Landscape Archives | The Paris Crew of Saint John, New Brunswick: Canada’s First International Sports Heroes

“The Paris Crew” Heritage Minute

A title appears on the screen: Paris, 1867. The title fades. The scene opens on a view of a river with three four-person rowing sculls competing on the water. […]

Early map of North America

North American ports cities where competitive rowing grew in popularity. In port cities like Saint John, Halifax, New York and Boston, men who worked every day on the […]

Poster of team after their win

Excerpt from a promotional print showing the team in action and identifying them as The Renowned St. John, N.B. (Paris) Crew, Champion Oarsmen of the World “The Paris […]

Celebrations on King Street in Saint John, NB

Depiction of celebrations that would have occurred in Saint John, NB upon the arrival of “The Paris Crew”. “Thunderous fourteen gun salutes were fired from Carleton, Reed’s Point, […]

The team arrives in Southampton, England

Excerpt from a widely used image of the team and their rowing skulls in Southampton, England. The team’s manager, Sheriff J. A. Harding, is positioned in the far right […]

Steamship “The Atlantic”

Excerpt from a painting of the vessel called ‘The Atlantic’ which transported the team from New York, United States of America to Southampton, England. “The Paris Crew” travelled from […]

Transatlantic Route

Map showing the Transatlantic steamer route from New York, United States of America to Southampton, England. In the 1860s a Transtlantic journey by steam ship could take as long […]

Early boating scene

“The Paris Crew” team featured in their rowing scull, among other rowers on the Kennebecasis River, a tributary of the Saint John River in southern New Brunswick, Canada.