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Mount Sir Donald Summit Records

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions57694
Part Of
Alpine Club of Canada fonds
Scope & Content
Files consist of summit notes and summit registers from Mount Sir Donald produced by the Alpine Club of Canada between 1984 and around 2013. Summit records include entries from visitors to the various summits which pertain to individuals' hiking and climbing trips; details of specific events which …
Date Range
1984-1989
2003-ca. 2013
Reference Code
M200 / V / A / 97 to 100
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. 5680
accn. 2014.8347
Reference Code
M200 / V / A / 97 to 100
GMD
Textual record
Organization record
Responsibility
Summit Registers and Notes produced by Alpine Club of Canada
Date Range
1984-1989
2003-ca. 2013
Physical Description
4 volumes 4 cm of textual records
History / Biographical
Mount Sir Donald is located in the Rogers Pass area of Glacier National Park, in the Selkirk Mountains of B. C. The mountain was originally named Syndicate Peak, but it was officially named after Sir Donald A. Smith, the first Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, who was the head of the syndicate; he was also the Canadian Pacific Railway director who drove in the Last Spike on the CPR at Craigellachie in 1885.
Scope & Content
Files consist of summit notes and summit registers from Mount Sir Donald produced by the Alpine Club of Canada between 1984 and around 2013. Summit records include 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. Files include: M200 / V / A / 97: [Mt. Sir Donald register 1984-1989] M200 / V / A / 98: MT. SIR DONALD Summit Log 2003 - 2009 M200 / V / A / 99: Mt. Sir Donald, Sept 2, 2009 M200 / V / A / 100: Mt. Sir Donald 3284m Summit Register [2010 - ca. 2013]
Name Access
Alpine Club of Canada
Subject Access
Alpine Club of Canada
Backcountry skiing
Backpacking
British Columbia
Canadian Pacific Railway
Climbing
Club
Cross-country skiing
Description and travel
Environment
Environment and Nature
Hiking
Mountain
Mountaineering
Mountaineers
Mountains
National parks and reserves
Parks
Parks Canada
Record keeping
Ski area
Ski areas
Ski mountaineering
Skiing
Sports and leisure
Sports and recreation
Summit
Trails
Winter sports
Geographic Access
Canada
British Columbia
Rocky Mountains
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Rogers Pass
Selkirks
Glacier National Park
Uto Peak
Terminal Peak
Mount Macdonald
Mount Sir Donald
Access Restrictions
Restrictions may apply
Language
English
Conservation
Some registers have water damage. Some registers loose pages.
Related Material
M235
Category
Environment
Exploration and travel
Sports, recreation and leisure
Biographical Source Notes
Parks Canada, Day Hikes: Mount Sir Donald: https://parks.canada.ca/pn-np/bc/glacier/activ/randonee-hiking/journee-day
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
Less detail
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Publications, correspondence, events

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54506
Part Of
Kidney family fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of a published guidebook for ice hockey, three menus/programmes for events in Banff, three postcards, three pages of loose poetry, and news clippings/pages from newspapers. Content pertains to a community Christmas dinner event at the King Edward Hotel in Banff; loose poetry, handwrit…
Date Range
1888
1898
1906
[ca. 1910]
1911
1914 - 1916
[ca. 1915 - ca. 1920]
Reference Code
M74 / IV / A / 1
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Textual record
Private record
Published record
Postcard
Part Of
Kidney family fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M74 / V324
Series
M74 / IV : Family, friends and community records
Sous-Fonds
M74
Sub-Series
M74 / IV / A : 1886 - 1920
Accession Number
3109
2016.8581
Reference Code
M74 / IV / A / 1
GMD
Textual record
Private record
Published record
Postcard
Date Range
1888
1898
1906
[ca. 1910]
1911
1914 - 1916
[ca. 1915 - ca. 1920]
Physical Description
1.5 cm of textual records
History / Biographical
Frederick Albert Woodworth (August 8, 1895 - April 16, 1916) was the fifth child of eleven, born to parents Elizabeth and Benjamin Woodworth in the town of Banff. Fred Woodworth worked as an electrician in the mines at Bankhead prior to joining the war effort in February 1915. Fred was shot by enemy fire on April 16, 1916 and is now buried in Ypres, Belgium. Fred has a second memorial located in the Woodworth family section of the Banff Town Cemetery.
Scope & Content
File consists of a published guidebook for ice hockey, three menus/programmes for events in Banff, three postcards, three pages of loose poetry, and news clippings/pages from newspapers. Content pertains to a community Christmas dinner event at the King Edward Hotel in Banff; loose poetry, handwritten; postcards sent to Benjamin Sr., Maud and Ethel Woodworth, between 1906 and ca. 1915; a copy of the newsletter "Trench Echo" from the 27th Battalion in Winnipeg from 1915; a dinner banquet menu/programme for the 56th Overseas Battalion dated 1916; a news clipping announcing the marriage of Ted and Minnie Davidson, ca. 1915; two pages of a June 7, 1888 publication of the "National Park Life" newspaper; an invitation to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Ladies Auxiliay Annual Ball 1914; and a news clipping of a memorial article for Frederick Woodworth who was killed in action during World War I.
Notes
One page of a two-page handwritten poem is signed "E M W" [likely "Ella Maud Woodworth"].
Name Access
Brett, Reginald H. (Harry)
Tuthill, J. A.
Woodworth, Benjamin Frederick
Brett, Robert G.
Woodworth, Fred
Woodworth, Maude
Subject Access
Sports
Winter sports
Hockey
Community events
Hotels
Travel
Family and personal life
Cascade Lodge No. 5
Military
World War I
National parks and reserves
Canadian Pacific Railway
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
Banff
Calgary
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Language
English
Conservation
Fragile newspaper and loose pages encased in mylar or acid free paper for protection, use caution when handling
Category
Family and personal life
Military
Biographical Source Notes
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12326261/frederick-albert-woodworth
https://albertaonrecord.ca/woodworth-family-fonds
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.
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