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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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*
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 […]
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 […]
