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“Thebest fall lines areusuallywell establishedand identifiedby
the tracks flowingoff trail and leading into thewoods.The secret
is findinga fall line that doesn’t end ina stream.”So saidBlue
MountainPresident DanSkelton in2014, asBlue launchedan
expansionof its gladedareas.
Cavan Dykeman chest-deep at Blue. GLEN HARRIS
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Czech-bornWalterTrier (1890-1951)was anartist and illustrator of international reputewho
painted this cover of oneof Blue’s earliest brochures.Back inEurope,Trier’s anti-Fascist cartoons
had raised the ireof theNazis andTrier fled toEnglandas theSecondWorldWar brokeout,
then settled inCraigleith.Today there is aWalterTrierGallery at theArtGalleryofOntariowith
exhibitions of theartist’swatercolours, drawings and sculpture.
ILLUSTRATION COURTESY GEORGEWEIDER'S BOOK
BLUE MOUNTAIN
, 1990, BOSTONMILLS PRESS
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