Canadian Rockies (B.C. and Alta.)--Description and travel

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[A quick journey across British Columbia]

Travelogue. Made two weeks after the opening of the Big Bend highway and the Banff-Jasper Highway, this film depicts the scenery of British Columbia as seen from the Trans-Canada Highway between Vancouver and Field, with side trips from Jasper to Banff and into the Okanagan Valley.

Alexander and Elizabeth Ritchie interview

CALL NUMBER: T0883:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-11-02 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Alexander Ritchie describes how he came from Calgary in 1896; drove a stage between Fort Steele and Windermere for a few months; went back to Calgary, but returned to Windermere in 1898; worked on ranches and mined until 1910; was part owner of CVI [Columbia Valley Irrigated Fruit Lands, Limited] with [R.R.] Bruce for five years; broke up with Bruce and eventually owned the whole company and site; CPR board of directors were the driving force behind CVI; KCRR [Kootenay Central Railway] reached Athalmer in 1912; the Paradise Mine and some anecdotes. TRACK 2: Mr. Ritchie continue;s by discussing Fort Steele as a "wide open town" in the 1890s and the stage run from Fort Steele to Windermere. He then discusses democrats (i.e., type of wagon).

CALL NUMBER: T0883:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-11-02 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Ritchie continues his description of the Fort Steele to Windermere stage run; more anecdotes; Windermere as the earliest settlement in the area; Mr. Ritchie's several trips across the Rockies and taking horses east to sell in Alberta. TRACK 2: Mr. Ritchie describes an incident at Banff with Indians and selling horses as far north as Grande Prairie. Then Mrs. Lizzie Ritchie describes how she came from London to Winnipeg in 1904; her first husband was Charles Burgess, who was bookkeeper for a lumber company; Waldo as the first ghost town; and some anecdotes about the lumber industry.

CBC Tuesday night : A journey of two summer moons : [parts 1 & 2]

SUMMARY: "A Journey of Two Summer Moons" is about the first crossing of the Rockies by explorer David Thompson in 1807, and a trip made by Imbert Orchard and Peter Haworth in 1972, re-tracing Thompson's route;. The program combines excerpts from Thompson's journal with recordings made on the 1972 journey.;

[Columbia Valley near Golden and Banff]

Amateur film. Shows scenery and wildlife in the vicinity of the Columbia and Yoho Valleys and the towns of Golden, Skookumchuck and Banff. Includes footage of the Kicking Horse and Columbia Rivers, Lake Louise, Emerald Lake, waterfall in Yoho Park, train passing through Spiral Tunnels, Radium Hot Springs, etc.

Edward Feuz interview : [Orchard, 1964]

CALL NUMBER: T0896:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-11-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Edward Feuz describes the CPR's Swiss guides in the Rockies: his father came out to the Rockies from Interlaken Switzerland in 1899 as a mountain guide for the CPR, Ed came out in 1903 and worked as a porter, at twenty-one he returned to Switzerland to to pass his Swiss Guide exams - standard for Swiss guides, William Randolph Hearst, climbing with Col. Amery who was the Viceroy of India. TRACK 2: Feuz continues with more on Amery, Ed and all of his brothers were married in 1909, CPR "Swiss Village" at Golden, the village was a failure as the lots were too small, built on rocky slop;es, guides never got the winter work the CPR guaranteed them, eventually all the guides ended up in Lake Louise, did maintainable work in winter.

CALL NUMBER: T0896:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-11-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Feuz describes the alpine hut at Abbott's Pass, anecdote about when he was trapped in an avalanche, differences in the geology and climate of the Rockies, Selkirk and Alps, winters are much ;harder in the Rockies, rock faces often less secure here, regrets that there is no socializing after a day's climb as there is in Switzerland. [TRACK 2: blank.]

Howard O'Hagan interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-04 SUMMARY: In an interview with Ken Mitchell, author Howard O'Hagan talks about his experiences in the Canadian Rockies, where he spent a great part of his life, and where much of his fiction is set. Includes stories about grizzly bear hunting.

