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1964 ski trip, skiing with friends

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Part Of: Chic Scott fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of photographs pertaining to Hans Gmoser skiing with friends. Most photographs are from a 1964 ski trip between Toby Creek and the Bugaboos mountain range in British Columbia.

Date Range: 1964; [1980 - 1990]

Reference Code: V40 / V / PA - 1 to 24

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Chic Scott fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M57; S47; V40

Series: V40 / V : Deep Powder and Steep Rock

Sous-Fonds: V40

Accession Number: 2015.8559

Reference Code: V40 / V / PA - 1 to 24

Date Range: 1964; [1980 - 1990]

Physical Description: 24 photographs : b&w and col. prints; 25 x 20 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of photographs pertaining to Hans Gmoser skiing with friends. Most photographs are from a 1964 ski trip between Toby Creek and the Bugaboos mountain range in British Columbia.

Notes: Photographs in file are accompanied by one page of handwritten notes pertaining to details of images from 1964 ski trip [PA - 1 to 21] and one copy of an Eaton's newspaper ad featuring an illustration of a ski jumper

Name Access: Gmoser, Hans; McConkey, Jim; Wiegele, Mike; Grillmair, Leo; Gertsch, Rudy; Gmoser, Margaret; Lemire, Pierre

Subject Access: Sports; Recreation; Skiing; Ski jumping; Mountains; Landscapes; Family and personal life; Exploration; Travel; Winter; Winter sports

Geographic Access: Canada; British Columbia; Toby Creek; Bugaboos; Canadian Rocky Mountains

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Category: Exploration, discovery and travel; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Abbot Pass Hut Registers

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Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series of hut registers from Abbot Hut produced by the Alpine Club of Canada between 1954 and 2017. 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…

Date Range: 1954 - 1970; 1972 - 1983; 1987 - 2009; 2011 - 2018

Reference Code: M200 / IV / A

Description Level: 4 / Sub-series

GMD: Organization record; Textual 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 / A: Abbot Pass Hut Registers

Accession Number: accn. 2023.19; accn. 8002; accn. 2023.20; accn. 2023.32; accn. 1299; accn. 1040; accn. 2141; accn. 3298; accn. 3757; accn. 6376; accn. 6465; accn. 6623; accn. 7779; accn. 2023.10; accn. 2024.20

Reference Code: M200 / IV / A

GMD: Organization record; Textual record

Responsibility: Registers produced by Alpine Club of Canada

Date Range: 1954 - 1970; 1972 - 1983; 1987 - 2009; 2011 - 2018

Physical Description: 53 cm of textual records (26 volumes)

History / Biographical: Abbot Pass Hut was built in 1922 and sits at an elevation of 2,926 meters. It is one of the highest structures in Canada. The hut was named after Philip Stanley Abbot who had died from a fall during the first known attempt to reach the summit of Mount Lefroy. The hut was a national historic site, but the hut was closed to visitors in 2018 due to the erosion of the slope beneath the hut. On June 30, 2022 Parks Canada officially removed Abbot Pass Hut, due to those environmental factors.

Scope & Content: Sub-series of hut registers from Abbot Hut produced by the Alpine Club of Canada between 1954 and 2017. 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 / A / 1: Abbot Pass Hut register [1954 - 1960]; M200 / IV / A / 2: [Abbot Pass Hut Register 1954 - 1970]; M200 / IV / A / 3: [Abbot Pass Hut? loose register 1972 - 1974]; M200 / IV / A / 4: [Abbot] Pass Hut [register 1974 - 1978]; M200 / IV / A / 5: Abbot Hut [register 1979 - 1980]; M200 / IV / A / 6: [Abbot]'s Hut Registry [1980 - 1982]; M200 / IV / A / 7: [Abbot Pass Hut Register 1982 - 1983]; M200 / IV / A / 8: [Abbot Pass register 1983]; M200 / IV / A / 9: [Abbot Hut Register 1987]; M200 / IV / A / 10: Abbot's Hut Bible [register, 1988 - 1992]; M200 / IV / A / 11: Abbot Pass Hut 1992 - 93; M200 / IV / A / 12: "Abbot Pass Hut Log Book" Aug. 24, 1993 - July 20, 1995; M200 / IV / A / 13: Abbot Pass hut register Aug. 11, 1995 - July 30, 1996.; M200 / IV / A / 14: [Abbot Pass] hut register July 30, 1996 - May 4, 1997; M200 / IV / A / 15: "Abbot Pass Hut Register" June 26, 1997 - September 3, 1998; M200 / IV / A / 16: Abbot Pass Hut [1998- 2000]; M200 / IV / A / 17: Abbot Pass Sep 6, 2000 - July 26, 2002; M200 / IV / A / 18: Abbot Hut Register 2002 - 2003; M200 / IV / A / 19: Abbot Pass Aug 31, 2003 - Aug 20, 2005; M200 / IV / A / 20: Abbot Pass Register 2004 - 2007; M200 / IV / A / 21: Abbot Hut Register 2007 - 2009; M200 / IV / A / 22: [2011 Abbot Hut Register]; M200 / IV / A / 23: Abbot Hut Register [2012 - 2014]; M200 / IV / A / 24: Abbot Pass Hut Register [2014 - 2016]; M200 / IV / A / 25: Abbot Pass Hut Register, 2016 - 2017; M200 / IV / A / 26: [Abbot Pass Hut Register: 2017-2018]

