General colours: brown, green, purple and red. Central image is a log cabin coming out from left side. The front door is framed on either side by colourful hanging clothes and Aivo chairs, one on each side. In the background to the right is another cabin. Behind and above are trees, a patch of grey…
General colours: brown, green, purple and red. Central image is a log cabin coming out from left side. The front door is framed on either side by colourful hanging clothes and Aivo chairs, one on each side. In the background to the right is another cabin. Behind and above are trees, a patch of grey sky in the upper right corner and a purple mountain face in the upper left.The painting was originally given by the artist, to Syd Graves (who managed Lake O’Hara for many years). It was then given to Bill Brewster, who gave it to Rita Crick, who gave it to the Peter Whyte Gallery.
General colour: lower half - green, upper half - blues, purples. A lake fills lower half of canvas. There's a cluster of trees in the lower left corner.Half way up is the far shore of trees rising to mountains. The center of the canvas leads to distant mountain and sky. In the lower right corner ar…
General colour: lower half - green, upper half - blues, purples. A lake fills lower half of canvas. There's a cluster of trees in the lower left corner.Half way up is the far shore of trees rising to mountains. The center of the canvas leads to distant mountain and sky. In the lower right corner are three rocks.
Colour: purple, turquoise, yellow. At the lower edge is a dark turquoise lake. The far shore goes from purple to green trees to grey to purple to yellow to brown mountain.
Colour: purple, turquoise, yellow. At the lower edge is a dark turquoise lake. The far shore goes from purple to green trees to grey to purple to yellow to brown mountain.
A woodblock print of Lake O’Hara from an elevated perspective. The shapes of the landscape are quite simple and almost geometric. In the bottom corners there are tan and green boulders outlined in dark blue. A spiney blue tree grows out of the boulders in the bottom left corner. The sloping sid…
A woodblock print of Lake O’Hara from an elevated perspective. The shapes of the landscape are quite simple and almost geometric. In the bottom corners there are tan and green boulders outlined in dark blue. A spiney blue tree grows out of the boulders in the bottom left corner. The sloping sides of the mountains in the centre are a patchwork of colours - yellow, green, orange and blue. The blue and orange side of a mountain is on the right hand side of the print.
Image of the shore of Lake O'Hara with cabins and cloud-covered mountains in the distance - "Pete look for yourself in this picture!" written on the back in pencil
Image of the shore of Lake O'Hara with cabins and cloud-covered mountains in the distance - "Pete look for yourself in this picture!" written on the back in pencil
Fonds includes: guest registers for 1926-1934, 1946-1956 and 1958-1964; piece of letterhead, ca.1958; file of copies of correspondence, plans, legal documents and reports, 1921-1973, pertaining to Lake O'Hara, development of the area by the Canadian Pacific Railway and as part of a national park, a…
1.5 cm and 3 v. of textual records -- ca.80 photographs : prints
History / Biographical
Lake O'Hara Lodge was erected by the Canadian Pacific Railway on the shore of Lake O'Hara, Yoho National Park, during the winter of 1925-1926. The following winter, cabins from the CPR camp in a nearby alpine meadow were moved to the lodge site. The lodge catered to hikers and climbers and was managed for over thirty years by Sylvia "Syd" Graves. In 1954, the CPR sold the lodge to Claude Brewster and Austin H. Ford of Brewster-Ford Mountain Lodges. Ford assumed sole ownership in 1958 and sold the lodge in 1975. Since 1976, Lake O'Hara Lodge has been operated by the Laub family of Banff. Currently, other partners include Tim and Leslee Wake.
Scope & Content
Fonds includes: guest registers for 1926-1934, 1946-1956 and 1958-1964; piece of letterhead, ca.1958; file of copies of correspondence, plans, legal documents and reports, 1921-1973, pertaining to Lake O'Hara, development of the area by the Canadian Pacific Railway and as part of a national park, and Lake O'Hara Trails Club; photographs pertaining to Lake O'Hara Lodge, construction, owners, staff, guests and patron, 1919-1972.
Black and white drypoint etching of Lake O’Hara. O’Hara is visible at the bottom of the print. Coniferous trees surround it. The edge of Opabin Plateau is visible above the lake. The view may be from Sargent’s Point. Mts. Lefroy and Victoria are seen above the lake.
Black and white drypoint etching of Lake O’Hara. O’Hara is visible at the bottom of the print. Coniferous trees surround it. The edge of Opabin Plateau is visible above the lake. The view may be from Sargent’s Point. Mts. Lefroy and Victoria are seen above the lake.