1944-1945 Year Book - the Gatineau Valley Historical Society
1944-1945 Year Book - the Gatineau Valley Historical Society
1944-1945 Year Book - the Gatineau Valley Historical Society
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38 Ottawa Ski Club <strong>Year</strong> <strong>Book</strong> <strong>1944</strong>-45<br />
to almost any station on <strong>the</strong> line,<br />
pick up <strong>the</strong> Maple Leaf and find<br />
a well marked and conditioned<br />
route. Radiating out from <strong>the</strong><br />
ski centres to all parts of <strong>the</strong><br />
mountain are miles of trails so<br />
well marked it is difficult to go<br />
astray. The Imperial Tobacco<br />
Company, Montreal, issue ns an<br />
advertisement, a pocket-size<br />
book of Laurentian trail maps,<br />
with text by Hermann Johannsen.<br />
I am sure it is yours for<br />
<strong>the</strong> asking. The C.P.R. and<br />
C.N.R., Montreal, have information<br />
about ski resorts on <strong>the</strong>ir<br />
lines, and will be glad to answer<br />
all inquiries. ·Speaking of Johannsen-this<br />
amazing ski veteran<br />
is still going strong . as<br />
ever, and I had two fine trips<br />
with him last winter. Living<br />
now with his family at Shawbridge,<br />
he covers <strong>the</strong> entire<br />
North Country in all kinds of<br />
wea<strong>the</strong>r, an enormous (nearly<br />
as big· as Mort's) pack on his<br />
back and his husky dog and sled,<br />
ready to sleep out anywhere.<br />
For years he has kept a daily<br />
ski log, and has averaged. well<br />
over a thousand miles every season.<br />
His favourite pastime is<br />
taking out <strong>the</strong> McGill Ski Club<br />
for an all day hike, and killing<br />
off <strong>the</strong> young lads, one by one.<br />
His son Bob, one of our greatest<br />
all-round champions, has been<br />
since <strong>the</strong> start of <strong>the</strong> war somewhere<br />
in Norway; <strong>the</strong>y get very<br />
vague information about him.<br />
Too bad! He is a grand young<br />
fellow in all ways. I know Hermann<br />
would love to send through<br />
me to his many Ottawa friends,<br />
his best regards, and in closing,<br />
may I send you mine also.<br />
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