Carson said that the fact that Chouinard's horse shied probably saved him, as Chouinard was a splendid shooter

The duel with Chouinard is said to have made Carson famous among the mountain men but was also considered uncharacteristic of him.

CalArts was originally formed as a merger of the Chouinard Art Institute ( founded 1921 ) and the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music ( founded 1883 ).

Both of the formerly existing institutions were going through financial difficulties around the same time, and the founder of the Art Institute, Nelbert Chouinard, was also fatally ill.

It was through the will of Disney, who discovered and trained many of his studio artists at Chouinard ( including Mary Blair, Maurice Noble and some of the Nine Old Men, among others ), that the merger of the two institutions was coordinated.

In this period American watercolor ( and oil ) painting was often imitative of European Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, but significant individualism flourished within " regional " styles of watercolor painting in the 1920s to 1940s, in particular the " Cleveland School " or " Ohio School " of painters centered around the Cleveland Museum of Art, and the " California Scene " painters, many of them associated with Hollywood animation studios or the Chouinard Art Institute ( now California Institute of the Arts ).

Guy Chouinard was the lone player to score 50 goals in one season.

Bob MacMillan, acquired in the Myre deal, became the first Flame other than Lysiak to lead the team in scoring in six years and, along with Guy Chouinard, was one of the first two Flames ' players to score 100 points in one season.

Martin was born in Ottawa, Ontario, the son of Lumina ( née Chouinard ) and Joseph Philippe Ernest Martin.

Williams moved on to a short stint at The Chouinard Art Institute where he was branded an " illustrator " in a derogatory fashion.

Chouinard ’ s pitons quickly gained a reputation for quality, and Chouinard Equipment was born soon after in Ventura, California.

Black Diamond was founded on December 1, 1989, when the assets of Chouinard Equipment Ltd. were purchased by a group of former company employees led by current Black Diamond Equipment CEO Peter Metcalf, and a few outside investors.

One was written by Chouinard and Tom Frost ; another was by Doug Robinson titled " The Whole Natural Art of Protection ".

It was designed by Tom Frost and Yvon Chouinard in 1959, and manufactured by Chouinard Equipment in the 1960s.

Chouinard has also had a brilliant career ( more than 10 years ) coaching in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, notably for the Victoriaville Tigres, Quebec Remparts, and Prince Edward Island Rocket and was enshrined in the QMJHL Hall of Fame in 2005.

Chouinard was hired by the QMJHL's Prince Edward Island Rocket to replace Yanick Jean as head coach, on October 22, 2007, a position he holds to this day.

Chouinard was nicknamed " Gramps " because he appeared much older than he really was.

Yvon Deschamps was the host, and appeared alongside Normand Chouinard, Normand Brathwaite, Pauline Martin and Michèle Deslauriers.

The Ducks sent Chad Kilger, Oleg Tverdovsky, and a third-round pick to the Jets in return for Marc Chouinard, a fourth-round draft pick, and right winger Teemu Selanne.

In 1966, Yvon Chouinard led a dramatic redesign of ice axes, working with a reluctant manufacturer Charlet to develop a 55-cm ice axe with a dramatically curved pick.

Chouinard believed that " a curve compatible with the arc of the axe's swing would allow the pick to stay put better in the ice.

His nephew, Marc Chouinard, played in the NHL for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, Minnesota Wild and Vancouver Canucks.

In a bid to host the Memorial Cup in 2012, Durocher in 2010 added former NHL players Mike McPhee and Guy Chouinard, former NHL coach Pierre Creamer, and Michel Boucher to the hockey staff in consulting roles.

Some, such as Yvon Chouinard, made and sold climbing equipment in the camp's parking lot, laying the foundation for successful businesses later.

According to Fortune magazine, Chouinard is arguably the most successful outdoor industry businessman alive today.

* 1961 North Face of Mount Edith Cavell, Canadian Rockies, Canada with Yvon Chouinard

* 1961 Beckey-Chouinard Route on South Howser Tower, Bugaboos, Canada with Yvon Chouinard and Dan Doody

After serving in the United States Army with the 101st Airborne in Vietnam, Nagel attended the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles in 1969, and in that same year he received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from California State University, Fullerton.

In 1972, when clean climbing became an issue in the US, Yvon Chouinard began manufacturing chocks made specifically for rock climbing, with the familiar wedge shape still in use today.

An important milestone occurred with the 1972 Chouinard Equipment Catalog, which included two articles on environmental concerns and climbing gear.

After playing in the first nine games of the 1984-85 season in the IHL with Peoria, Chouinard opted to retire.

Born in Atlanta during his father's days with the Atlanta Flames, but raised in Calgary, Alberta, Chouinard has played for Team Canada in international competition despite getting offers to play for Team USA.

On September 2, 2009 Chouinard signed a contract with the Nurnberg Ice Tigers of the German elite league DEL.

While helping his young widowed mother, Fay B. Stocking Radabaugh, to support the family with odd-jobs, Cromwell enrolled as a teenager in the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles on a scholarship.

Nelbert Chouinard's age and health led to Walt and Roy Disney along with Lulu May Von Hagen, then chairman of the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music, overseeing a 1961 merger of the Chouinard Art Institute with the Music Conservatory.

Walt Disney ’ s promise to keep the school alive and independent was changed with an abrupt transition period in which Chouinard as a corporate entity and a brand, was closed, and dozens of much-loved, long-term artists and designers who had been teachers at the college were let go.

Disney ’ s collaboration with Chouinard would continue until his death in 1966.

Despite the artistic triumphs of its students, throughout much of its existence, Chouinard suffered with years of administrative problems, including at one point in the mid-1960s a major embezzlement and near bankruptcy.

In the early 1980s Squier did several headlining arena tours — most notably with Foreigner with a backup band that included Jeff Golub on guitar, Bobby Chouinard on drums, Alan St. Jon on keyboards and Doug Lubahn on bass.

Yvon Chouinard with equipment for rock climbing, including Hexentrics.

While at Chouinard, Ruscha edited and produced the journal " Orb " ( 1959 – 60 ) together with Joe Goode, Emerson Woelffer, Stephan von Huene, Jerry McMillan, and others.