Valley  Squadron promotes safe boating and provides introductory and advanced boating courses taught by our expert volunteers.  Members come from Abbotsford, Mission, Chilliwack, Agassiz, Harrison Lake, Hope and surrounding communities in B.C.'s  Fraser Valley.  

Our home boating areas, in addition to the Pacific Northwest coast, include the  60 km. long Harrison Lake and the Fraser River. 

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Slide show by Larry Nielsen of early days of Valley Squadron  and letter from our 1st Commander now moved to "About Us" section

 

Boat Gallery

 

Opus 2 Valley Squadron members.  Email the webmaster a photo of your boat along with a description and we'll add it to the gallery.

 

San Juan Islands Summer Cruise

led by Gary Clow

Fossil Bay, Sucia

More photos

New -- For on-line registration of  The Boating Course go to our registration page on the National Canadian Power and Sail Squadron site.

Boating Courses

The Boating Course offered by Valley Squadron is Canada's premier boating course. It covers the fundamentals of boating and meets the requirements for the  PCOC card.  Students who pass The Boating Course automatically become members of the Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons (Valley Squadron)  - Member Benefits

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The 2009 Spring Boating Course

13 weeks

 

The Spring Boating Course starts:

• Wednesday, January 7th in Abbotsford and Harrison at 7.00 P.M.
• Thursday, January 8th in Chilliwack at 7.00 P.M.

$275 for single, $175 for additional person  at the same address) Upon passing The Boating Course, these prices include 1st year membership in the Valley Squadron.

Contact:

Abbotsford---Tony Lamb  604-853-8832

Chilliwack---Gary Clow   604-792-9373

Harrison---Bill Hopkins  604-796-0144

Squadron Training Officer---Bruce Matheson 

604-824-8616   bdmatheson@shaw.ca