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Mather family fonds

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Part Of: Mather family fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of three series: I. Mather family; II. Bow River Boat House Ltd.; III. Other material. I. Mather family, 1895-1945, 2.5 cm of textual records, ca.900 photographs (negatives, prints), 3 photograph albums (486 prints), 4 cartographic records. Textual records consist of marriage and b…

Date Range: 1895-1953

Reference Code: M87 / V397

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Textual record; Corporate record; Map; Private record; Published record

Part Of: Mather family fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 87; V 397

Sous-Fonds: M 87; V 397

Accession Number: 309, 594, 1788, 2153, 2788, 3121, 3264

Reference Code: M87 / V397

GMD: Photograph; Album; Negative; Photograph print; Textual record; Corporate record; Map; Private record; Published record

Date Range: 1895-1953

Physical Description: 13 cm of textual records. -- ca.900 photographs : negatives, prints. -- 3 photograph albums (486 prints)

History / Biographical: The Mather family were boat house operators at Banff, Alberta, Canada. William Mather, 1868-1927, emigrated to Ontario from Scotland in 1880 and came west ca.1888 to work for the Eau Claire Lumber Company on the Spray River near Banff. He worked for Raymond M. Rooper's boat house business on the Bow River and, in 1899, purchased the business. The Mather business included steamer tours in the summer and also involved winter sports on the Bow River. William Mather and Margaret McRavey Mather had four children, Jennie, Leslie, Allan and Hazel. With William Mather's death in 1927, the family incorporated its interests as the Bow River Boat House Limited, with Allan Mather as manager. The operation expanded to Lake Minnewanka in 1939. After Allan Mather's death in 1951, the business was sold to Ed Mader

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of three series: I. Mather family; II. Bow River Boat House Ltd.; III. Other material.; I. Mather family, 1895-1945, 2.5 cm of textual records, ca.900 photographs (negatives, prints), 3 photograph albums (486 prints), 4 cartographic records. Textual records consist of marriage and birth certificates, 1896-1900; boathouse and property records, 1895-1917; estate papers, 1928-1943; agreements, 1929, 1931; and, stock certificates, 1929-1945. Photographs consist of: Mather family negatives, [before ca.1945?]; Jennie Mather photographs, [ca.1910-ca.1930]; Leslie Mather photographs, ca.1910-ca.1940; Other photographs, ca.1910-ca.1930. Photographs pertain to Mather family, activities, friends; Mather home and properties; boats and boating on Lake Minnewanka and the Bow River; winter sports, including skating, hockey and skiing; hiking, floods, Banff area mountain views and Rocky Mountain scenic views; II. Bow River Boat House Ltd., 1929-1951, 7.5 cm of textual records. Series consists of agreements and certificates, 1938-1950; correspondence re Minnewanka bungalow camp, 1941-1942; financial statements, 1937-1951. Maps show locations of Mather and Bow River Boat House Ltd. leaseholds.; III. Other material, [192-]-1953, 3 cm of textual records.

Name Access: Mather, Allan; Mather, Jennie; Mather, Leslie; Mather, William

Subject Access: Bow River Boat House; Family and personal life; Minnewanka, Lake; Sports, recreation and leisure

Access Restrictions: No restrictions on access; Photographs are in the public domain (other restrictions may apply); Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline; series and file description; electronic finding aid

Creator: Mather, William; Mather, Allan

Category: Family and personal life; Sports, recreation and leisure

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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Other Huts [Registers]

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Part Of: Alpine Club of Canada fonds

Scope & Content: Sub-series of hut registers from various Huts, including the Boswell Cabin, Castle Mountain Bivouac Shelter/Hut, Graham Cooper Hut, Lawrence Grassi Hut, Lloyd Mackay Hut, Memorial Hut, R C (Bob) Hind Hut, the Sapphire Col Bivouac Hut, and the Woodbury Cabin. These registers were produced by the Alp…

Date Range: 1930-1979; 1981-1998; 2000-2022

Reference Code: M200 / IV / U

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 / U: Other Huts [Registers]

Accession Number: accn. 2014.8315; accn. 2023.20; accn. 2014.8347; accn. 2023.10; accn. 2023.41; accn. 2376; accn. 6376; accn. 2018.9010; accn. 3160; accn. 5463; accn. 2023.32; accn. 2023.15; accn. 2024.20

