History of the Club

The Morrisburg Curling Club was started in 1903. The chief engineer on the project to dredge the St.Lawrence Canal from Morrisburg to Flagg Creek was interested in curling and, with a number of local people, got the club started. It was known as the St. Lawrence Curling Rink and Bowling Co., Ltd. Without a rink or a club house, and with one of the first curling clubs between Kingston and Montreal, the curlers had one sheet of ice at the old arena.

By 1906 there were 53 members. During that first 'official' year as a club, a clubhouse(with two sheets of natural ice) was completed on a lot across from the present Royal Canadian Legion building.

For the next 30 years, members used curling 'stones' made from cast iron in Morrisburg and Ottawa. For the 1936-37 season, the club purchased a set of granite rocks. One set had been won previously in a Montreal bonspiel.

There was a vote in 1908 to consider the formation of a Ladies' Club, but the records do not show one until 1939. Annual fees in that year were $3.00. Artificial ice was installed in the 1949-50 season, and a student program commenced in 1951.

The construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway forced change, and the Morrisburg Granites Association was formed with the power to borrow money and secure a mortgage. A third set of rocks was purchased, and the present clubhouse was completed in the 1957-58 season. It has continued as an important social and athletic facility in the Morrisburg area.