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HoNoRARY OFFICERs 

Honorary President: H. S. Southam. 

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.fl onor(lry Vice-Presidents': 

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]. A Wilson 

Norman Smith 

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]. A O'Brien 

Graham Towers 

EXECUTIVE ( 1946-47) 

President: Herbert Marshall 

First Vice-President: 

Sigurd Lockeberg 

Second Vice-President: 

Elmer Cassel 

Hon. Secretary and Editor: 

Jas. S. Patrick, 

76 Renfrew Ave. 

Chairman of Ladies' Executive: 

Legal Adviser: 

Treasurer: 

Auditor: 

Viola Smith 

A G. McHugh, K.C. 

Sylvain Bernier 

F. L. Price 

Directors: 

James Russell 

Lloyd Greer 

Fred Hanna 

Brue Hegglveit 

Tom Casgrain 

Geo. Brittain 

Bil'l Irving 

Wilmer McNaughton 

Fred Clifford 

Eric Morse 

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OTTAWA SKI CLUB 

· Anne .. Heggtveit, .. our 

youngest racer, aged 7 

2 Lemays 

3 On Pink Lake Trail

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EDITORIAL COMMENTS 

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IRST .IT MUST BE mentioned that the keep :.dis~rirpi"'nating pen of 

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the late· Editor, :Charles E. Mortureux, will be· sorely inissed from 

these pages. Mort's copy was sometimes pene.trating-even scathingsometimes 

witty, although more often whimsical, but always interesting 

and never stuffy. He had something 

to say; he said it clearly; he said it 

well. No greater compliment can be 

paid to a writer. But the club suffered 

an even greater loss : that of a directing 

genius. Only those who worked 

with Mr. Mortureux appreciated his 

gift for organization, his sagacity, his 

supreme optimism, and his tremendous 

capacity for work. Those rugged 

features of his could crinkle up into 

an engaging smile and his barrel chest 

housed a heart as big as the world. 

Men like Mort seldom pass this way, 

and if you want to show your appreciation 

send in at once your contribu 

C. E . MORTUREUX 

tion to the Mortureux Mt:norial Fund, so that his memory may never 

fade from the Gatinea'\1 Hills he loved so much. 

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The chief aim this year was to have an account of every branch of 

activity in the Club which is, after all, the first care of a Year Book. 

.Any discrepancies or ommission must be charged to the heads of these 

committees, for they were all warned well in advance of the dead-line. 

In this department, Hal. Heggtveit gives a splendid description of 

the work carried on ·by the Traffic Corps. He. also tells in a diplomatic 

way just what co-operation is expected from the member-novice or 

expert. "Corpses Anonymous" by Fred Hanna is a whimsical but pointed 

article on first aid. It might be termed a humorous satire, and his allusion 

to Pegasus, the mythological winged horse·, gives it the classical 

touch. Elmer Cassel comes out boldly in "The Checker Talks Back" to 

let us know just what a checker has to contend with and gives an idea of 

what his thoughts are as he sits there gwirding our portals. E lmer cer- 

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tainly knows all the angles. The piece on competitions by Billy Burke 

is a good account of the races held, and regarding his tribute to those 

unsung heroes who plan the meets and run them 'bff, he ought to know 

all about their trials and hardships-he is one of them! The report on the 

Dinner Dance was written by a member who-like the photographer who 

took the shots that night-prefers to remain anonymous. Doug. Carman 

explains in his report on the Trail Riders how he and Sheila Hoareas 

a result of an unjustified attack on the poor defenceless Secretary 

for bad trail conditions- were forced to vindicate themselves by founding 

this hard-working volunteer corps. The Secretary invites similar tirades. 

In the g-eneral articles, Don Cruickshank gives us a "glimpse of 

skiing in Switzerland", which is an interesting comparison to conditions 

here. Mr. F. W. Baker was good enough to tell briefly the story of our 

snowfall averages. He is Canada's official weatherman, but don't blame 

him when snow conditions are poor-he does not make the. weather, he 

only records it. A young inter-scholastic racer has set down on paperand 

very well...:.__what passes through a competitor's mind in a crosscountry 

race. The making of a ski-film is apparently a complicated 

business, and Harvey Clifford, who is a member of the Olympic team, 

gives a good explanation of it in "Behind the Scenes". The oldtimer who 

insists on hiding behind the pen-name of D. L. Surveyor has contributed 

a piece that depicts rugged Canadianism more than it describes skiing, 

but it has a wholesome outdoor tang. As long as Canada (and skiing) 

can produce strong characters like "Mac", the race will still survive 

The President has given a splendid summary of what has been 

accomplished by the Club this year. He has soft-pedaled his own physical 

efforts in the work done this fall, but since it seems expected that the 

members of the Executive of the O.S.C. should give brawn as well as 

brain, why should the President not do more navvy work than some of 

the others--the Secretary, for instance! 

Your Editor had to write some odd bits (under J.S.P.) in order to fill 

in the picture. Since Mr. Marshall was too modest to mention what had 

happened to the Ladies' Rest Room, he was forced to write 'Mystery 

Tour." His piece on the season of 1946-47 is followed by extracts from 

his di;ny. This perpetuates a precedent started by your late Editor 

and it is being continued because it indicates weather and skiing condi ... 

tions. By r~ading it you will probably recollect what you did on that 

day, even if you don't care a boot what the Editor and his family did.

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: · OTTAWA SKtl Ct..UI!I 

AT 

LAC 

This ski area, 

favoured with the 

best snow conditions 

in the 

East, has the 

reputation of good 

skiing from early ·1 

December until 

late April. 

Manoir St. Castin, situated 

9 miles north of colorful Quebec 

City, -~ offers skiers ail the services' 

o{ a modern year-'round 

resort •. 

Alpine lift and ski tows are at 

,-Yo,ur doorstep, and the unequaiieq 

popularity of the Fritz Loosli 

Ski Hawk School, . teaching 

"Paraiiel Skiing." 

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Churches nearby. 

WRITE FOR DESCRIPTIVE FOLDER, OR 

CONSU.LT YOUR TRAVEL AGENT. 

SELECTED CLIENTELE, 

LAC BEAUPORT, QUE., CANADA 

You will regret to h9~ *~t we 

·are ~osing·, ·the valuable. ser;vic'e~ of 

Sylyain Bernier, our efficient 

Honorary Treasurer. He h

YEAR . BOOK 194 7-48 7 

REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT 

By Herbert Marshall 

WHEN this Annual comes off the press the Ottawa Sl1:i Club will have 

had another successful year to its credit. The membership remains 

around the twenty-five hundred level. So many members create numerous 

problems and the task of the executive would be easier' if we had 

fewer. But our~ is a democratic club open to all who wish to participate 

in the wholesome and health-giving joys of skiing . . Our fees are. so 

low as to be no barrier to those who really wish to join the club. 

Nevertheless our large membership causes certain inconveniences, 

even hazards. ,

8 O TTAWA SKI C L UB' 

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.'IE 

THE SKI SEASON OF 1946-47 

SEASON of 1946-47 will go 

down in the annals of the Ottawa 

Ski Club as a banner year, and on~ 

which will be unforgettable by all of 

us who were fortunate enough to 

enjoy the unsurpassable skiing H 

afforded for a solid five-month period. 

The season was officially opened by 

Carl Simpson on the twenty-fourth 

of November when he gingerly picked 

his way up Dunlop's over two inches 

or snow which lightly covered the 

rough ·base of rocks and frozen mud. 

More than five months later, on May 

4th, a few diehards pushed themselves 

down the Canyon, did a bit of dexterous 

jumping over the protruding 

rocks, then suddenly realized that 

winter was over. 

The above dates were, of course, 

-J. S. P. 

main in hiding during the months of 

May and June, owing to the miserable 

weather he provided, we managed to 

locate him early in July and get him 

to write a short piece on snowfall 

averages in Ottawa, which appears on 

page 19. 

But now let us consider the quality 

of the snow. and the temperat ures. 

Icy crusts, the bane of skier s, were 

conspicuous in their absence. Anything 

of that nature was extremely 

slight and quickly covered up by 

copious snowfalls. which actually improved 

the base. As can ·be seen ·by 

the diary which follows th~e observations, 

the temperature nearly every 

Sunday for five months was not only 

"skiable" but ideal. There was not 

one sticky day, but on the other hanu 

the extreme limits but it should be the mercury dropped below zero only 

pointe'd'" Otrf' tliaf' the period of goo(C one Sunday and that day (Feb. 2) it. 

skiing was only two weeks shorter, 

for my diary shows that on the first 

of December we had to break trail on 

the Canyon through eight inches of 

fresh snow and on the twenty-seventh 

of Arpil the Canyon, the Dippers and 

the Morning After were in excellent 

condition. 

Although the length of a skiing 

season is important, there are other 

requirements to make it really a good 

one. Naturally the first requisite is 

snow, and in this respect the gods 

were generous with the "white stuff", 

even at times to a fault. Mr. F. V:.,T. 

Baker, Canada's official weatherman 

informs us that "the season of 1946· 

47, tbe heavens deposited no less than 

123 inches of the 'beautiful' on them 

thar hills". Although the much· 

abused Mr. Baker was forced .to reregistered 

a mere three degrees b P.· 

low. On Sunday, January 15, there 

was no skiing owing to an extended 

Chinook that left the hills and trails 

praotically bare, but this proved to be 

the solitary "lost week-end" of the 

season. 

Of course, we still have some members 

wbo judge skiing conditions by 

the bedraggled look of Sparks Street 

on Saturday afternoon. That would 

be perfectly in order if we did our 

skiing there on Sunday. But always 

remember that Camp Fortune is several 

hundred feet higher in elevation. 

and also that snowplows and gigantic 

snowblowers are strictly prohibited on 

the Ottawa Ski Club trails. 

The ideal conditions prevailing 

this year extended the skiing season 

on the Slalom Hill. It is true that this

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was somewhat marred by the fact 

that the tow did not start to operato 

until some weeks after the hill was in 

shape. There may have been extenuat!ng 

circumstances, but " the Executive 

has served notice· that no excuse will 

be acc;epted in the future. ..John P . 

Taylor and ·his associates, on the other 

hand. took full advantage of the long 

season at Dome Hill and. kept their 

tow running every Saturday afternoon. 

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12 

ments .pain in neck vertebrae injurell 

30 years ago while jumping! Home 

by Log Cabin, Highland · Fling, Excelsior. 

A day to recall and -e-live 

with half-closed eyes when I am 

middle aged, which for a skier is 90 

plus. A REAL RED LETTER DAY. 

Sunday, Jan. 12 (+5°): Broke trail 

on Hwitzerland to Humdinger then 

down valley to Slalom. Biggest crowd 

in years. Issue of Mort's Ski News 

interesting and informative. Fresh 

snow, but soon rutted. Chatted with 

Mr. Podoski. Took Dippers, Hazel 

proud to run them without a fall. 

