About Us
Our History
1871
The First Nine Acres
of Grand Forks was claimed by Capt. Griggs that spring to become the original townsite, and what is now Downtown Grand Forks.
1881
Grand Forks is Incorporated
More than a decade after Griggs made Grand Forks home, it was incorporated as a city, with its first Mayor being W.H. Brown.
1998
The Yacht Club Goes Digital
and creates its first website for member newsletters and social events.
2018
Grand Forks Yacht Club
is officially reincorporated.
1870
Beached in Grand Forks, ND,
Captain Alexander Griggs and his crew ran aground in what would become Grand Forks, North Dakota and settled there that winter.
1879
Capt. Griggs builds Pontoon Toll Bridge
to connect Grand Forks and East Grand Forks where the Sorlie Bridge currently stands.
1997
The Greenway Reclamation Act
recaptures the banks of the Red River after catastrophic flooding affected the area.
1999
The GFYC Disappears
with the looming threat of Y2K.
