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Jean Knox Petrie fonds

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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
GMD
Photograph
Album
Map
Photograph print
Textual record
Private record
Published record
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
Category
Exploration, discovery and travel
Sports, recreation and leisure
Biographical Source Notes
Accession record
Donor
Title Source
Title based on contents of fonds
Processing Status
Processed
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Bruno Engler fonds
Scope & Content
File pertains to 10 b&w prints depicting the 1954 Maycroft Ski Meet, including participants, starting area with parking lot, and finish line. The Maycroft Ski Meet was an annual community event held on a hill near the Oldman River that operated as part of carnival events that tied with the crowning…
Date Range
1954
Reference Code
V190 / VI / M / xi / PA - 01 to PA - 10
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Print
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Part Of
Bruno Engler fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M323 / S40 / V190
Series
VI : Retained file, M : Alphabetical order
Sous-Fonds
V190
Sub-Series
xi : Maycroft Ski Meet
Accession Number
7436
Reference Code
V190 / VI / M / xi / PA - 01 to PA - 10
GMD
Photograph
Print
Date Range
1954
Physical Description
10 photographs : b&w ; 24.8 x 19.9 cm or smaller
History / Biographical
See fonds level description
Scope & Content
File pertains to 10 b&w prints depicting the 1954 Maycroft Ski Meet, including participants, starting area with parking lot, and finish line. The Maycroft Ski Meet was an annual community event held on a hill near the Oldman River that operated as part of carnival events that tied with the crowning of a Carnival Queen at the Banff Winter Carnival. Participants were towed up the hill with a rope tow operated by a tractor. The Meets were eventually phased out following the openin of the (then named) West Castle Mountain Ski Hill in 1965.
Notes
File came from box XVI, separate from alphabetised boxes
Subject Access
Activities
Buildings
Children
Dogs
Mountains
Portrait
Ski areas
Ski lodges and cabins
Ski racing
Skiers
Skiing
Winter
Winter sports
Women
Geographic Access
Alberta
Language
English
Creator
Engler, Bruno
Title Source
Original title kept
Processing Status
Processed
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Part Of
Bruno Engler fonds
Scope & Content
File pertains to 154 b&w prints of Norquay Ski area, including people skiing casually as well as in races/competitions, ski jumping, the building of ski runs and lifts, the lodges, avalanche control, portraits, and aerial shots of the mountain.
Date Range
1955-1994
Reference Code
V190 / VI / N / i / PA - 01 to PA - 154
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Print
  23 images  
Part Of
Bruno Engler fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M323 / S40 / V190
Series
VI : Retained file, N : Alphabetical order
Sous-Fonds
V190
Sub-Series
i : Norquay
Accession Number
7436
Reference Code
V190 / VI / N / i / PA - 01 to PA - 154
GMD
Photograph
Print
Date Range
1955-1994
Physical Description
154 photographs : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm or smaller
History / Biographical
See fonds level description
Scope & Content
File pertains to 154 b&w prints of Norquay Ski area, including people skiing casually as well as in races/competitions, ski jumping, the building of ski runs and lifts, the lodges, avalanche control, portraits, and aerial shots of the mountain.
Subject Access
Aerial photography
Buildings
Children
Community life
Competition
Construction
Mountains
Norquay Coffee Shop
Norquay Ski Hill
Ski jumping
Ski lodges and cabins
Ski racing
Ski schools
Skiers
Skiing
Winter
Winter Carnival
Geographic Access
Banff
Banff National Park
Language
English
Creator
Engler, Bruno
Title Source
Original title kept
Processing Status
Processed
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Part Of
Bruno Engler fonds
Scope & Content
File pertains to 25 b&w prints of the Sunshine Village ski area, including the lodge [interior and exterior], people downhill skiing and ski touring, posed photos possibly for promotional purposes, and various transportation vehicles.
Date Range
1939-1961
Reference Code
V190 / VI / O / iv / PA - 01 to PA - 25
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Print
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Part Of
Bruno Engler fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M323 / S40 / V190
Series
VI : Retained file, O : Alphabetical order
Sous-Fonds
V190
Sub-Series
iv : Old Sunshine
Accession Number
7436
Reference Code
V190 / VI / O / iv / PA - 01 to PA - 25
GMD
Photograph
Print
Date Range
1939-1961
Physical Description
25 photographs : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm or smaller
History / Biographical
See fonds level description
Scope & Content
File pertains to 25 b&w prints of the Sunshine Village ski area, including the lodge [interior and exterior], people downhill skiing and ski touring, posed photos possibly for promotional purposes, and various transportation vehicles.
Subject Access
Automobiles
Buildings
Cabins and shelters
Mountains
Portrait
Ski area
Ski lodges and cabins
Ski touring
Skiers
Skiing
Sunshine area
Sunshine Lodge
Sunshine Ski Area
Sunshine Village
Winter
Winter sports
Geographic Access
Banff National Park
Language
English
Creator
Engler, Bruno
Title Source
Original title kept
Processing Status
Processed
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Pigeon Mountain Ski Resort

