Upon his arrival in the Laurentians, in 1928, Victor Nymark specialized in log cabin housing construction. He devoted his spare time to skiing, participating in cross-country races and classifying himself among the first ranks. He participated in the organization of ski activities in Saint-Sauveur and the neighbouring area: opening of the Nymark Lodge, making skis, […]
Born in Saint-Jovite on august 31st, 1918, Charles Duncan won his 1st championship at the age of 15. Belongs to the first team of instructors of the Canadian Ski Instructors’ Alliance (CSIA) has he was instructor and then director of the ski school at Mont-Tremblant in the north of Laurentians. After his return from the […]
Born on May 27th, 1913 in Saint-Sauveur-des-Monts, Québec, Gérald Chevalier was a level A competitive skier from 1929 to 1939. He won his first cross-country at the Shawbridge-Saint-Jérôme race in 1929. He won the New Year Championship twice, in 1936 and in 1938. Aloso, he won the first Taschereau in Mont-Tremblant in 1936 and he […]
Born on January 30rd, 1914, in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Québec, Rolland Belhumeur founded a ski school for the 10 to 16 years of age in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Québec in 1940. He was a senior ski instructor (grade IV) of the Canadian Ski Instructors’s Alliance (CSIA) and a director of ski schools between 1930 and 1962. He was involved […]
At 2 years old, Lucile Wheeler began skiing at Gray Rocks, close to Mont-Tremblant. At 12, she was the National Junior Champion, and by 14 she was on Canada’s National Ski Team. In 1956, Wheeler won Canada’s first ever Olympics medal in skiing, a bronze at the Games in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. In 1958, she […]
Born on June 15, 1875 in Norway, Herman Smith-Johannsen, nicknamed “Jackrabbit” came to live in Shawbridge (now Prévost) in 1932. He was a famous outstanding skier and an incomparable organizer. “The man who has always wanted to see what there was on the other side of the mountain”, for whom skiing is a way of […]
At a time when the practice of skiing was largely dominated by Anglophone, Arthur Gravel was able to stand out as both an athlete and an accomplished skier. Born in Québec City on July 4, 1904, he took part in ski competitions from 1920 to 1936. In 1922, he won the University Championship in nordic […]
Born in Switzerland in 1890, at age 19 he was already a ski champion and instructor in the Swiss army. Here in Canada, the Laurentide Inn in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts asked him to come and teach skiing. Accepting the invitation, he came to live in the area in 1911 at the age of 21, bringing with him […]
Émilie Lamoureux
Gabriel Presseault
