Introduction July 2020 by Don Gaynor: This album began as a collection of all the Lake O'Hara Lodge annual staff photographs since 1987 when Tim Wake asked me to do them for display in the stairwell to the second floor in the Lodge. I added the group photographs taken of the two reunions I attended and recently scanned all the other staff photos displayed on the stairway walls for the last part of this book
Contents
Photographs from 1987 to 2019 of the Lake O'Hara Lodge staff taken by Don Gaynor except 2014
Excerpt from Introduction by Don Gaynor, September 2020: This book is a collection of my favourite photographs taken in the Lake O'Hara area since my first visit in 1979. They are presented in mostly chronological order and represent memories of wonderful hikes, the Lodge, and the many friendships made there. Each photo was an attempt to record a memorable experience
Notes
Includes scenic area photographs, staff group portraits, blueprint of lodge and interior shots of lodge
Pertains to the Lake O'Hara area including the history of its "discovery", creation of trail systems, Alpine Club of Canada activities, lodges, huts and access parameters. Includes many images from the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies Archives & Library.
Notes
In Canadian Rockies Annual, vol.04, May 2019
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Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Website for Crowfoot Media - publishers of Canadian Rockies Annual
Pertains to photographs of the Lake O'Hara Lodge staff from 1987 to 2016 taken by Don Gaynor (excluding 2014) with addition of early photos from 1926 to 1986 and photographs of chefs beginning in 1978.
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Photographs from 1987 to 2016 of the Lake O'Hara Lodge staff taken by Don Gaynor
General colours of blue, grey, turquoise, violet, pink, green, white, black and brown. The painting is dominated by a frontal view of Mount Yukness as seen from the shoreline of Lake O’Hara. In the foreground is a grey, blue rocky shore with rocks, water and tree trunks. On the viewer’s left are th…
General colours of blue, grey, turquoise, violet, pink, green, white, black and brown. The painting is dominated by a frontal view of Mount Yukness as seen from the shoreline of Lake O’Hara. In the foreground is a grey, blue rocky shore with rocks, water and tree trunks. On the viewer’s left are three large dead tree trunks, painted in black, brown, grey and violet, lying on grey rocks interspersed with blue water puddles; the topmost tree trunk has branches, the lower two do not. To the viewer’s right two tree trunks are lying on the rocky shore; the bottom tree trunk, which extends further out in the water, has four branches and beneath this is the artist’s signature “Rene Thibault” in black. About one-quarter up from the shore and tree trunks there are three coniferous trees to the viewer’s left, and then a rock in the water with coniferous trees growing on it. Beyond this, viewer’s left, is the lake and opposite shore; the lake has shadows of black, blue, grey extending to turquoise blue and grey further out and to the opposite shore at the base of Mt. Yukness. Beyond the foreground tree trunks, mid- and to to viewer’s right, darker grey rocks are visible through the water. On the viewer’s right the water becomes more turquoise as it reaches a bank beyond comprised of grey rock, a line of coniferous trees in greens and black, and a few grey tree trunks lying on the shore. The face of Mount Yukness comprises the majority of the painting (top two-thirds). The lower part of the mountain is painted in darker greys and blues except for the moraine from the falls which is light grey. The uppermost part with the Yukness Ledges and peak are painted grey, white, pink and blue. The sky behind is painted in grey with bold strokes of white and lighter greys simulating clouds.