Johannsen is greeted by a crowd as he celebrates his 100th birthday in Val-David, Que.
Herman 'Jackrabbit' Smith-Johannsen popularized cross-country skiing in Canada, and was a colourful character well into old age. For CBC Creator Network, John Batt spends some time in Quebec's Laurentians region to find out who this man was.How 'Jackrabbit' Johannsen, a Norwegian immigrant who lived to 111, helped transform the Laurentians into the cross-country skiing haven it is today.
Canadian Pacific Railway even gave Jackrabbit free passes and meals to ride the rails whenever he wanted. They were hyper aware of the significance of what Jackrabbit was accomplishing and how much it would change the landscape in the area, both literally and figuratively. The construction of Highway 15 north of Montreal posed a bit of an issue to Jackrabbit and the work he had done: the first section from Highway 40 to Saint-Jérôme was opened on Aug. 29, 1959, as a toll road . This section was also the first to be designed as anJohannsen blazed cross-country ski trails throughout the Laurentians over more than six decades.
These are stories of a resourceful man, but a very social one as well. There is no shortage of stories about Jackrabbit being someone who loved to be around people, was not afraid of a glass of wine or a cigar and was known to break out a headstand for an unusually long time at either a pub, dinner party or banquet.
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