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Ford Family fonds

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Part Of: Ford Family fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of motion picture titled "Canadian Rockies, 1930 Maligne Lake Camp, Mount Brazeau" and a scrapbook containing letters, brochures, maps, newsletters, and photographs pertaining to Allyn Ford and Nancy Dart's respective memberships with the Alpine Club of Canada, as well as a trip to J…

Date Range: 1908-2003

Reference Code: M583 / V274

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Motion picture; Film; Scrapbook; Private record

Part Of: Ford Family fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M583 / V274

Sous-Fonds: M583 / V274

Accession Number: 6618, 2021.16

Reference Code: M583 / V274

GMD: Motion picture; Film; Scrapbook; Private record

Date Range: 1908-2003

Physical Description: 1 motion picture : 16 mm, b/w, silent, ca.500 ft ; 4 cm of textual records (1 volumes ; 24.5 x 29.3 cm)

History / Biographical: Allyn K. Ford (1878-1964) was a businessman and collector in Minneapolis, Minnesota and a member of the Alpine Club of Canada from 1908 onwards. He was married to Emily Powell Ford (1886-1976) and had at least two daughters, Alice Carpenter Ford and Nancy (Ford) Dart. Nancy also became a member of the ACC in 1953.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of motion picture titled "Canadian Rockies, 1930 Maligne Lake Camp, Mount Brazeau" and a scrapbook containing letters, brochures, maps, newsletters, and photographs pertaining to Allyn Ford and Nancy Dart's respective memberships with the Alpine Club of Canada, as well as a trip to Jasper in the mid-1950s.

Name Access: Ford, Allyn; Ford, Emily; Dart, Nancy

Subject Access: Alpine Club of Canada; Exploration, discovery and travel; Sports, recreation and leisure

Geographic Access: Minneapolis; Minnesota; United States of America; Banff National Park; Jasper National Park; Alberta; British Columbia; Canada

Access Restrictions: No restrictions on access; Public domain (other restrictions may apply)

Language: English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: video reference copy

Creator: Ford, Allyn; Ford, Emily

Title Source: Title based on accession record

Processing Status: Processed

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Lawrence Allison Duncan fonds

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Part Of: Lawrence Allison Duncan fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds pertains to L. A. Duncan; Duncan family; Banff, Alberta and area; Alpine Club of Canada camps, especially 1919 Victory Camp (Yoho Valley); Rocky Mountains scenes, wildflowers and wildlife; Indians; Calgary and area events; oil industry; Alberta scenes and landscapes. Photograph series are: I.…

Date Range: [ca.1880-ca.1950]

Reference Code: M32 / V181

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Transparency; Textual record; Private record; Published record

Part Of: Lawrence Allison Duncan fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 32; V 181

Sous-Fonds: M 32; V 181

Accession Number: 3327, 3445, 3572, 3675, 3849

Reference Code: M32 / V181

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Transparency; Textual record; Private record; Published record

Date Range: [ca.1880-ca.1950]

Physical Description: ca.950 photographs : albums, negatives, prints, transparencies. -- 5 photograph albums (ca.725 prints). -- 2 textual records

History / Biographical: Lawrence (Laurie, Larry) Allison Duncan, 1890-1978, was a photographer, businessman and collector at Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Duncan came to Alberta in 1908 with his parents, Thomas Henry Duncan and Elizabeth Jane (Gill) Duncan, who settled on a ranch at Okotoks. For a time, Laurie Duncan operated a photography business in Calgary, specializing in views of Calgary, Indians, ranching and the Canadian Rockies. He attended Alpine Club of Canada camps in the 1920s, after becoming a member in 1920 with his graduating climb of Mount President, 1919. He was active in professional photography into the 1930s. Duncan was self-taught in mineralogy, painting and photography and was active for over fifty years in the development of mining and petroleum interests in the United States and Canada. Larry Duncan was an avid collector of shells, gems, rocks, fossils and cultural artifacts.

