Yup, this illustration produced in 2025 by researcher and illustrator Dr Rowan Gatfield is based on actual events, but not ones that happened in the same year. That's what makes this illustration a little different depicting events and accolades in Lincoln's Canoe Club history.
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​​​​​​The late Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip arrived in Lincoln in 1996 to open the University of Lincoln, then called the University of Lincolnshire and Humberside. Hundreds of well-wishers gathered on the campus but, also, along the southern side of the Pool to also witness the opening
the Lincoln Canoe Clubhouse
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​​​​​​Few realise that the Brayford Pool's waters bear many unknown secrets. The image below is one of six images designed to reveal some of these.
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Have a look below at some of these...
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Dressed in the very same outfit as depicted, the opening was significant, the University Campus was the first to be built in the UK for decades.
Although originally started at Kendall's Boatyard in 1957, The new Lincoln' Canoe Clubhouse was open by Her Majesty in 1996.
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Read more in the Lincolnite​​
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1972 and 1976 Olympian
Lawrence Oliver
This depiction is of current Club President, Lawrence Oliver who competed for Team GB in 1972 and 1976. The image points to the many accolades achieved by Lawrence but also by various members who discovered there talents on the waters of the Brayford.
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A History of Lincoln Canoe Club
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60 Years of Canoeing in Lincoln
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Olympian Isabel Evans Team GB
Included in this depiction is
Isabel Evans, one of lincoln's top athetes who competed for GBR in the C2 event at the
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European Championships
in Munich in 2022 and Krakow-Malopolska in Poland in 2023
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Olympian
Thomas Lambert
Dressed in the very same outfit as depicted in the illustration, the opening was a significant event, with this being the first University Campus to be built in the UK for decades. An intiative "forged by the community".
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Read more in the Lincolnite​
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Future Champions
The Lincoln Canoe Club (LCC) is open to members for supervised sessions, general canoeing, and racing. Beginners and improvers can paddle at prearranged sessions, usually on Saturday and Sunday mornings
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Read more in the Lincolnite​
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Olympian Lawrence
Dressed in the very same outfit as depicted in the illustration, the opening was a significant event, with this being the first University Campus to be built in the UK for decades. An intiative "forged by the community".
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Read more in the Lincolnite​
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