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PHOTO COURTESY :
BLUE MOUNTA IN RESORTS
SOURCED BY DAN HUGHES
ESCARPMENT
®
aftershot
The first chairlift inOntario,
‘OldSouthChair’was installed in
1959by JozoWeiderandout-
doormanagerKenSkelton,who
supervised theconstruction. Itwas
inoperationuntil 2001when it
was replacedby theSouthern
Comfort, ahigh speed sixperson
detachable lift.Adoublechairfift,
theSouthChair cost $81,000 to
install andcarried936 skiersper
hourwhile theSouthernComfort
cost $3.1millionwithacopacity
of3,600 skiersper hour.
Theoriginal lift tower hasbeen
preservedexactlyas itwaswhen
installedand is still at the topof
themountain to thisday.
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SHADOWS
from thepast
