacht Club has one of the best launching ramps on the Ottawa river.
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 Aerial view of the Rockcliffe Yacht Club, September 2009 | |
| Abbreviation | RYC |
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| Formation | 1984 |
| Type | Yacht club Organization based in Canada |
| Legal status | active |
| Purpose | Recreation |
| Headquarters | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
Region served | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
Membership | 100 |
Official language | English, French |
| Website | www |
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