"·Fling" fast and rough, skiers strewn 

in trail. Tripped on .projecting ski 

and took a high dive. Excelsior very 

fast, forced to jump over a ·girl at final 

turn before Penguin. Arrived home 

just before the kids, ·who had been 

driven by Gord •Smith. A grand day. 

Tuesday, Jan•. 14 (+ 12°): Sigurd 

and I conducted Lord Alexander, the 

Governor General, ·on a trip to Fortune 

(see His Excellency Visits Camp Fortune.) 

But there is a sequel to this ~dventure 

which cannot go unrecorded. 

Retnrning home, we were following 

the vice-regal car at a discreet distance 

when, just at the ·Mile Hill, a 

provincial policeman unceremoniously 

stopped us and searched the car for 

guns. He had taken us for poachers! 

Sunday, Jan. 19 (+4°): Skim of 

fresh snow on hard base. After lunch 

to see Lady Willingdon cross-country 

race. Bruce Heggtveit winner. Hazel 

took instruction from Art. Pineault 

and made good progress. Talked with 

Bill Irving on club matters. Tod Laflamme 

(former director), visiting 

from Montreal, •gives me his version 

of newspaper controversy on modern 

skiing trend in which he is involved. 

Excelsior fast and treacherous. 

Sunday, Jan. 28 (+28°): To Dun- 


lop's under overcast skies and with 

rapidly rising temperature. Saw Wallace 

Skimeister competitors finish at 

Cote. Comes a warm rain. Met Mrs. 

White (nee Vera Jones) of Parry 

Sound, former member. Asked Arthur 

Bourinot if weather was conducive to 

poetic muse - the answer was NO. 

Fair crowd fe~r such a day. Fast 

ride down Dunlop's on corn snow, 

but got drenched. Home at 3.45. 

Sunday, Feb. 2 (-3°): Hazel. 

daughter Helen, here from Toronto, 

and I were picked up by "Mac" early 

of a brigl\,t sunshiny m orning. Swift, 

smooth ride on Canyon. Met Dr. 

Fraser (eye man) with Dalton Wood's 

father. Chatted with Dr. Howlett on 

first aid matters. Good sliding on 

Mort's and Traveler's. Shirley and 

Noreen arrived and Joe 'Scott took a 

picture of all five of ris. First family 

group! Caught up with Geo. Brittain 

erecting signs on Ridge road. 

Highland and Excelsior perfect. A 

day for the book: ideal temperature, 

bright sunshine, marvellous snow, 

happy companionship! 

Sunday, Feb. 9 (+ 12°): With Carl 

Simpson in raging blizzard. Greatly 

depressed by sudden death of our be· 

loved "Mort". Draped portals of lodge 

in purple and black. Storm never 

let up but Gatineau Ski Zone championships 

run off. Fast, smooth ride 

out. 

Sunday, Feb. 16 (+ 18° ) : Blue skies, 

bright sunshine and lots of powder 

snow. Newly-organized Trail Riders 

under Doug Carman, had broken all 

trails. Took Dippers with Gord. 

Smith and Fred Clifford. Newt. Barry 

compliments me on my etyle on 

Traveler's. which I take with a grain 

of salt. Best skiing and most perfect 

day of season so far. ' · 

Sunday, Feb. 23 (+8~): To Lemay's 

of a grand day. Trails velvety

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YEAR BOOK .1947-48 

beit with a guilty conscience for not 

staying home to see Helen off to 

Toronto. The vice -

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T 

HE 

THE TRAFFIC CORPS 

TRAFFIC Corps wishes to thank 

the members of the club for their 

co-operation last season. There were 

exceptionally few instances in which 

the judgment of Corps members was 

criticized when it was found necessary 

to draw attention to injudicious skiing. 

With the great number of good skiers 

developing these days it becomes increasingly 

difficult for an observer to 

draw the line between safe and dangerous 

skiing. Obviously an expert 

can ski safely at a much .greater speed 

than an average skier, that is, provided 

someone else from nowhere does 

not ·run smack into him. If, therefore, 

a member of the Traffic Corps should 

have occasion to ask you to "take it 

easy"-there usually isn't much time 

to go into l~ngthy explanations-it 

does not necessarily mean that you 

are skiing out of control or that th~ 

request should be regarded as a reflection 

on your skiing ability. The only 

object is to prevent accidents. 

Last winter "Climb Here" signs 

were placed by the Traffic Corps on 

the hill at the foot of Camp Fortune 

Lodge, Mort's Hill and Travellers. As 

the wording of these signs indicates, 

·they are designed to provide an area 

on the congested hills in which you 

may climb safely. The greater tht~ 

number of skiers using these areas for 

climbing, the greater will be the degree 

of safety attained! And, speaking 

of signs, there will be one on the knoll 

in front of Fortune Lodge again this 

year, requesting that the ski racks be 

used. In view of the amount of traffic 

in and out of the lodge, this area must 

be kept clear, particularly on Satur· 

days and Sundays. 

By Halvor Heggtveit (Captain) 


Arrangements were made last season 

to have members of the Corps 

who travel .by bus to be on hand at 

the bus terminals during the peak 

hours on Sundays to organize the lineups 

and, unless there is a marked 

increase in the number of buses in 

service this year, it will be necessary 

to continue to do so. Unfortunately 

there will be intervals during which a 

representative of the Corps is not 

available, and at such times the skiers 

themselves can do a great deal to 

ensure that lining up and boarding 

the buses is carried out in an orderly 

manner. 

A dozen new members were recruited 

to ·the Corps last winter and 

it is hoped that during the coming 

season a membership of fifty may be 

achieved. It will be ~vident from a 

glance at the various duties of the 

Traffic Corps, which are enumerated 

below, that at least this number is 

required in order that a representative 

may be on hand wherever there is 

congestion, whether it be at bus stop, 

parking lot or ski slope.· It is, of 

course, our objective to have sufficient 

members so that these tluties may be 

carried out during the ordinary course 

of the individual's own activities. 

With this in mind, the executive would 

be pleased to have prospective Corp:; 

members communicate with James S. 

Patrick, 4-9758 or with Halvor Heggtveit, 

4-1522. The only qualifications 

necessary are that the applicant 

should be a senior member of the club 

and have sufficient knowledge .of ski· 

ing to enable him to speak authoritatively 

when the rules of safety are 

being overlooked. 

Front Cover Subject Photo by C.P.R.

YEAR BOOK 1947-48 

· Members of the Traffic Corps 

Arm Band 

No. 

1946-47 

1. James S. Pa,trick 

2. Fred Clifford 

3. Joe Scott 

4. "Suddy" Ashfield 

5. George McHugh 

6. Lloyd 'Greer 

7. W. Gordon Smith 

8. Hal. Heggtveit 

9. Eric W. Morse 

10. Arthur Pineault 

11. Bob McGiffin 

12. Bill Gadde 

13. Eric A. Roy 

14. John M. Garland 

15. Wiif Parmelee 

16. Doug. Carman 

17. Eric Cooper 

18. Bob Smith 

19. Newton Barry 

20. ·Gerry Swerdfager 

21. Harold Fawcett 

22. George Morgan 

24. Roland Linton 

26. Eugene Heggtveit 

27. Sylvain Bernier 

28. 'Paul Radford 

INSTRUCTIONS TO MEMBERS OF 

THE SKI TRAFFIC CORPS 

Your duties are:- 

1 - To organize line-up at bus loadpoints. 

2 - Wa,tch conditions on .parking lots 

and report on same. 

3 - Enforce discipline on trails a,nd 

hills. 

4 - ·See that lodges are kept clean 

and orderly. 

5 - Report accidents. 

6 - Supply inf(Jrmation regarding 

trails and hills to members. 

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You are advised to put on your arm 

band as soon as you arrive at the bus 

terminal, parking lot or lodge. 

At the bus .terminals (George 

Street or Old Chelsea) you will organ· 

ize and supervise the bus line-up. 

You will report any irregularities 

that occur at the parking lots and 

suggest any improvements. 

On the hills, particularly, the Slalom- 

Hill, ·Mort's and Travele-r's, you 

have full authority .to enforce discipline 

regarding reckless skiing, loitering 

at the out-runs and inj~dicious 

climbing. 

In the lodges you will ~nstruct 

members t hang up their packs, nt 

leave them scattered on the tables, 

put their leavings and papers in the 

garbage cans or in the stoves, not 

throw them on the floor, and clean 

their tables after eating. 

In case f an accident, you will see 

that it is reported immediately to the 

first aid room, so tha,t there will be 

a minimum of delay in transporting 

the patient. 

On the trails or in the lodges, yu 

will supply information regarding 

trails and hills to members of the 

Club. 

Since most of the infractions are 

due to carelessness or ignorance of 

ski etiquette, you are asked to be 

tactful and courteous. But if your 

ad vice is ignred, r if the offender 

becomes unruly, you will take the 

badge · number and report it to the 

Secretary, James S. Patrick. 76 Renfrew. 

Yu will take good care of your 

arm band and return it to the Secretary, 

on resignation from the Crps.

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Scenes From Mont Tremblant Lodge 

TO'P-Mount Tremblant, showing the Flying Mile on the lower slope at left and 

the Main Ridge to the right. 

BOTTOM-Main Building of Mount Tremblant Lodge. 

-Photo by W. F. Lothian. 

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Visit Mont Tremblant Lodge 

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YEAR BOOK 1947-48 19 

OUR NORTHERN CLIME 

By F. W. Baker 

TO THE GREAT skiing fraternity a 

weatherman would say: surely 

the climate of this proud Capital 

would fit into a skiers' dream of paradise. 

This thought is no idle one, fo1· 

it is backed by 58 years of meteorological 

data at the Central Experimental 

Farm, Ottawa. 

Glancing back through the many 

pages of meteorological statistics at 

the Farm, a great wealth of ski lore is 

revealed. F-rom the starting point of 

normalcy, the records _(over 58 years) 

have gone deep into the field of 

extremes, but it all seems to add up 

to good skiing. 

The normal snowfall in Ottawa 

stands a.t 88 inches, and the fluctuations 

have varied . from 50 to 140 

inches. Before going on, perhaps a 

weatherman may ·be excused for 

having a feeling olf hesitancy in 

revealing the "dope" to ski enthusi· 

asts in case these lines should fall 

into the hands of the average citizen 

in the street, who would likely suffer 

a few extra shivers down the spine 

after the harrowing experience of this 

past spring. 

The average date of the first snowfall 

in Ottawa is November lOth and· of 

the last, April 8th: a period of 150 

days, or 41 per cent of the whole year. 

This is just dealing with normalcy, 

but in actual fact, snow has fallen on 

the fi·rst day of October and as late 

in spring as May 9th, just leaving a 

bare four months In which the moths 

in the attic might feast on Mom's 

Huds-on seal or chew at Pop's old 

coon-skin coat. If the destructive 

little beggars could read these figures 

they would probably migrate to thl:' 

banana belt f{)r the good of all con· 

cerned. 

