Born in Loretteville, Québec in 1920, Gaby Pleau was a member of the Alpine National Ski team between 1942 and 1946. During her carreer, she won many Championships in Québec, in Canada and in the United-States. In 1947, she founded a ski club for girls and women “Club-École Saint-Castin du Lac Beauport”. With 163 members, […]
Fernand Lessard was born in 1924. He as the Junior Championship of the Université de Montréal in 1941. He won the Taschereau at Mont-Tremblant in 1942. He won the double slalom and the downhill at Saint-Sauveur in 1944. He was nicknamed the “Flying Frenchman” at the Giant Slalom of Mont-Gabriel. He won the Downhill Red Bird […]
Born in Sherbrooke in 1944, Peter Duncan was a member of the Canadian Alpine Ski Team in 1960. In 1963, he was the Canadian Alpine Ski Champion. Twice, in 1963 and in 1967, he finish first at the Quebec-Kandahar of Mont-Tremblant. In 1969, he received the John Semmelink Trophy. At last, he was the captain […]
Born in 1939 at Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, in the Laurentians, Jean-Guy Brunet was a member of the Canadian Alpine Ski Team between 1959 and 1964. He took part in the World Championships at Chamonix, France in 1962. He was the Canadian champion in downhill in 1962, in 1963 and in 1964. At last, he was a member […]
Born in the 1917, Théodule, nicknamed “Titi”, Huot, an experienced and fearless skier, developed with perfection, his famous “somersault jump”. He became professional skier after graduating with honor from the Canadian Ski Instructors’ Alliance (CSIA) and became a dynamic promoter of skiing in the Laurentians and in Québec. Théodule Huot*
A resident of Saint-Sauveur since 1964. Where she began her professional career, Linda Crutchfield has been inducted into 7 Halls of Fame in 3 sports: downhill skiing, water skiing and luge. Her athletic career spans 17 years and 3 national teams; downhill skiing (1959-1965), water skiing (1965-1975), and luge (1967-1969). She competed in 5 Olympic […]
Ernie McCulloch was considered the best skier of the second part of the century. He earned one distinction after another, being the only skier to make a « Grand Slam » of the four major competitions in North America. Was inducted into both the U.S. and the Canadian Ski Halls of Fame and also in the Hall […]
Roger Trottier was born in 1917 in Saint-Sauveur-des-Monts in the Laurentians. He was a member of the Saint-Sauveur Sports Club, class A and a champion of all combined Quebec-Kandahar at Mont-Tremblant in 1930. He was an instructor and a director of ski schools from 1930 to 1954, both in the Laurentians and abroad. He was […]
Gault Kerr-Gillespie was a brilliant and courageous cross-country skier, winner, in the 30s and 40s, of many championships of the Laurentian Ski Zone. He was a member of the Canadian Olympic Team in 1936 but did not participate in the German Olympic that were cancelled because of World War II. That same year, he won 5 […]
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 […]
