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VOL. 20, NO. 2 JANUARY 15, 1940 Published by the SEASON 1939-40 Ottawa Ski Club

The Great Tangle of 1939.-"If it is warm sun melts the ice". But when? not one thing, it is another" said Se­ We have not seen or felt any warmth cretary Jim Leslie as he emerged from in the sun since last summer, and a mile long crawl under a maze of certainly not for weeks. It takes a tangled alder-bushes. "You spend whole lot of sunshine to melt ice with a whole season fighting the brambles the thermometer at 20 below, and and barberry bushes, and when your "soon" might mean June at that rate. trails are clean the whole forest So macheteers and axe men are at tumbles into them. . all at once. First work again, after spending the whole the skiers want snow and when they fall on the trails. Dunlop's is clear get it they clamour for rain to pack and others will soon be. Have a little it down, because it is too light, they patience. Remember that nothing like say, too fluffy. They actually pray for it ever happened since Indian wigwams rain ! And then the rain comes, turns straddled the knoll of Camp Fortune. to ice and breaks or flattens down The Editor's Diary.-The following every blooming tree in the bush. Not notes, taken from the Editor's Diary, that I think their prayers had much may help you to ascertain if you are to do with it, but they asked for it. getting as much fun out of your skiing Why could they not leave well enough as you should. If you think you are alone ?" doing better than the ·Editor, kindly And what a frightful tangle it was ! let him know. Never had anything like it ever oc­ On Christmas Eve, the condition of curred in the Gatineau hills, in the the higher trails being bad on account memory of the oldest skiers. Very of the ice storms, it was decided to pretty to look at from a distance or reopen at once the Lady Willingdon's _ from the air perhaps; aviators, hun­ trail, across the fields from Old dreds of feet up, raved about it, but Chelsea to Dunlop's, and this was skiers who crawled under it, flat on done under the leadership of Herbert their tummies, were not so enthusias­ Marshall, Mrs Marshall and a girl tic. Some people took hours to fight from Vancouver, who had not seen a their way through to the lodge from white Christmas for many years. The Dunlop's, other have not been seen trip by moonlight, over the rolling since New Year's eve and may still be fields was extremely enjoyable. crawling somewhere in the bush, for On December 30th, same trip in the all we know. company of Jim Leslie, who grumbled Order is fast being restored out of all the way because there was not. chaos however with the assistance of enough trees on the fields and grumbled macheteers and axe men. Our trail­ again, from Dunlop's to Fortune, be­ maker-philosopher, George Brittain, cause there were too many. Some was at first inclined to let nature fol­ people are never satisfied ! The retu.rn low her course "Don't worry, trees trip was by way of Kingsmere over will straighten up again soon, when a the Ridge road and down Murphy's

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girl skiers have come into their own and their show is every bit as good as a men's show. Dazzling skill in hand­ ling the blades, gorgeous costumes, pretty faces, the beautiful surroundings Men's and Women's of Valley Farm, the dance at the Sei­ gniory Club house before the event and the Pow-Wow afterwards, every­ App111*el thing combines to make this competi­ tion one of the most attractive -of the Advantageously Priced. season. It will also mark the inaugu­ ration of a new Slalom hill, designed by Louis Grimes, the new Sports Direc­ tor. All the members of the Ottawa Ski Club are invited as usual, and many of lmfi».lJ us should be there, at least a thousand strong. There are special excursion rates sitated by this service - transportation ($1.75 return to Montebello by train of staff, purchase of supplies, building and 50c return to Valley Farm by busl of rescue sleds, etc., - our members and special hotel rates ($5.50 a day will be asked to purchase a button for American plan, two in· a room, with the nominal sum of 25c, as a gesture of bath). If you watch your step and good will to the St. John Ambulance keep away from the tavern, the Sou­ and for self protection. Remember no venir Shop and other such places, the matter how expert you may be on your sum of $8.75 should provide train and blades it may be your turn next to bus fare, hotel expenses and an addi­ limp home with a sprained ankle, a tiona! meal on Sunday night, thus dislocated shoulder or a broken rib, keeping body and soul together over a and you will be glad enough to have short week-end (Saturday afternoon to some one attend to you on the spot, Sunday night). One day, stripped of all without any charge - Buy a St. John frills, leaving .Ottawa Sunday morning Ambulance button ! A sta tement of and returning at night, should come to the conditions under which the service $4.25. Roads are still fair for motoring is supplied will be found elsewhere in but conditions may change over night. this issue. Inquire before starting. If you are going, 'please call Kay La­ rocque who is in charge of the arrange­ Lost and Found-Lost, on Sunday, ments for the Club (4-0944), after 6 December 31st, a right fitting (Chalet) p.m. on Mica Mine Trail. Finder please phone 7-1481-W. St. John Ambulance Button.