Jimmy White interview

CALL NUMBER: T0302:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-11-06 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. James F. (Jimmy) White recalls his arrival in Golden in 1889; his first impressions; a trip to Fort Steele, including a description of the police and the lifestyle; gold mining; Wildhorse Indians; Michael Phillips; Robert Galbraith; ships; Captain Armstrong; prospecting; gold mining; hydraulic mining; and the decline of Fort Steele. TRACK 2: Mr. White continues with more on hydraulic gold mining; the CPR in Cranbrook and Fort Steele; mines -- Sullivan, North Star, Stemwinder and Moyie; Father Coccola; doctors; possible murders in Fort Steele; the cemetery; horse racing and riding; practical jokes.

CALL NUMBER: T0302:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-11-06 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. White talks about interesting characters, including an incident involving the naming of Tata Creek; other incidents; the Yukon; mining; dancing girls; hunting wild mountain goats and sheep; Indians; Old Kaplo; working in the mountains; men whom Mr. White guided in the mountains; Von Hindenburg's trip. TRACK 2: More about Von Hindenburg's trip; incidents involving bears; the Rockies; and the Selkirks; ministers in Fort Steele; women; families; the red light district incident; the Lum family; English settlers; remittance men; Cranbrook; Golden; gambling; maintenance of law and order in Fort Steele.

CALL NUMBER: T0302:0003 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-11-06 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. White describes some of the pioneers in the Kootenay such as the Lum family; Tom Cochrane and Lady Adelaide. Then he continues discussing Englishmen whom he guided; settlers; a murderer; named Bulldog Kelly; a grizzly bear incident; Buffalo Bill; more anecdotes involving a runaway girl; the police; More's suicide; Old Ben Pugh attempting to get into jail. TRACK 2: More about Ben Pugh; drinking; Mr. White's arrival in BC; packing with Pugh; reasons why he came to BC; an Indian uprising in Fort Steele in 1886; Michael Phillips; the Mounties; Colonel Steele and the Boer War; William Reginald Wyndham; various anecdotes; Mr. White's English and American clients.

CALL NUMBER: T0302:0004 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-11-06 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. White tells a story about the buying and selling of hay; interesting characters such as Billy Hop; claim jumping; more interesting characters such as Jerry Sullivan; an anecdote about a priest drinking; other characters; and one last anecdote about tall stories. [TRACK 2: blank.]

Ken Willson interview

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Ken Willson's impressions of Canada (Rockies and Queen Charlotte Islands) as compared with England RECORDED: [location unknown], 1967 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Ken Willson speaks about his initial impressions of the Queen Charlotte Islands. He discusses the natural landscape, British conservation policies, British preservation societies, methods of ;conservation, causalities of the Industrial Revolution, and a comparison to Canada. [TRACK 2: blank.]

Kreg O. Sky fonds

  • PR-1812
  • Fonds
  • 1983-1984

The fonds consists of oral history interviews and photographs of guides and outfitters who operated in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, mainly in the years before World War II. The fonds was created by Kreg O. Sky in the course of his research project.

Sky, Kreg O.

[Munday's mountaineering in British Columbia]

Unedited footage. Roll A: Long shot of two hikers walking at edge of lake; shots of mountain peaks; two hikers sliding down snowy slope; little girl in tree or tall foliage. Roll B: hiker with large pack [Phyllis Munday]; camp scene; lone hiker; cooking over a campfire; small glacier with river underneath, and hiker climbing on glacier; Phyllis Munday chipping at rocks; shots of glacier(s) and mountain peaks. Roll C: glacier, waterfall, person building a rock cairn on peak; pan of mountain peaks; girl or young woman standing in foliage and pressing flowers [?] in a book; figure at foot of glacier with ropes; woman [Phyllis Munday?] in mountaineering gear -- pack, ropes, ice axe, sun goggles -- at peak; more views of mountain peaks, glacier, valley; woman arranging evergreen boughs; figure on mountainside; figure in camp (with tent and smoky fire) near waterfall from glacier. Roll D1: small child [Edith Munday?] in snowsuit, snow-shoeing in the forest. Roll D2: Young girl [probably Edith Munday] posing for the camera and climbing on rock.

