Capital Facts: A ski club's influence at Camp Fortune

In celebration of Canada’s 150th birthday, the Citizen is rolling out one fact each day for 150 days until July 1, highlighting the odd, the fascinating and the important bits of Ottawa history you might not know about.
The lodge at Camp Fortune in Chelsea, Que., began as an abandoned woodcutter’s shack with a sign that said, “Trespassers will be Persecuted.” In 1920, the Ottawa Ski Club bought it, installed a stove, table and benches and changed the sign to “Member