Scope & Content: Fonds pertains to L. A. Duncan; Duncan family; Banff, Alberta and area; Alpine Club of Canada camps, especially 1919 Victory Camp (Yoho Valley); Rocky Mountains scenes, wildflowers and wildlife; Indians; Calgary and area events; oil industry; Alberta scenes and landscapes.; Photograph series are: I. Photograph albums, including Duncan family albums, ca.1880-ca.1910, 3 items (ca.400 prints), and L. A. Duncan albums, 1908-1950, 2 items (ca.300 prints); II. Negatives, including glass negatives, ca.1920, 146 items, and film negatives, ca.1910-ca.1950, ca.580 items (including prints); III. Prints, ca.1890-ca.1940, ca.200 items, includes some prints by Harry Pollard; IV. Transparencies, ca.1915, 18 items. Most photographs were made by L. A. Duncan.; Textual items are ACC membership nomination ballot, 1919-1920, signed by L. A. Duncan, and newsclipping, 1965, re Duncan's involvement in the Calgary Rock and Lapidary Club.

Name Access: Duncan, Lawrence

Subject Access: Alpine Club of Canada; Commerce and industry; Family and personal life; Sports, recreation and leisure

Access Restrictions: No restrictions on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline

Related Material: Accompanied by artifacts (Heritage collections).

Creator: Duncan, Lawrence

Category: Commerce and industry; Family and personal life; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on accession records

Processing Status: Processed

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Lawrence Grassi fonds

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Part Of: Lawrence Grassi fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consist of papers and photographs produced and collected by Lawrence Grassi. Textual records consist of correspondence, 1918-1979, from family in Italy and organizations and individuals in Canada; personal papers, 1912-1975; publications and ephemera from organizations, including the Alpine C…

Date Range: [ca.1880]-1979

Reference Code: M45 / V240

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Transparency; Textual record; Private record; Published record

Part Of: Lawrence Grassi fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 45; V 240

Sous-Fonds: M 45; V 240

Accession Number: 249, 282, 830, 1626, 1943, 2262, 2826, 3159, 3446, 3985

Reference Code: M45 / V240

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Transparency; Textual record; Private record; Published record

Date Range: [ca.1880]-1979

Physical Description: ca.25 cm of textual records. -- ca.2300 photographs : prints, transparencies, negatives. -- 1 photograph album (180 prints)

History / Biographical: Lawrence Grassi, 1890-1980, was a miner and mountaineer at Canmore, Alberta, Canada. Grassi was born in Falmenta, Italy and emigrated to Canada in 1912, working first as a section man for the Canadian Pacific Railway and from 1916 to 1945 as a miner for Canmore Mines. Grassi distinguished himself in solo mountain climbing and as an unofficial guide to many other mountaineers. Grassi is best remembered for trail building activities. J. S. Woodsworth led support for legislation to change the name of Twin Lakes in White Man Pass to Grassi Lakes in recognition of this work. As assistant warden at Lake O'Hara, British Columbia, Grassi upgraded and built numerous trails for which he received many honours in later life.

Scope & Content: Fonds consist of papers and photographs produced and collected by Lawrence Grassi.; Textual records consist of correspondence, 1918-1979, from family in Italy and organizations and individuals in Canada; personal papers, 1912-1975; publications and ephemera from organizations, including the Alpine Club of Canada, Canadian Youth Hostels Association, Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; newsclippings, articles and other material pertaining to Grassi and mountaineering.; Photographs pertain mainly to mountain scenery of Alberta and British Columbia, particularly Banff National Park, Lake O'Hara and region, Jasper National Park, Mount Assiniboine and region, Grotto Mountain and Grassi Lakes, ca.1930-ca.1970. Also includes views of Lawrence Grassi, family and friends, ca.1880-ca.1970, and group of unidentified portraits, ca.1880- ca.1900. Transparencies are mainly unidentified colour mountain scenics. Most views are by Grassi; some are by Richard Rushworth and F. V. Longstaff.