-It will Found - On Canyon, Cigarette lighter, doubtless be a great relief to skiers in with crest. Apply McGifiln's, 80 Sparks general and to their parents and St. families in particular to know that a Trail checkers wanted for Ottawa Ski First-aid station provided by the St. Club. Good pay. Apply Bob McGiffin, John Ambulance Brigade and including Assistant Secretary-Treasurer 0 . s. c., the services of two experts and a nurse McGiffin's, 80 Sparks .st. phone 2-3388. will be found at Camp Fortune every For sale - Wooden Ski Rack for back Sunday. of the season, until the snow of car. Tel. 7-2146J. is off the ground. There have never For Sale - Hickory skis, steel edges been any very distressing accidents in length 6'7". Tel. 7-4265J. · the past, but some were serious enough The Canadian Ski Year Book- We have to cause a good deal of pain and dis­ not seen it yet but we understand it comfort until medical aid could be pro­ will be on sale at McGiffin's, 80 Sparks cured, and sometimes that was only Street, when you receive. this issue. after a long wait. The majority of The price is still an unknown quantity, these accidents happen near the lodge but secretary Jim Leslie who has an of Camp Fortune where the hills are advance copy says it would be cheap the steepest and bumpiest, and this is at five dollars. why the First-aid staff is stationed Trail Ma~If you have not got your there, but provision will also be made trail guide yet, better hurry as there to rescue disabled skiers from any part a.re only a few left at McGiffin's. They of bush. To cover the expenses neces- east 10 cents. Ottawa Ski Club News 5

Please put on your skis on the racks, where they belong.-When you take off your blades at Camp Fortune, please THE stand them up against the racks provided for the purpose, not against the walls of the building because wax Mountain .Lodge - and white paint don't go well to­ Kingsmere, Que. gether. - Thank you. P.S.-If you leave ·them against the • building, the caretaker will take them VVeek-ends or by the VVeek. off and put them on the racks, and you might have a lot of trouble finding • them. Phone 3-2746 And learn to ski ...-Skiing is not merely pushing one foot ahead of the other. You might get away with it And when you fall, fill up the hole so long as you are on a perfectly flat you made.-If every one did that, there trail, but at the first descent you will would be far fewer bumps on our trails. find that your skis are trying to run Oh, we know that you never fall, of away from you, and they will boss you course, but you might happen to make if you can't boss them. Being led and a hole by standing too long at the controlled and torn apart by skis is a bottom of a slope, looking at the miserable feeling, and you will never scenery .. . Well, fill !t up, and cross­ enjoy the sport until you gain mastery check it carefully with your skis to over your blades. First learn to check keep someone else from falling in the your speed by stemming or snow same spot and possibly getting hurt. ploughing; get some one to show you. A ski stitch may save doctor's stitches. Learn to turn by shifting your weight from one ski to the other while snow­ Two new gadgets.-Under the head­ ploughing. You have no business ing of "Equipment Notes" the Editor going over fast, twisty trails if you of that excellent publication "The Ski can't check your speed. It is all very Bulletin" of Boston, Mass., recom­ simple but it requires a lot of practice mends the wearing of scarfs for skiing. to get the muscles of your leg hardened "The most efficient method of dressing up, so that they may be equal to the for cold weather is to protect carefully strain. Practice jump turns too; they sensitive areas, such as hands, feet, come in handy sometimes. ears and neck, rather than overload the body with heavy clothing. A light scarf prevents heat from escaping through the collar, while giving the See It In Your Club Library! neck complete freedom." We know of course, by bitter experience, the ne­ SKI-ING cessity of protecting our hands, ears and feet in below zero weather, but FROM A-Z did not realize that a scarf could do By the famous skier more than keep the neck warm. There Walter Amstutz...