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Letters from Rene Widmer to Whistler Museum & Archives

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.

Map

A map from a BCAA magazine showing the road to Diamond Head Chalet, but also shows many of the natural features of the surrounding area such as Vancouver, Squamish, Black Tusk, and Mt. Garibaldi

Garibaldi Provincial Park Planning and Centennial Proposals

  • MACLAURIN_2017_011-023-002
  • File
  • 1972 - 1998
  • Part of Don MacLaurin

Documents pertaining to Garibaldi Provincial Park. File includes correspondence regarding signage and a work plan; drafts of signs, notes on sign locations, and sign information; maps of Garibaldi Provincial Park and select locations within Garibaldi Provincial Park; information on Black Tusk; booklet for "Mt. Garibaldi Glacier Resorts Limited"; a submission to the British Columbia Centennial Committee titled "Shelter-huts in Garibaldi Park" by the BC Mountaineering Club; document titled "Natural Resources and Recreation in Garibaldi Park" written by Gordon C. D. Eekman, from September 1972.

Barrier - July 23, 1991 -- Price M[oun]t[ain] + Culliton Creek - August 1-2, 1991

Photographs taken by Robert Clark Kline on a mountaineering trip to the Barrier on July 23, 1991 and to Mt. Price and Culliton Creek on August 1 and 2, 1991, including shots of the Barrier, Mt. Price, Culliton Creek, Mt. Garibaldi, Sentinel Hut [known as Burton Hut], Garibaldi Lake, Sphinx Bay, Sphinx Glacier, Brohm Ridge, and Rubble Creek.

Captions:

001: "25 Aug[ust] 2, [19]91 - [Mt.] Garibaldi from just S[outh] of Culliton Cr[eek]"
002: "24 Aug[ust] 1, [19]91 - 100 mm? of [Mt.] Garibaldi from [Mt] Price - Route - Lower right at 1500m too right centre ab[ou]t 2100m"
003: "21 - Parallel but 50m? E[ast] of #20"
004: "20 - S[outh] down slope of Price M[oun]t[ai]n"
005: "19 - 135mm of #14 - Sentinel Hut at centre"
006: "18 joins top left of 17"
007: "18"
008: "17 joins L[eft] side of 15 - bottom of 16 - E[ast] from S[outh] side of [Mt.] Price"
009: "16 joins 14 - above 17 - Sphinx Bay + Glacier"
010: "15 joins bottom of 14"
011: "12 - S[outh]S[outh]W[est] from S[outh] side of Price M[oun]t[ai]n - Brohm Lookout top centre"
012: "10 Aug[ust] 1, [19]91 - N[orth]W[est] from Price M[oun]t[ai]n peak"
013: "8 - Close up of July 23, [19]91 route"
014: "7 - Close up of June 15, [19]90 + June 5, [19]91 routes"
015: "6 part of 5 - Route up today from along edge of green at bottom left to extreme left of clear spots near top - Centre of photo: hurt foot June 15, 1990. Also took that route June 5, 1991. From bottom centre to 1 inch from top right."
016: "5 - N[orth]E[ast] from about centre of Barrier - parking lot at centre"
017: "3 - As 1 + 2 but 135mm? - Path up diagonal l[eft] to r[ight]"
018: "2 as 1 but closer"
019: "1 July 23, 1991 Tues[day] - W[est] down Rubble Cr[eek] from Barrier Lookout"

Barrier - June 5, 1991

Photographs taken by Robert Clark Kline on a mountaineering trip to the Barrier on June 5, 1991, including shots of crumbling cliff faces on the Barrier, Garibaldi Lake, Lesser Garibaldi Lake, Black Tusk, Mt. Garibaldi, Mt. Price, Clinker Peak, Empetrum Ridge, Rubble Creek, Cheakamus River, the Stawamus Chief, and a wooden footbridge covered in snow.

Captions:
001: "1 - June 5, 1991 Wed[nesday] - Centre left - accident site - Right edge - better route"
002: "2 - Accident site - just to the right of huge cracked boulder"
003: "3 - as #2 taken from top right of #1"
004: "4 - S[outh]W[est] along barrier (tipped to the right)"
005: "5 - joins #4 and on angle"
006: "6 - S[outh] from edge of barrier = Mt. Garibaldi top left"
007: "7 - joins #6 from different point - Mt. Price and Clinker Peak behind tree at centre - This is where the lava came from to build the barrier"
008: "8 - joins #7 - Garibaldi Lake through notch at centre - 10,000 year old lava to right - 300,000,000 year old seabed to left - Empetrum Ridge top left."
009: "10 - joins #9"
010: "9 - joins #8 - Black Tusk top left"
011: "11 - 135mm of #9"
012: "12 - Looking down a chute of the Barrier - Rubble Cr[eek] top left"
013: "13 - joins the right of #12 - Rubble Cr[eek] left centre bottom"
014: "14 - Part of route up showing just over the ridge in the foreground"
015: "15 - S[outh]W[est] to inflow of Lesser G[aribaldi] L[ake]"
016: "16 - opposite to #15 - exit at centre"
017: "17 - W[est] across L[esser] G[aribaldi] Lake"
018: "18 - joins #17"
019: "19 - Damage caused by snow"
020: "20 - Garibaldi L[ake] taken from exit"
021: "21 - as #19"
022: "22 - S[outh] along the Cheakamus River to where it joins the Squamish R[iver] + [?] to the Stawamus Chief just left of centre"