So, dear readers, we repeat, never 

a winter with less than four feet of 

snow, and somtimes almost twelve 

feet. The past winter made a try at 

the last figure, but ·started a little late 

and fell short by 19 inches-and oh, 

how we non-skiers suffered! 

Surely the snowfall here at Ottawa 

must be disappointing to those who 

love to build up the story M a trend in 

our weather. There is no such animal! 

The past five years is a fine 

example of what we mean. The winter 

of 1941-42 ended with a light total 

of 60.30 inches, which was followed 

the next winter by 116.40 inches; and 

so the story goes: 1943-44 had 64.00 

inches, then came 84.50 (44-45), and 

back to 64.60 (45-46) . Then just as 

the legend of the trend towards snow· 

less winters was beginning to gain 

ground, Old Man Winter seemed suddenly 

to wake up to the fact that we 

were getting into a rut and reached for 

the "snow lever". What happened 

after that left no doubt in our minds 

that "we'd ·had it", for you will all 

remember the season of 1946-47 the 

heavens deposited no less than 123 

inches of the "·beautiful" on them thar 

hills. 

This is -but a short story of the 

winters that prevail in this northern 

clime of ours, written at the request 

of your Editor for the members of the 

Ottawa Ski Club. If it proves of 

value as a statistical record, I am 

content; if it has interesed you, I am 

indeed happy.

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CORPSES ANONYMOUS 

By Fred Hanna 

OTTAWA SKI C LUB 

magine a beautiful girl or a handsome man on the trail with a broken 

fibula. The temJjf•rature is below zero and the poor soul is suffering from 

shock. The only frif'nd goes back to Camp for help. He finds the St. 

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•' ~ Competitive ski·ingls at Its 

best in Quebec. Expert and 

. tyro alike enjoy to the full 

\ Quebec's brilliant sunshine, 

dry invigorating air and 

wonderful snow. For help 

in planning a ski vacation that Is 

different write Provincial Tourist 

Bureau, Parliament Bldgs., Quebec 

Canada. 

John men knee-deep in miscellaneous 

corpses and limbs trying to assemble 

mating parts. He asks for aid. 

Naturally there is no pi)int in taking 

on new work until the task at hand is 

completed-the answer is apologetically, 

"Sorry". Should the friend 

break his back pulling a heavy sleigh 

loaded with a foolhardy, or should he 

look for a new friend? If the injured 

is a beautiful girl whom the mother 

has entrusted to the escort's tender 

mercies, it is doubtful that he would 

care to telephone the mother and say 

he would go back for her daughter 

when the warm weather sets in. 

There are no Ski Patrol men aroundwithin 

miles- fur this is the Ottawa 

Ski Club and all of its members 

are such good skiers that they do not 

need First Aid. It is unfortunate if 

some outsider is visiting for the day 

and is naive enough to in jure himself, 

but then if he needs Ski Patrol services 

let him arrange them. Club 

members .prefer to ski, hope for the 

best in skiing and hope still more that 

one of those poor suckers -with a First 

Aid Badge will be near if a tree 

suddenly grows. up in the trail, or a 

'ski becomes temperamental, ·or any 

other circumstance arises beyond the 

control of a good skier. 

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Suppose all this happens. I agree, 

"It's too bad". But suppose that was 

your only friend who went into Camp. 

He did not know what to do and 

neither did you. Neither of you had 

availed himself (y


Ski Patrol. It is a bit late, but maybe 

St. Peter needs ~1'0 Ski ·Patrol anyway 

or maybe there is no snow where you 

are going. Another snowfall will 

smooth over the trail until spring. 

The, gradual dwindling of interest 

in the Ski Patrol threatens to lead tD 

suc'h situations. When the Ski Patrol 

was organized in 1943-44, the Night 

Riders became the nucleus of the 

Patrol. For several years they comprised 

the major portion of it; that iR 

true today, since the two or three 

active Patrolmen remaining are Night 

Riders. However most Night Riders 

are not able to assist in Patrol Work 

because of the obligations involved in 

preparing f

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We hope that casualties of the future 

are on good terms with Pegasus. 

Do you think that joining the Ski 

Patrol will obligate you to be at the 

Ski Camp more than you normally 

expect to be? It is true that if yon 

belong to the Patrol you are more 

useful at Camp Fortune. But some· 

thing you may not realize is that you 

will enjoy much more skiing if you 

come up on those weekends when it 

does not look so promising. Those of 

us who have been out every weekend 

regardless of how the weather looks 

in town have found Ottawa.. wea..ther 

not indicative of skiing conditions. 

And now a brief outline of casualties, 

to inform you w.hat the chances 

are of your being on the receiving end. 

By far the greatest attention, fortunately, 

was given to lacerations, blisters, 

abrasions, contusions. Apparently 

men are more careless or reckless, 

·because they were treated three 

to one with the girls. Burns and 

scalds were negligible this year. Gastric 

disturbances, headaches, etc., 


totalled fourteen. A curious fact i.:; 

revealed by the fracture cases. Men 

sustained five fractures and suspected 

fractures, and ladies must have strong 

arms, -because they had no upper limb 

fractures. However, apparently girls' 

leg-s are weaker for they had six to 

three majority over the boys in fractures 

of the lower limbs. In the 

sprains and strains, the same curious 

fact was revealed. It was fifteen to 

one in favour of boys for upper limbs 

and fifteen to eleven for the girls in 

the ·case of lower limbs. Ah! Yes! 

but have you noticed a girl fall? She 

usually scoots along feet first on hu 

fanetta. 

There were eighteen cases requiring 

transportation to homes or hospitals. 

We hope if you are around whim 

someone is forced to seek a more 

gentle ride than in a bus, that you will 

offer space in your car. 

The total recorded treatments for 

the season was 133. You have roughly 

23 .to 1 odds of not requiring any 

assistance, based on last year's 

experience. 

Trail and Hill Etiquette 

Never loiter near an out run, at the foot. of a hill - When climbing, always 

take the side, not the center of a hill - When descending, never dash suddenly 

from the side to the centre. - Keep awa}' from steep hills until you can control 

your skis by stemming. 

When climbing a trail, keep your eyes up and stick to the side - Heed 

instantly the cry of "Track" by moving to the side - If you fall, get up and out 

of the track at once and do not go away before cross checking the hole 

made. Holes make bumps and bumps ar€ dangerous. - Walk down icy or 

rutty bits of trails. -Never ski alone on an isolated trail. 

Don't drag your poles, as they might catch on some projecting object and 

wrench your arms. Keep the tops well down and the steel points up and away 

from you. When carrying your skis always have them strapped at both ends. 

Skis strapped only in the centre spread out. windmill fashion and are a nuisance

24 

LAST F·EBRUARY two carping skiers 

had the temerity to "complain to 

the management" about the lack of 

maintenan·ce on some of .the club's 

trails, and to suggest that a new 

organization 'be formed to assist the 

overworked Night Riders. After due 

TRAIL RIDERS 

By Doug:. Carman (Captain) 

deliberation, these two were suitably 

punished by ·being instructed to form 

such an organization themselves. 

Thus the Trail Riders were born. 

The plan was to obtain volunteers 

from the rank and file of the clubthe 

''average" skiers. Club Directors · 

and competitive skiers were particularly 

not to be imposed upon. From 

these volunteers, teams were to be 

formed and schedules a·rranged so that 

no team would have to work more than 

one or two hours every other Sunday. , 

Actually the back-log of necessary 

work was so great and "charter" 

members so few, that many worked 

every Sunday for the first few weeks. 

Hard bumps, impervious to crosschecking, 

had built up on the lower 

Can,yon, George's, the Fling, and the 

Mica Mine Trail to Pink Lake and 

Wrightville. They were attacked with 

shovels, and levelled. 

Little Switzerlan d, whi'ch had almost 

ceased to be used, was opened up 

and regularly maintained. Under these 

conditions it regained much of its 

former popularity. George's Trail and 

the Highland Fling were regula·rly 

maintained and the Highland Trail 

occasionally ·broken. 

The Trail Riders found that the 

unknown heroes who had been crosschecking 

the Dippers every week-end 

were Fred Clifford and Gordon ·Smith. 

Although it was against their principles 

to let a Director continue such 


work, they had not suffiicent members 

to take over this trail and had to 

depend on them most Sundays. 

Outside of the scheduled maintenance, 

many trail repairs were made 

whenever and wherever required. It 

you left a "bath-tub" on Club trails 

last year, some Trail Rider probably 

filled it, des·c·ribing you suitably as 

he worked. 

Since the Trail Rider organizatiQll 

was still growing at the end of the 

season, the formal membership list 

given below does not include many 

who helped with the work. It is regretted 

· that their assistance cannot 

be acknow~edged and it is hoped that 

they will join the Trail Riders for the 

coming winter. 

Members: 

Esther Bryan 

John Calvert 

Doug Carman 

Elmer Oassel 

Don Fredenberg 

Les Fredenberg 

Gordon Greenaway 

Sheila Hoare 

Req uir ements: 

Evelyn Leonard 

Clarence Leslie 

Bob McGiffin 

Charles Niven 

Kenneth Nolan 

Gordon ·Smith 

Clayton Taylor 

Harry Thompson 

Russel Wilson 

1. An ip.teres.t in trail skiing. 

2. Poor to excellent skiing ability. 

3. Age- any. 

4. Sex - either. Here's a chance 

for the girls to help. Experiments 

and arguments show that ladies do a 

much better cross-checking job .than 

men-or maybe vice-versa-but anyway 

both do all right. 

5. Sufficient initial urge to leave 

your name and phone number at 

McGiffin's or with a club official.

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M 

EMBERSHIP, 

PLEASE! Badgef.' 

should be sewn on the left hand 

side of the slacks. This will establish 

proof of membership and avoid a 

bothersome scrimmage with the 

checker. "Scrimmage", did you say? 

V{hat "is the connection between skiing 

and rugby, and does the c~ecker 

really play rugby? My error, skier, 

it should read, "Bothersome scrimmage 

with yourself." 

You have your badge witl:J. you? 

Good! But it is hidden in the wallet, 

or loose in the pocket ... Not so 

good, but nevertheless-interesting. 

No, not the badge, but those cold 

hands, wet mitts, fogged glasses, 

stuffed haversacks and much fumbling 

with coins, street car tickets, handkerchief, 

compact, check for a s·hort 

beer, and, like the proverbial auction 

sale--articles too numerous to mention. 

:Sew it on, Jllease! But you say 

that the ribbon is of poor quality and 

will not hold its stitches. A war cashalty, 

no doubt; yet satisfactorily 

overcome by pressing the badge to reinforcing 

material with mending tissue 

and a hot iron, turning in the edge and 

sewing to the slacks by machine. 

