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Canadian Rockies Trips Slide Show - Series I [2/2]

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 80 slides assembled by Lillian Gest in 1981 into a show from slides depicting various summer and winter trips to the Canadian Rockies throughout the late 1960s and 1970s. Topics include mountains and mountain views, wildflowers, wildlife, Lillian and her friends, lakes, boats, fish…

Date Range: [ca. 1960-1981]

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / a / ii / NS - I / 2

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Film; Transparency

80 images 1 Electronic Resource

Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M67 / S36 / V225

Series: II.C. Activities / photography

Sous-Fonds: V225

Sub-Series: ii.a.ii Photographic material / transparencies / carousels

Accession Number: 5142

Reference Code: V225 / II / C / ii / a / ii / NS - I / 2

GMD: Film; Transparency

Parallel Title: I : [transparencies]. -- [before 1981] V225 / NS 27

Date Range: [ca. 1960-1981]

Physical Description: 80 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 80 slides assembled by Lillian Gest in 1981 into a show from slides depicting various summer and winter trips to the Canadian Rockies throughout the late 1960s and 1970s. Topics include mountains and mountain views, wildflowers, wildlife, Lillian and her friends, lakes, boats, fishing, hiking, and various other scenic views around Banff, Lake Louise, and Lake O'Hara. Titles: 1. K14-15 Clouds from plane 2. K17-26 3 Sisters & clouds 3. K11-8 From Poet's Pool 4. K207-34 Oesa from Abbots Pass 5. B30-27 Babg sandpiper 6. CH 4 fish from Baker Cr. 7. CH. Wilson's Ranch 8. CH. Douglas Lake at sunrise 9. CH. '55 ACC Camp Robson 10. CH. '55 N.E. from Ptarmigan Pk. 11. CH. '55 Banff fr. shoulder Cascade 12. CH. '55 Scarab L. & Whistler Pass 13. CH. 55 Lake & Healy Ck. Plateau 14. CH. 55 Egypt, Scarab, & Mummy Lake 15. CH. 55 NE across Scarab & Egypt L. 16. CH. 55 Monarch Mt. unnamed Lake 17. CH. 55 Mummy Lake 18. CH. 55 Healy Cr. summit & Talc mine L. beyond 19. CH. 55 Ptarmigan, Baker, Redonlet Lakes 20. CH 55 Fr. Ptarmigan Peak 21. CH 55 North fr. Ptarmigan Pk 22. CH 55 Merlin Lake 23. CH 55 Fossil Mt & Baker Lake fr. Ptarm. Pk 24. CH 55 Egypt Lake 25. B50-5 Garden & fowers 26. B32-6 MacArthur Lake 27. Duplicate Cathedral Basin 28. B27-24 Phyl waiting for train 29. K22-21 Spiral Tunnel 30. K22-18 [Spiral Tunnel] 31. K111-18 Photographer Hiker 32. K17-13 Crystal Cave 33. K17-23 Big Rock on trail 34. K16-12 Main Camp & Mt Coleman 35. K16-2 Around stream & dogs 36. K16-13 Campers & Mt Coleman 37. K16. 22 Conne & my horse 38. K16-23 [Conne] & her horse 39. K16-6 Hay fr. the horses 40. K10-14 Canoe on Lake O'Hara 41. -- 10 Walyek & party on porch 42. K5-34 Party by cairn 43. R146-36 Fool hen 44. CH. Baby ptarmigan 45. 191-15 Ptarmigan 46. R144-27 [Ptarmigan] on rocks 47. Vallance 60 Hummingbird male 48. [Vallance] 60 [Hummingbird] female 49. B55-11 Fool hen (nearest) 50. B13-37 Close up of moose 51. B13-35 Moose on club porch 52. B67-4 Charlie feeding moose 53. B11-26 4 buffalo feeding 54. B11-24 Buffalo herd 55. B30-4 Pika 56. B1-24 Beaver in pond 57. R173-34 Bear & cub at one pot 58. R173-33 Bear & 2 cubs one standing 59. R173-35 Bear 60. R185-16B1 Mt goat (bouglet) 61. R177-28 Coyote 62. B27-34 2 Sheep & tourists 63. B8-21 Sheep on the road 64. B27-31 3 ewes 65. B71-36 SHeep & marg fo[?] 66. R173-9 Ewe 67. B65-22 Deer at Club house 68. K36-3 2 plaques at old [Club house] 69. K36-1 Club house plaque 70. K36-2 [Club house plaque] 71. R206-28 Camp at Robson 72. R189-6 Phyl's rope on glacier 73. R187-21 Crowd on decsent 74. B46-4 Above Sunshine Lodge 75. B68-5 Camp fire w- flame 76. R179-17 Al gates plane in meadow 77. R204-32 Mashed plane 78. K15-6 Cars cars cars 79. K15-5 Cars at the Chateau 80. K15-4 View from #658 window

Notes: Please note: Language pertaining to First Nations people is outdated and offensive. Please note: Behavior towards wildlife, primarily human proximity and feeding, is outdated and no longer tolerated throughout all National Parks - do not feed or approach wildlife. Slides originally in Kodak Carousel 80 slide tray.

