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Any information or pictures on the lost ski areas of the province of Ontario , Canada, would be greatly appreciated:. Please e-mail: mark@mwlsap.org

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LOST AREAS

Aberfoyle Country Club

Abitibi Ski Club

Acton

  • 45 mi W on number 7
  • The Ski Column - The Toronto Star (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) · Fri, Mar 11, 1949, p. 20

Albion Hills

Alpine

Arda Ski Centre

Aspen (see Twin Hearth)

Atikokan Ski Club

Azilda

Bala Ski Club

Bay Motor Hotel / Bay Motel Ski Bowl

Bethany Ski Area * - see Kawartha Peaks

Big Thunder (Little Norway, Mt. Norway, Sundance Northwest Resort)

Big Valley

  • Rolphton, ON - NE part of 1970 map - 6 mi. off Hwy 17 at Rolphton / 7 mi N off access Hwy 635
  • v: 275
  • Ski resorts continuing to expand - The Ottawa Citizen (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) · Mon, Nov 29, 1976, p. 81
  • on 1970 map

Boyd Conservation Area

  • Woodbridge, ON - 3 mi. N of Hwy 7 on Islington Ave.
  • v: 70 ft
  • TTC can carry skiers to slopes - The Toronto Star (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) · Tue, Dec 21, 1976, p. 10
  • A guide to Alpine skiing - The North York Mirror (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) · Wed, Nov 30, 1977, p. 71

Britannia Hotel

Bruce Meadows

Buttermilk Resort

Cambellford

Camborne

Candiac / Candiac Skiways

Candy Mountain Ski Area

Caper Valley (Caper Valley Skiways)

Capreol Ski HIll

Cariboo Mountain Ski Club

Carlington Park / Carling Park

Carnarvon Ski Club

Caswell's Resort and Motor Inn

Cedar Grove

Cedar Highlands

Cedar Mountain

Cedar Springs - Burlington

  • Burlington, ON - on Cedar Springs side road, off Hwy 5, 6 mi N of Burlington
  • "The small secluded community (Cedar Springs) is located on Cedar Springs Road and its features include a par-3 golf course, tennis courts, trout stream, and a swimming area. There was once even a small," ski hill - The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada) · Sat, Jul 19, 2003, p. 81
  • on 1971 map

Cedar Springs - Orangeville

Centennial Park

Chedoke

Claremont ?? (could be Dagmar, Pleasure Valley, Woodnewton)

Coboconk Ski Club

Corwhin

Curlew Ski Centre

Dacre Heights

Dagmar *- see Ski Dagmar

Devil's Elbow

Don Valley

Eagles Nest

Eagles Nest -Teeswater

Edelweiss Sports Centre

  • Bolton, ON - W on Cty Rd. 9 off 50
  • v: 150 ft.
  • A guide to Alpine skiing - The North York Mirror (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) · Wed, Nov 30, 1977, p. 71
  • advertisement - The Toronto Star (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) · Fri, Feb 2, 1979, p. 24

Elliot Lake

Engleheart Ski Club

Espanola

Etobicoke * - probably Centennial Park

  • Toronto, ON
  • on 1970 map (no directions given)

Fiddlehead Mountain / Steven's Hill

Flemingdon Ski Park ????

  • Toronto, ON
  • Star Ski Report - The Toronto Star (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) · Fri, Jan 28, 1966, p.11 - can't find it now

Fonthill Ski Centre / Fonthill Ski Club / Fonthill Saddle and Ski Club

Forest Valley / Forest Valley Park

Garson Hill

  • Sault Ste. Marie, ON - 108 Rossmore Road ??,
  • Google Maps / Google Earth
    46.54558453334774, -84.35924978295657 ???
  • Landslide Goes for Night Skiing - The Sault Star (Sault St. Marie, Ontario, Canada) · Sat, Nov 28, 1970 Page 3
  • Garson Hill, rinks busy on weekends - The Sault Star (Sault St. Marie, Ontario, Canada) · Thu, Dec 31, 1970, page 3

Glen Abbey - Glen Abbey Golf Club

  • Oakville, ON, southwest Ontario, 1 mi W of Kerr St. QEW then 1 mi N, 28 mi from Toronto - Golf Club: 1333 Dorval Dr, Oakville, ON L6M 4G2, Canada
  • Google Maps / Google Earth
    43.452234559816276, -79.71826880462473
  • v: 150 ft.
  • on 1970 map; on 1971 map