Name Access: Grassi, Lawrence

Subject Access: Alpine Club of Canada; Environment; Family and personal life; Mountaineering; Sky Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Sports, recreation and leisure

Access Restrictions: No restrictions on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is primarily English. Some correspondence is in Italian

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline; file description and index for photographs; electronic finding aid

Creator: Grassi, Lawrence

Category: Environment; Family and personal life; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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Margaret Gold Brine fonds

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Part Of: Margaret Gold Brine fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of photographs and textual records relating to Margaret Gold Brine's mountaineering activities, 1919-1984. Photographs include 15 (incl. 4 oversize) loose prints, ca.1919-[ca.1930] of Mount Assiniboine, ACC camps, and portraits; 2 photograph albums containing 127 + 14 prints, ca.192…

Date Range: 1919-1926, 1984

Reference Code: M147 / V105

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Textual record; Diary; Map; Private record; Published record

Part Of: Margaret Gold Brine fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 147; V 105

Sous-Fonds: M 147; V 105

Accession Number: 7746

Reference Code: M147 / V105

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Textual record; Diary; Map; Private record; Published record

Date Range: 1919-1926, 1984

Physical Description: 2 photograph albums (141 prints). -- 295 photographs: 216 prints, 79 negatives. -- 1.5 cm textual records

History / Biographical: Margaret Gold Brine, 1898-1985, born in Fort Langley, B.C. was educated at the University of Alberta earning her Master's in languages. She taught at the University of Alberta from 1924 to ca.1928. She married Charles Brine in 1928. Margaret Gold Brine climbed in the Canadian Rockies and the Alps with ascents that included Mount Edmonton, Mount Assiniboine, Mount Robson and Mont Blanc and the Matterhorn.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of photographs and textual records relating to Margaret Gold Brine's mountaineering activities, 1919-1984. Photographs include 15 (incl. 4 oversize) loose prints, ca.1919-[ca.1930] of Mount Assiniboine, ACC camps, and portraits; 2 photograph albums containing 127 + 14 prints, ca.1925 pertaining to Mount Assiniboine trip; 188 prints & 79 negatives, ca.1925 pertaining to climbing, Alpine Club of Canada and [Trail Riders?]; 13 prints & 1 hand-drawn map, ca.1925, pertaining to Switzerland. Textual records include1920 climbing diary; newsclippings of 3rd Mount Robson ascent by a woman (1924); Alpine Club of Canada letters, membership fees and publications; poetry and songsheets pertaining to Alpine Club of Canada including song for opening of alpine hut in Quesnel heights; manuscript "The Ascent of Mount Edmonton"' Cyril G. Wates, 1920; letter from John Murray Gibbon concerning the formation of the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, 1924; newspaper article pertaining to philanthropy of Margaret Brine, 1981?

Name Access: Brine, Margaret Gold

Subject Access: Alpine Club of Canada; Sports, recreation and leisure

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Online finding aid

Creator: Brine, Margaret Gold

Category: Sports, recreation and leisure

Biographical Source Notes: Accession record

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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Rhoda Rouse fonds

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Part Of: Rhoda Rouse fonds

Scope & Content: The Rhoda Rouse fonds pertains mainly to Alpine Club of Canada mountaineering camps including photographs of Assiniboine, O'Hara and Minnewanka areas and landscapes. Textual records include ACC banquet menus, brochures, programs, newsletters, financial information, newspaper articles, reports, gre…

Date Range: [ca.1930-ca.1977]

Reference Code: V548 / M181

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Postcard; Transparency; Textual record; Private record; Published record

Part Of: Rhoda Rouse fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 181; V 548

Sous-Fonds: M 181; V 548

Accession Number: 3638 (unproc), 3643 (unproc), 7774 (unproc)

Reference Code: V548 / M181

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Postcard; Transparency; Textual record; Private record; Published record

Date Range: [ca.1930-ca.1977]

Physical Description: ca.346 photographs: ca.170 prints, ca.153 transparencies, postcards. -- ca.16 cm textual records.

History / Biographical: Rhoda Rouse (1902-1978) was born in Daysland Alberta (then N.W.T.), the daughter of John James and Eva Olive Williamene (Russell) Rouse. Unmarried and with no children, she was a member of the Class of 1923 in the Arts program at the University of British Columbia. She was a teacher at Maryland School south of Ogden and Pine Creek school near DeWinton, Alberta for several years and thereafter worked for Royalite Oil in Calgary for approximately 20 years. Upon her retirement at Royalite she returned to substitute teaching in the 1960s. She was a lifetime member of the Alpine Club of Canada, joining in 1944 and was active in the club and in the ACC camps. She spent much of her life in the outdoors and was a photography enthusiast. She was a friend of Joe Smith of Silver City.

