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Le Club des raquetteurs de Montréal / The Montreal Snowshoe Club
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Le Club des raquetteurs de Montréal / The Montreal Snowshoe Club
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The Montreal Snowshoe Club was created in 1840 by English-speaking Montrealers. Its members met regularly to take part in a 20-kilometer torch-lit race on the slopes of Mount Royal. Newspaper accounts reported these hikes started or ended with a supper of several services. According to the author, the club members sang in unison under the influence of alcohol and then embarked on a race which sometimes lasted several hours. In 1912, a group of Francophone Montrealers organized L'Union des clubs de raaquisseurs de Montréal / The Montreal Snowshoe Clubs Union "de populariser et promouvoir notre beau sport national de la saison d’hiver, LA RAQUETTE, dans la Cité de Montréal."
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Instantanés : La vitrine des archives de BAnQ
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17 février 2016
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fr
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Beaugrand-Champagne, Denyse. “Le Club des raquetteurs de Montréal / The Montreal Snowshoe Club.” Instantanés : La vitrine des archives de BAnQ, février 2016. http://blogues.banq.qc.ca/instantanes/2016/02/17/le-club-des-raquetteurs-de-montreal-the-montreal-snowshoe-club/.
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