"The colour comes out when I send 

the slacks to the cleaners." Sure does! 

The coiour is S{lluble in cleaning fluid. 

Come to think of it, though, the 

cleaner doesn't care two hoots about 

your advertising for the O.S.C. Why 

should he? His establishment undertakes 

to clean and press the slacksnot 

badges. 

But you have two or even three 

pairs {If slacks. You lucky person! 

You fortunate aristocrat on whom circumstance 

or position has smiled! 

You ought to be the proud possessor 

of two or even three 'ba'llges, no less. 

Perhaps in a rush to catch the buf.' 

that loose badge was forgotten or 

mislaid. What if it fell out of the 

pocket on the trail? Someone would 

surely pick it up- they might turn it 

in to the checker; might even use 

your badge to turn themselves through 

the door of the lodge and help to 

crowd you out. No telling what might 

happen. Everyone is not as honest as 

you are, and the checker doesn't know 

you very well. 'What happens? You 

are asked to buy a Day Membership. 

The cover charge is one dollar for the 

day, refundable at MoGtiffin's (8(l 

Sparks St.) on establishing pr{lof of 

membership. How you must hate 

the checker for that, dear member: 

You could have cursed and sworn perhaps, 

but 'llo YQU think, at your age, 

it is right? Suppose five per cent of 

two thousand members had the same 

story and half of that hundred were 

not members. Fifty people could use 

up a lot of space in a lodge already 

well filled. Would you be the last or 

the first person to complain about 

crowding? .Sure, sure. 

"No, sir! That doesn't b!!;ppen to 

me. I've beem a member for years 

•proud of it. Look at that row of 

badges." (Try to find this year's 

badge.) "Best skiing we've had this 

year. Say, do you mind if I take my 

friend in as my guest? ... YQU mean 

it's g{ling to cost a dollar? What kind 

of a Club is this anyway? Just this 

once, eh? Be a sport!" Well it's this 

way, chum: In a club of over two 

thousand members, the most Qf them

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want to ski on the best days. If 

each member brought only one guest, 

it would mean four thousand. Yet 

there are those who feel that the lodge 

~s crowded with two thousand. 

"So it's going to cost a dollar just 

to get in to get a cup of coffee and a 

hamburger!" Not at all. If you golf, 

you pay a green fee; ·but you ski, 

then this is a snow fee. Well, it's not 

as simple as that. Trails m ust be 

maintained, hills improved, caretakers 

paid, lodges kept in repair, insurance. 

taxes, wood, and numerous sundry 

items. 

"And you say that I can apply the 

Day Membership Fee towards a membership, 

if I do so within two weeks! 

Fine; but I'm not sure whether I'll 

be able to come often enough to mak" 

it worth while joining the Club. Will 

it be all right to get a Day Membership 

each time I come until I have paid 

the price of a full membership; then 

turn in the tickets on a badge?" Sorry, 

old chap, but only one Day MembeJ' 

ship Ticket may ·be used towards the 

purchase of a badge. 

"Must I show my badge (or Day 

Membership Card) every time I come 

in? You know me, and besides J 

showed it to you the first time I camo 

ln." That's right. It must be showu 

each time . . . Does this put the 

checker in the category with thosa 

people whom you spasmodically liko 

or dislike - depending, of course, 

whether or not you are wearing your 

badge according to Hoyle? Perhapf' 

you wear your badge inside your cap; 

on your parka; on a ski mitt; pinned 

to a pocket; or just plain on the loose. 

Everyon e knows ;J)adges worn like 

that can be transferred. Maybe 

someone suggested a bit of chiselling 

... just for fun or spite; but yon 

should hear the loud cries f abus~ 

when the checker, in his dual role. 

starts "bouncing". Fun, no doubt,


from the side lines, ·but rather embarrassing 

to the parties concerned. 

Do you envy the checker? Some 

folks do. There's no better way to 

pass the time on a mild drizzly Sunday: 

skiing is at its worst, not to 

mention wet feet, drenched parkas, 

sopping mitts-and the checker doesn' t 

want to ski anyway! What an op·portunity 

to meet a lot of swell people! 

(The few not so swell, try to squeeze 

in at the back door where the cafeteria 

staff bring in the salt, mustard, pepper 

and vinegar.) The checker even 

gets paid for his job-but not on · a 

commission basis as some individuals 

seem to think. You would like the 

the job, eh? For your initiation, be 

sure to choose a busy Sunday with a 

stiff east wind blowing, and the thermometer 

crowding around twenty 

below zero. Conditions are ideal, and 

with an abundance of wood - well 

watered, split and iced-you shtmld be 

able to get a good fire going about 

4 p.m. in the "Frigid Aire StQve". 

On the other band, when ski conditions 

are at their prime, it's a grand 

and glorious feeling to have a few ol 

the ski ft·aternity extend h·eartfelt 

sympathy to the checker on the loss 

of a good day's skiing. Perhaps a 

rip-snorting ·business boom should, in 

some measure, compensate for loss of 

skiing. But does it? Skiers. and 

would--be skiers, are continually 011 

the move: through the first door 

SLAM! ... "Membership, please." 

. • • through the second door - 

BANG! . . • in and out, .hour 111fter 

hour. Four doors to boom for each 

.badge counted; two thousand members 

passing and re-passing umpteen 

times in the day! Did you ever count 

sheep in your sleep? The checker, 

more than once (you guessed it) 

... counted badges. Counting dollars 

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The sanctum of the inner guard is 

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34 OTTAWA SKI CJ,....UB 

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KHNG 

BEHIND THE SCENES 

FOR FUN is fun. Skiing at 

Banff for fun is still more run. 

Try it some time-as we did. After 

t!lree months of swooping down iceencrusted, 

bloodcurdling racing trails 

and through devilishly-planned slalom 

courses, a group of us were invited to 

Banff for some fun 'Skiing, with participation 

in a ski movie as a sideline. 

Our group included Rhoda and Rhona 

HARVEY CLIFFORD 

A t M ount Atha b aska i n June 

Wurtele of Montreal, Paula Kann of 

North Conway, Gene Gillis and Colin 

Stewar t, both outstanding American 

Olympic skiers, Frank Davidson ·of 

Idaho, and myself. We were met at 

Banff by George EiseiLSchiml, our 

inimitable host, and Luggi 'Foeger, ski 

pro, photographer, and slave driver. 

These two esteemed gentlemen were 

accompanied by a group of professional 

ski instructors who had preceded us 

to Banff by a few· days, and included 

Toni Matt and Herbert Schneider of 

North Conway, and Gerry Everill. 

By Harvey Clifford 

Roger Trottier, and Johnny Anderson 

from the .Laurentians. 

After spending the night at the 

Kin g Edward Hotel we were treated to 

a jolting bus-ride up into the mountains 

to a wonderful valley, in the 

centre of which Sunshine Lodge is 

situated. The Lodge is so high above 

sea level .th~J.t even the birds have to 

wear oxygen masks. "Sunshine" at 

that time of year-mid. April-is a 

picture of inescapaJ:>le, beauty. 1t is 

located in a ·small basin with limitless 

ski slopes on every s i de~slopes .for 

beginners-slopes for experts-wind 

blown slopes- powder-show. slopestreed 

slopes-bpen slopes-=-enough 

slopes to make you dizzy, and that is 

the impression I should like to convey. 

Our fun-skiing that first day consisted 

of gathering IS'laloni poles, 

packing one of these dizzy slopes for 

the slalom shots, and building h'Uge 

bumps-commonly known to the rae· 

ing fraternity as wave ·baths. Ye·s, we 

had been over-optimistic about the 

fun part of our invitation and we had 

un der-estimated the viciousness in our 

would-be hosts, who by now, .had 

overridden their betfer natures. George 

had dropped his role of genial host 

and was now a fanatical , little man 

dashing about with two Leica cameras 

dangling from .his neck and a big 

double-barreled ·shotgun under this arm. 

Luggi, usually a little more eventempered 

than Goorge, had also got 

the bug and was {!eterminedly climbing 

all over the place, even up trees, 

On being questioned as to the reason 

for his ape-like performa nce he wa'S 

as. communicative ·as an Egyptlan 

mummy, but his faithful assistant,

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We fun-seeking .slaves were also 

undergoing a transformation. Few 

people realize the difference between 

skiing for pleasure and ski-racing. The 

professionals among us were all 

rhythm, g T a c e, and free-flowing 

energy, attained through praetice because 

their occupation demanded it. 

The racers, including myself, were all 

up and go, still with the idea of getting 

there "fustest", as we had been 

trained. For the movies our theories 

were completely O'Ut of place, so we 

found ourselv-es trying to imitate the 

incomparable Toni Matt-'-imitate only 

-because, to my mind, it would be 

impossible to ·simulate the poetry of 

motion that is Toni's style. (Incidentally, 

Toni is one of the finest racers 

in the world. Tthat, with his flawless 

style and knowledge of skiing, justifies 

his recent appointment as chief 

ski instructor of North America's most 

famous ski resort, .sun Valley, in 

Idaho.) 

Before the week was over we were 

all ready to start movie-making. To 

the casual observer we were just 

another bunch of crazy skiers; flitting 

through trees, over cornices, over our 

many wave baths, through slalom 

flags, and then climbing up to do it 

all over again. I guess we had the 

bug too, but that is the way skiers . 

are. Actually we weren't crazy. It 

was all a scheme, a pattern, worked 

out lpng before in Luggi's mind- a 

scheme devised to obtain the best 

possible effect of a group of skiers 

working in unison. Every dawning 

brought some new joy to Luggi-or 

some new prob1em. His was the task 

of using the snow conditions and sun 

to best advantage. T:his task was


particularly difficult because there 

was a definite lack of both these essentials 

during our three-weeks' stay. 

Mainly because of these shortcomings 

the completion of the movie was 

still a long way off. Arrangements 

were made for us to go to the Columbia 

Ice Fields on the Banff-Jasper 

Highway. The Highway, a s'UIDmer 

road only, had not been plowed out, 

necessitating our stay in Banff for 

two weeks, during which time ILuggi 

took many fill-in scenes. If you had 

happened to be in that vici\lity at that 

time you might have seen a greatly 

outdated Model T being pushed down 

the highway, or a Wurtele ·buzzing 

around with Elk horns on her head. 

Just a few of Luggi's many whims. 

Several days were spent on the Kananaskis 

Ranch (pronounced Kan"anass-ski). 

We had a lot of trouble 

talking George out of using .the name 

as a title for the movie. 

Finally aur two-weeks' sojourn was 

over. It was now late in May but the 

highway we were subjected to still 

had ten-foot snow drifts on either side. 

Our party now eonsisted of only ten 

people, for Toni had injured his ankle 

at Sunshine and several of the skiers 

had to return to their summer work. 

