Chatou of the Maison Fournaise, a meeting place for Impressionist painters in the past. It was a place where Pierre-Auguste Renoir painted numerous pieces (portraits of the Fournaise family, surrounding landscapes etc.), most notably the "Déjeuner des canotiers (Luncheon of the Boating Party)" in 1881. The painting is today part of the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C. On August 25, 1944, in Chatou, the nazis shot 27 people, civilians and members of the French Resistance. This event is today known as the "Massacre des 27 Martyrs". Chatou is served by Chatou – Croissy station on Paris RER line A. The community
Lakeland Boating time was considered a small-circulation magazine, into a national giant. Peterson quickly tripled "Lakeland Boating"'s circulation to a high of 60,000. Peterson Publications folded its own "Sea" magazine into "Lakeland Boating", growing the magazine from 40 pages an issue to 130. Kitz, now an associate publisher for the magazine, found his strong editorial voice gone from the magazine now but continued to write his "View from the Bridge" column until the magazine dropped it upon sale to its current publisher. Walter "Bing" O'Meara and David Brown purchased "Lakeland Boating" in 1983. O'Meara learned magazine publishing in the food service and