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]
Banff Springs Hotel Centennial Ale, 3 items. 3 long necked beer bottles, amber colour (a) capped and full of original beer, neck label: "100 years of Elegance" body label: "Big Rock Brewery~ Calgary, Alberta, Canada BANFF SPRINGS HOTEL CENTENNIAL ALE 1888-1988, 341 mL 5% alc/vol." Label- image …
Banff Springs Hotel Centennial Ale, 3 items. 3 long necked beer bottles, amber colour (a) capped and full of original beer, neck label: "100 years of Elegance" body label: "Big Rock Brewery~ Calgary, Alberta, Canada BANFF SPRINGS HOTEL CENTENNIAL ALE 1888-1988, 341 mL 5% alc/vol." Label- image of Banff Springs Hotel with Norquay Pass, Mt. Brewster behind.(b) empty bottle with same label as the othersno cap.(c) empty bottle with same label as the others. no cap.
File pertains to 56 b&w negatives of the parachute exhibition put on by the Canadian Armed Forces "Sky Hawks" at the Canmore Centennial celebrations on July 11, 1983 as well as the Canmore hayride in May, 1981. Includes shots of the crowds, soldiers, men with parachutes, helicopters, horse-drawn ca…
56 photographs : b&w negatives ; 6.1 x 18.8 cm or smaller
History / Biographical
See fonds level description
Scope & Content
File pertains to 56 b&w negatives of the parachute exhibition put on by the Canadian Armed Forces "Sky Hawks" at the Canmore Centennial celebrations on July 11, 1983 as well as the Canmore hayride in May, 1981. Includes shots of the crowds, soldiers, men with parachutes, helicopters, horse-drawn carriages, children, and more.
pink sunset, yellow canoe, tent and two people on envelope with postage stamp centered in ornate gold frame with blue, green and yellow “100” beaver pin beneath envelope. ink stamped with black moose “DAY OF ISSUE BANFF AB 2011.05.19”
pink sunset, yellow canoe, tent and two people on envelope with postage stamp centered in ornate gold frame with blue, green and yellow “100” beaver pin beneath envelope. ink stamped with black moose “DAY OF ISSUE BANFF AB 2011.05.19”
File consists of collected commercial postcards from Canada, the United States, Central America, Europe and the United Kingdom [non-annotated]. File includes loose postcards, postcard sets and fold-out photo card booklets.
ca. 630 b&w and col. postcards ; 23 x 18 cm or smaller
Scope & Content
File consists of collected commercial postcards from Canada, the United States, Central America, Europe and the United Kingdom [non-annotated]. File includes loose postcards, postcard sets and fold-out photo card booklets.
Notes
Items in this file have been organized by geographical location. See "Content Details" entry field for contents of individual folders.
File is organized into 8 folders, numbered LUX / III / D / PG - 1 to 8.
PG - 1 : Banff National Park
PG - 2 : Canadian Rockies and Selkirks
PG - 3 : Alberta and British Columbia [Other]
PG - 4 : Canada
PG - 5 : United States of America
PG - 6 : United States of America, cont.'d [postcard sets and 1933 Chicago World Fair]
PG - 7 : Foreign
PG - 8 : Other [location not specified]
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]
File pertains to 62 b&w contact sheet prints of various events and activities in and around Banff National Park. Includes the Canadian centennial in 1967, parades, Park Warden activities, rodeos, the opening of the Roger's Pass highway twinning, a game farm, portraits, Norquay Ski Hill t-bar, and m…
File pertains to 62 b&w contact sheet prints of various events and activities in and around Banff National Park. Includes the Canadian centennial in 1967, parades, Park Warden activities, rodeos, the opening of the Roger's Pass highway twinning, a game farm, portraits, Norquay Ski Hill t-bar, and more.