Name Access: Gest, Lillian; Feuz, Edward; Strom, Erling; Hinman, Caroline

Subject Access: Abbot Pass Hut; Activities; Alpine Club of Canada; Animals; Avalanches; Backpacking; Banff; Banff Indian Days; Banff Springs Hotel; Birds; Boats; Boat House; Cabins and shelters; Calgary Stampede; Canoes and canoeing; Climbing; Club; Elk; Entertainment; Environment; Environment and Nature; First Nations; Flowers; Geography; Glaciers; Guides; Guiding; Hiking; Holidays; Horses; Huts; Indigenous Peoples; Lake O'Hara region; Landscapes; Leisure; Mountain; Mountain Goat; Mountaineering; Mountains; National parks and reserves; Norquay Ski Hill; Outfitters, trail guides and packers; Pack trains; Pack trips; Personal and Family Life; Photography; Portrait; Recreation; Scenery; Stoney Nakoda First Nations; Tavel; Trails; Trains; Travel; Wildlife; Winter; Women

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Moraine Lake; Banff National Park; Canmore; Lake O'Hara; Yoho National Park; British Columbia; Alberta; Canada

Language: English

Conservation: Slides rehoused into protective sleeves and acid-free folders after scanning.

Related Material: M67 / II / C / i / c / 56 - 8 ; See also notebooks (M67/51).

Creator: Gest, Lillian

Title Source: Title based on contents of file.

Processing Status: Processed

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Climbing Cartoons

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook of climbing and mountaineering cartoons clipped from newspapers and magazines.

Date Range: 1934-1937

Reference Code: M67 / 16

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Scrapbook

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M67 / S36 / V225

Series: I / C Personal papers / other

Sous-Fonds: M67

Accession Number: 5142

Reference Code: M67 / 16

GMD: Scrapbook

Date Range: 1934-1937

Physical Description: 4cm of textual records (43 pages ; 23 x 28 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File consists of a scrapbook of climbing and mountaineering cartoons clipped from newspapers and magazines.

Name Access: Gest, Lillian

Subject Access: Animation; Cartoon; Climbing; Magazine; Mountains; Mountaineering; Newspaper

Language: English

Creator: Gest, Lillian

Title Source: Title of scrapbook

Processing Status: Processed

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Correspondence

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Part Of: Lake O'Hara Trails Club fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of correspondence from 1960 to 1971. Correspondence includes letters between George K.K. Link, Lillian Gest, Sydney Vallance and The Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources.

Date Range: 1960 - 1971

Reference Code: M50 / E / 1

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record

Part Of: Lake O'Hara Trails Club fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M50; V191

Series: M50 / E : Correspondence

Sous-Fonds: M50

Accession Number: 6701

Reference Code: M50 / E / 1

GMD: Textual record

Date Range: 1960 - 1971

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of correspondence from 1960 to 1971. Correspondence includes letters between George K.K. Link, Lillian Gest, Sydney Vallance and The Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources.

Name Access: Gest, Lillian; Link, George K. K. (Tommy); Link, George K.K.; Vallance, Sydney

Subject Access: Parks Canada; History; Recreation

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Lake O'Hara

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Correspondence

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Part Of: Lake O'Hara Trails Club fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of correspondence from 1972 to 1982. Correspondence includes letters wriiten by George K.K. Link, Lillian Gest, R.G.S Currie, and Farleigh Curson.

Date Range: 1972 - 1982

Reference Code: M50 / E / 2

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record

Part Of: Lake O'Hara Trails Club fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M50; V191

Series: M50 / E : Correspondence

Sous-Fonds: M50

Accession Number: 6701

Reference Code: M50 / E / 2

GMD: Textual record

Date Range: 1972 - 1982

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of correspondence from 1972 to 1982. Correspondence includes letters wriiten by George K.K. Link, Lillian Gest, R.G.S Currie, and Farleigh Curson.