False Creek Rowing Club - Vancouver | Canadian Rowing Clubs | Row HQ

False Creek Rowing Club is a volunteer-run recreational club in Vanier Park, at the mouth of False Creek in central Vancouver. Its official site states that the water provides up to three kilometres of rowing in one direction and that members row throughout the year.

The club is a member in good standing of Rowing BC and Rowing Canada Aviron. It operates as a small, community-focused organisation and offers experienced visitors two trial member rows when their provincial and national fees are current.

Adult provision includes learn-to-row, novice league, recreational and competitive pathways. The club almost exclusively sculls, using equipment that ranges from racing singles to more stable boats able to handle ocean waves.

Its introductory course runs for six sessions over three weeks and teaches sculling in quadruple sculls, doubles and singles. Graduates move into novice sessions before progressing to recreational or competitive membership.

False Creek's community rowing partnerships create tailored learn-to-row courses with local organisations for people traditionally excluded from the sport. Previous partners include Big Brothers of Greater Vancouver, Canucks Autism Network and Colour the Trails.

The club's members include Andrea Proske, who represented Canada in the women's eight at the Tokyo Olympics and the club at Henley Royal Regatta, and Canadian Olympic Committee president Tricia Smith. False Creek also stages Head Up the Creek, the regatta at which Vancouver's city rowing champion is named.