McGill Library
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Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Lane, A. T.
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Description area
Dates of existence
1849-1916
History
Albert Thomas Lane was born in 1849 in Hertfordshire, England.
He immigrated to Montreal, Quebec, in 1871 and found employment with the Montreal Warehousing Company, where he stayed until his death. He also worked for an importer of sporting equipment and began bringing bicycles and tricycles from England to Canada for resale. In 1874, He brought the first high-wheel bicycle to Montreal. He was one of the three original founders of the first bicycle club in Canada, the Montreal Bicycle Club (MBC), founded in 1878. In 1894, he became President of the Canadian Wheelmen’s Association (CWA). Montreal won the bid to host the CWA annual meet, and to promote the event, Lane organized a Sarnia to Montreal relay ride. He had a shop on Ste. Catherine Street, near the Northeast corner of Peel, where he sold bicycles and bicycle parts in Montreal. He was a lifetime member of MBC and the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association (MAAA).
In 1875, he married Maria Alicia Smyth (1853–1942). He died on January 12, 1916, in Outremont, Montreal, Quebec.