Photograph of the first aircraft to land on Alta Lake. The plane is an HS2L flying boat, G-CYDX. It was from the Canadian Air Force, Jericho Beach Station, Vancouver, B.C. and flown by Earl Leslie MacLeod.
Postcard of two women on an ice boat on Alta Lake, a Dog walks nearby. The postcard has text on the front reading "Iceboating, Rainbow Lodge, Alta Lake BC". On the reverse the postcard is addressed to [Jeanne] Tapley at a Seattle address. The text reads "Dearest, will write you a letter next mail. Dad is fine now and is quite chirpy. I'll take him for a trip as soon as I can- I can take him to Victoria and leave him with M while I go on to you and arrange things then he could easily take the boat [over when we are] ready for him. I can't leave here till after Oct 29 [?] [?] duties and [?] [?], Best from Myrtle". Someone has at a later date written 1922 on the postcard, but the postmark is 30 Sep. 1925. Presumably the photograph the postcard was made from was taken in 1922.
Shows Skookum the dog, Myrtle Philip and her father Sewell Tapley. Myrtle is pushing Sewell while he shows her how to ride the ice boat.<sup>2</sup>
A collection of notes, photos, and book excerpts related to the first aircraft to land on Alta Lake in 1922, as well as the Brock family fatal aircraft accident beside Alta Lake in 1935. Also included is the Rainbow Lodge guest register from 1922.
Kenneth Racey's application for lease, deed of land, Department of Lands invoices, and correspondence surrounding the aforementioned and the creation of Highway 99.
Photographs of Neal Carter and Charles Townsend's mountaineering trip into Garibaldi Provincial Park and the Spearhead Range in September, 1923, including ascents of Wedge Mountain, Whistler Mountain, Overlord Mountain, Fissile Peak, Diavolo Peak, and Mt James Turner.
Photograph taken by Neal Carter of the Spearhead Range as seen from the summit of Wedge Mountain on September 10, 1923.
Caption: "The Spearhead Range from Wedge M[oun]t[ain] summit, looking South. - Sept. 10, [19]'23."
[Neal Carter has also traced the tips of mountains in view on the back of the photograph with labels written backwards so that if you hold the photo up to the light, the labels appear superimposed on the image. The labels read Black Tusk, Tantalus Range, Whistler M[oun]t[ain], Sproat M[oun]t[ain], and Alta Lake.]
Photograph of Neal Carter on Wedge Mountain on September 10, [1923].
Caption: "The 'Doodle bug' [Neal Carter] on Wedge M[oun]t[ain]. - Sept. 10, 1923."
[Neal Carter has also traced a lake in view on the back of the photograph with a label written backwards so that if you hold the photo up to the light, the label appears superimposed on the image. The label reads Alta Lake.]
Sewall Tapley and Mutt in a boat on Alta Lake. Inscription on verso: "Mr Tapley 'Dad + dog Mutt' / punt-like flat boat - used for duck hunting / Ducks used to come by thousands. Built a blind around boat & let it drift. / 1931? [crossed out & replaced with 1924]