Carlyn Kruger-Dodds was chosen, at age 15, for the 1952 Olympic Team but had to decline because of injuries. She did however make the 1956 Canadian Olympic Team for Cortina d’Ampezzo. Carlyn’s greatest skiing achievements include: Canadian amateur Champion in 1951 and 1955, 3 Quebec-Kandahar victories at Mont-Tremblant, two International wins in Lake Placid, fifth […]
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 […]
In the 60s Bernard Brazeau collected ski artifacts. His collection became more important in 1980 when the idea of a museum took the form of a “Research Group on skiing in the laurentians”. He was joined then by Jacques Beauchamp-Forget, Professor, Historian and member of the “Société d’histoire et de généalogie des Laurentides. Fernand Trottier, […]
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 […]
Founded in 1944 at first as a social club, the Nordik Ski Club turned quickly towards competition. It became one of the most powerful competition clubs in Canada. With the rising of competition interest in the club, a professional trainer, Fernand Trottier, was hired. He was a wonderful alpine trainer. His talent and patience succeeded […]
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 […]
Although Phil began skiing in elementary school, it is only at the age of 20 that he gets really interested in the sport. Already considered too old for the National Team he decides to focus on becoming the best possible skier in his age group. It is however his originality and deep implication in the […]
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. […]
In 1935, at 10 years old, Roger Milette made his own skis in order to ski on Mount-Royal. In 2006, at 81, he was still skiing and competing. In those 71 years, he contributed enormously to the development of the sport in Quebec. At the end of the 40s, skiing was still an elite activity. […]
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 […]