Glen Lawrence / Glen Lawrence Golf Club

  • Kingston, ON - SE Ontario - 4 - 5 mi E of Kingston on Hwy 2, 2022 Hwy #2 East, Kingston, ON, K7L 4V1
  • Google Maps / Google Earth
    44.272712049729, -76.36591223320926
  • advertisement - The Kingston Whig-Standard (Kingston, Ontario, Canada) · Sat, Jan 11, 1969, p. 10
  • on 1969 map; on 1970 map

Goulais Bay Ski Hill

Happy Hills

Happy Valley / Walkerton Happy Valley / Walkerton Ski Club

Harrison Park

Heyden Motel Ski Hill

Hidden Valley (Hidden Valley Highlands)

Hide-A-Way

Hockley Valley Winter Park / Hockley Hills

Honey Pot

Horseshoe Valley +

Hotel Bernard

Humber Valley ? / Lower Humber Valley Park

Kamiscotia Ski Resort * (see Timmins Ski Club)

Kawartha Peaks - formerly Bethany Ski Club / Hill

Kazuby Ski Hill

Kemps Hill

Kincardine Snow Bowl / Ski Bowl

King's Forest Winter Park

Kingston Hills

Kiwassa Ski Club

Kirby

  • Kirby, ON (W of Oshawa) - S central part of 1970 map - 2 mi E of Kirby off Hwy 35
  • Star Ski Report - The Toronto Star (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) · Fri, Jan 28, 1966, p.11
  • Ski jump too? Gravelle Wins 3rd Crown - The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada) · Mon, Feb 21,1966, p.13
  • on 1970 map

Kirkland Lake Ski Club

Lake of Bays

  • Lake of Bays, ON -
  • Star Ski Report - The Toronto Star (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) · Fri, Dec 20, 1957, p. 22
  • Star Ski Report - The Toronto Star (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) · Fri, Feb 28, 1958, p. 21

Landslide Hill / Sault Ste. Marie Ski Club

Levack Ski Club - could be Onaping-Levack Ski Hill / Sudbury-Levack

Limberlost

Little Norway * - See Big Thunder

Lobo Ski Trails

London (London Ski Club)

Loretto Ski Resort

Macauley Mountain Ski Club

Madawaska Valley / Mount Madawaska

Marathon Ski Club (?? Superior Slopes??)

Markdale

Medonte (Mendonte?)

Minaki * / Minaki Lodge (see Mount Minaki)

Minto Glen

Montclair Ski Centre

  • Orangeville, ON - NW of Toronto / Mono Centre, ON - on the 4th line of Mono Township
  • Google Maps / Google Earth
    44.00876335528712, -80.03230629119408
  • skimap.org 0 maps

Moose Mountain

Mount McKay

Mount Minaki

  • Kenora, ON - northwestern Ontario - site of the famous Minaki Lodge ?
  • Google Maps / Google Earth
    49.992282418627745, -94.66593252885528
    Minaki Lodge
  • o: 1972: c: 1979 v: 200 (225) ft.
  • Queen's Park boosts year-roung resort area - The Toronto Star (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) · Tue, Jul 4, 1972 · Page 14
  • briefly - The Brandon Sun (Brandon, Manitoba, Canada) · Fri, Mar 16, 1973 · Page 7   - mentions Minaki and Kenora ski areas being in NW Ontario
  • Ski conditions - The Brandon Sun (Brandon, Manitoba, Canada) · Fri, Mar 5, 1976 Page7
  • skiing - The Brandon Sun (Brandon, Manitoba, Canada) · Fri, Dec 23, 1977 Page 7
  • Lodge was 'jewel of the wilderness' - The Sault Star (Sault St. Marie, Ontario, Canada) · Sat, Sep 16, 1978, Page 5

Mount Molson Ski Hill

Mount Norway * - see Big Thunder

Mount Parkenham OSRA

Mount Wawa Ski Resort

Mountain View Ski Club / Mountain View Hills

Muskoka Sands

Nacona

Newmarket

  • Newmarket, ON
  • Toronto Star Ski Report - The Toronto Star (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) · Fri, Dec 10, 1954 , p.22
  • Star Ski Report - The Toronto Star (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) · Fri, Feb 28, 1958, p. 21
  • Glenville, 4 mi W of Newmarket - The Ski Column - The Toronto Star (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) · Fri, Mar 11, 1949, p. 20

Nipissing Ridge / Nipissing Ski Area

Nordic Hills

North Lake

North Star Club

Northern Ski Club

Northumberland / Northumberland Forest

Oak Hills

Old Smokey / Old Smoky

Omemee Ski Club

Onaping Ski Hill

Orchard Trails / Old Orchard

Ottawa YW-YMCA * (see Y Ski Centre)

Ox Tongue Lake ??

