4 Ottawa Ski Club <strong>Year</strong> <strong>Book</strong> <strong>1944</strong>-45 Some one made <strong>the</strong> suggestion that a map of our trail be enclosed in this issue. This will be done some time in a separate Guide book, including a map for each trail. In <strong>the</strong> meantime, our members may get <strong>the</strong> very good Federal District Commission map at McGiffin's, 80 Sparks St. ------- The Camp Fortune Lodge is being improved by <strong>the</strong> addition of a large waxing room- which by <strong>the</strong> way looks good enough to be used as a lounge room-a new cafeteria which will permit of much quicker service, two fireplaces, one at each end of <strong>the</strong> Tweedsmuir hall, a wood-shed where hardy ones could spend <strong>the</strong> night in a sleeping bag, a first-aid room and new caretaker's quarters. You won't know <strong>the</strong> place when you see it. It is simply amazing <strong>the</strong> things that can be found around Camp Fortune if one but takes <strong>the</strong> trouble to look around. Joe Morin happened to look up one day as he was passing along, and he found <strong>the</strong> Slalom Hill, 1200 feet high. In <strong>the</strong> same way <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r day, John Clifford found a splendid jumping hill, good for a hundred feet or more, in <strong>the</strong> nursery slopes. Sigurd's hill will have to do some stretching to stay in <strong>the</strong> run. And now for our annual tilt with <strong>the</strong> Federal District Commission! Last year, our grudge was <strong>the</strong> beavers. This year it is that sign <strong>the</strong> Commission put over <strong>the</strong> entrance to <strong>the</strong> Canyon trail, on <strong>the</strong> Meach Lake Road. The sign reads: "Ridge Road." Ye Gods! Did <strong>the</strong> Commission get its signs mixed or did it imagine that a "Road" would attract skiers or hikers more than a "Trail"? "Trail" brings to mind <strong>the</strong> wild denizens of <strong>the</strong> forest, ~ babbling brooks, dark recesses of <strong>the</strong> bush, sunny clearings; "Road" conjures up <strong>the</strong> sinister vision of motor cars and <strong>the</strong> vile stench of fuel and oil. Better change that name to <strong>the</strong> one by which it has been known for over twenty years and will always be known by <strong>the</strong> members of <strong>the</strong> Ottawa Ski Club, who made this oath-The Canyon trail. And get rid of <strong>the</strong> nefarious beavers too, before <strong>the</strong>y turn <strong>the</strong> country into a morass. To HARVEY CLIFFORD, who was <strong>the</strong> first man to carry <strong>the</strong> colours of <strong>the</strong> Ottawa Ski Club to victory at Lake P lacid, winning <strong>the</strong> Slalom on February 20, and at Mont Tremblant, winning <strong>the</strong> Taschereau race Class A on February 13 and <strong>the</strong> Laurentian Zone Championships on March 13, our heartiest congratulations! To all our contributors, our advertisers, and particularly our advertising manager, M. J. Londeau, who is responsible for <strong>the</strong> artistic lay out of this <strong>Year</strong> <strong>Book</strong>, I desire to express my sincere thanks and appreciation. ------- To our members overseas-Greetings ! May God speed your return to <strong>the</strong> <strong>Gatineau</strong> hills !
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