Promoting Cavendish as a winter destination, an ad for
Proctor-Piper Hotel and the Penguin Hill Ski Town (Stearns Gay, Manager)
appears in the 1941 Vermont Year Book.
Proctor Piper was the new name for the Cottage Hotel on Depot Street, which was
renamed the Riverside Inn Hotel in 1944. This property is on the corner of
Depot Street and Pratt Hill.
The Penguin Hill Ski Tow sign hung on the corner of
what was the Grange Hall (Route 131 and Twenty Mile Stream) directing skiers to the next property (Bidgoods) after the Grange Hall heading north on Twenty Mile Stream.
In addition to Penguin Hill, there were two other ski areas in Cavendish- one on "Howard HIll" across the Black River opposite Tarbell Hill and the other built by the younger members of the Gay family, behind Glimmerstone.
In addition to the "ski areas," Cavendish was the first place in New England to offer a bobsled run. This one mile 700 foot drop run was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in the 1930s. The run was located near Hillcrest Cemetery in Proctorsville.
In addition to Penguin Hill, there were two other ski areas in Cavendish- one on "Howard HIll" across the Black River opposite Tarbell Hill and the other built by the younger members of the Gay family, behind Glimmerstone.
In addition to the "ski areas," Cavendish was the first place in New England to offer a bobsled run. This one mile 700 foot drop run was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in the 1930s. The run was located near Hillcrest Cemetery in Proctorsville.
Hi I am writing a book on the 34 CCC camps in VT. Do you have any information or photos of the bobsled run the CCC built? Also any photos of information on the Proctor-Piper CCC camp would be very helpful. I have written 3 books on the CCC: in Adirondacks, CT and RI. https://martinpodskoch.com 860-267-2442 I live in CT but this summer I spoke at the Cavendish Library.
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