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- Lillian Gest fonds 8
- Jean Knox Petrie fonds 7
- Alpine Club of Canada fonds 6
- Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds 5
- Allan E. Crawford fonds 4
- Canadian Pacific Railway fonds 3
- Soapy Smith fonds 3
- Underwood and Underwood Publishers fonds 3
- Lawrence Grassi fonds 2
- Bo Holroyd fonds 1
- Bob Hind fonds 1
The lure of the mountains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue7716
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1936
- Author
- McDowell, F. E. D
- Call Number
- 01.4 M14 Pam oversize
- Author
- McDowell, F. E. D
- Published Date
- 1936
- Physical Description
- p.22-23 : ill., ports
- Subjects
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Camps
- Fryatt Creek
- Notes
- From Mayfair magazine, October 1936
- Accession Number
- 3069
- Call Number
- 01.4 M14 Pam oversize
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Fragment Shingle
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact101.02.1001
- Date
- 1935 – 1950
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 101.02.1001
- Description
- Old, long, narrow split cedar board (1/2 shingle), edge of board curved along left side 24.0 cm from bottom where knot strikes grain, 2 obvious nail holes through shingle, 1 near top, 1 near bottom, bottom edge rougher than top.
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- Title
- Fragment Shingle
- Date
- 1935 – 1950
- Material
- wood
- Description
- Old, long, narrow split cedar board (1/2 shingle), edge of board curved along left side 24.0 cm from bottom where knot strikes grain, 2 obvious nail holes through shingle, 1 near top, 1 near bottom, bottom edge rougher than top.
- Credit
- Gift of Douglas Robinson, 1967
- Catalogue Number
- 101.02.1001
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- Date
- 1935 – 1940
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.1014
- Description
- Metal long-bladed key (ex first Sunshine Lodge?), circular bow, intersecting holes, 0.5 cm diameter, long 5.0 cm blade in simple anvil-shaped serration pattern, blade widens near serration and comes to rounded end
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- Title
- Door Key
- Date
- 1935 – 1940
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 0.5 x 2.0 x 6.9 cm
- Description
- Metal long-bladed key (ex first Sunshine Lodge?), circular bow, intersecting holes, 0.5 cm diameter, long 5.0 cm blade in simple anvil-shaped serration pattern, blade widens near serration and comes to rounded end
- Subject
- lodges
- camps
- Sunshine
- households
- Credit
- Gift of Ted J. Hart, Banff, 1984
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.1014
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.07.1006
- Description
- Tepee shaped, Government work camp heater, primary combustion chamber completes area of entire heater (51.1 dia) front door (25.7x20.0) is rectangularly shaped, 2 front door hinges (3.2 long) on right side of door attched by 3 rivets, front door handle is rectangular (3.2x13.2) and slides behind ve…
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- Title
- Wood Heater
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 68.0 cm
- Description
- Tepee shaped, Government work camp heater, primary combustion chamber completes area of entire heater (51.1 dia) front door (25.7x20.0) is rectangularly shaped, 2 front door hinges (3.2 long) on right side of door attched by 3 rivets, front door handle is rectangular (3.2x13.2) and slides behind vertically positioned rectangular metal piece (3.2x10.3) attached by 2 rivets, circular vent (4.4 dia) positioned lower centre of front door with oval metal covering, partial stovepipe out of top (10.0 high x 15.0 dia) attached by 11 rivets.
- Subject
- government
- Internment Camps
- Credit
- Gift of Dorothy Boyce, Banff, 1984
- Catalogue Number
- 102.07.1006
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- Date
- 1931 – 1945
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1022
- Description
- Triangular pennant, red with white stitching in cursive "SKOKI" triangular shaped pennant, edges bound ca 1.0 bias strips, ends at wide end extend ca 10.0; worn; "SKOKI" embroidered in white script 13.0x4.0.
