# Paris Crew > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Paris_Crew > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Paris_Crew.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Crew > Source revision: 1308829506 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Canadian rowing team}} thumb|350px|''The Paris Crew'' The '''''Paris Crew''''' is the name given to a quartet of Canadian [sport rowers](/source/Sport_rowing) from [Saint John](/source/Saint_John%2C_New_Brunswick), [New Brunswick](/source/New_Brunswick). Robert Fulton, George Price, Samuel Hutton, and Elijah Ross, along with reserve oarsman James Price, became Canada's first-ever international sporting champions when they defeated the [London Rowing Club](/source/London_Rowing_Club) to win the World Rowing Championship at the [1867 Paris International Exposition](/source/Exposition_Universelle_(1867)) in [Paris](/source/Paris), [France](/source/France). Seen as little more than "[country bumpkins](/source/Yokel)," Elijah Ross worked as a [lighthouse keeper](/source/lighthouse) and the others were [fishermen](/source/fishermen). Rowing without a [coxswain](/source/coxswain) and with their very unorthodox style and antiquated equipment, the Canadian team had been given no chance at all against their slick [Europe](/source/Europe)an competitors. Their World championship win on the [Seine River](/source/Seine) against four of the top oarsmen from [Oxford University](/source/Oxford_University), who had been selected from the team that earlier in the year had beaten [Cambridge University](/source/Cambridge_University) in [The Boat Race](/source/The_Boat_Race), was a shocking upset that made sporting headlines everywhere and the team national heroes. In 1868, the ''Paris Crew'' traveled to [Springfield, Massachusetts](/source/Springfield%2C_Massachusetts), where they defeated the vaunted ''Republican crew'' to win the Championship of America. Over the next two years they repeatedly beat the [American](/source/United_States) challengers and captured numerous provincial and international titles. At an international competition in [Lachine, Quebec](/source/Lachine%2C_Quebec), in September 1870 they lost to a British team from [Newcastle upon Tyne](/source/Newcastle_upon_Tyne). In a rematch the following August on the [Kennebecasis River](/source/Kennebecasis_River), the ''Paris Crew'' claimed victory after [James Renforth](/source/James_Renforth) collapsed in the British boat during the race and died from apparent [heart failure](/source/heart_failure). The village where the race took place was renamed [Renforth, New Brunswick](/source/Renforth%2C_New_Brunswick), in his memory. The ''Paris Crew'' raced successfully until disbanding in 1876. Their accomplishments were recognized with their posthumous induction into [Canada's Sports Hall of Fame](/source/Canada's_Sports_Hall_of_Fame) in 1956 and the [New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame](/source/New_Brunswick_Sports_Hall_of_Fame) in 1972. == Members == Samuel Hutton (July 10, 1845 – August 21, 1894) was an Irish-born Canadian fisherman and boat builder from Saint John.{{cite web |last1=Dougall |first1=Charles |title=Hutton, Samuel |url=https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/hutton_samuel_12E.html |website=[Dictionary of Canadian Biography](/source/Dictionary_of_Canadian_Biography) |access-date=July 28, 2024 |date=1990}} On May 26, 1880, Hutton survived being stabbed by fellow fisherman William Belyea after they had an argument.{{cite news |title=Criminals And Their Deeds: Proceedings In Cases Of Crime—Offenses Reported Yesterday |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/93815467/A6C0DE41572844EBPQ/1 |access-date=July 27, 2024 |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |date=May 28, 1880 |page=2}} Hutton drowned on August 21, 1894, when his yacht capsized around Partridge Island during a race.{{cite news |title=Eight Drowned |url=https://newspapers.lib.unb.ca/serials/123/issues/21740/pages/159697 |access-date=July 28, 2024 |work=Miramichi Advance |date=August 23, 1894 |volume=20 |issue=41}}{{cite news |title=News of the Week - New Brunswick |url=https://newspapers.lib.unb.ca/serials/308/issues/31984/pages/228386 |access-date=July 28, 2024 |work=Religious Intelligencer |date=August 29, 1894 |volume=41 |number=35}}{{cite news |title=Drowned |url=https://newspapers.lib.unb.ca/serials/119/issues/18690/pages/139765 |access-date=July 28, 2024 |work=The Dispatch |date=August 29, 1894 |volume=1 |number=13}} Robert Fulton died in his Saint John home on February 22, 1906, at the age of 61.{{cite news |title=Famous Oarsman Dead - Robert Fulton of the Paris Crew Brought Great Fame to St. John |url=https://newspapers.lib.unb.ca/serials/61/issues/11759/pages/88347 |access-date=July 28, 2024 |work=The Daily Herald |date=February 22, 1906 |volume=11 |issue=45}}{{cite news |title=Many At Funeral Of Robert Fulton |url=https://newspapers.lib.unb.ca/serials/62/issues/15624/pages/118443 |access-date=July 28, 2024 |work=The Evening Times |date=February 26, 1906 |volume=2 |issue=124}} George Price died in his Saint John home on the evening of March 26, 1909.{{cite news |title=Famous Oarsman Died Last Night - George Price, Bow Oar of the Famous Paris Crew, Passed Away After Long Illness |url=https://newspapers.lib.unb.ca/serials/62/issues/16705/pages/127231 |access-date=July 28, 2024 |work=The Evening Times |date=March 27, 1909 |volume=5 |issue=149}} Elijah Ross, the last surviving member, died on November 27, 1920, at the age of 75.{{cite news |title=Last Of Paris Crew - Elijah Ross Dies at St. John aged Seventy Four Years–Member of Famous Crew |url=https://newspapers.lib.unb.ca/serials/57/issues/2593/pages/19459 |access-date=July 28, 2024 |work=The Daily Mail |date=November 27, 1920 |volume=26 |issue=278}} ==References== {{Reflist}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060216072506/http://collections.ic.gc.ca/rowing/ Rowing - Collections Canada] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20050305203358/http://collections.ic.gc.ca/rowing/ReNc070.htm 1967Atlantic Advocate article] * [http://www.honouredmembers.com/the-paris-crew-d/ The Paris Crew at the New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927004425/http://www.histori.ca/minutes/minute.do?id=10171 Historica’s Heritage Minute video docudrama about the Paris Crew.] ([Adobe Flash Player](/source/Adobe_Flash_Player).) 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