Name Access: Alpine Club of Canada

Subject Access: Abbot Pass Hut; Cabins; Cabins and shelters; Climbing; Environment; Exploration; Huts; Mountains

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; British Columbia; Canadian Rocky Mountains

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Contains personal information

Language: English; French; Spanish; Japanese; German

Conservation: Some registers have been placed in mylar

Category: Environment; Exploration and travel; Sports, recreation and leisure

Biographical Source Notes: The Alpine Club of Canada website: https://www.alpineclubofcanada.ca/abbot-pass-hut/ The Government of Canada website: https://parks.canada.ca/pn-np/bc/yoho/culture/abbot

Title Source: Title based on contents of sub-series

Processing Status: Processed

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Alexander Mackenzie and the North West

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1969

Author: Daniells, Roy

Publisher: London : Faber

Call Number: 02.5 M19d

Author: Daniells, Roy

Publisher: London : Faber

Published Date: 1969

Physical Description: 219p. : ill., map, port

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Exploration

Accession Number: 1000

Call Number: 02.5 M19d

Collection: Archives Library

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An essay on personal accounts of travel in the Canadian Rockies and Selkirks, 1754-1914

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1967

Author: Van der Bellen, Liana

Call Number: 08.3 V28

Author: Van der Bellen, Liana

Published Date: 1967

Physical Description: iv, 77p

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Exploration

Notes: M.L.S. Thesis, McGill University, 1967

Accession Number: 802

Call Number: 08.3 V28

Collection: Archives Library

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Banff and Yoho National Parks Photographs

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Part Of: Bob Hind fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to climbing, skiing, ski touring, camps, facilities and landscape views in Banff and Yoho National Parks. Includes the construction of Bow Hut.

Date Range: 1944-1990

Reference Code: V46 / I / A / 29 / NS - 1 to 493

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Negative

8 images

Part Of: Bob Hind fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M7 / V46

Series: I.A. Mountain travel and recreation, western Canada : Trips and activities

Sous-Fonds: V46

Accession Number: 7181

Reference Code: V46 / I / A / 29 / NS - 1 to 493

GMD: Negative

Other Title Info: Alternate title: Banff, Yoho etc from 1950, Gl lake

Date Range: 1944-1990

Physical Description: 493 photographs : transparencies, 35mm, col

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to climbing, skiing, ski touring, camps, facilities and landscape views in Banff and Yoho National Parks. Includes the construction of Bow Hut.

Notes: LIST OF CONTENTS (V46 / 29 ) :; * Alta 47, Atha 47 - 1947; * Landscape/s and hut - 1948; * M50 : Maligne Lake and camp - 1950; * SG 51 : glacier, climbing - 1951; * Mount Hooker area, camps, landscape view/s (S53), climbing - 1953; * EC55 : Mount Edith Cavell - 1955; * Moat Lake 57, Athz 57, T57, Eremite 57: landscape view/s, camp, hut - 1957; * Landscape view/s - 1958; * Mal62, Maligne 62, Col 62, Colum 62 : landscape view/s, horse trail - 1962; * Landscape view/s - 1968; * F76 : flora - 1976; * Winter landscape view/s and hut - 1978

Name Access: Hind, Bob

Subject Access: Alpine Club of Canada; Backcountry skiing; Buildings and facilities; Construction; Exploration; Glaciers; Guides; Guiding

Geographic Access: Bow Hut; Banff National Park; Yoho National Park; Alberta; British Columbia; Canada

