Letters from Rene Widmer to Alyssa Bruijns (Head Archivist & Collections Manager, Whistler Museum & Archives) sharing stories of his time working with Cliff Fenner in the Garibaldi Provincial Park area.

• Letter 001: References the Whistler Museum exhibit on Cliff Fenner, and shares autobiographical details of his employment as a park ranger in Garibaldi Provincial Park, how he came to Canada, how he met Cliff, and a rough timeline of his activities and jobs in the 1960s.
• Letter 002: Offers to sign a donation form for the Whistler Museum and to translate his diary entries from his time in the Black Tusk area from German to English.
• Letter 003: Elucidation of more specific memories from his time as a park ranger under Cliff Fenner's mentorship, including a trip leading girl guides from Squamish into the park to camp at Taylor Meadows and lyrics to a song the girl guides created about Widmer's role leading the climbing and hiking party.
• Letter 004: Contains explanation of enclosed translated diary entry from 1961 detailing 'The Visit of Judge Wilson' to Garibaldi Provincial Park while Rene Widmer and Dick Bond were rangers there.

Photograph of [Rene Widmer] standing in a meadow looking at a peak in Garibaldi Park.

Photograph of [Rene Widmer and Anna Urhahn] fishing from a log on Garibaldi Lake. The Table is in the background.

Photograph of [Rene Widmer and Anna Urhahn] standing on a log and fishing on Garibaldi Lake.

Various numbers written on back of prints.

Photograph of 2 people [Rene Widmer and Anna Urhahn] standing on a log and fishing on Garibaldi Lake.

Photograph of [Rene Widmer] kayaking on Garibaldi Lake.

Photograph of Clifford Fenner and Rene Widmer in front of a floatplane at Snowcap Lake.
Photograph was previously in wooden frame.

Caption on back: "Snowcap Lake, Rene + self, Sept 1999/20 [20 is scratched out] ?"

Letters from Rene Widmer to Alyssa Bruijns (Head Archivist & Collections Manager, Whistler Museum & Archives) sharing stories of his time working with Cliff Fenner in the Garibaldi Provincial Park area.

Photograph of [Rene Widmer and Anna Urhahn] fishing from a log on Garibaldi Lake. The Table is in the background.

Photograph of a man [Rene Widmer] standing in a field of wildflowers looking out at Garibaldi Lake.