-$1.50 may be something in that. Think we ~/ ~ will wear that scarf we got for Christ- Your own movie of movement sequen­ mas. ce; in skiing-<~. book made up of 450 film shots of everything the novice or An iced tea known as Ski-Ball, is expert wants to know about skiing, from herringbone to tempo turns • . • also recommended as a new "gadget" (clear explanations at the side to take to restore vitality in run-down skiers. the place of the sound trac.k). The recipe is as follows: In a Russian You can be your own instructor tea glass (a tall glass with handles) with this book! place 1 ¥.. teaspoon sugar, 1 thick slice Order from your club or your of lemon stuck with 12-18 cloves and bookseller or direct from I cinnamon stick muddler. Pour over OXFORD UNIVERSITY this strong hot black tea (only tea?) PRESS and serve at once." Ask for a Ski-Ball 480 University at the Camp Fortune cafeteria next Avenue Toronto time you are there. Maybe they will have it. 6 Ottawa Ski Club News

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Seigniory Club P .Q.-Skiing will take of a staff of two members of the on a feminine complex here at the Nursing Division and two members of Seigniory Club, January 27 and 28, the Ambulance Division. when girl skiers from Ottawa, Toronto, The Ottawa Ski Club have under­ Montreal and Quebec will arrive to taken to provide a First Aid Room take part in the seventh annual Wo­ which will be under the control of the men's Inter-City Ski Meet. St. John Ambulance Staff during their The girls will take part in slalom period of duty. Only St. John Ambu­ and downhill races at Valley Farm, lance Staff and patients will be allowed north of the Club, with the Downhill in the First Aid Room. race at 11 a.m. Sunday, January 28, The St. John Ambulance First Aid and the slalom race in the afternoon supplies in the Station will be for the at 2 p.m. The Penguin Ski Club of exclusive use of the St. John Ambu­ Montreal will defend their title to the lance staff. Other supplies to be used Seigniory Club's Challenge Trophy by Club members when First Aid Sta­ which has been won for the past three tion is not open, will be in charge of years by their club members. This the caretaker. 1 trophy is awarded to the team of four The St. John Ambulance members with the best time in the combined serve in a voluntary capacity. The slalom and downhill events. Ottawa Ski Club will make such finan­ Another ski club from which a strong cial arrangements to cover the cost of representation is expected is the Ottawa carrying on the service. Ski Club who will probably include When it is necessary to hire trans­ on their team, Mrs. Gordon Lennox, portation, such as ambulance service a member of the last Canadian Olympic or horse transport to the main road, Ski team, Mrs. Robert Maynard, the as in previous years it will be the former Miss Jacqueline Larocque, and responsibility of the injured person. Miss Gipsy Parr. The Toronto Ski The Ottawa Ski Club does not assume Club, Norland Ski Club, Ottawa, Ski this liabilitY. Club of Montreal, Park Toboggan and The st. John Ambulance Brigade Ski Club and the Quebec Ski Club it is does not assume any responsibility expected will also be represented. other than to endeavour to alleviate Last year the inter-city competition suffering and prevent aggravation of here was combined with the Women's injury. Under no circumstance may Dominion Ski Championships, when members take· upon themselves the the title and the Holt Wilson Trophy responsibility of a Doctor. was retained for the second successive The Ottawa Nursing Division No. 32, year by Miss Gertrude W epsala of the under the command of Superintendent Tyee Ski Runners, Vancouver, B.C. Miss Margaret Wilson and the Ambu­ lance Division No. 73, under command Hilda TURNER, of Superintendent W. Kemp Edwards, Publicity Director. will endeavour to maintain the service requested, and will appreciate the co­ operation of the members of the Otta­ St. John Ambulance Brigade.-At the wa Ski Club. request of the Ottawa Ski Club, the St. The Chairman of Committee for the John Ambulance Brigade Overseas, Club in this connection is Mr. N. Bruce through the services of the Ottawa Lyon. Nursing Division No. 32 and the Ambu­ lance Division No. 73, will maintain a The Western Lodge will be open next First Aid Station at Camp Fortune on week-end (Jan. 21st) and Vice-Presi­ Sundays during the 1940 Ski Season. dent Herbert Marshall will undertake The Station was established on Janua­ to lead a party over the trail, leaving ry 7, 1940. When possible, it wm·consist Camp Fortune at about 11 a.m.