??? Oxford Ski - maybe Woodstock

Paisley Club

Palisades Country Club

Parry Sound

Petawawa

Peterborough Ski Tow Inc. - May be Kemp's Hill

Pine Point Park ?

Pine Top Ski Area

Pinery Provincial Park

Port Sydney

Rainbow Ridge

Raven Mountain Ski Club ? Raven Mountain Resort

Renfrew Ski Club

Riverview Heights

Rockway Valley

Rouge Valley

Saugeen Valley

Sault Ste. Marie Ski Club * - see Landslide Hill

Skee Hi (Ski Hi, Ski Hi Club)

Ski Dagmar / Sportsman Land Dagmar

Ski Hi / Skee Hi / Ski Hi Club * - see Skee-Hi

Ski King

  • King City, ON - S on Jane St.
  • v: 130 ft.
  • A guide to Alpine skiing - The North York Mirror (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) · Wed, Nov 30, 1977, p. 71

Ski Jump Inn

Skyloft Ski & Country Club

Snow Bowl

Sportsmen Land Dagmar * (see Ski Dagmar)

St. Bernard Ski Village

Steven's Hill * (see Fiddlehead Mountain)

Sugar Bush

  • Smith Falls, ON - SE Ontario - 11 mi SW of Smith Falls off Hwy 15 / 1 mi NW of access Hwy 15
  • v: 75 ft.
  • Ski resorts continuing to expand - The Ottawa Citizen (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) · Mon, Nov 29, 1976, p. 81
  • on 1970 map

Summit * (see Toronto Summit?)

Sundance Ski Resort * - see Big Thunder

Superior Slopes

Talisman Mountain Resort

Tally Ho Winter Park

Tay Valley

Terrace Bay Ski Club

Thorne

Timmins Ski Club / Kamiscotia Ski Resort?

Top of the World Ski Hill

Toronto Summit

Twin Hearth / Aspen

Uplands Ski Hole + (still open as Uplands Ski and Golf)

Valley Schuss

Waiebegewung

Walker Hills

Walkerton Happy Valley * see Happy Valley

Windsor Valley Ski Area

Winterama ??

Woodbridge

Woodstock

Y Border Ski Centre

  • Athens, ON - 8 km (5 mi.) W on Hwy 42
  • v: 40 m
  • Where to ski close to home - The Ottawa Citizen (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) · Tue, Nov 25, 1980, p. 80 - (This is the only reference that I can find.)

Y Ski Centre

PLANNED, BUT NEVER DEVELOPED

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Adanac Ski HIll

Alice Hill Park (also called Pembroke Ski Club)

  • STILL OPEN
  • 8378 Round Lake Road, Pembroke, ON K8A 6W8, Canada
  • on 1970 map
  • skimap.org 0 maps

Alpine Ski Club

Antoine Mountain

Batawa Ski Hill

Beaver Valley Ski Club

Big Ben Ski Centre

Blue Mountain

Boogie Mountain 6 maps

Boler Mountain

Brimacombe (Oshawa Ski Club)

Calabogie Peaks

Caledon Ski Club

  • STILL OPEN
  • private
  • Caledon, ON - 4 mi W on Cty Rd 11
  • v: 260 ft.
  • website
  • Google Maps / Google Eath
    43.80611949357723, -80.01052287925567
  • A guide to Alpine skiing - The North York Mirror (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) · Wed, Nov 30, 1977, p. 71
  • on 1971 map
  • skimap.org

