Guides and Outfitters of the Canadian Rockies
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- Part Of
- Kreg Sky fonds
- Scope & Content
- S29 / 1-28 Title: Guides and Outfitters of the Canadian Rockies Name: Turnor, Madeline A. Interviewer: Kreg O. Sky Date: Dec. 17, 1983 Place: Invermere Phys. Description: Scotch 208, 5 inch reel Side 1: Family home stead in Columbia Valley in 1911. First pack trip, 1916, with A. McCarthy. Alp…
- Date Range
- 1983
- Reference Code
- S29 / 1-28
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Kreg Sky fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Series
- Kreg O. Sky Sound Recording Collection
- Reference Code
- S29 / 1-28
- Date Range
- 1983
- Physical Description
- Scotch 208, 5 inch reel
- Scope & Content
- S29 / 1-28 Title: Guides and Outfitters of the Canadian Rockies Name: Turnor, Madeline A. Interviewer: Kreg O. Sky Date: Dec. 17, 1983 Place: Invermere Phys. Description: Scotch 208, 5 inch reel Side 1: Family home stead in Columbia Valley in 1911. First pack trip, 1916, with A. McCarthy. Alpine Club camps. Hunting in Assiniboine, 1919. Gibbon party photo in Diamond Hitch while working for Walter Nixon, 1923. Background on Nixon’s outfit. C.P.R. Bungalows (Windermere), day trips and duties. Worked for Staples’ dude ranch at Premier Lake (1927) for 30 years; (S-Half Diamond). Train load of wealthy American girls. Trips: Whiteswan Lake, Sheep (Lussier) Creek, Top of the World. Shorter rides for junior girls. Various camps noted. Hunting trips started after Depression: some guides and hunting areas mentioned. Purcell trips: Lake of the Hanging Glacier. Byron Harmon. Conrad Kain taught her how to pack. Side 2: Trail riders of the Canadian Rockies in Yoho, 1923. Walter Nixon. Trails: above Invermere, Lake of Hanging Glacier, Toby Creeks. Local outfitters: Tegfart’s McKay’s, Pete Lum, Bert Lowe, Dave Nixon. Other duties at Premier Lake. Dr. and Mrs. Stone’s climbing accident on Mt. Eon. Mr and Mrs Best. Other people. Some comparisons to modern day activities.
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