Born in 1939 at Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, in the Laurentians, Jean-Guy Brunet was a member of the Canadian Alpine Ski Team between 1959 and 1964. He took part in the World Championships at Chamonix, France in 1962. He was the Canadian champion in downhill in 1962, in 1963 and in 1964. At last, he was a member […]
Well known director of the best ski schools in the Laurentians, Guy Normandin was a Ski lieutenant-instructor with the Canadian and British armed Forces (Lord Lavat scouts commandos) survival course under arctic conditions. He was a Former director and qualified examiner fot the Canadian Ski Instructors’ Alliance and he was also Canadian Ski Instructors’ Alliance […]
Born in 1939, Anne Heggveit was the youngest skier to win the Holmenkollen Giant Slalom at Oppdal, Norway, in 1954.The same year she won the double combined title in St-Moritz, Switzerland. In 1959 at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, she was the winner of the prestigious Arlberg-Kandahar Championship, the first non-European person to do so. Also, in 1960, she […]
Ordained as a priest in 1944, Reverend Canon Horace G. Bauch was born in the Laurentians where he spent most of his life. In 1951, he plans the construction of the Saint Francis of the Birds Church better know as the skier’s Chapel and adds a meeting room for their well-being. Devoted to the cause […]
Born in Magog in Eastern Townships in 1927, Robert named « Bob » Richarson won the Canadian Championships, Nordic and Alpine combined competition in Saint-Sauveur in 1951. In 1952, he got the highest placed Canadian Olympic skier in Oslo, Norway. The year after, in 1953, he was the winner of the Quebec-Kandahar at Mont-Tremblant and Provincial Senior […]
Now in their nineties but still full of vitality, Rhoda and Rhona Wurtele can be counted among the most brilliant of Quebec athletes of all time. In their youth, they excelled in all sports but their dream was to master the 38 metre ski jump set up high on the Mount-Royal. At age 11 only, […]
Harry Pangman was the co-founder and the first president of the Red Birds Ski Club between 1928 and 1936. He was the winner of the Quebec-Kandahar downhill, Mont-Tremblant and the 2nd on the combined in 1932. He was finish second in the Laurentian Zone, 50 kilometers ski race in 1935. In 1938-39, he was the […]
Réal Charrette started skiing in 1930 in the Laurentians. He was a pioneer. During the Second World War, he was a lieutenant and a ski instructor for the canadian and scottish troupes. He was the 1st level IV ski instructor of the Canadian Ski Instructors’ Alliance (CSIA). He was also a president and chief examiner […]
Harry Wheeler was one of the first to climb Mont-Tremblant on skis on March 10th, 1916. He competed in the 1932 Olympics at Lake Placid, N.Y. and finished with honor in the sled-dog racing event. Also, He was a successful winter and summer operator in the Laurentians, in The Gray Rocks Inn, in Saint-Jovite. Harry […]
Born in Morin-Heights in 1936, Corrine Whitehouse was a member of the Canadian team that raced at Lake Placid for the Kate Smith Trophy. Amongst other victories, she won the Taschereau downhill in 1953 at Mont-Tremblant. In 1958, she became the first woman to receive a senior rating (Level IV) with the Canadian Ski Instructors’ […]