Our skiing activities were confined 

to Parker Ridge and Mt. Athabaska. If 

George had had !his way we wouid 

still ·be there climbing over any one 

of a hundred different icefields of 

which Athabaska and 1Snow Dome are 

the most famous. ·The day we picked 

to climb Athabaska turned out to be 

the most enjoyable one of the whole 

trip. It was not too promising when 

we were dragged from our beds at 

three a.m. The last rays of yesterday'.s 

sun were just vanishing behind 

the mountain and a thin layer of 

clouds was taking their place. Despite 

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a faint whisper of protest we found 

ourselves hustling up a path :through 

the dreary early morning semi-darkness. 

The reason for our early departure 

was a combination of •Luggi's 

desire for early morning light during 

our descent and the mountain's desire 

to brush us over lightly with an 

avalanche if she caught- us on iller 

slopes after closing time, which is 

· eleven o'clock at that time of year. 

The ·climb is from an elevation of 

6,000' to 11,000' ·all except 500' of 

which is glacier and snow-covered. We 

made two stops on the way up, to 

rearrauge packs, nibble at chocolate 

bars, arid to catch our breath because 

we were unaccustomed to tl;J.e · te~rific 

altitude. After four and a h1,1lf hours 

climbing we reached the summit. The 

sun was ·Out full, and although it was 

only five days short of June, the cold 

was intense. After a short rest and 

a bite to eat -Luggi thad us on our feet 

again because the ·Sun was at its best 

at that time, still only 8 a.m. 

The view from the peak cO"Uld only 

be attained from climbing such a 

mountain. In every direction were 

mountain tops and icefields . .Straight 

· up was a clear, blue sky and straight 

down was 4500' of untracked powder 

snow, as smooth as a .billiard table. 

There was no holding us back. We 

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Drawings: J. E. Lewis- Verse: J. L. C. Guthrie 

1 

Intently the champion watched the 

retort 

Simmer and stew in the Bunsen's flame. 

He had to hurry for time was short 

'Til the greatest event in tht skiing 

game. 

2 

Unseen in the shadows there lurked 

a spy, 

Noting each move the scientist did, 

Until the champ with a satisfied sigh~ 

Locked the shack . and homeward slid. 

3 

Swiftly the spy scooped up a pot 

Of brownish liquid with a glossy shine. 

"Eureka!" he cried, "at last I've got 

The SECRET WAX .... the race is 

mine."

4 

The champion's thoughts were on the 

vandal 

As the day of the race dawned clear and 

bright. 

He waxt. ~his skiis with a paraffin candle, 

And ente:red the race full of confident 

:fight. 

5 

He fled down the mountain at lightning 

speed, 

Curving and swooping like a crazy bird, 

And crossed the line far in the lead, 

While his arch-rival, Joe, came a 

hundred and third. 

6 

W'hen Joe waddled in as if skiing 

through sludge, 

Some dogs started licking his ski. 

"The thief!" cried the Champ, "It was 

chocolate fudge- 

Not wax that he stole from me!"

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winter, Viscount Alexander expressed 

a wish to visit Camp Fortune. 

Consequently, ·one day Sigurd 

Lockeberg, the first Vice-President, 

and I received a command to meet the 

Governor-General and his aide-de·· 

camp, .Squadron Leader Tollmache 

at Lemay's the next morning, Tuesday, 

January 14th, at 10.30. As it turned 

out, Sigurd had difficulty starting his 

car; and it was almost the appointed 

time before we left the city. On the 

Kingsmere road, we met the vice-regal 

station-wagon and the driver told us 

that His Excellency hati waited a few 

minutes for us, then started off along 

the trail with his A.D.C.! You can 

imagine how we felt. 

On reaching the parking lot, however, 

we .saw the two figures just 

about to enter the bush. It was our 

party; after giving us a friendly wave, 

they turned round and came to meet 

us. Lord Alexander -put us at ease by 

saying he -had surmised that we had 

encountered car trouble, and claiming 

they had just arrived. When Sigurd 

heard that the station-wagon was to be 

at Dunlop's at 4 p.m., he decided he 

had better drive his car around and 

leave it there, while I went ahead 

with the vice-regal party. 

It was a grand day with perfect 

snow conditions, and as we proceeded 

up Excelsior the quality of the Governor-General's 

climbing showed me 

that he was no novice on the sticks. 

Nevertheless when we reached t.r.e 

Top-of-the-World I suggested that His 

Excellency go ahead and stop at the 

top of the Speedway while I came 

right through to give him an idea of 

the grade. But it did not turn out that 

way, for the Governor decided to take 

the advantage of his flying swrt, aml 

I did not see him until reachin~ the 

foot of the Canyon! 

Sigurd had made good time, for he 

was already at the lodge, where he 

and the caretaker were busy making 

preparations. A table and four chairs 

were set in the west wing, and a huge 

fire was roaring in tne nearest stove. 

His Excellency then inspectE•d the 

premises, including the wax-r9om, 

cafeteria and first-aid quarters. He 

was keenly interested in e·very little 

detail, and asked many questions 

about the club and how it ope·,·ated. He 

was amazed at the services provided 

for the members of the Club at such a 

nominal fee. He paid tribute to the 

work of the Executive and the variour 

voluntary corps within the Club and 

said: "The public cf Ottawa is indebted 

to them for the fine work they 

are carrying on." 

Lunch in the west wmg was 

pleasant and informal. We dumped 

the contents of our haversacks on the 

table and exchanged sandwiches anu 

cake with one another. Loi·d Alexander· 

seemed to enjoy particularly 

one of Sigurd's substantial rye-bread 

sandwiches, which was of Dagwood 

proportions. The Governor and 

Sigurd got talking of European siding 

terrain, the outstanding stars ,and 

the championship meets they had 

attended, and found that they at times 

had witnessed the ·same events. 

After lunch we climed Bonnie Brae 

and took the Dippers. They were 

smooth and fast, and His Exeellency

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really got a tremendous kick out of 

these exhilarating chutes. Continuing 

on to Keogan's, we returned by Fortune 

Lake. Here the Governor was 

highly interested in the beaver and 

their activities. Sigurd drew attention 

to a little mound at the edge of the 

trail and said, "There's a partridge in 

b,ere." He gave a poke with his pole 

and true enough, up she flew with a 

whirring of wings. 

On our return to the Camp Fortune 

area, His Excellency took a fancy to 

Traveler's so we climbed to the very 

top and came down four abreast. 

We then entered the lodge for a brief 

rest and smoke. Lord Alexander spoke 

enthusiastically on the opportunities 

this country offered young veople and 

the lack of reactiona~;y social barriers, 

which I thought was surprising 

coming from an old-school-tie 'blueblood. 

He also deplored fire loss here, 

which he pointed out was much higher 

than in the United Kingdom, and 

strongly advised me to have my chimney 

swept regularly. This I must do 

when I get around to it! 

On the way to the punlop parking 

lot, we visited the Slalom Hill. The 

Governor thought it a "jolly good 

hill" and said he'd like to run it on his 

next trip. The station-wagon was 

waiting at Dunlop's, but His Excellency 

would not get in until assured Sigurd's 

car would start. "You see," he said, 

"if you can't. get g-oing, we'll give you 

a push." 

On parting, the hero of Dunkirk and 

North Africa shook hands with Sigurd 

and me, thanking us for our services, 

then saluted in ·brisk military fashion 

and elimbed aboard the .station-wagon. 

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"MAC " 

by D. L. Surveyor 

THINK I should tell you about Mac, 

not because he is a great skier, for 

he isn't, but ·because he is the most 

outdoorsy man I know and all skiers 

are outdoorsy folk. The main thing 

about skiing to Mac, as to many of us, 

is that it makes an excellent excuse to 

get out into the friendly winter woods. 

In the nineteen twenties Mac was 

a member of "our gang". Later he 

moved to British Columbia but a few 

years ago he had occasion to spend a 

part of a winter in Ottawa and as we 

skied in the Gatineau Hills we stopped· 

on the trail many times to recall in· 

cidents of earlier days and, incidentally, 

to have a little rest. "Do you 

remember the time, Mac, that you 

snared the front end of my ski with 

your ski pole on Ted Devlin's hill?" 

This hill isn't used so much now. It is 

on the trail to Fortune from T~maga 

and it has been called Ted Devlin's 

hill ever since Mr. Devlin had the mis· 

fortune to break his leg there. It is 

not a ·big hill, nor very steep, but after 

the first dip it turns to the left so that 

when you are at the top you cannot see 

the lower part. On the occasion mentioned 

Mac had gone on down and 

after a decent interval I followed, only 

to find him spread out pretty well all 

across the trail. I swung to the 

right and was. nearly by when Mac's 

ski pole suddenly appeared at the 

front end of my ski. No damage was 

done because the snow was fresh and 

·fluffy but to this day I do not know 

whether the action was unintentional 

or the dictates of a little fun-loving 

imp. 

Mac a,l;ld I first met in Winnipeg in 

the spring of 1914. We were booked 

for the same survey party in northern 

Manitoba in an area well beyond 

settlement, where transportation 

equipment included the canoe and dog 

sled but the chief instrument of torture 

between open water ann freeze 

up was the tump line. In present day 

slang these surveys were no "piece 

of cake". They required men like 

Charlie who used a "Paul Bunyan" 

size paddle so he could get a good 

"bite" of the water, and Finley who 

·boasted he could lift a 500-pound barrel 

of salt up on to a kitchen table, 

and Fred who used a 100-pound sack 

of flour to balance the 100-pound cook 

stove on moving days along a stump 

strewn survey line. As I looked at 

Mac's rather plump boyish figure I was 

willi~g to ga:mble that at least fifty of 

his two hundred pounds would not return 

to Winnipeg next spring. I was 

wrong. It all came back and a little 

more, for Mac thrived on the heavy 

work. 

"And do you remember the time, 

Mac, when you bought the whole new 

ski outfit and kicked like a steer 

about its high cost." The complaint 

had been loud long, and detailed-it 

lasted all the way from Ottawa to 

Kingsmere. But on the first hill Mac 

took a beautiful tumble and almost 

buried himself. Even before he got 

the snow out of his mouth you ,could 

hear his· laughter and "By gosh, 'Bo', 

I've had my money's worth out of this 

ski outfit already." 

Mac is a surveyor . . He was born in 

Glengarry and is sometimes called 

Red. His father was a 'Presbyterian 

minister but Mac know.s ·'many words 

that his father never taught him and

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he can use them.effectively in English, 

French and Cree. He is a great lover 

of horses but no pack horse ever 

"holds out" on bim when he draws the 

cinch tight and when he t·hrows a 

diamond hitch it usually stays put 

until the destination is reaehed. When 

saddles are off, though, each horse 

is examined carefully for saddle sores 

or. cinch galls and each wound carefully 

tended before turning loose. He 

knows many other things about work 

in the north, about canoes, scows, 

sand·bars, white water and winu; about 

where portages should be and how to 

go about finding a grub cache placed 

somewhere in a neighbourhood by 

someone else; how sleigh dogs should 

be treated and ·handled; how to locate 

trails, and where one is likely to find 

horse. feed. Mac reads land as a good 

boatman reads water. 

