topic:"Trail guides" found 17 records - Research Collections

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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Letter to Bruno about map in process

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Part Of: George K. K. (Tommy) Link fonds

Scope & Content: Between Link and Austin Ford, Bruno Struck, the draftsman and the photographer regarding changes or additions to the map re boundaries, ways and topographical features on the Lake O'Hara Region South Area. Letters to and from Link, Lillian Gest and the map printers. The Map includes a magnified vi…

Date Range: 1957 - 1975

Reference Code: M60 / I / B / 38

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Map; Private record

Part Of: George K. K. (Tommy) Link fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M60 / V276

Series: I. Writing, research and translation

Sous-Fonds: M60

Sub-Series: B. Map of Lake O'Hara region south area

Accession Number: 2019.36; 2815

Reference Code: M60 / I / B / 38

GMD: Map; Private record

Date Range: 1957 - 1975

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records (1 cm)

Scope & Content: Between Link and Austin Ford, Bruno Struck, the draftsman and the photographer regarding changes or additions to the map re boundaries, ways and topographical features on the Lake O'Hara Region South Area. Letters to and from Link, Lillian Gest and the map printers. The Map includes a magnified view of Lake O'Hara as well as detailed account of trails, geography, and other landmarks of interest in the O'Hara area.

Name Access: Auger, Tim; Stuck, Bruno; Gest, Lillian; Link, George K.K.

Subject Access: Trails; Trail guides

Geographic Access: Lake O'Hara; Yoho National Park; British Columbia; Canada

Language: English

Finding Aid: In case file

Title Source: Title originated in contents

Processing Status: Processed

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The Lum and Ban Quan families

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Author: Miller, Naomi

Call Number: P

Author: Miller, Naomi

Physical Description: p.19-20

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Outfitters, trail guides, packers

Notes: In British Columbia Historical News, vol.21, no.2, spring 1988

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

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People and places of the Bedaux Expedition of 1934

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Medium: Library - Periodical

Author: Peck, Ross

Call Number: P

Author: Peck, Ross

Physical Description: p.29-36 : ill.,

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Lamarque, Ernest C; Outfitters, trail guides, packers

Notes: In British Columbia History : the journal of the British Columbia Historical Federation, vol. 44, no.3 (Fall 2011). - Article pertains to the cowboys and crew of the "Champagne Safari" in Northern Eastern British Columbia (Peace River country)