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Billiards and geography. (Awards).(Alan O. Gibbons)(Brief Article)
A LAN O. GIBBONS' introduction to The Royal Canadian Geographical Society began after the Second World War in the billiards room of Ottawa's Rideau Club. In one of his first tournaments there, he competed against one of the club's leading players: Charles Camsell, the founder and first president of the RCGS. Gibbons won, much to his surprise.
The competitors struck up a friendship. "Charles Camsell was a father figure to me," says Gibbons. Over time, Camsell whetted Gibbons' interest in the Society, and Gibbons joined the Board of ...
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