WBC was formed to meet the demand for access to the Schuylkill River by buying the property where Mount St. Joseph Academy's crew has been practicing since 2001.

Whitemarsh Boat Club, L.L.C., bought the property and now leases the riverfront section to the WBC, a nonprofit organization.

Lois Trench-Hines has led this effort with her passion for Mount St. Joseph Academy’s Crew by making this location a permanent rowing facility for The Mount and for other schools and colleges.

Lois is well known in the Philadelphia area for her competitive successes from Boathouse Row, her indomitable spirit, and her longtime support of rowing. Lois has been a member of the Philadelphia Girls Rowing Club since 1965, rowed in a quad at the 1973 Moscow World Championships, and serves on the Philadelphia Rowing Society. She is married to George C. Hines, a Dad Vail Champion as well as a former champion crew coach at La Salle College High School and La Salle College (University.)

Lois is the founder and CEO of Meniscus Limited, a medical education and communications company in West Conshohocken, PA.