A founding member of the Canadian Ski Instructors’ Alliance in 1943, Chris held the very first secretary-treasurer’s position from 1949 to 1962. At that time the executive director’s position did not exist. The secretary-treasurer was considered the highest position and in fact Chris was also CSIA’s first paid employee. His responsibilities included the administration of […]
Hotel business pioneer,Stan Ferguson, after several jobs in various hotels of the Laurentians, became in 1942 manager of Mont -Tremblant Lodge, one of the most prestigious hotels of the area. He became director of other great hotels including Mont-Gabriel Lodge where in 1957, he installed the first artificial snow-making system in the country. Involved in […]
Michel Duranceau is one of Canada’s most decorated disabled skiers. He won more than 18 medals at the National level, five at the International level, was four times Canadian champion in three different disciplines and participated in the Calgary Olympic Games of 1988. His proudest achievement is a bronze medal at the Paralympics in Innsbruck […]
Inspired by specialised sport-studies programs in the United States and noticing the number of young racing skiers who quits school, Mario Riel and José Couture, two physical education teachers at A.-N.-Morin initiated, in 1985, a ski program. They installed it progressively and, in 1990, it was finally offered to all 5 levels of secondary school. […]
Founded in 1923 and familiarly known as the Shawbridge Club, it is the oldest residential ski club in North America and was still active when inducted into the Laurentian Ski Hall of Fame in 2006 with over 160 members in all categories. The World’s first rope-tow was on the big Hill just across from the […]
At the age of 16, Joan Goodwin-Wilson left Ontario for Quebec to obtain the Level 1 Instructor certification from the Canadian Ski Instructors’ Alliance (CSIA). Enchanted by the Laurentians, she taught for three years at Mont-Tremblant and earned her CSIA certification in 1960, ranking first among women. At the age of 25, in 1962, she […]
Guy Thibaudeau is a sports journalist who specializes in skiing and other non-motorized winter activities. Since 1968 he has worked equally in both French and English in most of Quebec’s major medias. His mission “to inform on ways to better appreciate winter has brought him to expand his subject matters to include not only alpine […]
Pat Ramage worked tirelessly on the development of all snow sports for almost 50 years. She was particularly associated with alpine racing and biathlon. She worked more than 40 years as volunteer with the Canadian Ski Association, Biathlon Canada, the FIS, the Canadian Olympic Association and the Canadian Modern Pentathlon Association. She was a woman […]
Marc Bégin was 5 years old when he skied for the 1st time on Mount-Royal. Member of the CSIA since 1948 and examiner level IV since 1964, Bégin was also an examiner for the CSIA for 13 years. At the time of his induction in 2005, he was still, at 78 years old, a ski […]
The Snow Eagle Ski School has a distinguished history of excellence recognized throughout North America. It was consistently called “the best on the continent. The quality of its instruction and instructors, particularly under Réal Charette’s tenure as director in the late 40s and through four decades, has been second to none. There is a saying […]
