"A bit of Emerald Lake, showing Emerald Peak"
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"A bit of Emerald Lake, showing Emerald Peak"
"A bit of Emerald Lake, showing Emerald Peak"
[A quick journey across British Columbia]
Part of Thomas Whitefoot fonds
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.
Two women, one with fishing rod, sitting outside cabin. Mountain in background.
[Columbia Valley near Golden and Banff]
Part of Roderick Forbes MacKenzie fonds
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.
Don Munday making a vertical ascent, Lake O'Hara and Yoho Camp
Part of Munday family fonds
[Fish Lake: new raft, wood pile, Divide Lake. Yoho ; Banff ; Brodies]
Part of Irving family fonds
Amateur film. Summer leisure activities around Fish Lake. Visits to Turner Valley (oil derricks), Bow River Falls, Banff, Yoho National Park. Lakes and creeks in the area of Kamloops and the North Thompson River.
Part of Kreg O. Sky fonds
RECORDED: Canmore (Alta.), 1984-10 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Had class A guide's license for 55 years, from 1924 to 1979. On the trail since 1918. Dad, Carl, had outfit in Blairmore; drove Golden Gate stage in Yellowstone Park, 1895 to 1900. Crowsnest area; hunted Castle River, Flathead and Elk Valley. Nordstrom Brothers, Cutch Charlie. Trailed over south Kootenay Pass. Mike Baher. Hot springs in Elk Valley. Areas hunted. Crowsnest background, Frenchie, Charlie (Chink) and Jim Riviere, Buckhorn ranch sold. Guided west of Turner Valley. Started guiding in Banff area for Claude Brewster, 1945. Others mentioned, Alvin Gwyne, Soapy Smith, Art Cartledge. Stoney Indians: rented their horses, good guides for elk, moose, etc. Trophy heads. Yoho Park horse concession with Johnny Boychuk, 1950 to 1954. Summer operation at Assiniboine/Marvel Lake in later years. Some packing for geological surveys, forestry lookouts. Southern Rockies name: Johnny Musgrove, Bert Rigall, Charlie hunter. Photo/lecture tours. Wife, Lillian cooked at Lake Louise, Lake O'Hara, etc. TRACK 2: Hollywood movie work mentioned. Guided for Fred Brewster in Jasper, 1948-49. Tom Vinson. Floyd covered much of Rockies from US border to north of Jasper.; Guided some big name clients. Prices and costs noted. Some reflections on pioneering horse use.
Image of climber, Alpine Club of Canada, Lake O'Hara camp
Part of Munday family fonds
Image of climbers, Alpine Club of Canada, Lake O'Hara camp
Part of Munday family fonds
Image of climbers, Alpine Club of Canada, Lake O'Hara camp
Part of Munday family fonds
Image of climbers, Alpine Club of Canada, Lake O'Hara camp; container 1131, box 0035.
Part of Munday family fonds
Part of Kreg O. Sky fonds
RECORDED: Canmore (Alta.), 1984-10 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Started in early 1930s; worked for Pat Brewster, Brewster Transport, and Claude Brewster. Grew up in Cypress Hills. Various jobs in Banff from 1927. Pat Brewster outfit; Assiniboine camp, 200 head of horses, short dude trips. Horse assisted hiking trips in Larch Valley, Skoki. A 36-day sightseeing trip from Kananaskis Lakes to Lake Louise. Worked with Harvey Clark, Lance Reigher, Jim Moore, after WWII. Other outfits; Ray Legace, George Harris. One guiding territory was Simpson River; then Panther-Clearwater areas used. Bought horses from Stoney Indians. Yoho Park years and various horse concessions, circa 1948 to 1968. Floyd Smith was early partner. Regulation eventually restricted operation. Packed for Alpine Club in Yoho Park. TRACK 2: Some guides, etc.: Rex Logan, Alvin Gwynne, Ike Mills, Bagley brothers, Jim Burroughs, Brewster's 60th anniversary reunion. Slim Hogan managed the Ya Ha Tinda. Operating pony stable at Canmore.
Part of June Medd film collection
Travelogue. From Revelstoke to Golden over the Big Bend Highway, and south to the U.S. border and Creston, with views of Kootenay and Yoho National Parks and southeastern BC. Footage of interest includes: Revelstoke station and rail yards with locomotives; coal mines and miners at Fernie; coke ovens at Michel; farming in Creston area.
Part of University of Victoria. University Archives and Special Collections accession
Amateur film. Rocky Mountains; "The Great Divide" sign; Yoho Canyon; Takkakaw Falls; glacier, rock formations; Lake Louise; sun/clouds; diver in pool; river rushing through eroded rocks; resort pool; feeding chipmunks by hand; Lake Agnes; Banff Springs Hotel; more diving, pool; waterfall.
Lake O'Hara and Mount President
Close-up of main lodge with trees and mountains in background. Woman sitting on porch railing.
Log cabins, main lodge, and mountains in background. Lake and man on horse in foreground.
Log cabin below main lodge.
People sitting around fireplace in main lounge of lodge.
Close-up of log cabin. Man on horse talking with women seated outside cabin. Lake and mountains in background.
View through lodge window of mountains and glacier. Man and woman outside window looking at view.