Historical WYC Pictures, Captions courtesy of Don Wiltse
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Digging boats out of the ice. See 2 story cottage on Clark Island
Frostbite sailing
Water level bridge with low water
WYC from the island
New docks, Clark Island
Front of club- old docks
First high level bridge, back entrance to club with barn doors
New bridge
Back of club, boat houses, NO cattails
Snipe fleet
Front of club
Old docks, Sunset Island
New docks, old poles, West end
Old bridge with new high level bridge in background
I knew I should have been hauled out last weekend!
Back of club, water level bridge, power boat slips
Olcott Harbour, Oh, I thought this was Rochester!
First high level bridge
Gaul’s boathouse with cable to mainland
East end “T” dock with lifeboat
New front lawn
Beginning of steel piling
Steel piling work crew (this picture is backwards)
Bob Cuddleback & his Jitney
Moving boats to dredge
The new upstairs bar
Ancient picture, back of club
Earlier view with new power pole
East end “T” dock
Froze in
New bar
New siding in process
Low bridge low water
Dredging Tuscarora
Dredging Tuscarora
Moyers dredging from WYC bridge (this picture is backwards)
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John & Denise Hindle
The two story cottage on Clark Island goes up in flames
Jim Douglas, Willie Rockwood, Walt Neuhaus, steel piling work
Piling work
Piling work
Piling work
Piling work
New bridge, no water
Don Williams & lifeboat
Harbour views
Harbour views
Harbour views
Harbour views
Harbour views
Harbour views
Harbour views
Commodore Don Wiltse
Bob Cuddeback and his pile driving tractor
Jesse Williams & Ted Marsh
Sleigh riding behind JAG
Sleigh riding behind JAG
Winter haul out
The 1st boat in WYC (if you’re 2 years old)
The great ship FIDDLE-DEE-DEE
Dich Gaul & his new BoTVED
Bob Allen
Bob Allen
Walt Neuhaus
Walt Neuhaus
Walt Neuhaus
Ora Pettit
Ora Pettit
Fred Zabel
Neuhaus exchange student Lucy from Milan Italy
With Merle & Mark Wiltse aboard FIDDLE-DEE-DEE
Hauling the Marks
View along east pier, low water
View along east pier, low water
Low water
1st high level bridge (New)
High water
High water
High water
High water
High water
Rick Wiltse 5 minutes before he fell in
High water
Gaul’s boat house
Lake Ontario at its’ worst
Lake Ontario at its’ worst
Lake Ontario at its’ worst
Lake Ontario at its’ worst
Lake Ontario at its’ worst
Lake Ontario at its’ worst
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Dredging in front of WYC
Dredging in front of WYC
Dredging in front of WYC
Dredging in front of WYC
Boats moved to make way for dredging
Boats moved to make way for dredging
Dredging the front and backfilling the original steel pilings
Dredging the front and backfilling the original steel pilings
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Winter in Wilson
New East end docks with ice skating rink
New front docks
Porch, no roof, oil tanks
Merle & Don Wiltse aboard FIDDLE-DEE-DEE
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East end docks under construction with ice skating rinks
East end docks under construction with ice skating rinks
Winter in Wilson
Pulling old posts, the old “T” club up on the hill
Look at the water lines up on the posts
Winter dock work
Winter dock work
Winter dock work
Larr & Beth Anderson
Past Commodore Richard Carr
Past Commodore Dick Gaul
Marland Monroe’s boat Niagara
Joanne Wiltse on the new front lawn
Don Wiltse
Joanne bails the boat
Gus Crompton
FIDDLE-DEE-DEE in Oak Orchard Creek
View from the stern
Uncle Wayne with Merle, Mark, and Rick Wiltse
Blue J boats racing in the harbor
TYC’s junior sailing program
Spring at last
L to R Rick, Mark, Merle
Charlie Laidlaw
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View from parking lot
“T” club docks
New East docks ready for spring
“T” club docks
“T” club docks
The “T” club
Rick, Mark, Merle
Don, Merle, & Sandy
Winter fun
Gaul
Merle
The Anderson’s with Charlie Laidlaw
Uncle Bobby Wiltse
Don Wiltse
The Wiltse family
Winter again
Winter again
Ice boats Tex Buck, Bob Barry
Ice boats Tex Buck, Bob Barry
Ice boats Tex Buck, Bob Barry
Guess who
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Bob Cuddeback
Tuscarora YC Sail Pass
Tuscarora YC Sail Pass
Tuscarora YC Sail Pass
Drilling through the bank for the sewer line to the front lawn
Drilling through the bank for the sewer line to the front lawn
Drilling through the bank for the sewer line to the front lawn (this picture is backwards)
Drilling through the bank for the sewer line to the front lawn
Drilling through the bank for the sewer line to the front lawn
Jim Ellis’s cat boat
Jim Ellis’s cat boat
Jim Ellis’s cat boat
Sunday races
Underway
Merle & Joanne
Captain Don
Labor day weekend puts another boat on the beach
The lookout
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As you browse through these pictures keep the following in mind: The water level at the time the picture was taken, the amount of foliage on the island, the front lawn that didn’t exist early on, the boathouses on WYC property, and the porch without a roof. Also be aware that some of the shots are not in chronological order.
Enjoyed looking at all the historical photos. My Dad passed away in March of 2000, but I so remember the look of joy on his face when I brought him to WYC to see the island he helped purchase. Oh how my mom was furious at him for spending $500. In 1938!! Cheers to you Wally Hayes, first commodore of WYC!!