1832 – Pine Lake &
Orchard Lake: Orchard Lake Curling Club (wooden ‘stones’)
1843 – Detroit River: Detroit
Curling Club (iron ‘stones’)1845 – Milwaukee Junction (near East Grand Blvd & St. Aubin): Detroit & Milwaukee Railway employees
1864 – Woodward Avenue Skating Rink: Granite & Thistle Curling Clubs (iron ‘stones’)
1868 – Woodward Skating Rink: Granite CC (covered building)
1868 – Jefferson Avenue Skating Park: Thistle CC (granite stones from Waterloo, Ont. replaced irons)
1870 – Woodward Skating Rink hosted The Western National Curling Tournament: Milwaukee City Club, Buffalo Queen City Club, Detroit Thistle CC, Buffalo Caledonia CC, Orchard Lake CC, Detroit Granite CC, Cleveland CC, and Hamilton CC.
1875 – Peninsular Cricket Club (Woodward Ave original site of the Detroit Athletic Club): Granite CC (covered building 160 x 35 feet)
1884 – Detroit Zoo (Michigan Ave. Corktown): Granite CC, Thistle CC
1885 - The Granite Rink: Granite CC
1887 – Detroit Athletic Club (Woodward Ave.): Detroit Curling Club
1888 – Forest & Gold: Detroit CC
1895 - Forest & Fourth Ave: Detroit CC
1898 – Belle Isle: Detroit CC (International Bonspiel)
1898 - Pontiac (not sure where): Pontiac Curling Club formed
1902 - Detroit East Woodbridge St: Detroit Racquet & Curling Club
1916 - Grosse Pointe at the home of Horace E. Dodge on Lake St. Clair: Detroit CC
1941 - Ann Arbor (U of M Coliseum Ice Arena): University of Michigan
1958 - East Lansing: Michigan State University (42 DCC members attended)
1970s – Birmingham Skating Rink: Birmingham CC
1970s – Southfield (Beechwood Ice Arena): unknown if a club existed
1980s – West Bloomfield (Drake Rd.): Detroit CC
1980s - Jackson: Cascades CC
Present – Ferndale: Detroit CC
Outside the greater Detroit area curling clubs have been or still are in:
Toledo, Lansing, Flint, Midland, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Lewiston, Sault Ste. Marie, Port Huron
Can you name another place or two? Please send us a message.
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