Language: NA

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: LIST OF CONTENTS (V46 / 27) :; * Mountain landscape views - 1947; * Ski touring, Skoki area; skiing at Mount Norquay - 1948; * Skiing in Sunshine area - 1949; * Ski meet : ski meet at Mount Norquay, includes Banff Winter Carnival queen and John Hunter, Stoney First Nation - 1950; * F50 : Fay Hut, climbing, landscape views. Includes some photographs by MH - 1950; * KL, KH, Baker, Wapta : Castle Mountain, Wapta cabin and car, landscape views - 1950; * B51 : Banff Springs Hotel panorama, Cascade of Times garden, bears - 1951; * S51 : Skoki area, ski touring and landscape views - 1951; * Cos 51 : wildlife - 1951; * Y51 : Stanley Mitchell Hut in winter, ski touring group, Yoho area landscape - 1951; * EIC 51 : landscape views - 1951; * Hiking in Lake O'Hara area - 1951; * Sk52 : Skoki area, ski touring and landscape views - 1952; * Skoki area, Mount Whyte - 1953; * Banff climbing, landscape views, Lake Louise area, camps, Skoki area, Mount Whyte - 1954; * Climbing, Skoki Lodge, landscape views - 1955; * Ski touring, Sunshine area, Mount Temple and Skoki areas, landscape views, Skoki Lodge. Includes label: Class III, Marj Bugler - 1956; * Mount Cory, climbing and landscape views - 1957; * Mountain rescue - 1957; * Banff area, climbing and landscape views - 1958; * Mount Ishbel, Pilot Mountain, climbing - 1959; * Ice school, snow school, Banff townsite, Yoho area, climbing Mount Cory, Mount Edith, Mount Ishbel, St. Nic - 1960; * Skoki : includes Skoki Lodge, ski touring - [1960?]; * Banff : Vermilion Lakes, Bow Falls, wildlife, Mount Norquay - [1960?]; * Banff : Banff area, Mount Norquay, chairlift - [ca.1960]; * Yoho : group at Stanley Mitchell Hut - [ca.1960]; * Lake Louise - [ca.1960]; * Emerald : Mount Burgess, Kicking Horse River, ski touring at Sunshine and Mount Temple areas, Mount Norquay ski area, landscape views and people, Peyto Lake, Emerald Lake, Banff-Jasper Highway - [ca.1960]; * Yoho area, Stanley Mitchell Hut, climber, snowman, climbing Mount Cory, Banff views - 1961; * Bow Lake - 1962; * Mount Temple, Banff area - 1963; * GL recce : Glacier Lake area reconnaissance views, horses and ski touring - 1964; * Glacier Lake, Alpine Club of Canada camp, botany, glacier climbing - 1965; * Larch Valley, Moraine Lake, Mount Inglismaldie, Dolomite Peak - 1966; * Ski touring, Hole-in-the-Wall, landscape, botany - 1967; * Bow Hut construction, Shadow Lake cabin, children, landscape views - 1968; * Yoho landscape, Stanley Mitchell Hut, children hiking - 1969; * Lake O'Hara area - 1969; * Castleguard Meadows camp, hiking and landscape, Saskatchewan Glacier Hut - 1944-1972; * Glacier Lake camp (summer), hiking, botany, landscape. Includes competition entries by MGH and RG Hind: Class I, II and IV - 1973; * Banff area, hiking and landscape, including Heart Mountain, Emerald Lake - 1974; * Banff Indian Days, Healy Creek - 1975; * Mountain glacier - 1976; * Pilot Mountain area (fall/winter) and ski touring; man - 1977; * Camp (summer), hiking, landscape views - 1978; * Landscape views, man, woman - 1980; * Snow crystals, Yoho map - 1981; * Bow River? view - 1982; * Cathy wedding; woman at Cascade Mountain - 1983; * Banff area, Moraine Lake tourist - 1984; * Man and woman at Castle Mountain - 1987; * Chateau Lake Louise dinner group - 1990

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Calgary Mountain Club fonds

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Part Of: Calgary Mountain Club fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of records pertaining to the Calgary Mountain Club. Fonds includes two volumes of club meeting minutes, 1960-1987; one financial ledger book, 1964-1980; bound volume containing the club's constitution, route descriptions, photographs, and related content from various expeditions; one…

Date Range: 1960-1987

Reference Code: M338; V821

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Organization record; Print; Photograph; Published record; Textual record

Part Of: Calgary Mountain Club fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M338; V821