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- Title
- Pennant
- Date
- 1931 – 1945
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 25.0 x 31.0 cm
- Description
- Triangular pennant, red with white stitching in cursive "SKOKI" triangular shaped pennant, edges bound ca 1.0 bias strips, ends at wide end extend ca 10.0; worn; "SKOKI" embroidered in white script 13.0x4.0.
- Credit
- Gift of Cyril Paris, Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1022
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Ship-In-A-Bottle
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.02.0011
- Date
- 1935 – 1945
- Material
- glass; wood; plaster; fibre; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0011
- Description
- A squared glass bottle with long four-masted square-rigged sailing ship that is flying four jibs and a gaff-rigged mizzen on a turbulent sea before a small carved and painted town set on a hill complete with windmill and a railroad train entering a tunnel. The bottle has a black screw cap and “Eck…
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- Title
- Ship-In-A-Bottle
- Date
- 1935 – 1945
- Material
- glass; wood; plaster; fibre; metal
- Dimensions
- 6.2 x 6.2 x 19.8 cm
- Description
- A squared glass bottle with long four-masted square-rigged sailing ship that is flying four jibs and a gaff-rigged mizzen on a turbulent sea before a small carved and painted town set on a hill complete with windmill and a railroad train entering a tunnel. The bottle has a black screw cap and “Eckels” molded on one side (bottom) with a liquid level scale from 1 to 16 molded on the adjacent side (back).
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0011
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Other Huts [Registers]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions57658
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of sub-series
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Jean Knox Petrie fonds
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions615
- Part Of
- Jean Knox Petrie fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds relate to mountaineering with the Alpine Club of Canada. The fond consists of three series: I. Textual records consist of 8 newsclippings from July 1938 pertaining to the first ascent of Mount Columbia by women: Lillian Gest, Kathleen Chapman, Christine Reid, Jean McDonald, and Jean Petrie as…
- Date Range
- 1938-1940
- Reference Code
- M237 / V281
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Map
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Jean Knox Petrie fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 237
- V 281
- Sous-Fonds
- M 237
- V 281
- Accession Number
- 7694
- Reference Code
- M237 / V281
- Date Range
- 1938-1940
- Physical Description
- 1 cm textual records. -- 8 albums (257 photographs : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm or smaller). -- 4 photographs : b&w silver gelatin prints ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller.
- History / Biographical
- Dr. Jean Knox (McDonald) Petrie, born 1913, was an active member of the Alpine Club of Canada, Edmonton Section during the 1930s and 1940s, attending the Alpine Club of Canada summer camps from 1937-1940, 1942 and 1946 as well as making many weekend climbs in the Jasper area with Captain E. R. Gibson. In 1938 she was one of the four women to make a first ascent of Mount Columbia by women, as well as Mount Forbes in 1940. Married in 1960 to Robert Petrie (died 1966), Dr. Jean Petrie worked in Ottawa, Ontario (1940-1945) in munitions gauge testing for the National Research Council. Following the war, she worked as an astrophysicist for the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory in Victoria, British Columbia (1945-1966) and taught at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia. (1966-1971).
- Scope & Content
- Fonds relate to mountaineering with the Alpine Club of Canada. The fond consists of three series: I. Textual records consist of 8 newsclippings from July 1938 pertaining to the first ascent of Mount Columbia by women: Lillian Gest, Kathleen Chapman, Christine Reid, Jean McDonald, and Jean Petrie as well as a photocopied "Guide to the Tonquin" signed by K. G. Chapman ca.1935. II. Photographic records include an unbound album of 44 pages: 111 prints divided by the donor into 3 sections: 1. To the Tonquin Valley, July 1938; 2. Alpine Club Camp, Columbia Icefields, July 12-31, 1938; 3. Alpine Club Camp Tonquin Valley, April 1939. The album also includes artwork and map. A second unbound photograph album of 28p: 170 prints are divided into 5 sections: 1. ACC camp in the Ice River Valley, July 1939; 2. ACC ski camp in Little Yoho Valley, March 23-31, 1940; 3. Our climb of Roche Miette, May 24, 1940; 4. Our summertime journey into the Little Yoho Valley, July 1940; 5. Our climb of Mts. Fitzwilliam & Bucephelas, September 3, 1940. III. Photographic Prints consist of 4 loose prints unrelated to other contents of the fond.
