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TIME TRAVELLER: Grouse Mountain was once home to a speedy team of sled dogs

If you visited Grouse Mountain in the winter in the late 1920s and ’30s you were likely to see a speedy sled team of Huskies dashing along the trails. Pat Hardy was the owner of the 60 dogs that resided in the kennels on Grouse Mountain.
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Time Traveller (for Dec. 30 edition)WEB
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If you visited Grouse Mountain in the winter in the late 1920s and ’30s you were likely to see a speedy sled team of Huskies dashing along the trails.

Pat Hardy was the owner of the 60 dogs that resided in the kennels on Grouse Mountain. Driven by Ed Cook, they were a popular attraction on Grouse Mountain. Rides were available for visitors as shown in this photo of a dog sled team at the Grouse Mountain Chalet. While visiting Grouse Mountain in 1927, former Gov. Gen. Lord & Lady Willingdon travelled the last five miles to the chalet by dog sled team.

However, these sled dogs were not only seen on Grouse Mountain. A team of 15 dogs from Pat Hardy’s Grouse Mt. kennel were selected for Admiral Richard E. Byrd’s Antarctic exploration expedition in 1929. And, in 1931, Grouse Mountain’s dog team performed on ice as part of the Peter Pan Revue by the Connaught Skating Club.

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