Began paddling with the Balmy Beach Canoe Club in 1937.  Paul Porter, coxswain, needed a small person to fit into the 7th spot on the right at the stern of the war canoe.  Ken was selected and added to the "Malvern Crew" as he was the smallest person and thus earned the nickname "Minnow".  That war canoe won its race at the Dominion Day Regatta in 1938 and Ken received his first cup (about the size of an eggcup). 

That crew trained hard and had its best season in 1942 and at the Ontario Divisional Trials won the Juvenile singles, Juvenile tandem with Eric "Turbine" Downer, and the Juvenile Fours with Eric Downer, Ross Beveridge and Bart Strype, as well as the Juvenile War Canoe. 

In 1942, most of the crew joined the Air Force and returned to paddling in 1946.  Ken’s partner in the Junior tandem was Hank Farintosh, and they won the Canadian Championship in 1946; they immediately went to the US Championships and won the Junior Tandem C-2 Championship. 

Beach’s outstanding war canoe with Captain Jim Mossman and Hank Farintosh as stroke won a series of 1/2 mile and 1 mile CCA war canoe championships in 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, and 1957.  The Senior C-4 placed 2nd in 1948, 1st in 1951 with W. McGill, J. Goodman, Don Hawgood, and Ken Lane winning 19 Canadian championships in total.  In the Senior 10,000m tandem, Hawgood, and Lane won the CCA championship and the Olympic trials that year as well. 

In preparing for the Olympics in 1952 at Helsinki, Finland, the Canadian Canoe Association selected its team early and asked Lloyd Percival, head coach of the Sport College, a research and instruction organization, to train its members.  The training program included an energy diet, muscular development, instruction in relation, building up fatigue resistance, and recovery.  Ken Lane and Don Hawgood, won a silver medal in the C-2 10,000m event with a photo finish to a crew from France.  It was not until 1976 when John Wood, of Toronto, became the next Canadian to gain a medal in the canoe events at the Olympics in Montreal. 

In 1985, the First World Master Games was held in Toronto, and with appreciation to Jim Mossman, was a huge success.  Ken won 4 gold medals and 2 bronze medals in canoeing, and 2  silver medals in squash (finalist in squash single and doubles). 

Ken continued to paddle as a Master until 1991. 

Ken served the Canadian Canoe Association as Vice Commodore from 1957 to 1959 and Commodore in 1960, and was nominated Honorary Commodore in 1980, 1981, 1982, and 1983. 

Ken was appointed Manager of the Canadian Canoe Team at the Pan American Games in Winnipeg 1967, and manager of the Olympic Canoeing and White Water Team at Munich, Germany in 1972.  While at these Olympics became accredited as an international canoe official, one of the earliest officials in North America and was selected for the 1976 Montreal Olympics. 

In 1974, Ken was one of the founders of Canoe Ontario and became the first President of that organization.  A mission statement for Canoe Ontario is that the joy of paddling in Ontario should be available to all people.  Today, combined membership with the four affiliations exceeds 19,000, and serves over 300,000 paddlers. 

From 1962 to 1966, Ken served as President of the Dominion Day Regatta Association; and since 1945 has continuously served as Treasurer. 

Ken was treasurer of Balmy Beach in 1947 with Hank Farintosh as Commodore.  In 1988, Balmy Beach needed financial assistance and Ken was able to get a license to operate weekly bingos and he has continued as manager and financial director of bingo since then. 

In 1985, Ken was the treasurer for the canoeing event of the first Worlds Masters Games that was held at Toronto, and through his efforts canoeing came through better than the Worlds Masters.  This was the start-up of Canmas nurtured by Russ Dunn. 

Ken has also served the Western Ontario Division as Flag Officer from 1957 to 1959, official, member of various committees, announcer, historian, and voice of reasoning.  And, of course, treasurer of WOD from 1945 to 2000. 

Ken was introduced to squash at the University of Toronto and became a member of the Varsity Team.  After graduation in 1949, continued to play as a graduate team member playing the university circuit.  After the fire which destroyed the Balmy Beach Canoe Club, in the early 1960s, Ken founded a group with Dave Thomas to build two courts using the old walls of the Club and finally opened them up for play in 1966.  The paddlers played good squash all winter and stayed very fit.  In 1967, Ken was a member of the five-man team winning the Ontario Championship.  He won the Ontario Championship singles for 50+ in 1974 and the 60+ in 1986, 1987, 1988; won the Canadian singles squash championship in 55+ class in 1983 and 1985.  Then won the Canadian championship in the 60+ singles in 1986, 1987 and 1988, 1989 and 1990.  Winning two silver medals in the 1985 World Master Games in Toronto in singles and doubles.  Won the Ontario Doubles Championship with Doug Coutts in 1986 and the Ontario Championship doubles in the 65+ with Don Leggat in 1994 and 1995. 

A really great thrill was at the 25th Balmy Beach Squash Reunion in 1991 when Ken had the opportunity to play the great Hashim Khan on the final day, January 13.  Even though he was older than Ken, he was the best in the world in hardball having won every worldwide title.  The first game was very close but Ken won 15-13, in the second game, Ken sharpened his game and won 15-9; the third game was tied at 14 points each and Khan called 3 points and executed 3 magnificent drop shots that won the third game 17-14.  The fourth game was very close and at 13-13 Ken called 5 points and won 18-14; the fifth and final game was close but Khan’s dazzling winners at crucial points made him a champion 15-9. 

But it does not end there.  Doubles squash was growing more popular every year and culminated with Toronto holding the First World Squash Doubles in 1994 for all age categories up to 70+.  Ken was fortunate to qualify for the finals and played Hashim Khan and a very strong partner from Texas for the championship.  The games went two each and 12 all in the 5th fame and the great Khan played 3 perfect drop shots to win the championship.  It was a great thrill and keeps Ken playing doubles two or three times a week. 

Ken and Madge have been living at 19 Pine Ridge for 40 years, and enjoying time shares around the world, travel, bridge and golf.