Scope & Content: The Rhoda Rouse fonds pertains mainly to Alpine Club of Canada mountaineering camps including photographs of Assiniboine, O'Hara and Minnewanka areas and landscapes. Textual records include ACC banquet menus, brochures, programs, newsletters, financial information, newspaper articles, reports, greeting cards (annotated and unannotated), letters and correspondence with Elizabeth Rummell, 1930-1977.

Name Access: Rouse, Rhoda

Subject Access: Alpine Club of Canada; Mount Assiniboine; Minnewanka, Lake; Sports, recreation and leisure

Access Restrictions: Some restriction/s on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Basic description only

Creator: Rouse, Rhoda

Category: Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on accession records

Processing Status: Unprocessed

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ACC Camps [1/3]

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Part Of: Bill Goodrich fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 132 35 mm slides depictiong Alpine Club of Canada Camps from 1950, 1951, 1952, and 1960, consisting mostly of shots of people hiking, climbing, and mountaineering in and around the Lake O'Hara and Mt. Assiniboine areas. Contents include: 1950 - Maligne (1-19) 1951 - Lake O'Hara (21…

Date Range: 1950-1960

Reference Code: V106 / NS - 01 to NS - 132

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Transparency

132 images

Part Of: Bill Goodrich fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V106

Sous-Fonds: V106

Accession Number: 7765

Reference Code: V106 / NS - 01 to NS - 132

GMD: Photograph; Transparency

Date Range: 1950-1960

Physical Description: 132 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 132 35 mm slides depictiong Alpine Club of Canada Camps from 1950, 1951, 1952, and 1960, consisting mostly of shots of people hiking, climbing, and mountaineering in and around the Lake O'Hara and Mt. Assiniboine areas. Contents include: 1950 - Maligne (1-19) 1951 - Lake O'Hara (21-69) 1952 - Mt. Assiniboine (71-124) 1952 - Mt. Assiniboine from Monica & Dudley (126-129) 1950 - Sent to [Bill Goodrich] from '50 Maligne Camp, [Bill Goodrich] on trail to glacier (131) 1960 - B-J HWY (Sent to [Bill Goodrich]) Mt. Saskatchewan (133) Mt. Chephren (134) Athabaska River (135) Pyramid Mt. (136) Athabaska Hotel (137)

Name Access: Alpine Club of Canada; Goodrich, Bill

Subject Access: Activities; Alpine Club of Canada; Buildings; Camping; Camps; Climbing; Glaciers; Hiking; Lake O'hara; Mountaineering; Mountaineers; Mountains; Parks Canada; Photography; Portrait; Scenery; scenic

Geographic Access: Jasper; Jasper National Park; Alberta; Lake O'Hara; Yoho National Park; Assiniboine; Assiniboine Provincial Park; British Columbia

Language: English

Finding Aid: No finding aid

Creator: Goodrich, Bill

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

Images

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ACC Camps [2/3]

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Part Of: Bill Goodrich fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 121 35 mm slides depictiong Alpine Club of Canada Camps from 1953-1955 & 1957, consisting of scenic shots of mountain scenes and people climbing, portraits of various camp members, group portraits, waterfalls, glaciers, summit poses, and more. Contents include: 1953 - Mt. Hooker (&…

Date Range: 1953-1957

Reference Code: V106 / NS - 133 to NS - 254

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Transparency

121 images

Part Of: Bill Goodrich fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V106

Sous-Fonds: V106

Accession Number: 7765

Reference Code: V106 / NS - 133 to NS - 254

GMD: Photograph; Transparency

Date Range: 1953-1957

Physical Description: 121 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 121 35 mm slides depictiong Alpine Club of Canada Camps from 1953-1955 & 1957, consisting of scenic shots of mountain scenes and people climbing, portraits of various camp members, group portraits, waterfalls, glaciers, summit poses, and more. Contents include: 1953 - Mt. Hooker (& Edith Cavell): 1-47 1954 - The Goodsirs: 49-58 1955 - Mt. Robson: 60-120 1957 - Robson from JEAN: 121-123 Robson Glacier: 124

Name Access: Alpine Club of Canada; Goodrich, Bill

Subject Access: Activities; Alpine Club of Canada; Buildings; Camping; Camps; Climbing; Glaciers; Hiking; Lake O'hara; Mountaineering; Mountaineers; Mountains; Parks Canada; Photography; Portrait; Scenery; scenic; Waterfalls; Women

