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  Steven Kaufman became a registered member   5 hours, 26 minutes ago · View

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  Charles Hodgson wrote a new blog post: Commemorative Ski Map   17 hours, 56 minutes ago · View Plans are coming together for the production and sale of commemorative Gatineau Park ski maps in aid of the Canadian Ski Museum . As mentioned here in honour of the 100th anniversary of the Ottawa Ski Club I’ve gotten permission to reproduce the 1967 (coincidentally Canada’s centennial year) National Research Council experimental orthophoto map of ski trails in Gatineau Park. (click [...]

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  Jean-Paul Murray commented on the blog post OSC Commemoration Projects   2 days, 15 hours ago · View I’m wondering what kind of people are voting “dislike” on a factual correction of the NCC’s flawed history. Might there be a little GPN “lynch” mob out to suppress the truth and erase the messenger?

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  Charles Hodgson wrote a new blog post: Two Arrests in Park   2 days, 16 hours ago · View From the Ottawa Citizen:

  Two people were arrested over the Labour Day weekend at sobriety checkpoints set up by police in Gatineau Park…(more)
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  Charles Hodgson wrote a new blog post: Wolf Trail Report   2 days, 16 hours ago · View Peter posted a few pics and description of a recent wolf trail ramble.

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  Charles Hodgson commented on the blog post Contribute to a Tribute   5 days, 12 hours ago · View from Manfred Nagl via email I would like to communicate that Michel is a very special person and I am happy to have met him the first time I came to Canada for Sking. I felt erverytime very well thuring my stay there. He was also a part of my wins in Canada. Maybe I’ll [...]

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  Jean-Paul Murray commented on the blog post OSC Commemoration Projects   5 days, 17 hours ago · View Very well done, Charles. Mortureux was an outstanding individual who deserves to be properly recognized for bringing organized skiing into the Gatineau Hills. It would also be important to pressure the NCC into correcting its records: neither Mort, nor the OSC, played a preeminent role in the creation of Gatineau Park — contrary to what [...]

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  Charles Hodgson wrote a new blog post: OSC Commemoration Projects   6 days, 15 hours ago · View As reported before, the Canadian Ski Museum and the Camp Fortune Ski Club are celebrating 100 years since the founding of the Ottawa Ski Club with an event October 23. To complement that celebration I have undertaken a few initiatives that I hope will leave a bit of a legacy of the anniversary. I’m reaching out to a [...]

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  Charles Hodgson wrote a new blog post: Special Activities at the Mackenzie King Estate this Labour Day Weekend   1 week ago · View From the NCC
  The NCC offers many special activities for the Labour Day week-end.  Join us for a concert, corn roast, a contest and much more! For info click here.

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  Charles Hodgson wrote a new blog post: Last Weekend to Enjoy Some Gatineau Park Summer Activities   1 week ago · View From the NCC:
  Last Weekend to Enjoy Many of the NCC’S Summer Activities
  NCC Beaches – Open Until Monday, September 6, 2010
  40th Season of Alcatel-Lucent Sundays Bikedays – end Sunday, September 5, 2010