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 Charles Townsend pointing across the Cheakamus Lake valley from Whistler Mountain on September 17, 1923.

Caption: "The Garibaldi Region. Looking across Cheakamus Lake Valley from Whistler M[oun]t[ain] - Sept. 17, 1923."

[Neal Carter has also traced the tips of mountains in view on the back of the photograph with a labels written backwards so that if you hold the photo up to the light, the labels appear superimposed on the image. The labels read Mt. Isosceles 8000 ft, Castle Towers 8300 ft, and Mt. Garibaldi 8750 ft."

Photograph taken by Neal Carter of the mountains above the Fitzsimmons Creek Cabin in Fitzsimmons Valley on September 17, 1923.

Caption: "Mountains around head of Fitzsimmons Valley from above the Cabin. - Sept. 17, 1923 - on my way to Whistler Mountain."

[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 Fitzsimmons Creek, Mt. Overlord, Fitzsimmons Gl[acier], Red M[oun]tain, and Black M[oun]t[ain] [now known as Fissile Peak].

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 a distant Neal Carter of Wedge Mountain as seen from Whistler Mountain on September 17, 1923.

Caption: "Wedge M[oun]t[ain] from Whistler M[oun]t[ain] - Sept. 17, 1923."

[Neal Carter has also traced the tips of mountains, glacier, and creek in view with labels written backwards so that if you hold the photo up to the light, the labels appear superimposed on the image.]

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 Charles Townsend standing on ice on a glacier lake on Whistler Mountain on September 17, 1923.

Caption: "An ice lake on Whistler M[oun]t[ain] - C[harles] T. T[ownsend] on ice - Sept. 17, 1923."

Digitized film documenting a trek to Black Tusk in December 1950, with added moving caption descriptions and set to Alpine-themed music.

Photographs taken by Clifford Fenner from his work in Garibaldi Provincial Park and his travels in British Columbia, the United States, and Colombia.

Series consists of 6 photocopied pages from two separate volumes of The Varsity Outdoor Club Journal, published by the University of British Columbia. Both sets of photocopies include the title page of the journal, a black-and-white photograph, and articles.

• Volume II (1959) includes a photograph of Mt. Logan from Hubbard-Donjek Neve and a letter from mountaineer Dr. Neal M. Carter recounting mountain-climbing expeditions and the naming of peaks in Garibaldi Park in the 1920s. The letter has an introduction written by Karl Ricker, the donor.

• Volume VIII (1965) includes a photograph of Veeocee Mountain and Ubyssey Glacier, and an article by Neal M. Carter, “Some Notes on the Historical Background of the Alta Lake – Fitzsimmons Creek Area," recounting various alpine expeditions made in the area (primarily in the 1920s).