Geographic Access: Jasper; Jasper National Park; Alberta; Lake O'Hara; Yoho National Park; Assiniboine; Assiniboine Provincial Park; British Columbia

Language: English

Finding Aid: No finding aid

Creator: Goodrich, Bill

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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ACC Camps [3/3]

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Part Of: Bill Goodrich fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to 96 35 mm slides depictiong Alpine Club of Canada Camps from 1957, 1959, & 1962, consisting of Contents include: 1957 - Ramparts: 1-21 [Ramparts] (from Monica & Dudley): 22-28 1959 - Bugaboos (from L.F. Mondolfo: 135-140 Edith Cavell: 30-34 The ride in:…

Date Range: 1957-1962

Reference Code: V106 / NS - 255 to NS - 350

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Transparency

96 images

Part Of: Bill Goodrich fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: V106

Sous-Fonds: V106

Accession Number: 7765

Reference Code: V106 / NS - 255 to NS - 350

GMD: Photograph; Transparency

Date Range: 1957-1962

Physical Description: 96 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File pertains to 96 35 mm slides depictiong Alpine Club of Canada Camps from 1957, 1959, & 1962, consisting of Contents include: 1957 - Ramparts: 1-21 [Ramparts] (from Monica & Dudley): 22-28 1959 - Bugaboos (from L.F. Mondolfo: 135-140 Edith Cavell: 30-34 The ride in: 35-37 First view: 38-39 Camp: 40-42 Our tent: 43-49 Frenchman's Pk & views: 50-67 High camp in Storm: 68-75 Climb of Pigeon: 76-90 Waterfall (?): 91 1962 - Maligne Lake (part 1) Preparations: 93-98 On the road; Badlands & mud: 99-110 Barb & Walt: 111-116 Banff-Jasper HWY: 177-133

Name Access: Alpine Club of Canada; Goodrich, Bill

Subject Access: Activities; Alpine Club of Canada; Buildings; Camping; Camps; Climbing; Glaciers; Hiking; Lake O'hara; Mountaineering; Mountaineers; Mountains; Parks Canada; Photography; Portrait; Scenery; scenic; Waterfalls; Women

Geographic Access: Jasper; Jasper National Park; Alberta; Bugaboos; British Columbia

Language: English

Finding Aid: No finding aid

Creator: Goodrich, Bill

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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Other Huts [Registers]

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Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series of hut registers from various Huts, including the Boswell Cabin, Castle Mountain Bivouac Shelter/Hut, Graham Cooper Hut, Lawrence Grassi Hut, Lloyd Mackay Hut, Memorial Hut, R C (Bob) Hind Hut, the Sapphire Col Bivouac Hut, and the Woodbury Cabin. These registers were produced by the Alp…

Date Range: 1930-1979; 1981-1998; 2000-2022

Reference Code: M200 / IV / U

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

GMD: Textual record; Organization record

Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

Fonds Number: M200; V14; S6

Series: M200 / IV: Hut Registers

Sous-Fonds: M200

Sub-Series: M200 / IV / U: Other Huts [Registers]

Accession Number: accn. 2014.8315; accn. 2023.20; accn. 2014.8347; accn. 2023.10; accn. 2023.41; accn. 2376; accn. 6376; accn. 2018.9010; accn. 3160; accn. 5463; accn. 2023.32; accn. 2023.15; accn. 2024.20

