Middlesex Yacht Club

The Mattabesett Canoe club was organized January 7, 1896 by a group of canoe enthusiasts and became what is now the Middlesex Yacht Club. The first location was on land owned by the Davis family at the foot of College Street on the Connecticut River in Middletown. A clubhouse was built here at a cost of $400 and rented on a three-year lease of $80 a year. The initiation fee was $5.00, active dues $8.00, associate dues $5.00. Only active members could hold office, had to have a boat and live within... more