Guides and Outfitters of the Canadian Rockies
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- Part Of
- Kreg Sky fonds
- Scope & Content
- S29 / 1-12 Title: Guides and Outfitters of the Canadian Rockies Name: Legace, Alpha (Ray) Interviewer: Kreg O. Sky Date: Nov. 20, 1983 Place: Richmond Phys. Description: Scotch 208, 5 inch reel Side 1: Ray’s first tear in Banff was 1917 and later worked for Pat Brewster. English party used co…
- Date Range
- 1983
- Reference Code
- S29 / 1-12
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Kreg Sky fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Series
- Kreg O. Sky Sound Recording Collection
- Reference Code
- S29 / 1-12
- Date Range
- 1983
- Physical Description
- Scotch 208, 5 inch reel
- Scope & Content
- S29 / 1-12 Title: Guides and Outfitters of the Canadian Rockies Name: Legace, Alpha (Ray) Interviewer: Kreg O. Sky Date: Nov. 20, 1983 Place: Richmond Phys. Description: Scotch 208, 5 inch reel Side 1: Ray’s first tear in Banff was 1917 and later worked for Pat Brewster. English party used collapsible bathtub on trip. Repeat American parties. Worked with Percy Bennett, Red Cathcart, Chet Hogan, Temple, Scottie Wright, Wattie Potts. Areas hunted. Some hunting clients. Ray started on his own in 1930. Poor business during WWII. Worked summers at Lake Louise after 1940. Dr. Weibrecht (sp?) made filming trips. Peabody Museum collecting expedition at Skoki, 1951. Calgary Herald article: sleeping with a bear. Flour snow tale. Legace’s ran Skoki Lodge from 1950-63. Side 2: History of lodge management. Packed for Alpine Club, Seattle Mountaineers in Lake Louise area in 40’s and 50’s. J. Munroe Thorington made repeat trips. Rockefellers. 1929 climbing trip with Col. Amery detailed in book. Van Heek book. Some business details and factors. Dale Carnegie. Surviving the depression. Old outfitters from Banff: Pat Brewster, George Harrison, Jack Thomas, Jimmy Simpson. Elmer Jamieson. Alpha’s arrival in Banff, 1929. Sir Norman Watson. Managing Post Hotel. Ray Legacy born in 1895 (Hatzic Prairie, B.C.)
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