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BELIEVE in names: I think a na­ superior person, in some ways she is me is a good thing and that every­ quite like other women. So immedi­ I body should have one. It has been ately we have passed, she, like any traditional in the best of families ordinary woman, asks, "Who's that?" to have names. They have regarded This puts me on the spot and I am them so highly that they have handed compelled to admit, "Well, I don't them down from one generation to know his name. You see, my dear, the next.- a custom which has proved he's a member of the Ottawa Ski quite popular with the genealogists. Club". Then, again, at Fortune a fel­ The pseudo historian (and aren't we low (whose face is quite familiar) has all) also owes a great deal to the in­ tapped me on shoulder and said, "Say - vention of names. For though he may er Mac, who is that chap up at the have forgotten all the dates save 1066 end table-the one in the red sweater,. and 1867, he can glibly rattle off such eating a hot-dog ?" It has been em­ names as Julius Caesar, Charlemagne, barrassing when I was forced to reply, Peter the Great, William the Con­ "Now, let me see, I think it's Dodds, queror, Louis XIV, Pitt, Washington, et or maybe it's Boggs. But the man be­ cetera. Names have also simplified side him is Jack Brown, or Jones, or money transactions. Signing your name something like that". to a cheque saves a lot of time, pro­ If we knew each others' names we vided you have funds in the bank and would be spared many an awkward take care not to sign somebody else's dilemma. For instance, on being in­ name. If time and space permitted troduced to another member at a party many more· instances could be cited to or dance, instead of mumbling inco­ prove that, on the whole, names have herently about the face being familiar been beneficial to people in general; we could say, -"Oh, I already know and this has led me to believe that Mr. Blank, he's a member of the ski they would be highly advantageous to club," or - "Why, Miss Dash is an old skiers. friend of mine. She borrowed some It may seem a radical step to take, mustard from me last Sunday". Be­ it may be a departure from precedent, sides, who wants to be known as "that it may even be unconstitutional; ne­ little bald-headed guy with the long vertheless I really believe that the use nose" or some equally undignified of names at Camp Fortune would be designation. of considerable benefit. For identifica­ There are numerous methods we tion purposes we name our lodges, our might adopt to correct the situation. trails, our hills; but our members are In the centre of the "Tweedsmuir" nameless! room we could erect a stage where the This has been brought home to me Secretary would take his place at a in various ways: often when I am out given time every Sunday. The mem­ with the girl friend, I'll pass someone bers would pass in front of him, and sing out blithly "Oh, hello - the­ coming to attention and repeating his re". Now although she is, indeed, a or her name in an intelligible voice,

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just as in Goodbye Mr. Chips, - Aber­ from the cold as much as any human hart, Applebaum, Barclay, Brown, and being. Is there any reason why we so on. We might all go collegiate and should not be allowed to accompany have our names inscribed on our backs. our masters when they take a walk in We could pretend to be autographed the bush, in the fall or in the winter ? hunters. But perhaps it would be just And could not a little warm corner be as effective if each member would reserved for us in the abodes of the make it a point to find out the names skiers, when the wind blows and the of his fellow members and do a little thermometer stands below zero ? Since more introducing among. those with when is it dishonorable or dangerous whom he is already acquainted. to associate with us ? Did we ever bite However, as I said at the outset, I any one ? What harm can we do ? believe in names and I think every If, in a playful mood, we chase a member of the Ottawa Ski Club should bunny, a squirrel or a partridge, it is have one. all in fun and no harm intended. We never catch any. anyway. As for deer r they would not even run away if they Letters to the Editor saw us. I would not want to appear prejudiced, but I believe Mr. Editor The Editor, Ottawa Ski Club News, that a lone stray cat around a summer cottage, does more harm to birds in a Sir, week's time than all the dogs in the May I, as a member of a tribe in city in a whole season. which man has always found his best There are, I admit, two members of and most faithful friends, according our tribe that are still uncivilized and to his own admission, protest against need watching. They are the German the treatment that we receive from a Police dog and the hound. Very few few people in authority who do not of the first are to be seen; as to the understand us and have no use nor second, no one would think of keeping lo'Je for us, belonging as they do to a hound in the city. These two ex­ that highly prejudiced class known as cepted, I will vouch for the complete "dog haters". harmlessness of any of us. Give us It is bad enough of the caretaker at our place in the sun. God did not the Camp Fortune lodge to refuse to intend the trees, the air and sunshine • admit us and leave us shivering for man alone. Be fair to us who are, miserably in the cold, because a few as you know, and always want to be fanatics object to our presence, but Your best and most faithful friends, that man Richards, the superintendent A DOG. of the new Gatineau Park, has gone one better: he has decreed that no dog, Note.-The Directors of the Ottawa leashed or unleashed, shall be allowed Ski Club are positively against the in any part of the 12.000 acres Park. bringing of dogs out on the trails in This means that we are no longer able winter, as they are a constant danger to follow our masters when they take to skiers on steep-slopes, and have a stroll out of the city. been the cause of several accidents. We, city dogs, need exercise to keep They would, however, favour some re­ in good health, just as much as any laxation of the regulations as regards man; We need warmth, we suffer spring and fall months.-The Editor.