Rear Admiral T. Blair McLean interview

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): The admiral was a horse wrangler RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1980-03-18 SUMMARY: Rear Admiral T. Blair McLean recalls his youth, when he was hired as a horse wrangler by mountaineering and tourist parties in the high lands along the Alberta-British Columbia border. Outfitters and guides. The watch maintained in grizzly country. Horses' tricks. Personalities and enthusiasts.

[Travel scenes in British Columbia and other provinces]

Amateur film. "1939 - The famous Mr. Charles Jones in Burnaby with his birds and family. (Mr. Jones had an uncanny relationship with local birds which did not fear either him or his family. Many amateur film buffs took their cameras to his backyard to watch him feeding birds from his mouth and letting them perch on his arms.) Jericho Beach Golf Course. Theodore Phipps. T.G.S. Chambers. Pattullo Bridge. Kamloops, looking up South Thompson. Kamloops, looking up North Thompson. Wild sheep. Seven Sisters and lake near Lake Louise. Emerald Lake near Field. July and August 1939 - Sir Theodore Chambers KBE. Emerald Lake. CPR [train] coming up from Field, drawn by Hudson locomotive. Kicking Horse Falls. Mount MacDonald. Looking down onto Field. Silver Falls near Winnipeg. T.G.S. Chambers fishing. Perch, pickerel and catfish. LaVerendrye monument. Fort Garry Gate, Winnipeg. Tame chipmunk. Golf course outside Winnipeg. Royal Train arriving. King standing behind Queen. Leaving Winnipeg at 20 mph into the sunset." (Colin Browne)

Vacation time

The item consists of the A-roll original picture of a travelogue from around 1950. It utilizes film shot by BC Electric vice-president W.C. Mainwaring on a holiday trip to Jasper, Banff and Calgary. It includes much footage of mountain scenery, including Lake Louise, Mount Avery, Columbia Icefield, Athabasca Falls, a trail ride and a riverboat trip. BC locations include Kootenay National Park and Radium Hot Springs.

Walter J. Phillips interview

CALL NUMBER: T3797:0001 RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1961-11 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Canada's own identity regarding its art. First reactions on coming to Canada, 1913. Move from Winnipeg to Calgary, and teaching at the Banff School of Fine Art. Move to Victoria, 1960. National Gallery first purchased Phillips' watercolours in 1913. Works at Royal Archives. First exhibited by the Royal Academy in 1912. Ideas on etching. His writing career -- "experimental" writings on woodcut technique, illustrations, etc. Newpaper art columnists for 17 years in Winnipeg. TRACK 2: Before coming to Canada: first job at 20 pounds per year. Painting in England; travels to South Africa;, and teaching there. South African influence on his Canadian paintings. Memories of Africa. Return to England -- teaching again, maturing in his painting. Painting of Cornwall. Move to Canada and differences is painting styles, 1914-1924. Painting at Lake of the Woods. Landscape. Similarities to Group of Seven work. Returned to England, 1925, and perfected his colour woodcut techniques. Work with Y. Shibera [?]. Explains colour woodcut technique.

CALL NUMBER: T3797:0002 RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1961-11 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Continues explanation of colour woodcut technique. Japanese influence in his work. "The Technique of the Colour Woodcut" -- first publication. Feelings on large-scale woodcuts. Use of Japanes;e paper in woodcut printing. Teaching experiences: 20 years at Banff School of Fine Arts. TRACK 2: Robert Guard (now director of the Wisconsin Theatre) a former student of Phillips. Excerpts from his; writing about experiences at Banff School, fellow artists, their works, and their influence on Phillips. Eric Bergman, A.J. Musgrove, Mrs. H. Cottingham, Cyril Barrard, H.B. Fanshaw, Fritz, Brantner, L.L. Fitzgerald, etc. Jack Shafflin, Percy Edwards, Cyril Ashmore -- "Brigden's Boys".

