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Horseshoe Bay

Item is a postcard labelled "Horseshoe Bay, BC" sent from [Ins.?] to Mrs. Wallace O. (Jenny) Betts. On the front of the card is a black and white photograph of a marina in Horseshoe Bay, West Vancouver. On the back of the card is a handwritten message from the sender to Jenny Betts at Alta Lake. There is a brown two-cent Canadian stamp in the top right corner. The card is postmarked July 22, 1938 in Whytecliff, B.C.

Letter, Pat O'Neill to Jack Jardine

Item is a letter written by Pat O'Neil to Jack Jardine, dated March 10, 1940. It was written after Pat had left Alta Lake and returned to Winnipeg, Manitoba.

In the letter, Pat thanks Jack for his last letter and discusses his upcoming marriage, his job, the weather, and his brothers, one of whom has joined the army. He notes that Jenny is "expecting again" (her second child, Samuel) and inquires after her husband, Wallace, and daughter, Louise. He closes by asking Jack to write him again.

O'Neill, Pat

Letter, Ann to Aunt Lizzie Neiland

Letter (with envelope) to Lizzie Neiland from her niece Ann [Hereron?] in New Westminster. She asks for her aunt to give Jenny her kind regards. She has been to Lake Cowichan to see her sister, Mary, and her children, and is now staying with an aunt in New Westminster, although she is considering going back to Kelowna. Letter contains a birthday poem for Lizzie Neiland with multiple puns involving the letter 'C.' The envelope has a 2 cent Canada stamp and two postmarks: February 20, 1931 in Stillbridge, B.C., and February 25, 1931, in Alta Lake.

Cheque stubs

Book of blue cheque stubs belonging to a member of the Jardine-Neiland or Betts family. The cheque stubs are dated from September 27, 1938 to spring or summer 1939. The payees include "Bradley," Dr. E. L. Garner, a hospital, [J. E. Heming,] Vancouver General Hospital, Alex Philip, and Bob [Olen?].

Cheque stubs [2]

Book of blue cheque stubs belonging to a member of the Jardine-Neiland or Betts family. The cheque stubs are dated from July 25, 1939 to October 26, 1939. The payees include [BC Call-Loon Co.], Angus Gorrie, Mrs. J. Craddock, Mrs. L. Neiland, and the Pacific Great Eastern Railway.

Resort Municipality of Whistler Newsletters

Two Resort Municipality of Whistler newsletters from February 1979 and March 1981 sent to the Alpine Club of Canada Vancouver Section. The issues were read and used by the Section executive of the Club and were previously part of the Section archive.

The newsletters broach subjects including regarding a Garibaldi Lift Company announcement to develop the North Face of Whistler Mountain, the rights to develop Blackcomb Mountain by Fortress Mountain Resorts Ltd, the sod turning ceremony of the Town Core [Whistler Village], announcement for a contract for underground parking, the announcement that Arnold Palmer Enterprises set to design an 18 hole golf course [Whistler Golf Course], the Whistler Volunteer Fire Department, private water systems, the Information Center, thank-yous to council members, welcomes to newly elected council members, highway improvements to the north, subdivision paving, overnight camping, Health Center and ambulance service, efforts to establish an R.C.M.P detachment, establishment of a ski train, television and radio reception, bylaws to control dogs and noise, taxes, establishing a municipal works yard, employee housing, schools, road maintenance, garbage service, zoning, recreational facilities, legal costs, budgets, flooding, gas utilities, Municipal Hall, bus transportation, Sunday shopping, construction, the cemetery, and the Cheakamus River.

Photographs

Series consists of photographs of Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camps, Dave Murray Summer Ski Camps, and related events such as dinners, picnics, and parties. Also included are a smaller number of photographs relating to Mount Seymour, where donor Alex Douglas lives and worked.

Slide Extras

Extra photographs that did not fit into Alex Douglas's albums. Subject include building the T-bar, skiing, snowy mountain vistas, Alta Lake, Whistler Mountain, snowshoeing, Red Chair, Vancouver, hotdogging, treewells, wildlife, and snowcats.

Identification according to ADOUGLAS-03-011:

  • 001 (109-3) – Jan 1981, “new Ford Courier at Seymour.”
  • 003 (112-17) – “TSSSC 1981, bottom station and terminal tower.”
  • 008 (49-20) – May-June 1978, “nice shoot, Whistler Bowl after [blasting?]”
  • 012 (108-18) – Dec-Jan 1980/81, “kids on Seymour.”
  • 013 (6-22) – August 12-14 1976, “chair lift Seymour.”
  • 014 (109-6) – Jan 1981, “one girl snowshoeing.”
  • 015 (114-20) – [June 1981], “Mike + me.”
  • 016 (112-19) – TSSSC 1981, “rock pile, note snow level.”
  • 017 (111-18) – April 1981, “truck up in Seymour Parking lot with the most snow we had all year.”
  • 018 (110-20) – February 1981, “ice on the [trees?]”
  • 019 (111-13) – April 1981, “view of Seymour from Springer St.”
  • 020 (111-11) – April 1981, “truck and house on Springer.”
  • 021 (110-18) – February 1981, “ice on the [trees?]”
  • 067 (117-11) – [1981], “of the Government Cabin.”

Douglas, Alex 'Axel'

Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp extras - People + Events 1978

Photographs of Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp in 1978 including group portraits, mingling outside, campers on the glacier, a spread of food and drink, obstacle races, trampolining, canoeing, sailing, and swimming in Alta Lake.

Identification according to ADOUGLAS-03-01:

  • 001 (53-12) – July 1978, “[Group] shots poor shadow.”
  • 002 (56-8) – July 1978
  • 003 (53-11) – July 1978, “Sharon Alberti, ball between the knees race.”
  • 004 (53-18) – July 1978, “Vancouver trip group at Stanley Park.”
  • 005 (53-20) – July 1978, “[Obscene?] jesters!”
  • 006 (53-21) – July 1978, “Ken, Steve, Andrew, Ron.”
  • 007 (60-13) – July-August 1978, “Wayne, Nancy, Wayne, Toni toast the luncheon.”
  • 008 (60-11) – July-August 1978, “Scotty, Don, Danny [joking] around.”
  • 009 (60-10) – July-August 1978, “Lunch on top of the mountain.”
  • 010 (60-16) – July-August 1978, “Line up for lunch time.”
  • 011 (60-15) – July-August 1978, “Lunch time.”
  • 012 (52-10) – June-July 1978, “General Beach shots.”
  • 013 (53-9) – July 1978, “Dizz stick teams cheering everyone on.”
  • 014 (53-7) – July 1978, “Beach shots.”
  • 015 (53-8) – July 1978, “Beach shots.”
  • 016 (53-3) – July 1978, “Beach shots.”
  • 017 (53-17) – July 1978, “[Group] shots poor shadow.”
  • 018 (52-14) – June-July 1978, “General Beach shots.”
  • 019 (52-15) – June-July 1978, “General Beach shots.”
  • 020 (52-8) – June-July 1978, “Tramp shot.”
  • 021 (50-19) – June 1978, “Field day at the school, dizzy stick contest.”
  • 022 (56-10) – July 1978, “Lone canoeist.”
  • 023 (56-11) – July 1978, “Canoeist on Alta Lake.”

Douglas, Alex 'Axel'

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