Files consist of summit notes and summit registers from the Alberta Centennial Mountain Expedition 2005 produced by the Alpine Club of Canada between 2005 and 2017. Summit records include entries from visitors to the various summits which pertain to individuals' hiking and climbing trips; details o…
Summit Registers and Notes produced by Alpine Club of Canada
Date Range
2005-2017
Physical Description
25 cm of textual records
12 volumes
History / Biographical
The Alberta Centennial Mountain Expedition 2005 was a way for the Alpine Club of Canada, the Rocky Mountain Ramblers and other climbing groups to celebrate the Centennial of Alberta. These groups climbed various mountains throughout Alberta and placed registers on their peaks for climbers to commemorate their climbs during the centenary period. Various summits were reached including Mount Aylmer, Pigeon Mountain, Mount Niblock and others.
Scope & Content
Files consist of summit notes and summit registers from the Alberta Centennial Mountain Expedition 2005 produced by the Alpine Club of Canada between 2005 and 2017. Summit records include entries from visitors to the various summits which pertain to individuals' hiking and climbing trips; details of specific events which occurred while at the summit, wildlife sightings, trail updates, and related topics.
Files consist of:
M200 / V / A / 14: Mount. Aylmer 2005
M200 / V / A / 15: 2005 Alberta Centennial Mtn. Expedition Summit Register – Pigeon Mtn., Aug 2005 – July 2006
M200 / V / A / 16: Summit Register + Notes – Big Sister, Aug 2005 – Aug 2007 (AB. Centennial Mtn. Expedition 2005 Register)
M200 / V / A / 17: Sentry Mountain Summit Register 2005 - 2017
M200 / V / A / 18: Mount Niles [summit register] [2005-2017]
M200 / V / A / 19: Alberta Centennial Mtn. Expedition, 2005 Summit Register – MT. Niblock, July 2006 – July 2009
M200 / V / A / 20: 2005 AB. Centennial Mtn. Expedition Middle Sister July 2006 – July 2007
M200 / V / A / 21: 2005 AB. Centennial Mountain Expedition, Yamnuska, 2005 – 2006. Summit Register
M200 / V / A / 22: Summit Register – Crowsnest Mtn., July 2005 – July 2007 2005 AB. Centennial Mtn. Expedition
M200 / V / A / 23: Alberta Centennial Mountain Expedition. [Part 1 of 2].
M200 / V / A / 24: Alberta Centennial Mountain Expedition. [Part 2 of 2].
M200 / V / A / 25: [unidentified Alberta Centennial Mountain Expedition Log]
Fonds pertains to 3 photograph prints of members of the St. Elias expedition in the Yukon, a large-format black and white print of a mountain range [possibly including St. Elias], 11 typed letters to Wright from W.E. (Smoke) Blanchard dated January-May 1965 discussing the expedition, 2 typed one-pa…
1 cm of textual records (18 pages ; 21.6 x 27.9 cm) ; 4 photographs : b&w and col. ; 29.2 x 21.8 cm or smaller
History / Biographical
Dr. Gerald Wright (1917-2007) grew up in Brecon, South Wales, and studied medicine in Wales and London, England, throughout the 1940s. He served in the British Army in the Royal Army Medical Corps from 1942-1946 in North Africa and Italy.
In 1951 Wright moved to Lethbridge, Alberta, due to its close proximity to the Canadian Rockies, where he maintained a general practice as a member of the Hunt Clinic. He went on to serve as Chief of Medicine at St. Michael's Hospital and the Lethbridge Municipal Hospital until his retirement in 1988.
Shortly after arriving in Canada he became a member of the Alpine Club of Canada and attended many annual camps, often as camp doctor. He also participated in ACC expeditions to Mount St. Elias (1967, unsuccessful), Mount Alberta (1967, successful as part of the Alberta Team), and Mt. Waddington (1969). He also successfully summited Mt. Robson on his third attempt at the mountain. Wright hiked extensively throughout Nepal, Switzerland, South America, and New Zealand in addtion to the Rockies.
He was also a member of the Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies and was a founding member of the Castle-Crown Wilderness Coalition, where he served on the Board of Directors, helping to plan and lead many annual hiking trips.
Scope & Content
Fonds pertains to 3 photograph prints of members of the St. Elias expedition in the Yukon, a large-format black and white print of a mountain range [possibly including St. Elias], 11 typed letters to Wright from W.E. (Smoke) Blanchard dated January-May 1965 discussing the expedition, 2 typed one-page summaries of the attempt on the mountain [one written by Blanchard and includes a hand-drawn map of the area around the mountain], a Xerox copy of a letter written on University of Oregon Medical School letterhead listing the members of the St. Elias party and recommended medical tests to have completed prior to the expedition, a two-page typed list of gear & equipment, and a hand-written list of expedition members and the University of Oregon Medical School doctor and their contact information.
