Joe and Mary Ryan’s contribution to the world of skinng was the development of Mont-Tremblant in the Laurentians. Joseph « Joe » Ryan buy the mountain from Quebec in 1937. In 1939, he opened his resort. All this was done in a remarkably short period of time and the resort quickly establishing a world-wide reputation […]
Instructor, builder, cross-country skier, physical education teacher, Marc Desjardins devoted an incalculated number of hours to extra-curricular activities and to Quebec Winter Games. More than 30 years ago he created in Saint-Jérôme an important cross-country ski club called Les Fondeurs for young people. He remains an excellent role model for potential cross-country skiers, for anyone […]
Alain Cousineau is one of several Laurentian athletes who have left their mark on skiing not only in their region of origin but also on the national and international levels. In the early 70s he is invited to join the Laurentian Zone Team, progresses rapidly to the Quebec Team then to the Canadian Team where […]
Instructor, builder and member of the Cochand family born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland in 1937, Eugène Chedel devoted more than 40 years to skiing in various functions. He arrived in the Laurentians in 1957. He served as ski school director at Chalet Cochand (1964-68) and at Stoneham (1971-73). He served as president of Ski Quebec for […]
Bob McLennan began ski teaching locally at Gray Rocks in 1960-61. By 1963-64, McLennan was named assistant director of the ski school. A few years later he was assistant to the great and famous Ernie McCulloch at the equally famous Mont-Tremblant ski school. He spent the summers from 1963 to 67 teaching at Mount Kosciusko […]
The Booth clan is the first family inducted into the Laurentian Ski Hall of Fame. In the 30s, Ron Sr. fly by cockpit bi-plane in the Laurentians to ski the week-end. By 1950, the Booth had become full time residents of Saint-Sauveur and were involved in the growth of this new industry. Gertrude operated a […]
Founded by Champlain Provencher, the Club de ski Mont- Royal d’Amérique was the first francophone ski club in North America. In Quebec, the sport was seen as elitist and reserved for the anglophones. Despite warnings from the clergy that the club is “the enemy of family and of good values, the Club moved forward. The […]
A Norwegian who immigrated to Canada in 1953 and eventually to Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs in 1958, Mike Loken has since been very active at developing and maintaining a cross-country trail network of which the « Loken », trail remains very popular with skiers from the region. At 85, he is the « Jackrabbit » of Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs. Every year, he continues to […]
The Circuit McDonald’s, created by Kenny Hall, allowed everyone to partcipate « for the fun of it » and at no cost. Lift tickets were offered at reduced rates for participating children and for their parents. Many partipation prizes were also given at each event. There were 18 events every year with over 3 500 […]
J.D. Miller is one of the key “behind the scenes contributors to the B2ten program which funded the training of several promising athletes in preparation for the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games. This program contributed, among others, to the success of Alexandre Bilodeau and Jennifer Heil in freestyle skiing and Alex Harvey in cross-country skiing. J.D. […]
