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From Toboggans to Carioles: Jolly Winter Fun in Old Canada

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From Toboggans to Carioles: Jolly Winter Fun in Old Canada
A horse-drawn sleigh waits near St. James's Club on Dorchester Street in Montreal, circa 1875. CP Photo
C.P. Champion
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Winters in Old Canada were, for most people, one long playtime. The fields, rivers, and the ports of Montreal and Quebec being frozen and blanketed in snow, the natural course of the seasons forced many to take months off work.

C.P. Champion
C.P. Champion
Author
C.P. Champion, Ph.D., is the author of two books, was a fellow of the Centre for International and Defence Policy at Queen's University in 2021, and edits The Dorchester Review magazine, which he founded in 2011.