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Castle Towers Mountain Mountaineering
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Album K

  • WA_2013_026-01-01
  • Subseries
  • [1924-1929]
  • Part of Brooks fonds

Photographs of Mt. Assiniboine; West Summerland Valley; Chain Lake; Kettle Valley Railway; Penticton; Big Trestle K.V.R.; West Kootenay Power Point, Bonnington BC; Nelson; Kootenay Lake; Kootenay Landing; The Great Divide, Crow's Nest Pass; Cranbrook; Silent Pass, Fernie; C.P.R. Depot at Crow's Nest; Coleman, Alberta; Ludbreek Falls, Alberta; a view of Turtle Mountain and the Frank Slide; Crow's Nest Mountain; street views of downtown Calgary; Banff bridge; zoo visit; Bow Valley; Hot Springs; Mt. Rundle from Mt. Norquay Ski Camp; Mt. Edith; ski mountaineering with Mt. Norquay Ski Camp; skiing from Mt. Norquay hut; Cascade from Banff; houses in Banff; rail bridges and tracks; The Great Divide peak sign; Camp Garibaldi (at Garibaldi Lake); Alpine Club of Canada camp; tent camping; Sphinx Bay; The Table; Garibaldi Meadows; female mountaineers; hiking; mountaineering; Summit cairn of Castle Towers; Castle Towers; Black Tusk; a picnic during a climb; and Emmie Brooks.

Album M

  • WA_2013_026-01-03
  • Subseries
  • [1922-1929]
  • Part of Brooks fonds

Photographs of mountaineering; female mountaineers; hiking; climbing; Luxor; Pitt Valley; Sphinx; Garibaldi Lake; crevasse; Garibaldi; Gentian Ridge; Black Tusk; alpine flowers; Sentinel; Castle Towers camp; The Table; cross-country skiing; Hollyburn Ridge; Forks Peak; Crown Mountain; The Camel; Echo Mountain; Goat Mountain; Cathedral-White; hiking; scenery; camping; climbing in Peru; Grand Canyon; Red Rock; Yellowstone Canyon; Old Faithful Geyser; Giant Geyser; bears; elk; buffalo; Indian Chief; picnics; a summit cairn; seagulls; Lake of the Hanging Glaciers; Purcells; Earl Grey Pass; Bugaboos; Washmawapta Snow Fields; Helmet Mountain; Isaac Creek; Twin Creek; dogsledding; waterfalls; Habrych Mountain; Burbank; Santa Barbara; aerial mountain shots; float planes; boating; and portraits.

Album N

  • WA_2013_026-01-04
  • Subseries
  • [1928-1929]
  • Part of Brooks fonds

Photographs of the Alpine Club of Canada camp, Rogers Pass, the Rocky Mountains, Swiss Peak, Sir Donald, Selkirks, a cabin, camping, hiking clothes, a glacier, climbing, mountaineering, female mountaineers, hiking, Black Tusk, Garibaldi Lake, Castle Towers, Guard Mountain, The Table, Black Tusk meadows, Helm Glacier, Mount Price, Eric Brooks, a Rocky Mountain area resort, Mount Edith Cavell, Amythest Lake, Jasper, The Seven Sisters, Mount Baker, Washington, and a postal float plane in Peru.

Brooks fonds

  • WA_2013_026
  • Fonds
  • 1922-2003

Photographs of Vancouver to Calgary by rail, ski mountaineering with Mt. Norquay Ski Camp, Camp Garibaldi (at Garibaldi Lake), Alpine Club of Canada camp, camping, female mountaineers, hiking, mountaineering, summit cairn of Castle Towers, Black Tusk, Emmie Brooks, Eric Brooks, snowshoeing, the Rocky Mountains, Selkirks, a glacier, Garibaldi Park, Guard Mountain, The Table, Peru, California, and Yellowstone Park.

Garibaldi

  • WA_2013_026-01-03-001
  • File
  • [1927-1928]
  • Part of Brooks fonds

Photographs of mountaineering, female mountaineers, hiking, climbing, Luxor, Pitt Valley, Sphinx, Garibaldi Lake, crevasse, Garibaldi, Gentian Ridge, Black Tusk, alpine flowers, Sentinel, Castle Towers camp, and The Table.

Garibaldi

Photographs of the Alpine Club of Canada camp, hiking, camping, mountaineering, female mountaineers, Black Tusk, Garibaldi Lake, Castle Towers, Guard Mountain, The Table, Black Tusk meadows, Helm Glacier, Mount Price, and Eric Brooks.

