Griffiths Rankin Cook Architects won an architectural award in 1990 for the design of the main clubhouse.

The main areas include hand and vehicle launch ramps; green and blue gazebos; Clubhouse, Registration, Office and Washrooms; youth sailing pavilion, first aid, washrooms, changing facility; wheelchair pathway; parking and dock access.

Every year the club hosts sailing regattas that attract sailors from across Canada and internationally.

Members of the NSC High Performance Team have the opportunity to learn what it is like to compete against the best in the world, and the experience they gain at races and regattas will certainly help them as they progress in their sailing careers.

Some events are interclub, which means that boats from all sailing clubs on Lac Deschênes may participate.

BYC & NSC have a schedule of cruising and day sailing events organized by the membership for fun, as memorials for members who serve in the Canadian Forces, and as fundraisers for local charities.

The Galley can be found on the upper floor of the clubhouse, and has a large room that can be rented for events.

For birdwatchers, species in or passing through the area include Arctic tern, black tern, New World blackbirds, black brant, Canada geese, common goldeneye, common merganser, common tern, double-crested cormorants, great blue heron, green-winged teal, gulls, killdeer, northern pintails, rails, red-throated loon, ring-billed gull, songbirds, spotted sandpiper, swallows, loggerhead shrike, least bittern, and wood ducks.

The fish species in the Ottawa River near BYC include brown trout, small mouth bass and walleye.