Reference Code: M200 / IV / U

GMD: Textual record; Organization record

Responsibility: Registers produced by Alpine Club of Canada

Date Range: 1930-1979; 1981-1998; 2000-2022

Physical Description: 35 cm of textual records 16 volumes

History / Biographical: According to the Alpine Club of Canada: Woodbury Cabin: The Woodbury Cabin was built over the summers of 1983 and 1984 at the site on which an old mining cabin once existed. The hut was also built to draw park users into the less crowded areas by providing a base for their recreational activities. Sapphire Col Bivouac Hut: The Sapphire Col Bivouac is a basic mountaineering shelter in the Asulkan Ridge. The hut is located in Glacier National Park. R. C. Hind Hut: The hut is named after Robert (Bob) Hind, a lifelong, active member of the ACC. The hut was built by the ACC for BC Parks in 1971. The hut is maintained and booked through Assiniboine Lodge. Robin Cyril (Bob) Hind, 1911-2000, was an electrical engineer and mountaineer at Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He was a Life Member of ACC, joining in 1933, and attended over 30 ACC camps. Hind received the Silver Rope Award in 1935, was recipient of Centennial Medal, and served the ACC in offices of President, Vice-President and Chairman of Hut Committee. Bob Hind climbed most of the peaks in Rockies and Selkirks, including some first ascents. He also climbed in Wales and the Alps. Hind was a member of the American Alpine Club and The Alpine Club, London. Lloyd Mackay Hut: The hut is located on Mt. Alberta and is a basic mountaineering shelter. The hut was renovated just before the 75th Anniversary of the first ascent of Mount Alberta. The hut sleeps 6 people. Lawrence Grassi Hut: Named after legendary mountain guide and coal miner, Lawrence Grassi. When he retired from the coal mines, Grassi became the assistant warden at Lake O’Hara in Yoho National Park, and he built various trails throughout the Park. Mount Lawrence Grassi, near Canmore, and Grassi Lakes, along with this hut, are named after him. Graham Cooper Hut: The hut was located between Mt. Little and Mt. Bowlen in the Valley of the Ten Peaks, along the Alberta and British Columbia border. The hut was named after Graham Cooper, who was a member of the team that built the hut, who had passed just after the hut was built. In 1983, this hut was replaced by the Neil Colgan Hut. Castle Mountain Hut: Is located in Banff National Park, on the Goat Plateau of Castle Mountain. It is a basic mountaineering shelter. It serves as a base for those climbing Brewer’s Buttress, Bass Buttress, and Eisenhower Tower. The hut is closed during the winter months. Boswell Cabin: The Pat Boswell (Toronto Section) Cabin is located at the Canmore Clubhouse site, and is named after Pat Boswell, a long-time Club member and Club Manager of the ACC. The cabin was designed to accommodate families and small groups, it includes a partition wall and sleeps up to 6 people. The Memorial Hut: The original Memorial Hut was built in 1930 for the War Veterans, the building was made of stone in an unstable area near Penstock Creek. The second Memorial Hut was built in the Outpost Lake area in 1947 and was named after Cyril Wates, who joined the ACC in 1916 and was a prominent mountaineer and ACC member, including Club President from 1938 to 1941. This Hut, however, was built too close to the lake, as per Parks regulations. The third version of the Memorial Hut was built in 1962 and opened in 1963 at the ACC Camp in the Valley. It was named in honour of the late President Rex Gibson, as well as Cyril Wates, known as the Wates-Gibson Memorial Hut. The Jacques Lake Cabin is the ACC's newest backcountry hut, located in Jasper National Park, AB. It was originally a Jasper Park patrol cabin, and it is only open during the winter months.