Sous-Fonds: M338; V821

Accession Number: 6772; 2023.64

Reference Code: M338; V821

GMD: Organization record; Print; Photograph; Published record; Textual record

Responsibility: Materials produced by CMC

Date Range: 1960-1987

Physical Description: 7 bound volumes -- two mounted b&w prints : 28 x 35 cm -- 3 cm textual records

History / Biographical: The Calgary Mountain Club (CMC) is Calgary's oldest mountaineering organization that is dedicated specifically to the furtherance of hard climbing objectives on significant peaks. These peaks are predominantly in the Canadian Rockies, but in many cases extend to significant mountain ranges throughout North America and Europe. The CMC was founded in 1960 and is still an active club as of 2023. Chic Scott's publication, "History of the Calgary Mountain Club" (1988) provides a detailed summary of the club's early history.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of records pertaining to the Calgary Mountain Club. Fonds includes two volumes of club meeting minutes, 1960-1987; one financial ledger book, 1964-1980; bound volume containing the club's constitution, route descriptions, photographs, and related content from various expeditions; one copy of Chic Scott's publication, "History of the Calgary Mountain Club" (1988); registers for Archie Simpson Hut (1972-1974) and Castle Mountain Hut (1967-1984); two mounted black & white prints depicting the Graham Cooper Hut and Black Rock Needle; memorial booklet for Archie Simpson; and one folder of loose textual records including correspondence, pamphlets, administrative documents, and related materials.

Name Access: Calgary Mountain Club

Subject Access: Calgary Mountain Club; Climbing; Club; Mountaineering; Hiking; Exploration; Organizations; Recreation; Sports

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Calgary; Canadian Rocky Mountains

Language: English

Related Material: Chic Scott fonds: Calgary Mountain Club series (M57 / XII and V40 / XII)

Category: Exploration and travel; Sports, recreation and leisure

Biographical Source Notes: Information provided by Ken Wiens

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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Canadian Rockies Photograph Album

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Part Of: Lawrence Grassi fonds

Scope & Content: File pertains to a photo album that Includes an assortment of views of the Canadian Rockies; mainly duplicates of those images in Series I. Landscape Photographs. Item-level inventory available.

Date Range: [ca. 1930-1970]

Reference Code: V240 / II / A / PD - 624

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Album; Photograph

6 images

Part Of: Lawrence Grassi fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M45 / V240

Series: II.A. Landscape photographs

Sous-Fonds: V240

Accession Number: 3159

Reference Code: V240 / II / A / PD - 624

GMD: Album; Photograph

Date Range: [ca. 1930-1970]

Physical Description: 1 photograph album (180 prints)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: File pertains to a photo album that Includes an assortment of views of the Canadian Rockies; mainly duplicates of those images in Series I. Landscape Photographs. Item-level inventory available.

Name Access: Grassi, Lawrence

Subject Access: Activities; Alpine Club of Canada; Animals; Cabins and shelters; Camps; Environment and Nature; Exploration; Family and personal life; Grassi Lakes; Home; Kananaskis Country; Lake O'Hara region; Mountains; Parks; Provincial parks and reserves; Scenery; Trails; Trail making; Travel

Geographic Access: Canmore; Lake Louise; Lake O'Hara; Banff; Banff National Park; Yoho National Park; Kananaskis; Alberta; British Columbia; Canada

Language: English

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Club photographs

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Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Scope & Content: Includes photographs of ACC property at Mount Assiniboine (accompanied by 2 maps - AC 018P); clubhouse view; move of library to Vancouver Public Library; Board meeting; closing party at the old clubhouse (AC 421P / 09-37); office staff.

Date Range: 1953-1983

Reference Code: V14 / AC 018P / 1-7; V14 / AC 041P / 1; V14 / AC 345P / 1-3; V14 / AC 363P / 1; V14 / AC 421P / 09-37; V14 / AC 421P / 52-53

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Print

5 images

Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M200 / S6 / V14

Series: I.A.2.i. Administration: photography and photographs

Sous-Fonds: V14

Accession Number: 5200

Reference Code: V14 / AC 018P / 1-7; V14 / AC 041P / 1; V14 / AC 345P / 1-3; V14 / AC 363P / 1; V14 / AC 421P / 09-37; V14 / AC 421P / 52-53

GMD: Photograph; Photograph print; Print

Date Range: 1953-1983

Physical Description: ca.44 photographs : prints

Scope & Content: Includes photographs of ACC property at Mount Assiniboine (accompanied by 2 maps - AC 018P); clubhouse view; move of library to Vancouver Public Library; Board meeting; closing party at the old clubhouse (AC 421P / 09-37); office staff.