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Trail Ride of 1939
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54698
- Part Of
- Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 33 colour photograph transparencies (lantern slides). File documents the official trail ride of the Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies, which Jean Hembroff MacDonald participated in. File pertains to the Ptarmigan Valley Camp, with landscape scenery and photographs of the…
- Date Range
- 1939
- Reference Code
- V797 / II / PS - 28 to 60
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Transparency
- Photograph
- Lantern slide
33 images
- Part Of
- Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M573 / V797 / S60
- Series
- V797 / II : Lantern Slides
- Sous-Fonds
- V797
- Accession Number
- 2019.111
- Reference Code
- V797 / II / PS - 28 to 60
- Date Range
- 1939
- Physical Description
- 33 photographs : col. slides
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 33 colour photograph transparencies (lantern slides). File documents the official trail ride of the Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies, which Jean Hembroff MacDonald participated in. File pertains to the Ptarmigan Valley Camp, with landscape scenery and photographs of the hikers (singing, eating, etc). Places that are documented in this file are the Redoubt Lake trail, Hidden Lake, Ptarmigan Lake, Boulder Pass, and Skoki. Notable people include Jean Hembroff MacDonald, her husband, Jack MacDonald, and sister-in-law, Anna Cran; Dan McCowan; James M. Wardle; George Fisher; Norman Sanson; Betsy Struthers; and Emmeline Savatard and John Wheeler (A.O. Wheeler's wife and grandson).
- Notes
- Each slide is labelled.
- Jean wrote an article about her experience [see related material], and used this experience for future lectures
- Slides were stored with a note stating: "Slides taken by the C.P.R. of Trail Ride, 1936-1937."
- Name Access
- Hembroff MacDonald, Jean
- Wardle, James M.
- McCowan, Dan
- Sanson, Norman
- MacDonald, Jack
- Cran, Anna
- Savatard, Emmeline
- Struthers, Betsy
- Fisher, George
- Wheeler, John Oliver
- Subject Access
- Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Trails
- Trail guides
- Tourism
- Travel
- Hiking
- Horse packing
- Horseback riding
- Horses
- Geographic Access
- Banff National Park
- Canada
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Lake Louise
- Skoki
- Language
- English
- Related Material
- M573 / I / 18
- The Sky Line Trail, Vol. 6, No. 24 (October 1939)
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Part Of
- Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 27 black and white photograph prints and 1 colour tinted photograph print, 25 x 20.5 cm or smaller. File pertains to the trail rides that Jean participated in, particularly in 1937 and 1939. File documents every day life on the trail ride at the camp (entertainment, setting up camp…
- Date Range
- ca.1935-1939
- 1937
- 1939
- Reference Code
- V797 / I / PA - 14 to 42
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Private record
- Photograph print
- Photograph
- Part Of
- Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M573 / V797 / S60
- Series
- V797 / I : Photograph Prints
- Sous-Fonds
- V797
- Accession Number
- 2019.111
- Reference Code
- V797 / I / PA - 14 to 42
- Date Range
- ca.1935-1939
- 1937
- 1939
- Physical Description
- 28 photographs : b&w and col. ; 25 x 20.5 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 27 black and white photograph prints and 1 colour tinted photograph print, 25 x 20.5 cm or smaller. File pertains to the trail rides that Jean participated in, particularly in 1937 and 1939. File documents every day life on the trail ride at the camp (entertainment, setting up camp); various trail riders, including Nicholas Morant and John Murray Gibbon; several of Jean with her horse and her husband Jack and Anna Cran (sister-in-law); and mountain scenery.
- Notes
- Several photograph prints are annotated on the back.
- One of the photographs of Jean with her horse is colour tinted.
- Subject Access
- Hiking
- Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
- Horseback riding
- Scenery
- Artists
- Discovery and travel
- Empress Hotel
- Horses
- Mount Assiniboine
- Lake O'Hara region
- Lake Louise
- Skoki Lodge
- Geographic Access
- Banff National Park
- Lake Louise
- Lake O'Hara
- Assiniboine
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Transparencies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions1834
- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to colour transparencies of various backcountry trips throughout the Rocky Mountains.
- Date Range
- 1951-1954
- Reference Code
- V225 / II / C / NS 6 - 1 to 843
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Lantern slide
- Transparency
2 images
- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M67 / S36 / V225
- Series
- II.C. Activities / photography
- Sous-Fonds
- V225
- Accession Number
- 5142
- Reference Code
- V225 / II / C / NS 6 - 1 to 843
- Date Range
- 1951-1954
- Physical Description
- 843 transparencies : colour.