- Notes
- Unbound books are numbered in pencil by the creator, pages appear to be missing due to absent page numbers.
- Name Access
- Petrie, Jean K.
- McDonald, Jean
- Gale, Ethne
- Taylor, Morris
- Cooper, Art
- Rault, Reg
- Brewster, Norman
- Cassils, Mary
- Hind, Rob
- Chapman, Kathleen
- Gibson, Rex
- Feuz, Edward
- Gest, Illian
- Walker, Hazel
- Carscallan, Alan
- McLean, Hector
- Subject Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Ski lodges and cabins
- Ski touring
- Skiing
- Backcountry skiing
- Banff Jasper Highway
- Cabins and shelters
- Camps
- Glaciers
- Huts
- Mountaineering
- Sunshine Lodge
- Trail guides
- Trail making
- Trails
- Winter sports
- Geographic Access
- Jasper National Park
- Yoho National Park
- Alberta
- Canada
- Banff National Park
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- No finding aid
- Creator
- Petrie, Jean Knox
- Biographical Source Notes
- Accession record
- Donor
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
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I. Textual Materials
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54445
- Part Of
- Jean Knox Petrie fonds
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of newspaper clippings and photocopied newspapers pertaining to the first summit of Mount Columbia by female mountaineers, and a photocopy of a guide to the Tonquin area created by Kathleen Chapman.
- Date Range
- July 21 1938- July 22 1940
- Reference Code
- M237 / V281 / I
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- GMD
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Jean Knox Petrie fonds
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Fonds Number
- M237
- V281
- Series
- I
- Sous-Fonds
- M237
- Accession Number
- 7694
- Reference Code
- M237 / V281 / I
- GMD
- Textual record
- Date Range
- July 21 1938- July 22 1940
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of newspaper clippings and photocopied newspapers pertaining to the first summit of Mount Columbia by female mountaineers, and a photocopy of a guide to the Tonquin area created by Kathleen Chapman.
- Subject Access
- Mountaineering
- Mountaineers
- Banff Jasper Highway
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Camps
- Glaciers
- Geographic Access
- Jasper National Park
- Alberta
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Finding Aid
- In case file
- Creator
- Jean Petrie Knox
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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II. Photo Albums
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55143
- Part Of
- Jean Knox Petrie fonds
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of photo albums pertaining to the first summit of Mount Columbia by female mountaineers and various Alpine Club of Canada trips in Banff, Jasper, and Yoho national parks.
- Date Range
- July 12, 1938-Sept 3, 1940
- Reference Code
- M237 / V281 / II
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- GMD
- Album
- Part Of
- Jean Knox Petrie fonds
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Fonds Number
- M237
- V281
- Series
- II
- Sous-Fonds
- M237/V281
- Accession Number
- 7694
- Reference Code
- M237 / V281 / II
- GMD
- Album
- Date Range
- July 12, 1938-Sept 3, 1940
- Physical Description
- 8 albums (257 photographs : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm or smaller)
- Scope & Content
- Series consists of photo albums pertaining to the first summit of Mount Columbia by female mountaineers and various Alpine Club of Canada trips in Banff, Jasper, and Yoho national parks.
- Notes
- Albums with black pages were likely originally bound together as a single album, however gaps in page numbers imply that pages are missing from the complete work.
- Subject Access
- Mountaineering
- Mountaineers
- Banff Jasper Highway
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Camps
- Glaciers
- Geographic Access
- Jasper National Park
- Banff
- Yoho National Park
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Finding Aid
- In case file
- Creator
- Jean Petrie Knox
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
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