Scope & Content: Sub-series of hut registers from various Huts, including the Boswell Cabin, Castle Mountain Bivouac Shelter/Hut, Graham Cooper Hut, Lawrence Grassi Hut, Lloyd Mackay Hut, Memorial Hut, R C (Bob) Hind Hut, the Sapphire Col Bivouac Hut, and the Woodbury Cabin. These registers were produced by the Alpine Club of Canada between 1930 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 includes:; M200 / IV / U / 1: Boswell Cabin Hut Register [2007 - 2010]; M200 / IV / U / 2: Boswell Cabin Registry [2007 - 2013]; M200 / IV / U / 3: Boswell Cabin Registry [2010-2016]; M200 / IV / U / 4: Castle Mountain Bivouac Shelter Register Mar. 19, 1985 - Oct. 4, 1995; M200 / IV / U / 5: [Castle Mountain Hut 2000 - 2012]; M200 / IV / U / 6: Graham Cooper Hut [1965-73]; M200 / IV / U / 7: “Hut Register Lawrence Grassi Hut” August 4, 1981 – August 1, 1998; M200 / IV / U / 8: LLOYD MACKAY HUT [1984-1989]; M200 / IV / U / 9: Alpine Club of Canada Memorial Hut Register 1930 – 1965; M200 / IV / U / 10: R C Hind Hut [register 1971-1979]; M200 / IV / U / 11: Sapphire Col Bivouac Hut [1965-1976]; M200 / IV / U / 12: [Unidentified Register 2013 – 2017]; M200 / IV / U / 13: [Unidentified Hut Register 2013?]; M200 / IV / U / 14: [Woodbury Cabin 2015-2018]; M200 / IV / U / 15: Boswell Cabin Hut Register [2014-2020]; M200 / IV / U / 16: [Jacques Lake Hut Register 2019-2022]

Notes: The Memorial Hut has changed locations and titles since it was originally built in 1930. Today, the Hut is known as the Wates-Gibson Memorial Hut. For other Wates-Gibson Hut Registers, see M200 / IV / C: Wates-Gibson Hut Registers.

Name Access: Alpine Club of Canada

Subject Access: Huts; Cabins; Cabins and shelters; Alberta; Alpine Club of Canada; Alpine Club House; Backcountry skiing; Backpacking; Banff National Park; British Columbia; Buildings; Buildings and facilities; Buildings and memorials; Camping; Camps; Castle Mountain; Climbing; Construction; Environment; Environment and Nature; Grassi Lakes; Guides; Log structures; Memorial; Mountain; Mountain guides; Mountaineering; Mountains; Mountaineers; National parks and reserves; Parks Canada; Provincial parks and reserves; Ski mountaineering; Skiing; War Memorial; Winter sports

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; British Columbia; Banff National Park; Asulkan Ridge; Glacier National Park; Assiniboine; Mount Alberta; Canmore, AB; Grassi Lake; Valley of the Ten Peaks; Tonquin Valley

Access Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Contains personal information

Language: English; French; German; Spanish

Related Material: M200 / IV / C: Wates-Gibson Hut Registers

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

Biographical Source Notes: Alpine Club of Canada website: https://www.alpineclubofcanada.ca/huts/ https://www.alpineclubofcanada.ca/sapphire-col-hut/ https://www.alpineclubofcanada.ca/castle-mountain-hut/ https://www.alpineclubofcanada.ca/neil-colgan-hut/ https://www.alpineclubofcanada.ca/woodbury-cabin/ https://www.alpineclubofcanada.ca/wates-gibson-hut/ https://www.alpineclubofcanada.ca/jacques-lake-cabin/ Alpine Club of Canada Backcountry Huts: Clubhouse Info Sheet: https://www.alpineclubofcanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Clubhouse_Directions-1.pdf Alpine Club of Canada Backcountry Huts: Woodbury Cabin Info Sheet: https://www.alpineclubofcanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/WoodburyCabin-InfoSheet.pdf Informal interview with Chic Scott, Intellectual Property of Chic Scott.

Title Source: Title based on contents of sub-series

Processing Status: Processed

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Rodney Touche fonds

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Part Of: Rodney Touche fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of manuscripts, ca.1976, "Naming Lake Louise" and untitled re skiing and ski development at Lake Louise, Skoki and Whitehorn. The latter describes history of Ski Club of the Canadian Rockies, ski lifts and the Village Lake Louise proposal. Third item is Beach House Hotel register, 1…

Date Range: 1887-1892, [ca.1976]

Reference Code: M377

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Textual record; Corporate record; Private record

Part Of: Rodney Touche fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 377

Sous-Fonds: M 377

Accession Number: 2647

Reference Code: M377

GMD: Textual record; Corporate record; Private record

Date Range: 1887-1892, [ca.1976]

Physical Description: 3 textual records

History / Biographical: Rodney Touche was a businessman and ski developer at Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of manuscripts, ca.1976, "Naming Lake Louise" and untitled re skiing and ski development at Lake Louise, Skoki and Whitehorn. The latter describes history of Ski Club of the Canadian Rockies, ski lifts and the Village Lake Louise proposal. Third item is Beach House Hotel register, 1887-1892, Lake Minnewanka. Includes name, residence and frequently number and size of fish caught.