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Part Of
Bruno Engler fonds
Scope & Content
File pertains to 3 b&w prints depicting the Pigeon Moutain Ski Resort lodge and ski lift base, possibly for promotional purposes.
Date Range
1963
Reference Code
V190 / VI / P / x / PA - 01 to PA - 03
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Print
  3 images  
Part Of
Bruno Engler fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M323 / S40 / V190
Series
VI : Retained file, P : Alphabetical order
Sous-Fonds
V190
Sub-Series
x : Pigeon Mountain Ski Resort
Accession Number
7436
Reference Code
V190 / VI / P / x / PA - 01 to PA - 03
GMD
Photograph
Print
Date Range
1963
Physical Description
3 photographs : b&w ; 24.8 x 19.9 cm or smaller
History / Biographical
Pigeon Mountain Ski Resort was built on the west-facing slope of Pigeon Mountain near Dead Man's Flats and operated off and on until 1983 when it closed permanently.
Scope & Content
File pertains to 3 b&w prints depicting the Pigeon Moutain Ski Resort lodge and ski lift base, possibly for promotional purposes.
Notes
File came from box XVI, separate from alphabetised boxes
Subject Access
Activities
Buildings
Mountains
Ski areas
Ski lodges and cabins
Skiers
Skiing
Winter
Winter sports
Women
Geographic Access
Alberta
Language
English
Creator
Engler, Bruno
Biographical Source Notes
https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/on-the-trail-of-albertas-lost-ski-hills
Title Source
Original title kept
Processing Status
Processed
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Ski Trails of the Canadian Rockies - visual

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Part Of
Chic Scott fonds
Scope & Content
Series consists of 3 CD's with photo scans pertaining to the creation of Ski Trails of the Canadian Rockies.
Date Range
1999 - 2015
Reference Code
V40 / VI
Description Level
3 / Series
GMD
Digital image
Photograph
Part Of
Chic Scott fonds
Description Level
3 / Series
Fonds Number
M57 / V40 / S47
Series
V40 / VI : Ski Trails of the Canadian Rockies
Sous-Fonds
V40
Accession Number
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Reference Code
V40 / VI
GMD
Digital image
Photograph
Date Range
1999 - 2015
Physical Description
Digital photo scans on 3 discs
History / Biographical
The classic guidebook to cross country ski trails in Waterton, Banff, Kootenay, Yoho and Jasper National Parks as well as Mount Assiniboine and Mount Robson Provincial Parks and Kananaskis Country, now greatly expanded to includes ski trails in the front ranges of the Rockies, in the Crowsnest Pass and in the Columbia Valley. Jointly authored with Darren Farley. This book also covers topics such as accommodation, regulations, weather and snow conditions.
Scope & Content
Series consists of 3 CD's with photo scans pertaining to the creation of Ski Trails of the Canadian Rockies.
Name Access
Scott, Chic
Subject Access
Activities
Environment
Exploration
Geography
Guide
Map
Mountaineering
Mountains
National parks and reserves
Publication
Recreation
Ski areas
Ski Maps
Ski mountaineering
Ski lodges and cabins
Skiing
Sports and recreation
Sports
Tourism
Tourist information
Trail guides
Trails
Travel
Winter sports
Geographic Access
Canada
Alberta
British Columbia
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Banff National Park
Yoho National Park
Jasper National Park
Waterton
Kootenay National Park
Mount Robson
Columbia Valley
Crowsnest Pass
Access Restrictions
Reference only
Reproduction Restrictions
Restricted: copyright remains with owner
Language
English
Related Material
M57 / VI
S47 / VI
Category
Environment
Exploration, discovery and travel
Sports, recreation and leisure
Biographical Source Notes
http://chicscott.com/books.htm
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Sunshine Village History Photos

