Person: Jeldness
Rossland Winter Carnival Jeldness Trophy 1908
Rossland Winter Carnival Ski Jumping Championships Canada, Jeldness Trophy 1908
| Internal ID: | 2289.0002 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1908 |
Winner of the Jeldness Cup 1913, 1914 & 1915
Harvey Lynn, Winner of the Jeldness Cup 1913, 1914 & 1915
| Internal ID: | 2289.0005 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1914 |
Jeldness Trophy 1908
One Of The Trophies, Rossland Winter Carnival February 4 to 8 , 1908
| Internal ID: | 2292.0061 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | February 1st 1908 |
Jeldness Trophy
Jeldness Trophy at Hall.
| Internal ID: | 2292.0069 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Rossland Residents
Rossland Residents: Olaus Jeldness sitting on left. Do you recognize any of the other gentlemen? If you do please let us know.
| Internal ID: | 2313.0281 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Olaus Jeldness of Rossland BC
Olaus Jeldness the Father of Skiing in Rossland BC. Olaus Jeldness pioneered the establishment of competitive skiing in western Canada. Born in Stangvik, Norway, in 1857, he caused a stir there when, at the age of 15, he ski jumped a distance of 92 feet heralded as a world record at the time. He emigrated to the United States at the age of 16 to pursue a successful career in mining. He returned to Norway in 1882 to develop a mining operation in the north until 1896 when he left to come to Canada and the mining community of Rossland, British Columbia.
| Internal ID: | 2313.0282 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Olaus Jeldness of Rossland, BC c.1905
Olaus Jeldness with some of his Ski trophies c.1905. Olaus donated two historic trophies, the first in 1900 which would become the permanent possession of a skier who could win it three consecutive times. (This was achieved by Torgal Noren who won the ski jumping championship in 1904, 1905 and 1906.) The conditions accompanying the second Jeldness trophy, donated in 1908, stipulated that it would be a perpetual trophy awarded from year to year. This important trophy was given eventually to the Rossland Historical Museum where it remains.
| Internal ID: | 2313.0283 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1905 |
