Tom “the Atom Bomb Barbeau was, in the early 50’s, a very active racer who climbed the podium several times at the Canadian Championships. Injuries kept him away from the Olympics. Jolly, loved by everyone, Barbeau believed that everybody should love skiing! It became his motto as a ski instructor for 25 years. Inventor of […]
Born in Switzerland, Josianne Legault immigrated to Canada in 1968. Having been a member of the Swiss National Alpine Ski Team, she began a skiing career in Canada. Legault, a Level 4 Canadian Ski Instructors’ Alliance instructor and Level 3 coach from Canadian Ski Coaches Federation, became, in 1972, a ski school director at Hills […]
Alex Kerr-Gillespie was born in Montréal in 1919 and moved after in the Laurentians with his family. Along with his brothers and sisters, he was going to school. That trail was later known as the “Gillespie Trail”. In 1936, he finished first in the Junior Tachereau at Mont-Tremblant. In 1940, he is the Provincial cross-country […]
Born in Trois-Rivières in 1930, Jacques Charland was a remarkable ski-jumping skier. He was the Canada junior champion in 1947. He also was the Senior champion of Eastern Canada in 1951. He was the record holder for the longest jump for a North American jumper in 1958. He was a member of the Canadian Olympic […]
Sons of John Basler, a Swiss immigrant settled in Morin-Heights in 1919, George « Bunny » Basler and Albert Basler builted the first rope tow at Morin-Heights and the first hotel for skiers in the Laurentians. Bunny and Albert won several ski competitions in the Laurentians. After the Second World War, Albert manages the family […]
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 […]
Pierre Cochand, son of the well known Émile Cochand, was born in 1924 at Sainte-Marguerite-Station. He awarded the Sainte-Agathe Ski Club Cup for the slalom competition in 1938. He was the winner of many championships of the Laurentian Zone and Inter School Championships between 1939 and 1945. He was the winner of the Taschereau Cup […]
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 […]
Nancy Holland was a member of the Canada’s National Team in 1959 and in 1964. She participated at the 1960 Olympics in Squaw Valley, California. She also participated in 1962 at the World Ski Championships in Chamonix, France. She was a member of the Olympic Team in Innsbruck, Austria in 1964. In 1970, she became […]
Peter Kirby was a ski and a bobsleigh champion. He was the canadian junior alpine champion in 1951. He was a member of the Alternative Olympic Team in 1952. He won the Québec Division Downhill Championship in 1953. He was a member of the FIS Team in 1954. He was the captain of the Dartmouth […]