Black Tusk - August 29, 1989 + Lions - September 8, 1989

Photographs taken by Robert Clark Kline on a mountaineering trip to Black Tusk on August 29, 1989 and to the Lions on September 8, 1989, including shots of Black Tusk, the Lions, Rainbow Mountain, Empetrum Ridge, Corrie Ridge, marmots basking on rocks, Mt. Harvey, Brunswick Mountain, Mt. Hanover, Goat Ridge, Mt. Garibaldi, David Peak, James Peak, Thomas Peak, Unnecessary Mountain, Hanging Lake, Enchantment Pass, Capilano River, Harvey Pass, Harvey Creek, and Horseshoe Bay.

Captions:

001: "1 - Aug[ust] 29 [19]89 - N[orth] from Black Tusk"
002: "2 joins 1 - Rainbow M[oun]t[ai]n top left centre"
003: "3 - Telephoto of 2 - Car was just behind ridge of very centre"
004: "4 joins 3 - shows ridge followed - went over left knoll + behind right one"
005: "5 - S[outh] from W[est] base of Tusk"
006: "6 - B[lack] T[usk] from the W[est]"
007: "7 - 135 mm of 6"
008: "8 - E[ast]N[orth]E[ast] along flank of B[lack] T[usk] - Empetrum ridge on left - Corrie ridge centre"
009: "9 - B[lack] T[usk] from the N[orth]W[est]"
010: "10 - N[orth] from Microwave tower - Car at centre"
011: "11"
012: "12"
013: "13 - Sept[ember] 9 [19]89 - S[outh]S[outh]E[ast] to Van[couver] from base of W[est] Lion"
014: "14 - 135 mm of 13"
015: "15 - N[orth] from base of W[est] Lion - L[eft] to R[ight]: Mt. Harvey, Mt. Brunswick, Mt. Hanover, Black Tusk, Goat Ridge, part of Mt. Garibaldi, David P[ea]k centre right"
016: "16 - S[outh] from between Lions - base of W[est] Lion on right - Mt. Unnecessary on left"
017: "17 - N[orth]N[orth]E[ast] from ridge between Lions - L[eft] to R[ight] in foreground: David, James + Thomas Peaks"
018: "18 - Similar to 17 showing Hanging Lake just right of James P[ea]k that goes to the right of Thomas Peak, along ridge of James peak, then almost to lake then left into Harvey Cr[eek]"
019: "19 - S[outh]W[est] from near Enchantment Pass - W[est] Lion top left - Ferry wake visible through tree bottom right - Horseshoe Bay"
020: "20 - The Lions from James Peak"
021: "21 - E[ast]N[orth]E[ast] down valley from Hanging Lake to Capilano River"
022: "22 - S[outh] from Harvey Pass to the Lions"
023: "23 - E[ast] from Harvey Cr[eek] Pond - L[eft] to R[ight]: James P[ea]k, Thomas P[ea]k, W[est] Lion at edge"
024: "24 - joins 23 - David P[ea]k + part of James P[ea]k"
025: "25 (E[ast]) - W[est] Lion from Harvey Cr[eek] R[oa]d"

Black Tusk - August 29, 1989

Photographs taken by Robert Clark Kline on a mountaineering trip to Black Tusk on August 29, 1989, including shots of Helm Lake, Black Tusk, Mt. Garibaldi, Cinder Cone, Empetrum Ridge, and Golden Ears.

Captions:

001: "15 - From high point on left of photo 14"
002: "16 - N[orth] from point just left of centre on photo 14"
003: "17 joins 16 - Helm Lake left centre"
004: "18 joins 17"
005: "19 N[orth] to B[lack] T[usk]"
006: "20 - From base of [Black] Tusk - S[outh]S[outh]E[ast] down trail to Black Tusk meadows"
007: "21"
008: "22 - Trail west along base"
009: "23 - N[orth]E[ast] down crevasse"
010: "24 - From top - Mt. Garibaldi centre right"
011: "14 - near bottom of moraine"
012: "13 as 12"
013: "11 - Bee on flow - 2nd type just to right"
014: "12 - B[lack] T[usk] from S[outh] end of E[ast] ridge"
015: "10 joins 9 - S[outh]E[ast] from E[ast] ridge - Helm glacier centre - Cinder Cone centre right"
016: "9 joins 8 - S[outh] from E[ast] ridge - Mt. Garibaldi centre left"
017: "8 - S[outh]W[est] from E[ast] ridge - Microwave tower at right"
018: "7 as 6"
019: "6 - B[lack] T[usk] from E[ast] ridge"
020: "5 - N[orth]N[orth]E[ast] from Empetrum Ridge - Whistler M[oun]t[ai]n top centre right"
021: "4 - B[lack] T[usk] from E[ast] slope of Empetrum Ridge"
022: "3 - Black Tusk S[outh] from 5200' knoll - Aug[ust] 29, [19]89"
024: "2 - Golden Ears from Steve + Meager"

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