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Silver Spray Hut Registers
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- Part Of
- Alpine Club of Canada fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series of hut registers from the Silver Spray Cabin produced by the Alpine Club of Canada between 1992 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, wildl…
- Date Range
- 1992-1995
- 2002-2018
- Reference Code
- M200 / IV / Q
- 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 / Q: Silver Spray Hut Registers
- Accession Number
- accn. 2023.41
- Reference Code
- M200 / IV / Q
- Responsibility
- Registers produced by Alpine Club of Canada
- Date Range
- 1992-1995
- 2002-2018
- Physical Description
- 4 volumes 7 cm of textual records
- History / Biographical
- According to the Alpine Club of Canada's website, the Silver Spray Hut was built in 1994 and is located in the Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park, B. C. The hut is allows mountaineers to access the Selkirk Mountains, as well as Kokanee, Caribou and Woodbury Glaciers. According to the Alpine Club of Canada's Backcountry Huts: Silver Spray Cabin: Info Sheet: "Constructed in the 1920s to serve as a bunkhouse for the Violet Mining Company operating in the area, the BC Parks Branch took over the maintenance of the cabin by the time the mines closed in the early 1930’s. The Kootenay Section of the Alpine Club of Canada became involved in the maintenance of the hut over many work parties throughout the 1950’s. In the 1960’s, park workers began to take a more active role once again and initiated substantial repairs to the hut, as it was clear that a lot of work needed to be done to the cabin. In the 1980’s building materials were brought into the site to replace the old cabin with a new one, but local protests to preserve the original cabin for historical interpretation stopped any new construction. The BC Parks Branch included the cabin as one of the many provincial historic sites in the area, for the historic interest of the location, and the remaining evidence of old mine workings."
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series of hut registers from the Silver Spray Cabin produced by the Alpine Club of Canada between 1992 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 is separated into individual hut registers, arranged by date:
- M200 / IV / Q / 1: [Silver Spray Cabin, 1992-95]
- M200 / IV / Q / 2: Silver Spray Cabin [2002-2008]
- M200 / IV / Q / 3: Silver Spray [2008-2015]
- M200 / IV / Q / 4: Silver Spray Log [2015 to 2018]
- Name Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Subject Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Huts
- Cabins
- Cabins and shelters
- Environment and Nature
- Mountaineers
- Mountaineering
- Mountains
- Property
- Provincial parks and reserves
- Recreation
- Skiing
- Sports and recreation
- Winter sports
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- British Columbia
- Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park
- Selkirks
- Nelson, BC
- Access Restrictions
- Restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- French
- Japanese
- German
- Spanish
- Conservation
- Some pages are loose in register. Dust and some water damage present in the registers.
- Biographical Source Notes
- Alpine Club of Canada website: https://www.alpineclubofcanada.ca/silver-spray-cabin/ Alpine Club of Canada Backcountry Huts: Silver Spray Cabin: Info Sheet: https://www.alpineclubofcanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/SilverSprayCabin.pdf
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of sub-series
- Processing Status
- Processed
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