CALL NUMBER: T3797:0003 RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1961-11 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Brigden Ltd.: history in Winnipeg, commercial engraving house. Son John Phillips' artistic background with Brigden Ltd. Bill Cunningham and other Brigden Boys. Difficulty of making a living ;as an artist in the early days. Painting the Prairies, 1919-1925: favourite spots, familiar landscapes, grain elevators in Port Arthur. Prairie light. Painting in the Maritimes: differences from the Prairies -- weather, climate, etc. Illustrating the book "Dreams of Fort Garry" by Robert Watson. 1929 visit to northeastern Vancouver Island. Paintings and engraving of the Indian population there. T;RACK 2: Comments on Indian art and preservation of Indian culture. Painting on and about Alert Bay. Lamoine Fitzgerald -- his work and style. Fred Varley, Frank Johnson, A.Y. Jackson.;

CALL NUMBER: T3797:0004 RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1961-11 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Friendship with A.Y. Jackson; his oil painting and association with Brigden's Ltd. Fred Brigden's death. Brigden's painting of Ontario landscape. Visit to Alert Bay and Vancouver Island. Description of the village where he stayed on Cormorant Island. Specific paintings done while there. Characters of the township, subjects for painting, etc. TRACK 2: Emily Carr: thoughts on her painting ;at the time; her difficulty in gaining public acceptance. Phillips' invitation to Carr to show at the Winnipeg Gallery. Phillips' personal thoughts on Carr's work. Other Western painters: W.P. Weston,; J. Macdonald, Varley, Broadbent, Fanshw, etc. Depression years. Jock Macdonald's struggles, and his early years at the Banff School. Lawren Harris -- his early work.

CALL NUMBER: T3797:0005 RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1961-11 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Lawren Harris: his experimental works and small painting. Thomas Fripp's approach to art in Vancouver, 1920-1930s. His academic training in England and at the Royal Academy. Portrait painter ;Richard Jack, also a member of the Royal Academy. Their meeting at Castle Mountain in the Rockies. Frederick Niven, Duncan Campbell Scott, and other writers, alos at Castle Mountain. John Murray Gibbons. The CPR's collection of Phillips' work, primarily watercolours. His acquiantance with Niven. Phillips' teaching experiences in South Africa. Meeting his wife, Gladys, a former student of Phillips ;in Salisbury. The Phillips' move to Canada. TRACK 2: Richard Jack and Frederick Niven. Phillips illustrates Niven's book "Colour in the Canadian Rockies". Niven's background as a writer, and comments; on some of the paintings for the book. Camping at Lake O'Hara with other painters. Tom McLean -- his acquaintance with Tom Thomson and influence on Thomson's work. Phillips' trend towards the Rockies; in the 1930s. ___, the American who painted the Canadian Rockies but was never admitted to the Royal Canadian Academy. Lawren Harris and Jock Macdonald.

CALL NUMBER: T3797:0006 RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1961-11 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Phillips' neighbours and acquaintances in Winnipeg. A commission given to Phillips by the Kansas City Woodcutters Society for an original woodcut of Upper Lake Louise, Vista Lake. A discussion of the watercolour medium, his working approach, etc. Clour combinations, make-up of his watercolours, and sources of his dyes, adhesives, etc. Papers. His process of painting: initial sketch, colour sketch in studio, and progress to finished work. Journeys north for the Hudson's Bay Company's commissions by A.Y. Jackson and others. Jackson's studio. George and Kathleen Pepper -- their work. TR;ACK 2: What Phillips looks for in a landscape -- elements, colour, shape, etc. Examples. Peggy's Cove. Adjustments he makes. Approximate time to complete a painting: 10-12 hours. Personal satisfaction from the technique. Painting on impulse. Mixing colours -- making grey. Turner's "washbucket" method.

CALL NUMBER: T3797:0007 - 0009 RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1961-11 SUMMARY: [No content summaries are available for these three tapes.]

Where timber wolves call

Nature film. Outdoor filmmaker Tommy Tompkins journeys into the winter wilderness of the Rocky Mountains to film timber wolves. Also includes footage of a wide variety of wildlife.