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From where it belongs, and having consulted October to May practically all precipi­ certain recognized authorities in a tation is in the form of snow. This well-known institution on Metcalfe should ensure a really good skiing street, it only remains to set forth a ~eason , which, no doubt, has helped to number of alleged facts concerning account for the skill and stamina of those truly remarkable people, the the Finnish ski troops now battling Finns, who have been startling the for their lives. world by their sustained resistance to Introduced probably from Mongolia the power of Russia. centuries ago, the ski played the same Finland, tucked in between two part in the building up of the country strong powers, Sweden and Russia, as the snowshoe in Canada, being used either one or the other of which has extensively in trading, hunting and dominated her for most of her history, warfare. The Finns used a long has, nevertheless, retained a purity of and narrow ski, making up in length race and a unity of national life that what it lacked in width, but permitting has ever refused to be submerged. The of greater speed over comparatively Finnish language has remained the flat surfaces. It was only in the late language of 88 % of her people. A 80's that the ski began to figure pro­ number of Swedes having settled in the minently in Finland as a sporting country, during the Swedish regime, instrument. Hundreds of Clubs and their language is spoken by 11 %. Associations were organized throughout Nearly 12 % of the total area of the country, and many contests were Finland is covered by lakes - more held, at first between Fins only, later than 35,500 of them. There are also between Finns and Swedes, and later innumerable rivers, with many rapids. again in competition with representa­ Forests cover more than one-third of tives of other nations. It is the proud the co\mtry, and the principal indus­ ~10ast of"the Finns that they have never tries are timber and pulp and paper. been defeated on their own terrain; It is not surprising that the generalr­ never has a foreign competitor won an appearance has been compared to the important ski event in Finland Canadian lake district. Finland has no although good teams from Norway and Sweden were sent year after year. The Finns were not so fortunate at first in other countries, as they did not have the I ight technique for alpine t;.\rt o cQJJ.e skiing, but they have asserted their Look smart-even after a supremacy in racing in recent years, winning the Holmkollen Trophy in sitzmark- Norway in 1928, first and second in the 50 kilometer event at the interna­ tional meet at Lake Placid, first at the in ski togs If:~- - . Chamonix International meet in France from ;f in 1937 and again first and second in ,. " the 18 kilometer race at the World Championship at Zakopane, Poland in Larocque~ 1939. As long distance skiers, they are unrivalled, and they have gone for ski jumping with such energy of late that ~- ::::..~ the Norwegians are beginning to feel ... -· ....,. / :..;. "-... . uneasy. Ottawa Ski Club News 11 In the army, military training includes a great deal of cross-country Compliments of skiing which is to be expected in a country where snow covers the ground MciLRAITH & MciLRAITH about five months of the year. Soldiers BARRISTERS are taught group and formation skiing, firing from a skiing position, using the 56 SPARKS ST. DIAL 2-2424 ski poles as props for their weapons, etc. them. Many prominent writers, includ­ The Finns are described as sturdy, ing a number of women, are Finns. individual and enterprising. They are said to be like ·the Scottish people -but If the people of Finland have had to tougher because natural conditions are struggle for physical existence in a harder in Finland. They are a healthy rugged country, and have thereby race and take a pride in athletic de­ grown strong to resist, they have also velopment. At the same time, they are had to exercise continual vigilance to keen students. Education is cheap and protect their national existence. In this thorough, and Finland has very few they have succeeded remarkably well, illiterates. The capital, Helsinki, boasts though it was only in 1919 that the not only one of the three universities fetters of Russia were discarded and in the country but a technical high the country became a republic. If will­ school and two commercial schools as power and physical and mental fitness well. It also prides itself on having the can overcome the armed force of a largest book store in Europe - a store nation whose power of wealth and men containing twelve miles of shelving. is infinitely greater, there is no doubt Finns not only read books - they write that Finland will survive.