Glacier Meadows - Source of Wedgemount Cr[eek]

Photograph taken by Neal Carter of mountains in Garibaldi Provincial Park and Wedge Creek, likely taken in September, 1923.

[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 Red M[oun]t[ain] [Now known as Fissile Peak], North Peak of Castle Towers, Garibaldi, Castle Towers, and The Table, Glacier Meadows, and Wedgemount Cr[eek].]

Musical Bumps + Cinder Cone - October 1988

Photographs taken by Robert Clark Kline on a mountaineering trip to Musical Bumps and Cinder Cone in October 1988, including shots of the Musical Bumps, Cinder Cone, Whistler Mountain, Helm Creek, Empetrum Peak, Black Tusk, Taylor Meadows, Castle Towers, Helm Glacier, Panorama Ridge, Helm Lake, Cheakamus River, Overlord Mountain, Singing Pass, Flute summit, and Oboe summit.

Captions:

001: "24 - From N[orth] slope of cone down Helm Cr[eek] - Whistler [Mountain] top centre right"
002: "23 - joins 22 but not quite same position - Empetrum Peak at left"
003: "22 - joins 21 but not quite same position - Empetrum Peak at right"
004: "21 - From N[orth]W[est] rim of crater"
005: "20 - S[outh]W[est] from N[orth]W[est] rim of cone across Helm Cr[eek] + Lake - Taylor flats partly visible in background"
006: "19 - S[outh]E[ast] from Cinder Cone up Helm Glacier - Castle Towers M[oun]t[ai]n top centre - S[outh]W[est] side of Crater in foreground"
007: "18 - N[orth] from Cinder Cone down Helm Cr[eek] - Whistler M[oun]t[ai]n top centre right"
008: "17 - W[est] to Black Tusk from E[ast] rim of Cinder Cone - Crater in foreground"
009: "16 - Main part of Helm Glacier from near E[ast] rim of cone"
010: "15 - Same as 14 but farther up E[ast] slope of Cinder Cone"
011: "14 - opposite to 12 - Panorama Ridge in background"
012: "13 - Same as 11 but by edge of lake"
013: "12 - N[orth] to Cinder Cone from Helm Glacier (Western part)"
014: "11 - N[orth]W[est] to Black Tusk along Helm Cr[eek] - opposite to photo #9"
015: "10 - joins 9 - Cinder Cone"
016: "9 - S[outh]E[ast] into Helm Cr[eek] from Cinder flats"
017: "8 - S[outh]W[est] towards Helm Lake - Taylor flats is over the divide at centre - Panorama Ridge top centre"
018: "7 - W[est] to Black Tusk"
019: "6 - Sunday Oct[ober] 9, [19]88 - S[outh]E[ast] to Black Tusk from 1st open meadow above Cheakamus R[iver]"
020: "5 Almost joins 4 - S[outh]E[ast] from Flute to the McBride Range - Cheakamus River runs left to right behind 2 slopes in foreground - Harrison Lake in 42 km beyond peaks top centre"
021: "4 - Overlord M[oun]t[ai]n from Oboe summit - Singing pass in foreground"
022: "3 - Same as 2 but farther south for better foreground"
023: "2 - Flute from top of Oboe Summit - Whistler [Mountain] top right centre"
024: "1 - Flute summit from Oboe 1/2 way up"
025: "5 - Friday Oct[ober] 7, [19]88 - E[ast]S[outh]E[ast] from Flute summit to Overlord M[oun]t[ai]n"

Panorama from above the Fitzsimmons Creek Cabin - Sept. 12, 1923

  • WMA_P88-01-029
  • File
  • September 12, 1923
  • Part of Neal Carter

Photograph taken by Neal Carter of Castle Towers Mountain and the head of the Cheakamus Glacier as seen from above the Fitzsimmons Creek Cabin on September 12, 1923. [The photograph appears to have been part of a panoramic shot composed of several photographs taped together (other photographs not present).]

Caption: "Panorama from above the Fitzsimmons Creek Cabin - Sept. 12, 1923."

[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 Head of the Cheakamus Glacier, North Pe[a]k of Castle Towers, and Copper Peak.]

Photo albums

Photographs of Vancouver to Calgary by rail, ski mountaineering with Mt. Norquay Ski Camp, Camp Garibaldi (at Garibaldi Lake), Alpine Club of Canada camp, Tent camping, female mountaineers, hiking, mountaineering, summit cairn of Castle Towers, Black Tusk, Emmie Brooks, Eric Brooks, snowshoeing, Rocky Mountains, Selkirks glacier, Garibaldi Park, Guard Mountain, The Table, Peru, California, and Yellowstone Park.

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