Grimsby Curling Club

Curling in Grimsby has roots as far back as 1908. The first known “rink” was a big wooden structure located on Elizabeth Street in the area approximating the entrance of the parking lot of today’s Giant Tiger Store. Curling enthusiasts had to rely on natural ice, straw brooms and mismatched stones.
Many years later there was curling in the Niagara Packers building on Livingston Avenue; the venue was used for packing and storing fruit in the summer then skating and curling took place in the winter. There was artificial ice but curlers still used mismatched stones that could vary in weight from 35 to 40 pounds and during that time each curler had to supply their own stones. This building burned down in the late 1940’s. For the sum of one dollar Earl Marsh of Niagara Packers made a generous donation and deeded land to the Town of Grimsby for a Community Arena.