Duluth

Fond du Lac

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Fond du Lac Ski Jump / Ojibway Bowl:

K-Point:	70 m
Hill record:	74.3 m (244 ft) (Adrian Watt , 1965)
	74.3 m (244 ft) (Dave Hicks , 1965)
Tower height:	18.9 m

Further jumps:	no
Plastic matting:	no
Year of construction:	1940
Conversions:	1964
Operating until:	1972
Year of destruction:	1975
Status:	destroyed
Ski club:	Duluth Ski Club
Coordinates:	46.666642, -92.276184 ✔

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History:

Besides the ski jumping hills at Chester Bowl Park, Duluth Ski Club set up a new winter sports center at Fond du Lac in 1940 with the support of Works Project Administration. The facility located on Mission Creek not only included a 60 meter hill, which was also called "Big Ojibwe Mountain” or "Ojibwe Bowl", but also alpine skiing slopes, cross-country trails, a tobbogan run, an ice skating rink, and a skiing cabin. The inaugural competition in February 1941 was attended by 5,000 spectators and Torger Tokle set up an initial hill record of 203 feet. In 1942 the first US nationals were held on the new hill and attended by 12,000 spectators.
In 1964 the ski jump was enlarged into K70, but already in 1972 it was seriously damaged during a spring flood and finally deconstructed in 1975. After that ski jumping activities at Duluth again concentrated at Chester Bowl.

1965:	74.3 m	(244 ft) Adrian Watt
1965:	74.3 m	(244 ft) Dave Hicks
1960:	68.9 m	(226 ft) Gene Kotlarek
1954:	68.9 m	(226 ft) Joe Nowack
1941:	61.9 m	(203 ft) Torger Tokle

	1950	:	N-USA	K70	1. Olavi Kuronen
	1942	:	N-USA	K70	1. Ola Aanjesen

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