Reference Code: M200 / IV / U

GMD: Textual record; Organization record

Responsibility: Registers produced by Alpine Club of Canada

Date Range: 1930-1979; 1981-1998; 2000-2022

Physical Description: 35 cm of textual records 16 volumes

History / Biographical: According to the Alpine Club of Canada: Woodbury Cabin: The Woodbury Cabin was built over the summers of 1983 and 1984 at the site on which an old mining cabin once existed. The hut was also built to draw park users into the less crowded areas by providing a base for their recreational activities. Sapphire Col Bivouac Hut: The Sapphire Col Bivouac is a basic mountaineering shelter in the Asulkan Ridge. The hut is located in Glacier National Park. R. C. Hind Hut: The hut is named after Robert (Bob) Hind, a lifelong, active member of the ACC. The hut was built by the ACC for BC Parks in 1971. The hut is maintained and booked through Assiniboine Lodge. Robin Cyril (Bob) Hind, 1911-2000, was an electrical engineer and mountaineer at Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He was a Life Member of ACC, joining in 1933, and attended over 30 ACC camps. Hind received the Silver Rope Award in 1935, was recipient of Centennial Medal, and served the ACC in offices of President, Vice-President and Chairman of Hut Committee. Bob Hind climbed most of the peaks in Rockies and Selkirks, including some first ascents. He also climbed in Wales and the Alps. Hind was a member of the American Alpine Club and The Alpine Club, London. Lloyd Mackay Hut: The hut is located on Mt. Alberta and is a basic mountaineering shelter. The hut was renovated just before the 75th Anniversary of the first ascent of Mount Alberta. The hut sleeps 6 people. Lawrence Grassi Hut: Named after legendary mountain guide and coal miner, Lawrence Grassi. When he retired from the coal mines, Grassi became the assistant warden at Lake O’Hara in Yoho National Park, and he built various trails throughout the Park. Mount Lawrence Grassi, near Canmore, and Grassi Lakes, along with this hut, are named after him. Graham Cooper Hut: The hut was located between Mt. Little and Mt. Bowlen in the Valley of the Ten Peaks, along the Alberta and British Columbia border. The hut was named after Graham Cooper, who was a member of the team that built the hut, who had passed just after the hut was built. In 1983, this hut was replaced by the Neil Colgan Hut. Castle Mountain Hut: Is located in Banff National Park, on the Goat Plateau of Castle Mountain. It is a basic mountaineering shelter. It serves as a base for those climbing Brewer’s Buttress, Bass Buttress, and Eisenhower Tower. The hut is closed during the winter months. Boswell Cabin: The Pat Boswell (Toronto Section) Cabin is located at the Canmore Clubhouse site, and is named after Pat Boswell, a long-time Club member and Club Manager of the ACC. The cabin was designed to accommodate families and small groups, it includes a partition wall and sleeps up to 6 people. The Memorial Hut: The original Memorial Hut was built in 1930 for the War Veterans, the building was made of stone in an unstable area near Penstock Creek. The second Memorial Hut was built in the Outpost Lake area in 1947 and was named after Cyril Wates, who joined the ACC in 1916 and was a prominent mountaineer and ACC member, including Club President from 1938 to 1941. This Hut, however, was built too close to the lake, as per Parks regulations. The third version of the Memorial Hut was built in 1962 and opened in 1963 at the ACC Camp in the Valley. It was named in honour of the late President Rex Gibson, as well as Cyril Wates, known as the Wates-Gibson Memorial Hut. The Jacques Lake Cabin is the ACC's newest backcountry hut, located in Jasper National Park, AB. It was originally a Jasper Park patrol cabin, and it is only open during the winter months.

Scope & Content: Sub-series of hut registers from various Huts, including the Boswell Cabin, Castle Mountain Bivouac Shelter/Hut, Graham Cooper Hut, Lawrence Grassi Hut, Lloyd Mackay Hut, Memorial Hut, R C (Bob) Hind Hut, the Sapphire Col Bivouac Hut, and the Woodbury Cabin. These registers were produced by the Alpine Club of Canada between 1930 and 2018. Registers include entries from visitors to the huts which pertain to individuals' hiking and climbing trips; details of specific events which occurred while staying at the hut, wildlife sightings, custodial issues and updates, and related topics. The sub-series includes:; M200 / IV / U / 1: Boswell Cabin Hut Register [2007 - 2010]; M200 / IV / U / 2: Boswell Cabin Registry [2007 - 2013]; M200 / IV / U / 3: Boswell Cabin Registry [2010-2016]; M200 / IV / U / 4: Castle Mountain Bivouac Shelter Register Mar. 19, 1985 - Oct. 4, 1995; M200 / IV / U / 5: [Castle Mountain Hut 2000 - 2012]; M200 / IV / U / 6: Graham Cooper Hut [1965-73]; M200 / IV / U / 7: “Hut Register Lawrence Grassi Hut” August 4, 1981 – August 1, 1998; M200 / IV / U / 8: LLOYD MACKAY HUT [1984-1989]; M200 / IV / U / 9: Alpine Club of Canada Memorial Hut Register 1930 – 1965; M200 / IV / U / 10: R C Hind Hut [register 1971-1979]; M200 / IV / U / 11: Sapphire Col Bivouac Hut [1965-1976]; M200 / IV / U / 12: [Unidentified Register 2013 – 2017]; M200 / IV / U / 13: [Unidentified Hut Register 2013?]; M200 / IV / U / 14: [Woodbury Cabin 2015-2018]; M200 / IV / U / 15: Boswell Cabin Hut Register [2014-2020]; M200 / IV / U / 16: [Jacques Lake Hut Register 2019-2022]