",Say, 'Bo', what we need is a good 

map of this skiing area. Something 

about 1,000 feet to one inch with five 

foot contours; ten footers would uo in 

the steep places. Then new ski trails 

could be effeetively and effieiently 

locateu, approximately on the map and 

then definitely on the ground. You 

don't want steep hills on all the trails 

and the trails should be arranged to 

accommodate short, long and medium 

length trips. Skiing is going to be big 

business and this is the best skiing 

ground close to Ottawa. It should be 

properly developed with the ski lodges 

at strategic points in the trail network. 

You can't plan to get the best. 

out of it without a proper map. What 

a swell job it would be to make that 

map! Perhaps then we could find out 

where we were the day we hit across 

country from Alexanders' for Camp 

Fortune and missoo it by plenty." 

Mac's outdoor life has had a profound 

influence on his character. He 

has a great urge to get work done 

providing it is out-of-doors and hasn't 

much paper WQrk attached. Red tape, 

precedence and ceremony are anathema. 

The thing to 1lo is to complete 

the job and get on with the next one. 

And how men like to work for him! 

And how they trust him! He likes to 

tell of the men who leave money with 

him for safe-keeping rather than put 

it in the bank. When he protests 

they say, "Well, as lQng as you have it 

I know where it is, but if I put it in 

the bank nobody knows where it 

goes." The reason is, of course, that 

Mac knows and likes the men that 

work up north. He appreciates what 

they do, and understands their limitations, 

their strength and their 

weakness. In fact he is one of them 

himself in a big way. 

In the nineteen thirties, when the 

Government called a temporary halt 

in the survey of Dominion Lands, Mac 

moved {)Ut to British Columbia and 

procured a ranch in the wide open 

spaces towards the north. Then along 

came World War II and the Yanks 

pushing for an overland route to 

Alaska. Somehow they heard of Mac 

and immediately commandeered his 

services. That is one reason why the 

Alaska :Highway was built so quickly. 

·Mac knows the country thoroughly 

and was able to lay down immediately 

the path that the road should follow. 

No trial lines or hacking up to swing 

around obstacles - just straight go 

ahead. And he was able to show 

them how to tackle many of their 

problems, what men to use in certain 

work, how to guard against the extreme 

cold, where and how to build 

the camps and many other matters . . 

He undertook the overseeing .of some 

of the work himself and expended 

much of his great energy in the project. 

Yet in all the writings about 

this enormous construction job I have

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not seen credit given for his work. 

But Mac doesn't seem to mind; the 

job was well done and that is the main 

thing. He rather likes the Yanks and 

admires their great organizing ability 

and their free-spending characteristics. 

He likes to tell, too, about how ·he 

beat freeze-up with a load of heavy 

material for the Fort Nelson aerodrome 

in a time of crisis when the 

landing strips were being rebuilt to 

stand the heavy planes being ferried 

to Russia along the Northwest 

Staging route. In this exploit his 

knowledge of water, weather and 

scows enabled him to freight the critical 

supplies d-own the :Sikanni Ohief 

River rather than wait for hard freezeup 

and a haul overland. It was a 

gamble with the weather and the 

needed rain to raise the water of the 

river to a usa>ble depth and, although 

Mac is no wonder as a poker player, 

he knows when to take a chance with 

nature. His success saved many 

months in the vital construction work 

and enabled the Yanks to meet their 

delivery dates with the Russians. 

As we skied over the hills our talks 

were of lighter and more pleasant 

matters; of the ride down the bumpy 

Black Lake hill in a blinding blizzard; 

of the old Sunset trail and the time 

Ralph lost his nerve on the first 

steep pitch and dung frantically to 

a spruce tree along the trail side; of 

the ludicrous but serious predicament 

of Tom when he fell head down into 

the deep loose snow in a steep-sided 

creek-bottom on one of our off route 

excursions; and of Phil, Bob, Eric, 

Frank and the other members of "our 

gang" and the good times we have had 

on our many ski jaunts. All pleasant 

memories never to be completely forgotten 

and always to be recalled with 

a glow of satisfaction and a feeling 

of good fellowship. 

Mac still has his ranch within sight 

of the snow-capped peaks of the 

Rockies. He will tell you it is the 

best ranch in the country, has the best 

spring of clear cool water that never 

dries up, and that his rolling hills 

make a better skiing ground that our 

Gatineau. Recently he has built on 

it the ·best •house in the neighbourhood 

and installed therein the best wife in 

the world. Nevertheless in a storytelling 

contest, at which Mac is a past 

master, for he sees the amusing part 

of any incident, his eyes seem to shine 

brighter and his laugh is deeper when 

we talk of skiing and "our gang." 

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1. Before entering the lodge, shake the snow off your boots. 

2. Show your badge to the checker. Your badge should •be sewn on your 

slacks not carried in your pocket. Pay the guest fee ($1.00) if you are not a 

member. It will be refunded to you if you purchase a membership at Mc 

Giffin's, 80 Sparks .St., within 2 weeks. 

3. Hang up your haversack at once. Don't throw it on a table. There are 

plenty of hooks. 

4. Don't take more table space than you need. Be ready to share with others. 

5. After your meal, clean up your table or place. Put all papers, boxes, Me., 

in the stove. and other refuse in the garbage can. Don't throw anything on 

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A GLIMPSE OF SKIING IN SWITZERLAND 

T 

HIS 

IS a short description of the 

country and the skiing around 

the little Swiss village of Davos-Platz 

and Davos-Dorf, where Barbara Ann 

Scott won the 1947 •European Figure 

Skating Championship after which 

event the writer had rthe opportunity 

of skiing in the Swiss Al'PS- 

Davos, I would classify as one of 

the best ski terrains, with good medium 

priced hotels and excellent ski 

lifts and funiculars. It is a town of 

about 10,000 people lying in a beautiful 

valley at 5,000 feet and four hours by 

train from Zurich. Snow conditions 

vary in the different sections of Switzerland, 

some pa·rts receiving more 

snow than others if the prevailing 

winds are r~om the south and vice 

versa. Thill year the snowfall had 

been excep1 ionally light to the detriment 

of hyuro electric power, forcing 

the elec.trified railways to put the old 

steam engines on the freight trains. 

It also affected the skiing in that 

people were moving to places that 

had snow such as Davos and away 

from St. Moritz which was without 

snow until late in the season. 

The language spoken in Davos is 

a German 'Patois called Suisse 

Deutsche but at the same time nearly 

everyone can speak French and some 

Italian. The mountains rise to a 

height of 9,500 feet with two funiculars 

finding their starts in the town, 

on the main street, about half a mile 

apart. One can arrive from Canada 

with no skis or clothing and rent a 

complete outfit by the day. They make 

it easy for the holiday-maker to ski 

in Switzerland. 

I arrived with my ski clothes and· 

rented skis and poles for $1.00 plus 

By Donald B. Cruikshank 

a small deposit. I must confess that 

when I awoke the first morning in 

Davos and looked out of my hotel 

window at the towering Alps with 

their snow fields lying like great white 

blankets over their summits, my 

craving to rush out and grab a pair 

of skis was most difficult to keep 

under control. For nearly a full 

week I was obliged to .stand on the 

rink looking up at this skiers' paradise 

hour after hour while I judged 

skaters and listen to many of my 

friends tell me how lovely the powder 

snow was each day. At last however 

my turn came: Barbara Ann and 

others including officials were taken 

up the Parsenn mountain railway to 

see the view from the top. This 

funicular, which is one of the finest 

in the country, has two steel cars 

carrying a total of 160 people at a time 

and rising 4,500 feet in twenty- five 

minutes in two stages. On arrival at 

the top we found a fine modern restaurant 

and ski shop with skiers 

putting on their skis on a wide platform 

and preparing for the run down. 

To my surprise I met one of my 

American friends with whom I had 

skied for three winter·s at Mt. Tremblant. 

He kindly invited me to join 

him on his run down and when I explained 

I was only sightseeing and 

had no skis with me, he promptly 

produced a •beautiful pair of Attenhoffers 

and poles which he kept at the 

top for emergency purposes_ It was 

only a matter of moments before I was 

waving farewell to the Scotts and 

was on my way ?own one of the forty 

runs called the Meirerhoff_ The snow 

was partially packed and the trail 

averaged sixty to one hundred feet

5 6 . 

in width, ·with no trees until you 

reached 6,000 feet. At the bottom 

there was a farm house converted into 

a restaurant where we had lunch and 

then took a taxi for about five or six 

miles to the bottom of the funicular 

and ascended for another run. This 

time we took one of the most famous 

runs in Switzerland called the Parsenn. 

It is ten miles long and drops 

7,000 vertical feet in this distance. 

We left the top with plenty of time to 

catch the regular train at a little town 

called Kublis, back to Davos. The 

run took about an hour and a half with 

time out at a beautiful Swiss chalet 

half way down where we had tea and 

kirsch, a native drink something like 

schnapps. When they hold the annual 

race over this run they start from another 

700 feet higher and cover the 

distance of 10 miles in 19 minutes. 

In the succeeding four days I had 

the thrill of running three more runs, 

two of them '.vere very direct to the 

bottom of the lift while the other was 

about eight miles down into the same 

valley as the Parsenn, but which came 

out at a town called Surnus. On this 

run I had my first taste of deep powder 

snow which came up to a point 

just •below my knees. As you all 

know it requires quite a different 

technique to handle this type of skiing 

and I must say one needs to practise 


it under the existing conditions before 

one can really manage it. I thought I 

was doing reasonably well for an old 

crock until two Swiss girls passed me 

doing their turn& with skis parallel 

and with a poetry of motion I had seldom, 

if ever, seen before. 

The five of us in Barbara Ann's 

party went to St. Moritz for the day to 

see what conditions and accommodation 

wer e like. This town was two 

hours and a half by train from Davos 

and lies in a section of Switzerland 

which is called the Engadine Valley. 

It was 'snowing when we arrived iu 

St. 'Moritz and continued all the time 

we were there. As a result we were 

un.able to see the mountains around 

us. We visited two of the finest hotels 

in St. Moritz where many of the visitors 

to the Olympics will stay. One 

of the reasons for holding the Games 

In St. Moritz is due to the large accommodation 

they have. It is really a 

town of hotels. The skiing is good 

and it is .famous for the Bob Runs and 

Olympic Ski Jump. 

Some day our Canadian Rockies 

may provide the same facilities for 

skiers as the Swiss Alps, but it will 

require large expenditures to build 

hotel accommodation and •Ski-lifts in 

order to bring a flood ·Of tourists, and 

to turn the eyes of the international 

skier from the east to the west. 

