In April, 1960 the Canadian Power Squadrons granted a Warrant establishing the Kitchener-Waterloo Power & Sail Squadron and two years later Galt, now Cambridge, followed making the two squadrons eligible by 2012 to fly their burgees with a Gold stripe at the hoist signifying 50 years of teaching safe boating. 

In Cambridge merged with K-W and the squadron was renamed Grand River. A new burgee was designed to reflect the Heritage River which runs through both communities.