Notes: The Memorial Hut has changed locations and titles since it was originally built in 1930. Today, the Hut is known as the Wates-Gibson Memorial Hut. For other Wates-Gibson Hut Registers, see M200 / IV / C: Wates-Gibson Hut Registers.

Name Access: Alpine Club of Canada

Subject Access: Huts; Cabins; Cabins and shelters; Alberta; Alpine Club of Canada; Alpine Club House; Backcountry skiing; Backpacking; Banff National Park; British Columbia; Buildings; Buildings and facilities; Buildings and memorials; Camping; Camps; Castle Mountain; Climbing; Construction; Environment; Environment and Nature; Grassi Lakes; Guides; Log structures; Memorial; Mountain; Mountain guides; Mountaineering; Mountains; Mountaineers; National parks and reserves; Parks Canada; Provincial parks and reserves; Ski mountaineering; Skiing; War Memorial; Winter sports

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; British Columbia; Banff National Park; Asulkan Ridge; Glacier National Park; Assiniboine; Mount Alberta; Canmore, AB; Grassi Lake; Valley of the Ten Peaks; Tonquin Valley

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Contains personal information

Language: English; French; German; Spanish

Related Material: M200 / IV / C: Wates-Gibson Hut Registers

Category: Environment; Exploration and travel; Sports, recreation and leisure

Biographical Source Notes: Alpine Club of Canada website: https://www.alpineclubofcanada.ca/huts/ https://www.alpineclubofcanada.ca/sapphire-col-hut/ https://www.alpineclubofcanada.ca/castle-mountain-hut/ https://www.alpineclubofcanada.ca/neil-colgan-hut/ https://www.alpineclubofcanada.ca/woodbury-cabin/ https://www.alpineclubofcanada.ca/wates-gibson-hut/ https://www.alpineclubofcanada.ca/jacques-lake-cabin/ Alpine Club of Canada Backcountry Huts: Clubhouse Info Sheet: https://www.alpineclubofcanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Clubhouse_Directions-1.pdf Alpine Club of Canada Backcountry Huts: Woodbury Cabin Info Sheet: https://www.alpineclubofcanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/WoodburyCabin-InfoSheet.pdf Informal interview with Chic Scott, Intellectual Property of Chic Scott.

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Personal Trip Diaries

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to six diaries kept by Lillian Gest from 1948-1957 from travels throughout the Canadian Rockies, Europe, and the western United States. Includes: M67 / 3 - 1 : black leather diary, dated 48 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to motor car, hiking, and horseback trips throughout …

Date Range: 1948-1957

Reference Code: M67 / I / A / i / 3 - 1 to 3 - 6

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Diary

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Part Of: Lillian Gest fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M67 / S36 / V225