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MYSTERY TOUR 

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T 

HE 

LADIES' "powder-room" at 

Camp Fortune is now located 

somewhere !between the lodge and 

the Malcolm Macdonald _ downhill. 

The trail is one of seenic beauty and 

downhill aJ.l the way. In addition to 

this, the clearing in fnmt of the 

stately edifice is an excellent one 

for practising the Christiana. This 

trail is a "must" for the ladies. Well, 

pe-rhaps "must" is too strong a word, 

maybe even indelicate. What we mean 

is that it makes an _excellent alternative 

to taking a trip around the Merryg-o-round. 

In order to popularize this new 

trail, the racing committe-e might be 

induced to adopt it for the ladies' 

cross-country raee. They could perhaps 

even hold an Annual Paper-chase, 

which we are sure would draw a large 

entry from the fair sex. 

As it is now, this trail, which is 

still un-named, is only a one-way 

affair, which means that the Traffic 

C-orps will have to enlist a ladies' 

section in order to control the traffic 

on it. But it is thought that by another 

winter a return trail can be 

routed via Petticoat Lane so that the 

number of accidents will be kept to 

a minimum. 

How the location for this institution 

was chosen is not quite clear. 

Some say that the building was caught 

up from its moorings on the knoll by 

a cyclone and after cruising around 

in the stratosphere finally found its 

resting-place in the :beautiful and 

secluded ravine where it now proudly 

sits. But there is another theory, it 

has been said that a certain director of 

the club, while pondering over a possible 

site was reclining on the knoll 

brushing up on his Longfellow, when 

he wa ~s suddenly inspired: 

"I shot an arrow into the air, 

It fell to earth I know not where, 

And has he a brawny arm! 

HILLS AND TRAILS 

From Old Chelsea, the CANYON TRA·IL (200 yards from bridge, on Meach 

Lake road) leads to Camp Fortune 3 miles away. Branehing from it, past 

Klngsmere Heights, and also ending at the Camp, are three other scenic trails: 

Skyline, Little Switzerland and Pleasant Valley. Motori-sts parking at the 

Penguin's (1 mile up on Kingsmere Road or at Kingsmere 2% miles up) may 

cut into the Canyon from there. 

From Dunlop's parking lot (2% miles up Meach Lake Road) the Dunlop 

Trail leads to Camp Fortune, as well as three -other trails branching from it: 

Lake Trail (right) Home Run (right) and Sunrise (left). About Ph miles. 

F-r•om Oamp Fortune 1to Pink Lake and Wrightville: Up Lane, down George's, 

across Lake, down Mic·a Mine to Lodge and along Pink Lake Trail to Wrightvile . 

.Other trails at C.F.: The Western, to Western Lookout - The Hig.hland 

to Kingsmere - The Merry-Go-Round. 

Hills at C.F.- Facing North: Sigurd's jumping hill, The Slalom (ski-4:-ow). 

the Morning After, the Canyon, the. Lane, Nursery Slopes, Bonnie Brae, 

the Dippers (facing west), Traveller's. On rever-se side of Mort's Hill: C6te du 

~ord, C-orkscrew (going west) C-a;sse Cou (·unfinished) Facing South: Great 

Divide, Mort's Hill (with ski-tow), the Mal-colm MacDonal-d.

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Res.ting by the trail 

2 Walter Gilhooly and Sigurd Lockeberg 

3 Mort's Hill 

4 Wilf Gosselin viewing the sights 

5 In Fortune Lodge 

6 The Patrick family


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1 At the Lookout 

2 A stop for lunch 

3 Mrs. Darcy Coulson and friend 

4 Charlotte Kendle and party 

5 On the sun-benches 

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6 Bobbie Brady, age 3 years 

7 i..y nne Bernier, 2 yrs., 8 m os.

62 OTTAWA SKI CLUB · 

R 

S 

REACTIONS OF A COMPETITOR 

By An Interscholastic Racer 

I TOOK my skis off at the waxing 

room door, someone asked me if 

I was racing. I thought to myself that 

I was ... unfortunately. I asked M1·. 

Expert how he was waxing today 

and he replied indifferently that he 

was throwing on something that he 

found. So wth a knowing air I took a 

look at the snow conditions, the approximate 

temperature, and aske'd 

someone the condition of the trail. I 

heard that a small layer of snow had 

fallen during the night. T·he fact that 

I was racing for the old school colours 

didn't help my jitters. The race was 

scheduled to -start at noon, so it 

left me another half hour of bliss. 

"Swell day for a race," I told someone 

nearby, "makes you feel glad that 

you're alive."- 

! watched the fellows trying out 

their waxing jobs, first by trying the 

running speed, then trying to see how 

muC'h ·backslip they had. Although I 

had trained for the last three months 

I began to wonder if I was in very 

good shape. My stomach felt nervous. 

I tried the old energy food: eating a 

couple of chocolate bars before the 

race started. My number is only 

three minutes away. The timer yelled 

out the number coming up as I shifted 

from place to place. I ambled over to 

a nearby slope to try out my stubborn 

wax that held wonderfully on the 

down grade, while going up•hill was 

like trying to climb a tin roof - a 

beautiful waxing job in reverse. I 

heard 15 called, three minutes couldn't 

have passed. ·So after the starter 

nearly pushed me on my face, I was 

off. 

There was a small upward slope to 

begin with, and oh, what a climb! I'm 

away from the lodge, at least. What's 

wrong with my legs ?-they're weak 

and tired already. I don't know why 

I'm so nervous. After all, it's only 

a race. I wonder how far the next 

fellow is ahead? I don't think he 

needs to worry. I couldn't possibly 

pass him. I shouldn't have eaten that 

bar. This wax isn't very good either. 

Oh well, if that fellow behind passes 

me he won't have to be going very 

fast. 

My legs feel a little •better now and 

my nervousness is leaving. Seeing 

two racers struggling forth on the 

trail ahead and showing no ill effects, 

I increased my speed. Finally I came 

up to them at a steep schuss and 

figured that it would be better to pass 

them there. So while they were herringboning 

up, I put on a fake burst 

of speed and blessed the engineer who 

planned for a downward slo]Je after 

that attempt. 

Where is Keogan's? At least, I 

would know that I was advancing. 

With paius in my stomach, and my 

weary limbs as heavy as lead, the 

pleasant thought of slowing down 

entered my mind. Who got me into 

this race? I can hardly breathe. At 

last, Keogan's! Someone is on the 

trail ahead. He's going slower than 

I am (that's logical). I decided to 

open up, but with what? As I passed 

my comrade I figured that it was as 

easy to go fast as to struggle slowly 

on. Again I passed, wondering if the 

ambition was worth the cost. My 

stomach is aching more now and I 

feel very much like discarding my 

skis and resting quietly, as the traffic 

proceeds onward. What a crazy 

sport. Sport, oh yeah!


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It's about half way now. I guess 

it would be safe to quicken my pace. 

This wax is not so !bad. My wind 

seems to ·be ·returning. My strides are 

lengthening. How many minutes did 

I lose fooling around back there? My 

second wind is well on its way now. 

The past struggles have been left on 

the trail behind. My spirits rise as a 

definite end is now in sight. 

There are more downhill slopes 

now; my wax is really sliding as I get 

into a definite rhythm. I feel alive 

and strong and swift, gliding over the 

smooth trail. The temperature is 

about 10 below; the air is crisp and 

clear. Even th·ough there are a few 

uphills , they;re taken on the gallop. 

As I cross one of the trails I see 

someone standing motionless. For a 

moment I thought he was frozen, till 

he checked oM number 15. Then I 

saw an old gentleman on the trail 

going the opposite way; I couldn't 

figure out whether he had a look of 

admiration or pity on his weatherworn 

face. However I continued to roll on 

with the motion of a train, with my 

long arms and poles in time with the 

rhythmic motion of my legs. Finally 

I came down the last slope putting 

every ext'l"a bit of energy into my 

strides. Why didn't I use some of this 

extra energy during the earlier part of 

the race? Across the finishing line I 

burst with a feeling of satisfaction 

and with the enjoyment of having had 

a thrilling and exciting time- a truly 

wonderful sport! 

CONTRIBUTIONS WANTED 

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editor will be pleased to have your 

contributions for our next Year Book. 

Type double space and address to 

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Renfrew Avenue.


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YEAR BOOK 194 7-48 67 

COMPETITIONS AT CAMP FORTUNE 1947 

By Billy Burke 

T 

HERE 

,' 

IS somethng about a skiing 

competition that sets it on a 

pedestal above, or at least equal to, 

any other sport commonly indulged in 

by the majority of mankind. 

There is no doubt that each competitor 

is doing his or her best to 

come out •somewhere near the· top, 

and that eaci:Jo school team cendeavours 

to -bring a coveted shield home to its 

Alma Mater; yet in aJ.I this keenness 

of endeavour skiing is probably the 

·only sport where rivals help and encourage 

each other along, and where 

a competitor will st~p to help a fellow 

out of trouble. 

Camp Fortune is outstanding in this 

regard, and it is one of the few places 

where you will find skiers of Olympic 

cl!aracter having a whale of a time 

running through a few sticks set 

up as a slalom course along with 

youngsters who are still in the barrelstave 

class. 

It may seem to some that a great 

deal of time is spent in competitive 

skiing, since last season a competition 

of one kind or another wa·s held every 

week-end from January 4th until 

March 22nd. Nevertheless the quality 

of skiing of O.S.C. members in general 

has improved tremendously mainly 

through competitive work-not only 

for those actually engaged in racing 

or jumping, but also for those who 

watch and later imitate the technique 

exhibited by these racers. 

Since the list of competitions, winners 

and runners-up •runs to four 

typewritten pages there is only room 

in this article to include a .few taken 

at random from this list. 

The Intercollegiate group opened 

its first competition as a downhill and 

slalom with Ottawa U. taking first 

place, and Guy 'Laframboise capturing 

individual honors. 

The Alex West ·Memorial Trophy 

was captured by Harvey Clifford who 

broke the record for the Cote, followed 

closely by Guy Laframlboise who tied 

the record -for the hill and then by 

Bruce Heggtveit. The same day saw 

Audrey Dunne, Betty Ruedy and Joan 

Ferrier place in that order in the OSC 

combined Downhill and Slalom. 

The OSC Trophy for the Interscholastic 

skimeister was captured for 

the second year· in succession by 

Glebe's No. 1 team composed of D. 

Wood, R. •Carwardine, F . Benoit, G. 

Grossman, H. Godding and G. Crain; 

which te1lJ!l was hard put to it by St. 

