Observed arrival · 2026-11-14
Donat Dion: The Woodsman Who Cut Vermont’s Ski Trails
A family-built archive traces Donat Dion’s life and work cutting trails at Vermont ski mountains, with photographs and a film.
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- Readers of Vermont ski and logging history
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- The site includes a downloadable film listed as an 8.5 MB MP4.
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The narrative follows Dion from a farm in Quebec to logging camps in northern New England, then to trail-cutting work in Vermont. Its captions identify places and dates, while the work section explains how horses hauled logs and later carried fuel and tires up the mountains.
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