File consists of a summit record from Grizzly Peak produced by the Alpine Club of Canada from around 2005 to 2009. The register was placed on Grizzly Peak as part of the Centennial celebrations for Alberta in 2005. Summit record includes entries from visitors to the various summits which pertain to…
Summit Registers and Notes produced by Alpine Club of Canada
Date Range
ca. 2005-2009
Physical Description
2 cm of textual record
1 volume
History / Biographical
Grizzly Peak is located in the Kananaskis River Valley, Alberta.
Scope & Content
File consists of a summit record from Grizzly Peak produced by the Alpine Club of Canada from around 2005 to 2009. The register was placed on Grizzly Peak as part of the Centennial celebrations for Alberta in 2005. Summit record includes entries from visitors to the various summits which pertain to individuals' hiking and climbing trips; details of specific events which occurred while at the summit, wildlife sightings, trail updates, and related topics.
File:
M200 / V / A / 174: Grizzly Peak [ca. 2005-2009]
Sub-series of identified summit registers and notes produced by the Alpine Club of Canada between 1930 and 2022. Summit records include entries from visitors to the various summits which pertain to individuals' hiking and climbing trips; details of specific events which occurred while at the summit…
Summit Registers and Notes produced by Alpine Club of Canada
Date Range
1930-1931
1959-1968
1970-1989
1992 -2022
Physical Description
100 cm of textual records
223 volumes
Scope & Content
Sub-series of identified summit registers and notes produced by the Alpine Club of Canada between 1930 and 2022. Summit records include entries from visitors to the various summits which pertain to individuals' hiking and climbing trips; details of specific events which occurred while at the summit, wildlife sightings, trail updates, and related topics.
The sub-series is separated into individual identified summit records.
Notes
See file-level entries for inventories of identified summit registers and notes.
File consists of a summit record from Mt. Cline from around 2005, produced by the Alpine Club of Canada. Summit record includes entries from visitors to the various summits which pertain to individuals' hiking and climbing trips; details of specific events which occurred while at the summit, wildli…
Summit Registers and Notes produced by Alpine Club of Canada
Date Range
ca. 2005
Physical Description
3 cm of textual record
1 volume
History / Biographical
Mount Cline is located in western Alberta, along the Continental/Great Divide. Nearby are the North Saskatchewan River, Banff National Park and Resolute Mountain.
Scope & Content
File consists of a summit record from Mt. Cline from around 2005, produced by the Alpine Club of Canada. Summit record includes entries from visitors to the various summits which pertain to individuals' hiking and climbing trips; details of specific events which occurred while at the summit, wildlife sightings, trail updates, and related topics.
File:
M200 / V / A / 145: Mt. Cline
Notes
Register is placed in mylar due to evidence of mold, water and rust damage.
Files consist of summit notes and summit registers from the Ptarmigan Peak produced by the Alpine Club of Canada between 1986 and 2012. Summit records include entries from visitors to the various summits which pertain to individuals' hiking and climbing trips; details of specific events which occur…
Summit Registers and Notes produced by Alpine Club of Canada
Date Range
1986-2001
ca. 2005-2012
Physical Description
4 cm of textual records
3 volumes
History / Biographical
Ptarmigan Peak is located in Banff National Park in the Skoki Lakes region, near Lake Louise, AB. Ptarmigan Peak is part of the Slate Range of the Rocky Mountains. The peak was named in 1909 by Joseph W. A. Hickson who made the first ascent of the Peak along with Edward Feuz.
Scope & Content
Files consist of summit notes and summit registers from the Ptarmigan Peak produced by the Alpine Club of Canada between 1986 and 2012. Summit records include entries from visitors to the various summits which pertain to individuals' hiking and climbing trips; details of specific events which occurred while at the summit, wildlife sightings, trail updates, and related topics.
Files include:
M200 / V / A / 54: Ptarmigan Peak [1986-1994]
M200 / V / A / 55: Ptarmigan Peak [1994-2001]
M200 / V / A / 56: July '12 Ptarmigan Peak
Series of summit records from various summits produced by the Alpine Club of Canada between 1916 and 2020.
