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 […]
At a time when the practice of skiing was largely dominated by Anglophone, Arthur Gravel was able to stand out as both an athlete and an accomplished skier. Born in Québec City on July 4, 1904, he took part in ski competitions from 1920 to 1936. In 1922, he won the University Championship in nordic […]
Harry Wheeler was one of the first to climb Mont-Tremblant on skis on March 10th, 1916. He competed in the 1932 Olympics at Lake Placid, N.Y. and finished with honor in the sled-dog racing event. Also, He was a successful winter and summer operator in the Laurentians, in The Gray Rocks Inn, in Saint-Jovite. Harry […]
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 […]
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*
Born on May 27th, 1913 in Saint-Sauveur-des-Monts, Québec, Gérald Chevalier was a level A competitive skier from 1929 to 1939. He won his first cross-country at the Shawbridge-Saint-Jérôme race in 1929. He won the New Year Championship twice, in 1936 and in 1938. Aloso, he won the first Taschereau in Mont-Tremblant in 1936 and he […]
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