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Keogan Lodge and the Rise and Fall of the Cliffside Ski Club

Posted on February 20, 2011 by Charles Hodgson| 1 Comment

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History of Brown Lake

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Charles Hodgson| 1 Comment

At the end of January 2011 Ken Bouchard on behalf of the Friends of Gatineau Park led about 30 people into the woods; and back through time. We all trooped in on snowshoes to discover the origins of Brown Lake Cabin.

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Friends of Gatineau Park Wants YOU

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Charles Hodgson| 1 Comment

The Heritage Committee of the Friends of Gatineau Park is looking for new members to join the Committee and help in building a heritage interpretation program.

The main qualification is an interest in the history and cultural heritage of Gatineau Park.

Contributions could include: Continue reading →

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The Making of the 1967 NRC Ski Map

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Charles Hodgson| Leave a comment

In celebration of the 100^th anniversary of the founding of the Ottawa Ski Club and as a fundraiser for the Canadian Ski Museum, I organized a reproduction of a 1967 Gatineau Park cross country ski trail map. Continue reading →

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We Three Kings

Posted on July 15, 2010 by Charles Hodgson| Leave a comment

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Willson Ruined

Posted on June 17, 2010 by Charles Hodgson| 6 Comments

This video being re-edited to accommodate copyright concerns.

It seems that one of the most photographed places in Gatineau Park is the Carbide Willson Ruins. They say that some people like to sunbathe nude there but Continue reading →

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The Eardley Escarpment is Falling Down – Slowly

Posted on June 7, 2010 by Charles Hodgson| 3 Comments

If you stand at the Champlain Lookout you can see two things. One is a road stretching straight away westward toward the Ottawa River. Where that road meets the bottom of the cliffs below you is called Young’s Corner. Another thing you can see looking northwest along the face of the escarpment, is evidence of a rock-fall. It turns out this is just beyond Western Lodge. In the cold morning of April 1957 that rock-fall pretty much shook the residents around Young’s Corner right out of their beds. Continue reading →

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