Pat's No. 1, and Tech No. 1, w.hich took 

2nd and 3rd places·:· 

The ,: Lady Willingdon Trophy and 

t11e OSC Cross Country championship 

were combined in the same race and 

were carried off in brilliant style by 

Bruce Heggtveit with John and Harvey 

Clifford coming in that order not 

far ·behind. The Junior race held over 

part of the ·same course went to 

George Grossman who nosed out Ronnie 

Carwardine and Jr. Dunne. 

School Championships for girls 

were divided into a team championship 

and a later individual championship. 

The former, for the Mrs. Robert :Maynard 

Trophy went to Gloucester Street 

Convent, a team composed of •Mary 

Anne Coulson and her sister Dede, 

Helen Chandler, •Michele Genest, and 

Betfy Jane Fraser. 

This was one of the closest races in 

the season, Lisgar was only seconds 

behind and was followed by a mere 

fraction by Glebe. Audrey Dunne took


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the individua l honours in !both Downhill 

and Slalom. Later in the season 

the individual championship was carried 

off again •by Audrey Dunne with 

Mary .Anne Coulson and Doris Eastman 

placing 2nd and 3rd. 

The Senior Skimeister for the Robert 

Wallace Trophy, the Junior Skimeister 

for the Emile Danjaw Trophy, 

and the newly inaugurated Midget 

Skimeister for the Newt Barry Trophy 

were won respectively by Jim Bis·son, 

Geoff Crain and Mervyn O'Neil; second 

places were captured by Jim 

Moore, Ham Quain and Art Tommy. 

Interscholastic Cross Country races 

saw Glebe's No. 1 team edge away 

from Lisgar to take the Southam Trophy 

while the Junior Championship 

went to the Sedbergh School from 

Montebello. 

Last on the list comes the Jumping 

championships in which the senior 

section was taken by R. Desrochers, 

who carried away the Devonshire 

Trophy and the Bedard Trophy. Second 

in line came Jim Bisson, who was 

followed by F. Nault. Young Mervyn 

O'Neil carried o~f Junior honours, 

jumping beautifully to ·beat Andy 

Tommy, Jr., and T. R. Donovan who 

placed 2nd and 3rd. 

We have listed here some of the 

69 

best skiers not only of the Ottawa Ski 

Club but naturally some of the best, 

and many of the coming skiers of 

Canada. Many of these names will 

appear again in next year's Annual 

and will make headlines in our daily 

papers. However there is a hardy 

group of men too numerous to list 

completely around whom the whole 

of competitive skiing revolves-they 

plan all the meets, attend to the scores 

of details connected with faces, they 

freeze for hours holding stop-watches 

or pencil and paper. You see them 

after a race warming numbed fingers 

round a cup of hot chocolate, calculating 

positions, percentages by slide 

rule, combining results, and then 

rushing these results to the papers 

so that you can see your efforts tabulated 

over the Qreakfast table. You 

see no headlines for these men, but 

they are the real headliners when it 

comes to the hard work entailed in 

running a competition-give them your 

full cooperation, and try always to 

lend them a helping hand. They do 

not want publicity; they do appreciate 

the custom that we hope will always 

exist wherever skiing races are held 

whe~e competitors come up to the officials 

after a race and say "Thanks 

a lot". 

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FATHER ZACHERY 

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YEAR this page is reserved for 

a thumb-nail sketch of a member 

of the club who is outstanding or 

unique. When this was explained to 

Father Zachery he said he must belong 

to the latter class. Perhaps-but 

it is also unique that the biographer 

should ·be a staunch non-Conformist. 

Father Zachery has had quite a 

chequered and meteoric career. Born 

in Leed·s, England, he came to Canada 

in 1930. After working on a farm 

in the West for one summer ·he entered 

the University of Saskatchewan 

to study Agricultural Science. But 

soon after he abandoned this course 

and came to Ottawa to study Chemistry 

at St. Pat's. After obtaining his 

B.Sc. and being ordained a priest, 

Father Zachery was appointed Professor 

of Chemistry at St. Pat's. He is 

now studying for his M.Sc. 

This unassuming priest is quite a 

man of parts. For years he has been 

an amateur artist and still finds time 

to do the odd oil painting in the 

Gatineau, which he has grown to love. 

An accomplished pianist, he has composed 

a number of pieces which range 

in style from jive to semi-classical. 

He also wrote the lyric and music of 

the St. Pat's school song. In sports, 

the revenmd gentleman won the interschool 

boxing championship of Leeds 

(108 lbs.) quite some time ago, but of 

late has confined his activities to the 

more gentle pastimes of tennis, ·swimming 

and skiing. 

In 1938 Father Zachery joined the 

Ottawa· Ski Club and since then has 

taken an active part in the executive 

work of racing. In 1941 he organized 

the St. Pat's Ski Club and in 1945 the 

Interscholastic Ski Union, being its 

first president. In 1946 he was elected 

president of the Gatineau S·ki Zone. 

For several years Father Zachery 

has done yeoman service in ski competitions 

of all kinds, Zone and Cluh 

as well as interscholastic events. Fair 

weather or f·oul he has stood faithfully 

at his post, starting or timing, the 

thankless but necessary tasks contingent 

with racing. His ready smile and 

charming manner have won him 

friends in the rank and file of the 

Club. Is he outstanding or unique? 

perhaps a bit of both.


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YEAR BOOK 1947-48 75 

THE DINNER - DANCE IN MAY 

By a Member of the Committee 

F 

INANCIALLY 

we almost broke eveu, 

but "dinnerly and dancially" we 

went away over the top. Voted by one 

and all as a huge success the dinner 

dance which was held in conjunction 

with the Gatineau Ski Zone proved to 

be one of the oustanding skiing eveuts 

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,YEAR B()()K 1947-48 77 . 

OTTAWA SKI CLUB INC. 

Statement of Revenue and Expenditure 

for the year ended October 31, 1947 

(EXHIBIT "A") 

Revenue-- 

Member ship Fees ...........- ..! .....................::...............,.$ 8,142.50 

Guest Fees .................................................................... 

1,565.00 

Ski Tow Revenue accrued ...................................... 

200.00 

Interest (net) ................................................................ 

16.77 

$ 9,924.27 

Expenditure- 

Lodge operations- 

Camp Fortune ·--~-.. L.: ....................... $ 2,946.89 

Dome Hill ............................................ 389.55 

Pink Lake 288.87 

$ 3,625.31 

Competitions ........................................................................ 

800.17 

General Expense ................................................................ 

455.35 

Trail Maintenance .............................................................. 

408.84 

Membership Expense ........................._............................... 

394.71 

Year Book Expense ............................................................ 

290.84 

Annual Meeting Expense ................................................ 

127.77 

First Aid Expense (net) .................................................. 

114.79 

Stationery, Stamps and Office Supplies .......................... 

51.84 

Total Cash Expenditures ....,..............- ................--.----$ 6,269.62 

Depreciation ··=·----·---------------·---------------------..................,..... $ 1,673.67 $ 7,943.29 

Excess Revenue over expenditure (Exhibit "B") ........................ ~ 1,980.98

78 . .. OTTAWA SKI ' CLUB 

·~: OTTAWA SKi CLUB INC. 

Ba lance Sheet as at October 31 , 1947 

ASSETS 

(EXHIBIT "B") 

Current AssP.ts- 

Cash on hand and in bank -------- -- ---------~---------·;.·--- -- --------- -~ $ 2,055.10 

Accounts Receivable -------------------------------------------------------------------- · 300.77 

Trust Fund- 

C. E . Mortureux Mem~;>rial 

$ 2,355.87 

339.75 

Accumulated 

Net Book 

F'ixed Assets 

Cost 

Depreciati on 

V alue 

Land 

Camp Fortune-- 

Main Lodge .... $ 13,692.50 

Jump ·-····-------- 662.82 

First Aid Bldg. 1,781.55 

Southam Lodge 927.18 

Plant Lodge 943.93 

Sun Benches .. 602.42 

$ 4,110.70 $ 

661.82 

239.08 

507.60 

513.73 

455.94 

9,581.80 . 

1.00 

1,542.47 

419.58 

430.20 

146.48 

$ 

4,684.75 

$ 18,610.40 $ 6,488.87 $ 12,121.53 

Slalom Hill- 

Lodge under construction :....................... $ 3,288.85 

Ski Tow ............ 2,845.95 2,844.95 1.00 

$ 

4,684.75 

$ 16,806.28 

3,289.85 

Dome Hill Lodge 5,007.00 

Pink Lake Lodge 4,143.17 

Western -------------- .............. 

Deferr ed Asset- 

3,638.95 

1,813.68 

1,368.05 

2,329.49 

1,850.00 

242.90 

13.90 

3,218.05 

2,572.39 

13.90 

Insurance unexpired --------------------------------------------•---------------------------------------------------------- 

25,900.47 

221.91 

$ 28,818.00 

LIABILITIES AND SURPLUS 

Current L iabilities- 

Accounts Payable -~----- -- -- -- ---- ------ -----·------·------·-----~- -- ------····------------:·----------$. 456.68 

Treasury Notes :........,................................................................................ ~.l .. t._ 195.00 

$ 651.68 

'!"rust Fund Contra -------------..---·----r--------------------------------------------------··----·----------------·------------- 339.75 

S urplus- 

Balance Nov. 1, 1946 ................ .., .................. , ........................... $ 25,845.59 

Excess of R evenue over Expenditures (Exhibit "A") .... 1,980.98 27,826.57 

Ottawa, November 27, 1947. 

$ 28,818.00

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Table of--Contents 

Page 

Editorial Comments -----------------------------·-----------------------·--··------------ 3 

Remarks by the President -------------------------------·----------------------·----- 7 

The Ski Season of 1946-47 ·------------·--------------------------------------- ----~ 8 

T he Traffic Corps ---------------------------------------------------·----•---------· ..... 16 

Our Northern Clime ·-·--------------·---------------------------=-----·-------- ... 19 

Corpses Anonymous - -- -·----------------- ---- ---------~----------- .... -~--- · ---- ------· 20 

'frail Riders -------- -------·----------·-----·-------------------~------.._..:....... ~ ........ 2-1- 

The Checker Talks Back -----------------------------------------------------------· 26 

Behind the Scenes --------------------··---------------·----·--·---·--------------···--,.--· 34 

The Secret Formula -------------·---------------------·------------------------------------ 40 

His Excellency Visits Fortune ---------------,-------------·--------------------· 43 

''Mac'' ----···-----~------------------···· ----- -~------------- ......................,.............. 49 

Skiing in Switzerland ------------------·----------------------------------·---------- 55 

Mystery Tour ···----------------------------------------------------------------:..,........ 59 

Reactions of a Competitor --------------------------------------•---------------------- 62 

Competitions at Camp Fortune ----------------------·;·----------------·-------- 67 

Father Zachery ---------------~-----------------------~.- ----------------- -- ---................ 72 

The Dinner-Dance ·--------------------------------------------------------·---·------------ 75 

Financial Statement --- ---------------------------------------------------·---------------- 77

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