Fonds consists of notes, correspondence and articles pertaining to the Astley family and early history of Lake Louise and Lake Minnewanka areas. Fonds includes correspondence between Willoughby Astley and J. A. Jaffary of the Provincial Library, Alberta, 1928-1929, re place names in the Lake Louise…
Willoughby John Astley, 1859-1948, came to Banff in 1888 and built the Beach House Hotel at Lake Minnewanka. He moved to Lake Louise in 1889. Brother, Charles D'Oyley Astley, 1849-1937, and Lucy Ann Astley continued to operate the hotel until 1907 when they retired to Banff. The hotel was destroyed as part of power development at Lake Minnewanka, ca.1912.
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Fonds consists of notes, correspondence and articles pertaining to the Astley family and early history of Lake Louise and Lake Minnewanka areas. Fonds includes correspondence between Willoughby Astley and J. A. Jaffary of the Provincial Library, Alberta, 1928-1929, re place names in the Lake Louise area; scrapbook of clippings re World War I, including a list of Banff men who enlisted; Beach House Hotel guest register, 1890-1906, recording name and residence of guest, and occasionally record of fish caught; Astley family photographs, ca.1886-1930s. Photographs pertain to fishing and boating on Lake Minnewanka; Beach House Hotel and Lady of the Lake steam launch; Devil's Canyon, Bankhead and Banff; views of avalanche clearing in Roger's Pass by Byron Harmon. Includes one panorama view of group at Lake Minnewanka.
File consists of 1 cm of textual records, 28 x 21.5 cm. File pertains to maps related to the ski areas utilized by Helicopter Skiing Canada in Cariboo Monashee Country, created by Murray Hay. File includes reproductions of the maps in an individual promotional map with information on the back and a…
File consists of 1 cm of textual records, 28 x 21.5 cm. File pertains to maps related to the ski areas utilized by Helicopter Skiing Canada in Cariboo Monashee Country, created by Murray Hay. File includes reproductions of the maps in an individual promotional map with information on the back and a bound brochure (which also includes the map) promoting helicopter skiing.
Notes
Dates are approximate based on the ages of the daughter of Mike Wiegele (owner of Cariboo Monashee Helicopter Skiing Canada), who was born in 1970 and is aged 8 in the photographs included in the booklet.
File consists of 1.5 cm of textual records, 35 x 35 cm or smaller. File pertains to travel and tourism materials related to the Kananaskis-Canmore area. File includes four published Murray Hay trail maps of ski hills in Kananaskis (Nakiska, Fortress, Mount Allan) and a travel brochure relating to t…
File consists of 1.5 cm of textual records, 35 x 35 cm or smaller. File pertains to travel and tourism materials related to the Kananaskis-Canmore area. File includes four published Murray Hay trail maps of ski hills in Kananaskis (Nakiska, Fortress, Mount Allan) and a travel brochure relating to the Kananaskis and Canmore area. The Mount Allan maps include recreational ski runs and Olympic ski runs.
File consists of 0.5 cm of textual records, 60.5 x 48.5 cm. File pertains to a trail map of the Lake O'Hara area created by Murray Hay. File consists of one published poster depicting a reproduced map of the trails at Lake O'Hara in Yoho National Park (British Columbia).
File consists of 0.5 cm of textual records, 60.5 x 48.5 cm. File pertains to a trail map of the Lake O'Hara area created by Murray Hay. File consists of one published poster depicting a reproduced map of the trails at Lake O'Hara in Yoho National Park (British Columbia).
File consists of 2.5 cm of textual records, 90 x 60 cm or smaller. File includes reproduced maps originally created by Murray Hay that depict the Panorama ski area in British Columbia, Canada:
M570 / III / A / iii / 1 : Includes brochures and booklets for the Panorama Ski Resort.
M570 / III / A /…
File consists of 2.5 cm of textual records, 90 x 60 cm or smaller. File includes reproduced maps originally created by Murray Hay that depict the Panorama ski area in British Columbia, Canada:
M570 / III / A / iii / 1 : Includes brochures and booklets for the Panorama Ski Resort.
M570 / III / A / iii / 2 : Poster of the Panorama Heli-Skiing area.
Notes
M570 / III / A / iii / 2 is oversize.
Items do not include dates. The approximate date range was chosen based on the history of the development of heli-skiing in Panorama (https://www.rkheliski.com/galleries/rk-heliski-history) and the history of the Panorama Ski Resort (it was purchased by Intrawest in 1993, https://www.panoramaresort.com/planning/history-of-panorama/).