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Lyford Cay, also called Simms Cay, was a cay a few hundred metres off the north west coast of New Providence Island, 1.4 km long east-west, and up to 200 metres wide. On the map in the 1901 Edward Stanford Atlas it is noted: "The Isthmus at Lyford Cay has grown since 1830, when boats could pass at H.W.
The Royal Canadian Yacht Club (RCYC) is a private yacht club in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. [1] Founded in 1852, it is one of the world's older and larger yacht clubs. [ 3 ] Its summer home is on a trio of islands (RCYC Island, South Island and North Chippewa or Snug Island) in the Toronto Islands .
[1] [2] His father, Jack Kay Sr., was a club professional. He primarily worked at Rosedale Golf Club in Toronto. [3] In the winter, he was also Director of Golf at the Lyford Cay Club in Nassau, Bahamas. [3] He worked at Lyford Cay from 1958 to 1995. [4] Kay grew up in Don Mills, then a neighborhood within North York, a suburb of Toronto. [5] [6]
Barrachois Harbour Yacht Club; Bay of Quinte Yacht Club; Bras d'Or Yacht Club; ... Royal Victoria Yacht Club; W. Windsor Yacht Club This page was ...
Taylor founded the highly exclusive Lyford Cay gated community in 1959 and its 'Lyford Cay Club' on New Providence island in the Bahamas. The Lyford Cay Club is home to some of the world's wealthiest people. In 1975, the Argus Corporation became the target of a takeover by Power Corporation. Taylor sold his non-voting shares to Power Corp and ...
Old Fort Bay (also Old Fort Bay Club) is a private gated community, club, and former British colonial fort located in northwestern New Providence Island in The Bahamas just east of Lyford The clubhouse itself is the site of a fort that was built by the British during the 18th century to fend off pirates.
The 250-acreBanyan Cay property used to be the site of the President Country Club, which fell into financial trouble and was sold to an investor group for $11 million in 2011.
In 1979 the club acquired T.S.S. Rapids Queen, a passenger steamship built in 1892 as T.S.S. Columbian and hull used as a breakwall against the waves from Toronto Harbour. [5] In 1991, as part of the club's centennial celebrations, Wayne Lilley wrote Queen City Yacht Club, 1889-1989. [6]