Series: I.A. Personal papers / diaries and trip notes

Sous-Fonds: M67

Sub-Series: i. Diaries

Accession Number: 5142

Reference Code: M67 / I / A / i / 3 - 1 to 3 - 6

GMD: Diary

Date Range: 1948-1957

Physical Description: 7.3 cm of textual records (6 volumes ; 11 x 17.8 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to six diaries kept by Lillian Gest from 1948-1957 from travels throughout the Canadian Rockies, Europe, and the western United States. Includes: M67 / 3 - 1 : black leather diary, dated 48 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to motor car, hiking, and horseback trips throughout Banff National Park during the summer of 1948. Includes milage list and list/details of people met around Banff, including bankers, hotel staff, cleaning ladies, and the boy hired to cut the grass. Also notes the passing of Soapy Smith that winter. M67 / 3 - 2 : black leather diary, date 49 50 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to various motor car, hiking, horseback (orgranized by Caroline Hinman), and leisure trips taken around Banff, Jasper, and Yoho National Parks during the summer of 1949. Trips taken during the summer of 1950 mostly consist of Alpine Club of Canada activities and Camps and with the Sky Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies. Also includes details on milages for different motor car trips and people met over both summers. M67 / 3 - 3 : black leather diary, dated 51 52 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to various trips taken during the summers of 1951 and 1952. 1951 includes travel from the Paoli, Pennsylvania to Banff, stays at the Banff Springs Hotel and Chateau Lake Louise, a camp based in Lake O'Hara (possibly as part of the Alpine Club of Canada), a night spent at the residence of Aileen Harmons [?], a trip with the Sky Line Trail Hikers, and another stay at the Banff Springs Hotel. 1952 includes many trips involving stays at the Banff Springs Hotel and other luxury hotels in Banff, Lake Louise, and Jasper, as well as trips with the ACC, the Sky Line Trail Hikers, and Caroline Hinman. Also includes lists of people met during both summers at various locations, highlights of Banff news (including the deaths of Hal Waterhouse and Col. Phillip Moore, marriages, construction work, and illnesses), lists of equipment, and telephone numbers. M67 / 3 - 4 : black leather diary, dated 53 54 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to a 1953 trip that started in Banff (with stay at Banff Springs Hotel) before going to Jasper where Lillian Gest participated in an Alpine Club of Canada Camp, then a few days in Lake O'Hara (staying in the lodge) before returning to Banff and then heading home to Pennsylvania. The summer of 1954 consisted of a motor car trip originating in Pennsylvania that worked west through Michigan, North Dakota, and Montana before reatching Banff. Also includes lists of mileages, people met during both summers, telephone numbers, information about flying with Air Canada (most likely in 1953), and the deaths of the Mexican tourists on Mt. Victoria, July 30, 1954. M67 / 3 - 5 : black leather diary, dated 54 55 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to the last few days of Lillian Gest's 1954 motor car trip, detailing the second half from Banff back to Pennsylvania and the 1955 trips to Banff, Mount Robson, the annual Alpine Club of Canada Camp, Lake Louise, Lake O'Hara, and Vancouver. Also includes lists of people Gest met in various locations throughout 1955 and a brief list of changes in Banff, including tree cutting for the new Trans Canada Highway, the opening of the new Timberline Hotel, and expansions of the Mount Royal Hotel and the Upper Hot Springs. M67 / 3 - 6 : black leather diary, dated 56 57 in red paint on the front cover. Pertains to various hiking, motor car, and scenic trips taken by Lillian Gest throughout the Canadian Rockies during the summers of 1956 and 1957. Also includes lists of people met both summers, phone numbers for people both in Banff and in Pennsylvania, details pertaining to an Alpine Club of Canada 1956 photo competition that Gest entered, and a brief list of mostly construction-related updates from Banff and Lake Louise. One small newspaper clipping insert dated Aug 24, 1956 notes the funeral details for Mary Thorpe Gest. Also includes loose items consisting of letters (mostly addressed to Lillian Gest), brochures for the Sky Line Trail Hikers and the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, tellegrams, trip itineraries and cost listings, and newspaper clippings.

Notes: Blank pages not scanned.

Name Access: Gest, Lillian; Feuz, Ernest; Hinman, Caroline; Moore, Phil; Smith, Soapy (Herbert Alonzo)

Subject Access: Activities; Alpine Club of Canada; Cabins and shelters; Camping; Camps; Community; Environment and Nature; European travel; Family and personal life; First Nations; Guides; Hiking; Horse packing; Horseback riding; Hotels; Indigenous Peoples; Lake O'Hara region; Membership; Mountaineering; Mountains; Outfitting; Outfitters, trail guides and packers; Off the Beaten Track; Pack trips; Parks Canada; Record keeping; Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; Sports and leisure; Stoney Nakoda; Tourism; Trails; Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies; Travel; Travel and Exploration

Geographic Access: Banff; Lake Louise; Pipestone Pass; Saskatchewan River; Assiniboine; Mount Assiniboine; Jasper; Banff National Park; Jasper National Park; Kootenay National Park; Yoho National Park; Vancouver; Alberta; British Columbia; Pennsylvania; Canada; United States of America