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Part Of
Bruno Engler fonds
Scope & Content
File pertains to 50 b&w prints of the Sunshine Ski Resort area, including the lodge, people skiing, the track and action shots from the 1984 Ladies World Cup race, and more.
Date Range
1939-1984
Reference Code
V190 / VI / S / v / d / PA - 01 to PA - 50
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Print
  13 images  
Part Of
Bruno Engler fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M323 / S40 / V190
Series
VI : Retained file, S : Alphabetical order
Sous-Fonds
V190
Sub-Series
v : Sunshine, d : Village History Photos
Accession Number
7436
Reference Code
V190 / VI / S / v / d / PA - 01 to PA - 50
GMD
Photograph
Print
Date Range
1939-1984
Physical Description
50 photographs : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm or smaller
History / Biographical
See fonds level description
Scope & Content
File pertains to 50 b&w prints of the Sunshine Ski Resort area, including the lodge, people skiing, the track and action shots from the 1984 Ladies World Cup race, and more.
Subject Access
Buildings
Chairlifts and gondolas
Children
Mountains
Scenery
Ski areas
Ski lodges and cabins
Ski racing
Ski touring
Skiers
Skiing
Sunshine Meadows
Sunshine Ski Resort
Sunshine Village
Winter
Winter sports
Geographic Access
Banff National Park
Alberta
Language
English
Creator
Engler, Bruno
Title Source
Original title kept
Processing Status
Processed
Images
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Part Of
Bruno Engler fonds
Scope & Content
File pertains to 92 b&w & colour prints of the Sunshine Ski Resort area during the winter, including shots from a World Cup race, people on chair lifts, the gondola line, holiday events [usually Christmas and Easter], a string quartet playing possibly inside the lodge, posed shots of Sunshine emplo…
Date Range
1984-1986
Reference Code
V190 / VI / S / v / e / PA - 01 to PA - 92
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Print
  19 images  
Part Of
Bruno Engler fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M323 / S40 / V190
Series
VI : Retained file, S : Alphabetical order
Sous-Fonds
V190
Sub-Series
v : Sunshine, e : Winter
Accession Number
7436
Reference Code
V190 / VI / S / v / e / PA - 01 to PA - 92
GMD
Photograph
Print
Date Range
1984-1986
Physical Description
92 photographs : b&w & col. ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm or smaller
History / Biographical
See fonds level description
Scope & Content
File pertains to 92 b&w & colour prints of the Sunshine Ski Resort area during the winter, including shots from a World Cup race, people on chair lifts, the gondola line, holiday events [usually Christmas and Easter], a string quartet playing possibly inside the lodge, posed shots of Sunshine employees, and a community barbecue. Also includes documents: two newspaper clippings and a racer list from the 1985 Canadian Women's Alpine Championship.
Subject Access
Buildings
Chairlifts and gondolas
Children
Community events
Community life
Holidays
Mountains
Music
Musicians
Scenery
Ski areas
Ski lodges and cabins
Ski racing
Ski touring
Skiers
Skiing
Sunshine Ski Resort
Sunshine Village
Winter
Winter sports
Geographic Access
Banff National Park
Alberta
Language
English
Related Material
V190 / VI / S / v / e / NA - 01 to NA - 13 V190 / VI / S / v / e / NS - 01
Creator
Engler, Bruno
Title Source
Original title kept
Processing Status
Processed
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Sunshine Winter - negatives

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Part Of
Bruno Engler fonds
Scope & Content
File pertains to 291 b&w & colour negatives on 63 strips of film depicting the Sunshine Ski Resort area during the winter, including shots from a World Cup race, people on chair lifts, the gondola line, holiday events [usually Christmas and Easter], a string quartet playing possibly inside the lodg…
Date Range
1984-1986
Reference Code
V190 / VI / S / v / e / NA - 01 to NA - 13
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Print
Part Of
Bruno Engler fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M323 / S40 / V190
Series
VI : Retained file, S : Alphabetical order
Sous-Fonds
V190
Sub-Series
v : Sunshine, e : Winter
Accession Number
7436
Reference Code
V190 / VI / S / v / e / NA - 01 to NA - 13
GMD
Photograph
Print
Date Range
1984-1986
Physical Description
291 photographs : b&w & col. slides ; medium format or smaller
History / Biographical
See fonds level description
Scope & Content
File pertains to 291 b&w & colour negatives on 63 strips of film depicting the Sunshine Ski Resort area during the winter, including shots from a World Cup race, people on chair lifts, the gondola line, holiday events [usually Christmas and Easter], a string quartet playing possibly inside the lodge, posed shots of Sunshine employees, and a community barbecue.
Subject Access
Buildings
Chairlifts and gondolas
Children
Community events
Community life
Holidays
Mountains
Music
Musicians
Scenery
Ski areas
Ski lodges and cabins
Ski racing
Ski touring
Skiers
Skiing
Sunshine Ski Resort
Sunshine Village
Winter
Winter sports
Geographic Access
Banff National Park
Alberta
Language
English
Related Material
V190 / VI / S / v / e / PA - 01 to PA - 92 V190 / VI / S / v / e / NS - 01
Creator
Engler, Bruno
Title Source
Original title kept
Processing Status
Processed
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Sunshine Winter - transparencies

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Part Of
Bruno Engler fonds
Scope & Content
File pertains to 3 colour transparencies on 1 strip of film depicting the Sunshine Village basin and surrounding mountains in winter time.
Date Range
1984-1986
Reference Code
V190 / VI / S / v / e / NS - 01
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Print
Part Of
Bruno Engler fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M323 / S40 / V190
Series
VI : Retained file, S : Alphabetical order
Sous-Fonds
V190
Sub-Series
v : Sunshine, e : Winter
Accession Number
7436
Reference Code
V190 / VI / S / v / e / NS - 01
GMD
Photograph
Print
Date Range
1984-1986
Physical Description
3 photographs : col. slides ; medium format
History / Biographical
See fonds level description
Scope & Content
File pertains to 3 colour transparencies on 1 strip of film depicting the Sunshine Village basin and surrounding mountains in winter time.
Subject Access
Buildings
Chairlifts and gondolas
Mountains
Scenery
Ski areas
Ski lodges and cabins
Skiers
Skiing
Sunshine Ski Resort
Sunshine Village
Winter
Winter sports
Geographic Access
Banff National Park
Alberta
Language
English
Related Material
V190 / VI / S / v / e / PA - 01 to PA - 92 V190 / VI / S / v / e / NA - 01 to NA - 13
Creator
Engler, Bruno
Title Source
Original title kept
Processing Status
Processed
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