Summit records include entries from visitors to the various summits which pertain to individuals' hiking and climbing trips; details of specific events which occurred while at the summit, wil…
Series of summit records from various summits produced by the Alpine Club of Canada between 1916 and 2020.
Summit records include entries from visitors to the various summits which pertain to individuals' hiking and climbing trips; details of specific events which occurred while at the summit, wildlife sightings, trail updates, and related topics.
Notes
See file-level entries for inventories of summit registers and notes.
File consists of a scrapbook about the Alpine Club of Canada's expedition to the Yukon for Canada's centenial in 1967. Includes mostly photocopies of newspaper and magazine and newspaper clippings in regards to the mountains climbed and the club members that participated.
6.5 cm of textual material (131 pages ; 30 x 37 cm)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File consists of a scrapbook about the Alpine Club of Canada's expedition to the Yukon for Canada's centenial in 1967. Includes mostly photocopies of newspaper and magazine and newspaper clippings in regards to the mountains climbed and the club members that participated.
File pertains to Yukon Alpine Centennial Expedition team applications [1966-1967] and one pad of blank pink YACE application forms.
Team applications include:
"Good Neighbour Peak" - J. Vincent Hoeman (co-leader), Daniel R. Davis, George H. Denton, John E. (Jed) Williamson, Montague (Monty) Alford…
2.5 cm of textual records (16 volumes ; 21.6 x 27.9 cm)
Scope & Content
File pertains to Yukon Alpine Centennial Expedition team applications [1966-1967] and one pad of blank pink YACE application forms.
Team applications include:
"Good Neighbour Peak" - J. Vincent Hoeman (co-leader), Daniel R. Davis, George H. Denton, John E. (Jed) Williamson, Montague (Monty) Alford (co-leader), Glen W. Boles, Dr. Alan Bruce-Robertson, Leslie McDonald. [This team was half American, half Canadian].
(T-Bone Camp) Mt. British Columbia - Ralph M. J. Hutchinson (leader), Andrew Gruft, Byron E.D. Olson, Karl A. Winter.
Mt. Northwest - Patrick D. Baird (leader), James R. Caldwell, James M. Ferguson, Donald C. Morton.
Mt. Yukon - Michael MacCallum (leader), Hugo Hohener, Dr. William Louie, James W. White.
(Prairie Camp) Mt. Alberta - D. Wayne Smith (leader), Philip J. Dowling, Klaus Hahn, Dr. Gerald A. Wright.
Centennial Peak - Waldemar P. (Fips) Broda (leader), Klaus Boeger, Stanley D. Rosenbaum, Jean-Robert (Hans) Weber.
Mt. Manitoba - Patrick (Paddy) Sherman (leader), Dr. Raymond Denson, Donald J. Forest, Duncan McDougall.
Mt. Ontario - Helmut F. Microys (leader), Sev. A. Heiberg, Alex J. Norman, W. Roland Reader.
Mt. Saskatchewan - Miss Gertrude L. Smith (leader), Mrs. Helen Butling, Miss Andrea J. Rankin, Mrs. Wendy F. Teichmann.
(Fundy Camp) Mt. New Brunswick - Peter B. Spear (leader), Stephen A. Bezruchka, Christopher Gardner, Robin Lidstone.
Mt. Newfoundland - Werner Himmelsbach (leader), Dr. Richard H.M. Roe, Donald W. Soughan, Ian H. Stewart.
Mt. Nova Scotia - Robert M. Paul (leader), Commander Frederick W. Crickard C.A.F., Donald M.E. Poole, Maurice A. Tyler.
Mt. Prince Edward Island - Norman Purssell (leader), Albert L. Parke, Brenden M. Moss, Christopher J. Smith.
Mt. Quebec - Claude Lavallée (leader), André Hébert, Peter W. Hutchins, Hans P. Munger.
File consists of a scrapbook containing newspaper clippings and other publications about the Yukon Alpine Centennial Expedition from 19 June to 13 August, 1967. Inserts refer to fold-out newspaper clippings and occasionally entire articles and pages throughout the scrapbook.
4.5 cm of textual records (108 pages ; 30 x 36.5 cm)
History / Biographical
The Alpine Club of Canada was founded in 1906 as a national organization dedicated to climbing, mountaineering, mountain safety, and environmental preservation. It continues to operate throughout Canada and has a headquarters located in Canmore, Alberta.
Scope & Content
File consists of a scrapbook containing newspaper clippings and other publications about the Yukon Alpine Centennial Expedition from 19 June to 13 August, 1967. Inserts refer to fold-out newspaper clippings and occasionally entire articles and pages throughout the scrapbook.