Diary pertains to a ski trip from Jasper to Banff, January 15 to January 30, 1930, by Jasper skiers Frank Burstrum, Vern Jeffrey, A. L. Withers, Doug Jeffrey and Joe Weiss. Warden search team was Ulysse LaCasse and Walter Childe
II.B. Personal / professional series : Other material
Accession Number
5747
Reference Code
M90 / 10
Responsibility
Attributed by donor to Vern Jeffrey
Date Range
Photocopy made in 1990
Physical Description
.5 cm of textual records (5 p.)
Scope & Content
Diary pertains to a ski trip from Jasper to Banff, January 15 to January 30, 1930, by Jasper skiers Frank Burstrum, Vern Jeffrey, A. L. Withers, Doug Jeffrey and Joe Weiss. Warden search team was Ulysse LaCasse and Walter Childe
File consists of a scrapbook of photographs of warden activities, including wolf management; group warden portraits; Castle Mountain area; Joe Smith of Silver City; burled trees; LaCasse family members, including grandchildren; and Ulysses LaCasse, ca.1937-1960. Also includes memos sent between Ul…
File consists of a scrapbook of photographs of warden activities, including wolf management; group warden portraits; Castle Mountain area; Joe Smith of Silver City; burled trees; LaCasse family members, including grandchildren; and Ulysses LaCasse, ca.1937-1960. Also includes memos sent between Ulysses LaCasse and K.B. Mitchell, Chief Park Warden and photographs taken by Nicholas Morant.
File consists of a scrapbook of photographs (ca.1910-1927) pertaining to: warden and guiding activities, including camps; cabins, Silver City, Sunshine area, Wilson Ranch in Kootenay Plains, construction at Healey Creek; personal photographs of the Canadian Siberian Expedition; Banff activities, in…
File consists of a scrapbook of photographs (ca.1910-1927) pertaining to: warden and guiding activities, including camps; cabins, Silver City, Sunshine area, Wilson Ranch in Kootenay Plains, construction at Healey Creek; personal photographs of the Canadian Siberian Expedition; Banff activities, including Armistice Day celebration, Bretton Hall fire, ice harvesting; and Ila LaCasse skiing career; ca.1910-1927.
Also includes textual records consist of newspaper clippings; Brewster Trading Co. calendar, 1909; and panoramic view of Vladivostock composed of 6 postcards
Scrapbook consists of warden correspondence, 1929-1949, pertaining to administration; supplies and uniforms; wildlife management; wardens supplying elk antlers for cutlery and animals for zoos; land use; quartz mining at Eldon; law enforcement. Also includes genealogy notes and research; newspaper…
Scrapbook consists of warden correspondence, 1929-1949, pertaining to administration; supplies and uniforms; wildlife management; wardens supplying elk antlers for cutlery and animals for zoos; land use; quartz mining at Eldon; law enforcement. Also includes genealogy notes and research; newspaper clippings pertaining to Second World War, supply boats, Eskimo and Beaver; First World War certificate of thanks; and photographs pertaining to camp at Mount Assiniboine
Fonds consists of two series: I. Professional series, ca.1910-1949; II. Professional / personal life series, ca.1896-ca.1967. Professional series contains volumes of textual records, photograph albums and photographs in two sub-series: A. Warden and civil service papers and photographs, and B. Gui…
ca.15 cm of textual records. -- 4 photograph albums (ca.360 prints). -- ca.70 photographs : prints, copy negatives, negatives, tintype
History / Biographical
Ulysses LaCasse (or Ulysse; or La Casse), 1888-1972, was a trail guide and national park warden at Lake Louise and Banff, Alberta, Canada. LaCasse came to Banff in 1908 and worked in various cooking jobs including trail cook for surveys and trail outfits. He guided Caroline Hinman's trail riding groups before joining the Canadian Army in Europe and Siberia. LaCasse accompanied Byron Harmon, Soapy Smith and Louis Freeman on their five hundred mile expedition through the Canadian Rockies, 1924. LaCasse was a long-time warden in the Castle Mountain and Lake Louise districts
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of two series: I. Professional series, ca.1910-1949; II. Professional / personal life series, ca.1896-ca.1967. Professional series contains volumes of textual records, photograph albums and photographs in two sub-series: A. Warden and civil service papers and photographs, and B. Guiding and outfitting papers and photographs. Professional / personal life series contains volumes of textual records, as well as photographs, in two sub-series: A. Scrapbooks, and B. Other material.
Textual records consist of warden journals, 1934-1949, and scrapbooks, 1911-1961. Journals record weather conditions, wildlife observations, enforcement, construction and maintenance duties, etc. around Castle Mountain and Lake Louise. Scrapbooks contain correspondence and memoranda, 1929-1948, from LaCasse's civil service career. Textual records also include diary of Mavis Benedict, 1917, kept during Caroline Hinman pack trips; copy of a ski trip diary; and biographical notes on LaCasse, ca.1950. Photograph albums pertain to a Caroline Hinman trip in the Mount Assiniboine area, 1917; Columbia Icefield expedition, 1924; and horse trips in the Canadian Rockies, ca.1925.
File pertains to road and bridge construction, fish stocking, firefighting equipment, wardens and warden cabins, elk at buffalo paddock, Panther Falls and Rockbound Lake areas
I.A. Professional series : Warden and civil service
Accession Number
139, 1219, 2659
Reference Code
V340 / 1 to 13 (LC)
Date Range
[ca.1925]-1937
Physical Description
13 photographs : copy negatives
Scope & Content
File pertains to road and bridge construction, fish stocking, firefighting equipment, wardens and warden cabins, elk at buffalo paddock, Panther Falls and Rockbound Lake areas
Photographs pertain to Banff, Mount Assiniboine, Baker Lake and Kicking Horse River areas; Jimmy Simpson cabin at Bow Lake; McAleenan party trip near Simpson Pass, 1917; and Caroline Hinman party trip, ca.1920. Scrapbook pertains to horse trips in Mount Assiniboine and Bow Lake areas, ca.1925,
Photographs pertain to Banff, Mount Assiniboine, Baker Lake and Kicking Horse River areas; Jimmy Simpson cabin at Bow Lake; McAleenan party trip near Simpson Pass, 1917; and Caroline Hinman party trip, ca.1920. Scrapbook pertains to horse trips in Mount Assiniboine and Bow Lake areas, ca.1925,