Black Tusk seen through the trees near 34 1/2 Mile
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- [c. 1930s?]
Part of Jardine / Betts / Smith fonds
Photograph of Black Tusk peeking through the trees near 34 1/2 Mile [Function Junction area] [c. 1930s].
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Black Tusk seen through the trees near 34 1/2 Mile
Part of Jardine / Betts / Smith fonds
Photograph of Black Tusk peeking through the trees near 34 1/2 Mile [Function Junction area] [c. 1930s].
Photographs of an exploratory trip in the mountains around Alta Lake to search for a suitable location for a ski hill. The group of four men comprised of George Bury, George Eisenschimmel, Howard Hamil (all from the Holyburn Ski Club on the North Shore) and a guide, whose name has been forgotten. They explored around Cheakamus Lake, Black Tusk, Garibaldi Lake, and the Barrier. The group were dropped off by float plane on Cheakamus Lake and exited down the Barrier. They then hiked to the rail line, where they flagged down the Pacific Great Eastern train to Squamish, and then took the boat back to Vancouver. The ski hill plans were never carried out due to the interruption of the Second World War.
Mammals of the Alta Lake Region of South-western British Columbia booklet
Part of Alison Apps (Racey) Fonds
A booklet entitled "Mammals of the Alta Lake Region of South-western British Columbia" by Kenneth Racey and Ian McTaggart Cowan. The booklet is noted to be "reprinted without change of paging from the report of the Provincial Museum, 1935". Contains a description of the Alta Lake region including weather patterns, vegetation and the surrounding mountains. Provides descriptions of 1-2 paragraphs for each of the 42 mammals present in the Alta Lake region. Also includes five plates of black and white photographs of the landscape in the area.
Pictures are titled as following:
-"Looking south from Mount Overlord, Black Tusk at right, Mount Corrie and Cheakamus Glacier in centre."
-"Looking north from shoulder of Mount Overlord, peak of Overlord and Fitzsimmons Glacier at right, Mount Trorey at left - Hudsonian and Arctic Zones.
-"Nita Lake, altitude 2,100 feet - Canadian Zone coniferous forest".
-"Timber-line in Avalanche (Singing) Pass, looking north; Blackcomb Peak in background across Fitzsimmons Valley."
-"Cheakamus Lake and Glacier."
-"Cheakamus Canyon - Canadian Zone forest, western cedar and western hemlock predominating."
-"Devil's-club in Sitka spruce bottom-land - Canadian Zone."
-"Alta Creek and brushy meadow-land at north end of Alta Lake - brush is willow and red alder."
-"Alta Lake from the west, Wedge Mountain at extreme right."
-"Winter nest of Phenacomys olympicus."
-"Alpine meadow habitat of Phenacomys, Synaptomys, and Microtus richardsoni."
Part of Jinny Ladner Fonds
A pamphlet from Garibaldi Lodge at Lake Lucille in 1947. The front panel features three hikers with a view of Black Tusk Meadows and a short description of the Lodge. The inside panels feature images of of the lodge, fishing, riding, Black Tusk, and a small map. They contain information about accommodation options, swimming, fishing, horseback riding, hiking, mountain climbing, and transportation. The back panel has information about rates for accommodation, horses, boats, and round trip fares. The accommodation rates have been added to the pamphlet on a small piece of blue paper.
Part of Cliff Fenner Fonds
Photographs mostly of mountaineering, camping, trail-building, construction, and ski touring in Garibaldi Park, but also in Maple Ridge and Golden Ears.
Part of Charles E. Wills Fonds
Photographs of a hike to Black Tusk in December 1950.
Black Tusk from Black Tusk Meadows [2]
Part of Charles E. Wills Fonds
[From left to right:] Don Matheson and Pat Duffy looking up to Black Tusk from Black Tusk Meadows.
[Mt Fee?] from Black Tusk East Bluff
Part of Charles E. Wills Fonds
David Letson standing on Black Tusk East Bluff looking westward towards what is presumably Mt. Fee.
Part of Cliff Fenner Fonds
Photographs of Garibaldi Park including, but not limited to, mountaineering and skiing.
Each transparency has the code "GZ" with a respective number.
Misty Black Tusk from East Bluff
Part of Charles E. Wills Fonds
Misty view of Black Tusk from East Bluff with unknown person mid-ground.