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to colour transparencies of various backcountry trips throughout the Rocky Mountains.
- Notes
- Titles in box: Lake Louise; Kellogg trip; O'Hara Camp; Skyline Hike. Pertain to Merion, Pennsylvania; Banff Springs Hotel; Vermilion Lakes; Lake Louise; Chateau Lake Louise; Kicking Horse Tea Room; wildflowers; Lake O'Hara region, including Opabin Pass and Mount Schaffer; Skyline Trail Hikers hikes and camps ((Aylmer Pass 1951 and Simpson Pass 1952); wildlife; Bow Lake; Mount Assiniboine area; Wonder Pass; Columbia Icefield; Moraine Lake; Mount Stephen; Jasper National Park, including Maligne Lake and Mount Edith Cavell; ACC camp, Hooker Icefield; ice caves and ice falls; pack trains; Waterton Lakes National Park, including Prince of Wales Hotel; Jasper Park Lodge; Calgary Stampede; Banff Indian Days; Yellowstone National Park; Dinosaur National Park, U.S.; Lillian Gest, friends and associates, including B.H.G., Sig[?], Elizabeth and John Brett, Walter Perren, Polly Prescott, Kay Prescott, Eric Brooks, Helen Bolles, Hal Kellog, Charlie Hunter and Harry Green. -- Some slides missing; most explained in notebook SL II (M67/51).
- Name Access
- Gest, Lillian
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Banff Indian Days
- Calgary Stampede
- Camps
- Chateau Lake Louise
- Guides
- Hiking
- Horses
- Horse packing
- Jasper Park Lodge
- Leisure
- Mountains
- Prince of Wales Hotel
- Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Geographic Access
- Lake Louise
- Vermilion Lakes
- Lake O'Hara
- Mount Assiniboine
- Moraine Lake
- Maligne Lake
- Banff National Park
- Jasper National Park
- Waterton National Park
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Language
- NA
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Wasatch Mountain Summit Register
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- Part Of
- Alpine Club of Canada fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consist of one summit register from Wasatch Mountain produced by the Alpine Club of Canada between 1994 and 2002. Summit record includes entries from visitors to the various summits which pertain to individuals' hiking and climbing trips; details of specific events which occurred while at the …
- Date Range
- August 1994 - August 2002
- Reference Code
- M200 / V / A / 106
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Organization record
- Part Of
- Alpine Club of Canada fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M200
- V14
- S6
- Series
- M200 / V: Summit Records
- Sous-Fonds
- M200
- Sub-Series
- M200 / V / A: Identified Summit Records
- Accession Number
- accn. 8002
- Reference Code
- M200 / V / A / 106
- Responsibility
- Summit Registers and Notes produced by Alpine Club of Canada
- Date Range
- August 1994 - August 2002
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual record 1 volume
- History / Biographical
- Wasatch Mountain (or Wastach Mountain) is located near Lake Louise, in Banff National Park, AB. It was mislabled Wastach Mountain in 1997. It is near Moraine Lake and Lake Louise in Banff National Park.
- Scope & Content
- File consist of one summit register from Wasatch Mountain produced by the Alpine Club of Canada between 1994 and 2002. Summit record includes entries from visitors to the various summits which pertain to individuals' hiking and climbing trips; details of specific events which occurred while at the summit, wildlife sightings, trail updates, and related topics. File: M200 / V / A / 106: Summit Register - Wasatch Mountain, Aug 1994 - Aug 2002
- Name Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Subject Access
- Alberta
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Backpacking
- Backcountry skiing
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Bow Valley
- Climbing
- Club
- Cross-country skiing
- Description and travel
- Environment
- Environment and Nature
- Hiking
- Mountain
- Mountaineering
- Mountaineers
- Mountains
- National parks and reserves
- Record keeping
- Ski area
- Ski areas
- Ski mountaineering
- Skiing
- Skiers
- Sports and leisure
- Sports and recreation
- Summit
- Trails
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Rocky Mountains
- Banff National Park
- Lake Louise
- Lake Louise, AB
- Moraine Lake
- Moraine Lake, AB
- Wastach Mountain
- Wasatch Mountain
- Access Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Evidence of water damage.
- Related Material
- M235
- Biographical Source Notes
- Golden Scrambles Wasatch Mountain (Wastach Mountains): https://www.goldenscrambles.ca/summits/wasatch/wasatch.html
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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