Guides and Outfitters of the Canadian Rockies
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- Part Of
- Kreg Sky fonds
- Scope & Content
- S29 / 1-8 Title: Guides and Outfitters of the Canadian Rockies Name: Duke, Cliff Interviewer: Kreg O. Sky Date: Nov. 26, 1983 Place: Gordondale Phys. Description: Scotch 208, 5 inch reel Side 1: Came West for harvesting in 1923. Timekeeping for Fred Brewster operation in Jasper , 1923 to 192…
- Date Range
- 1983
- Reference Code
- S29 / 1-8
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Kreg Sky fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Series
- Kreg O. Sky Sound Recording Collection
- Reference Code
- S29 / 1-8
- Date Range
- 1983
- Physical Description
- Scotch 208, 5 inch reel
- Scope & Content
- S29 / 1-8 Title: Guides and Outfitters of the Canadian Rockies Name: Duke, Cliff Interviewer: Kreg O. Sky Date: Nov. 26, 1983 Place: Gordondale Phys. Description: Scotch 208, 5 inch reel Side 1: Came West for harvesting in 1923. Timekeeping for Fred Brewster operation in Jasper , 1923 to 1927. Operated dairy in Jasper, 1927-28. Homesteading near Beaver-Lodge, 1929-40. Monkman Pass (highway) work. Fred Brewster’s operation: building Jasper golf course with 25 teams of horses, relocating C.N.R. round house, tourist chalets and tours, ‘Pocahontas’ (Miette) hot springs. Daily charges for hunting and dude trips. George and Jack Brewster. The neighbors. Otto Brothers. Jack Hargreaves. First Jasper Winter Carnival (1924): setting ski trail with Pete Withers, ski race, costume contest. Railroad surveys in Monkman Pass area. Kelly Sunderman. Monkman Pass Highway trail work. Side 2: Henry Hobic (sp) trapped. Alex Monkman, early trader, and origin of pass name. Monkman expedition: organization, work, logistics, route description. Trapping area. Packing for Gulf Oil surveys, late 1940’s. Onion Lake fossils. Gas seep. Volcano (sinkhole?) near Jarvis Lakes. Description of Kakwa Lake area. Some cold sulphur springs. 1932 prospecting trip. Side 3: Carl Brooks died in plane crash at Kakwa Lake in 1945. Tom Wilde. Met Hersh Neighbor during his pack move 91954) from Tete Jaune Cache.
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