The Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada09 Apr 1962, Mon • Page 16
The Ottawa Journal
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada19 Mar 1966, Sat • Page 6
An egg-and-spoon race is a sporting event in which participants must balance an egg or similarly shaped item upon a spoon and race with it to the finishing line.
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#TBT Did you know that Shilly Shally Lodge was once a private winter residence?
The Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada11 Jan 1963, Fri • Page 20
The Shilly-shally occupies a place in the memory of where Ottawa Ski Club skiers ventured. It seems unlikely to me that it was considered a significant halfway point along the Ridge Road since skiers would have to ski the entire way back along Ridge Road; plus, in the early years, Ridge Road was still a road—in use by sleighs, rutted and not always the first choice of skiers.
There is a cabin on Ridge Road in Gatineau Park, Quebec named Shilly Shally. It is about half a kilometer from the Fortune Parkway and not too far from the Keogan shelter. This video talks about why Shilly Shally might be so called. It’s a phrase that means “indecisive.” — Gatineau blog
December 15, 2016 ·
Ottawa photographer Rosemary Gilliat Eaton shows of some old school snowshoes at Shilly Shally lodge in the Gatineau Hills.
Never mastered these, I’m afraid … and does anyone know why it was called Shilly Shally?
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December 15, 2016 ·
Here is an article by Rosemary Gilliat published in The Journal, March 19, 1966. It appears “Shilly Shally” was her private cabin from about 1955 onward. Originally it was used as a base by a small group of friends.
Seems to me, it was called ‘The old Fort” where we all danced to the Wurlitzer between ski runs.
The Ottawa Journal
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada16 Nov 1968, Sat • Page 38
Documenting Clippings of the Gatineau Clog
The Mysterious Princess Louise Falls
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