PCYC History  Founded 1977. Founders:

Robert Cormier
Ray Carson
Myron Mitton

Our Commodores, Past & Present:
 

John Stordy	2006 to present
Ian MacMillan	2005
David Slade	2003, 04
Jon Andrews	2001, 02
Bill Robblee	1999, 2000
Sylvio LeBlanc	1996, 97, 98
Doug Winsor	1995
Robert (Bob) Steeves	1992, 93, 94
Doug Chapman	1991
Roy McNeil	1989, 90
Ray Gould	1984, 85, 86, 87, 88
Robert Cormier	1978, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83

Click Here for Pictures of the PCYC Throughout the Years. 

Pointe du Chêne Yacht Club history:
(Extracts from THE MONCTON TIMES September 9, 1977)

The first full operating season of the Pointe du Chêne Yacht Club (Webmaster's note: PCYC was formerly known as the "Shediac Bay Marina Ltd.") is more than meeting of the expectations of its owners, directors and shareholders.

Says Robert Cormier, a Moncton businessman, "We had some very good tourist trade. A man from Pontiac, Michigan, put up his burgee from the North Star Yacht Club, and we had visitors from Pennsylvania, Montreal and Toronto, who cruised down the St. Lawrence Seaway into the Northumberland Strait. We had visiting sailors from Price Edward Island too.

The marina was not on the sailing charts this year, but next season," adds Mr. Cormier, "when you buy a chart we'll be shown in our spot."

Back in 1976 Mr. Cormier, Myron Mitton, a Moncton lawyer and Ray Carsen, a Moncton Contractor, looked at the possibilities of building a marina in the Shediac region.

During the excavation work three railway tracks were uncovered and the foundations of several old factories. (Boats had at one time operated from the wharf to Prince Edward Island.) Underneath, huge boulders were unearthed and these were made available for the breakwater.

The Pointe du Chêne Yacht Club had its official opening late in the summer with Brenda Robertson, New Brunswick's Minister of Health, cutting the ceremonial ribbon.

Mr. Cormier says the directors and shareholders will look at expanding the facilities to accommodate more craft, and the possibility of adding a nautical lounge as a second story to the present clubhouse. That small building was the former library and Caisse Populaire in Dieppe, transported to the Marina site. 

Pointe-du-Chêne area History:

There is a long and illustrious history of the Pointe du Chêne area over the past three hundred years, as a focal point for South Eastern New Brunswick, and a central part of the development and economic growth of the Province.

The first settlers in the area arrived in the late 1700s. The community of Pointe du Chêne started around 1860 with timber and shipbuilding being the first commerce.

A wharf was built in the 1840s for the ferry to PEI and a transfer point for shipping down the Saint Lawrence River and up from Nova Scotia. In 1857 the European & N.A. Railway started operating to provide rail service between Pointe du Chêne and Saint John NB.

Pointe du Chêne was the centre of commerce and destination point for all of South East New Brunswick as a railway terminal and a ferry terminal to P.E.I. until the 1920s when the ferry terminal was moved to Cape Borden-Tormentine and the railway gave way to automobiles in the 1960s.

In the 1920s Pointe du Chêne became a summer retreat for many Moncton families and visiting tourists. Daily rail excursions ran from Moncton to Pointe du Chêne during the summer months. In the late 1930s and early 1940s, Pan Am Airways used the site as a refueling stop and terminus for its "Flying Boat" Aircraft plying the Atlantic.

Considerable vacation developments took place during the 1920s with Dance Halls, Entertainment Centres and Pavilions established for the summer tourists to the area.

Affectionately known as "The Point," the area has continued to be an attraction to this day. Fishermen still ply their trade of fishing and lobstering from the Wharf. The place attracts many tourists with the PCYC Yacht Club, lobster processing plant, food kiosk, restaurants, and pubs. Three or four times during the summers we receive visits from larger vessles, such as HMCS MONCTON. In addition Ship tours and charters are available during the summer season.

(Courtesy Campbell Davis, PCYC member)