Fonds F1148 - Cataraqui Golf and Country Club fonds

On May 16, 1917 the application to incorporate the Cataraqui Golf and Country Club was signed by five Kingston men: a prominent grain merchant and exporter Senator Henry Wartman Richardson; two bank managers, George edward Hague and Percival Conrad Stevenson; and two barristers, Arthur Breden Cunningham and Timothy John Rigney. These five later became the provisional directors of the company. Other incorporating members were J.B. Walkem, W.B. Dalton, James Walkem, J.M. Farrell, George Smythe and Cornelius Bermingham. On June 20, land was leased from the government for 21 years at a nominal rental and two months later, on August 21, a certificate to commence business was issued. In the 1930's the Club bought the land as well as some additional property and expanded and redesigned the course. The board hired Stanley Thompson, a Canadian golf course architect of great repute to undertake the new design. In the 1960's the Club made the full transition from focussing solely on being a golf club to incorporating year round activities that were available to its members. On July 5th, 1975 the Club opened a new clubhouse neccessary due to growing membership. The Cataraqui Golf and Country Club had grown from 45 to over 1250 members since its incorporation.