HERMAN SMITH “CHIEF JACKRABBIT” JOHANNSEN, 111, who began skiing in his native Norway at age 2 and introduced cross-country skiing to Canada at the turn of the century, died Monday.

I have the honour to present to you today Mr. Herman Smith Johannsen. In presenting this man, known to some as "The Jack Rabbit" or "The Chief" I do so not only because of his engineering achievements ...

If you did, there's a good chance that those trails were blazed or connected by Herman "Jackrabbit" Smith-Johannsen, who is credited with popularizing cross-country skiing in Canada.

He was born with a compass in his brain." The inaugural Jackrabbit Classic is named for Herman "Jackrabbit" Smith-Johannsen, who blazed cross-country ski trails throughout the Laurentians over ...