Ski Lore a Help to Finland Jlrmy Soldiers' Skill With Compass and Map Also Contributes to Sub-Arctic Gains. (From the New York Times) The cunning and resourcefulness North is their highly developed skill in displayed by the white-clad ski soldiers using compass and map. This science of Finland have aroused the wonder of has been subject to intensive study for the entire world. In the sub-Arctic more than a decade, and, curiously wilds expertness on skis has been a enough, was never thought of or en­ great factor in their successful drive couraged'from a military point of view. against the partly mechanized army 13f The idea originated in Sweden some Russia. twelve years ago when the sport of Modern skiing as practiced outside "orienting" was started on a compe­ the Scandinavian countries consists titive basis. mostly of the slalom and downhill type, Sectional maps were carefully worked but here are men who think nothing of out over · a given district where the covering thirty-five miles of rough competition was to take place. Compe- country with a forty-five-pound pack and then giving battle. And there are tens of thousands of this type of athlete in Sweden and Norway. Many of them already are on their way to Finland and some of them -in actual service. Thirst knows no Season Sven Utterstrom of Boden, Sweden's northern Gibraltar, the only outsider to win the fifty-kilometer race at Holmen-_ kollen, Norway, twice, was one of the very first to offer his services to the Finns. With Compass and Map The real secret of the successes of the Finns in th~ir fighting in the Far 12 Ottawa Ski Club News titors were supplied with one copy each. sport. This fact explains to a great Four or five different points were extent why Finnish ski soldiers have marked on each map, together with the been so effective in their reconnoitering finishing point. At each mark would and fade-away tactics. be found a control station where com­ A crack skier and an observer are petitors must register before proceeding usually sent out with a handful of men to the next in line. More often than to cover a vast piece of ground, take not every competitor was unfamiliar bearings, blaze markings on trees at with the ground to be covered, and as vulnerable points, make all kinds of all sorts of obstacles such as rivers, observations, and then return to head­ lakes, ravines, thick forests and bogs quarters with records of their findings. might be encountered by the partici­ In most cases each member of such a pants, the sport tested thoroughly the troop makes his own individual nota­ resourcefulness and strength of the competitors. tions. In Wintertime this sort of technique Competitions Popular is particularly favorable in so far as the Such competitions were held at all use of skis may be relied upon, but even hours, daytime, nightime, rain or shine. in Summer these same men can be They found immense favor all over the country and spread rapidly across the counted on to perform scouting service borders into Norway, and particularly on foot that is vastly superior to to Finland, where practically every anything the enemy may try out in the . adult is well versed in intricacies of the wilderness in sub-Arctic Finland.

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Ski Hospital SKIERS FLY + t o DOMAINE D'ESTEREL STE. AGATHE GRAY ROCKS Make an appointment with our ski doctor for all types MONT TREMBLANTE of ski repairs $15.\lll per pasF.enger, S. KIS FITTINGS POLES CAPS returning next day MITTS SOX WAX THE SPORT SHOP Laurentian Air Services Frank I. Ritch ie Phone LIMITED A irport E8 Eank St. (near Albert) 2-6278 2-0058 7-4421 (Courte>y, Canadian National Railways) In the Beautiful Gatineau Hills, Laurentian M ounta ins, Ottawa, Ont. '

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