Centennial Park Ski and Snowboard Centre **

Chapleau Ski Hill

Chicopee Ski Club

Cobble Hills Golf & Ski Club

Craigleith Ski Club

Dagmar Ski Resort

Devil's Glen Country Club

Devil's Glen

Dryden Ski Club

Earl Bales

Georgian Peaks Club

Glen Eden

Heights of Horseshoe

  • STILL OPEN
  • 1106 Horseshoe Valley Road West, RR#1 Barrie, Ontario L4M 4Y8
  • website
  • skimap.org 7 maps

Heyden Ski Hill & Resort

  • STILL OPEN
  • Heyden, ON (near Sault Ste. Marie) -785 Hwy 17 N, Heyden, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada P6A 5K7
    Telephone: (705) 777-1010
  •  o: 1957 v: 200 ft.
  • skimap.org 0 maps

Hockley Valley Resort

Horseshoe Resort

  • STILL OPEN
  • 1101 Horseshoe Valley Road West, Barrie, ON, Canada L4M 4Y8
  • website
  • skimap.org

Kamiskotia Snow Resort + (see Mount Jamieson)

Kiwissa Ski Centre

Lakeridge Ski Resort + (see Ski Lakeridge)

Larder Lake Ski Hill

Laurentian Ski Hill

Lively Ski Hill

Loch Lomond Ski Area

Mansfield Outdoor Centre

Mansfield Ski Club / Skiways?

Moonstone

Mount Antoine

Mount Baldy

Mount Chinguacousy

Mount Dufour Ski Area

Mount Evergreen

Mount Fairweather

Mount Jamieson (previously Kamiskotia Snow Resort)

Mount Martin Ski Club

Mount Pakenham

Mount St. Louis Moonstone

  • STILL OPEN
  • looks like it combined with Moonstone, both were 18 mi N of Barrie on Hwy 400 on 1970 map
  • Snowboarding
    • One of the first ski areas in Ontario to allow snowboarding (Mount. St. Louis, Ski Dagmar, Uplands) - Snowboarding Hot on the slopes - The Toronto, Star (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) · Sat, Feb 7, 1987, p. M1 (185)
    • First snowboard competition in Ontario at Mount St. Louis - Sport thart's hot off the shelf - The Toronto Star (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) · Sat, Feb 7, 1987, p. M 13 (197)
  • on 1970 map
  • website
  • skimap.org

Mountain View Ski Centre

North York Ski Centre

Oshawa Ski Club + (see Brimacombe)

  • STILL OPEN

Osler Bluff Ski Club

Pine Ridge Ski Club

Remi Ski Club

  • STILL OPEN
  • off hwy 2, 2 mi W of Thamesford; 15 Ski Hill Rd, Moonbeam
  • skimap.org 0 maps

Searchmont Resort

Sir Sam's Ski Area

Ski Dagmar / Sportsman Land Dagmar

Ski Lakeridge

Ski Snow Valley Barrie

Tri-Town Ski Village

Trestle Ridge

The ROC

Uplands Ski Centre (Uplands Golf and Ski Club, Uplands Ski Hole)

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* renamed; closed
+ renamed; open
^ never opened

 

MAPS


1963

The Toronto Star, Dec, 20, 1963, p. 7


1965

The Toronto Star, Sat, Dec 18, 1965, p. 26


1968

The Toronto Star, Dec. 14, 1968, p. 67


1969

See full newspaper page with locatio/n directions to each ski area map (The Toronto Star, Dec. 12, 1969, p. 20)


1970

See full newspaper page with location / directions to each ski area (The Toronto Star 1970, Dec. 18, page 16)


1971

Names of 66 the ski areas on on this1971 map (The Hamilton Spectator 1971, Dec. 4, page 59)


1972

 

The Toronto Star, Dec. 15, 1972, p. 22


1973

See full newspaper page with location / directions to each ski area (The Toronto Star, Dec 14, 1973, p. 36)


1974

See full newspaper page with location / directions to each ski area (The Toronto Star, Dec 21, 1974 · p. 33)


1977 - Thunder Bay Area

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1949

The_Toronto_Star_1949_02_05_14.pdf

National Post (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) · Sat, Dec 3, 1949 · Page 26

DONE - The_Toronto_Star_1949_03_11_20.pdf

 

1970

1968

https://www.newspapers.com/image/945284832/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/945284912/

 

1966

https://www.newspapers.com/image/942234776/?match=1&terms=kirby%20ski

 

DONE - 1964 - complete list

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