RECORDED: Kelowna (B.C.), 1983-11 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Bert Osborne was one of the first hunting outfitters in Wapiti District, late 1920s. Henry and Dave Joachim, Ed Stoney were some guides. Ed Moberly. Upper Canada College summer trips; Wembley to Mount Robson in 1936; 1937 trip detoured to Fraser River via Jarvis Creek and McGregor River. One of the largest summer outings - fifty people and eighty-six horses. Count Ignatieff was organizer. Canadian Geographical Jr. article, November 1936. Phillips Petroleum trip in 1940s: Mr. Knox, Angus Beaton. Carl Brooks started outfitting in 1936: summer trips to Kinuseo Falls, Porcupine; (Kakwa) Lake. Kakwa Falls. Route taken. Sherman Meadows. His death in plane crash at Kakwa Lake, 1945. Monkman Highway work, 1936 to 1939. Ted Chambers, Shorty McGuinness, Alex Monkman. Booklet on its history. Dud trips from Kinuseo Falls to Monkman Lake. Wife's work. Brooks outfit sold to Bert Dalgliesh in 1947. [TRACK 2: blank.]

CALL NUMBER: T4105:0008.1 RECORDED: Gordondale (B.C.), 1983-11 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Came west for harvesting in 1923. Timekeeping for Fred Brewster operation in Jasper, 1923 to 1927. Operated dairy in Jasper, 1927-28. Homesteading near Beaverlodge, 1929-1940. Monkman Pass (highway) work. Fred Brewster's operation: building Jasper golf course with 52 teams of horses, relocating CNR round house, tourist chalets and tours, "Pocahontas" (Miette) hot springs. Daily charges for hunting and dude trips. George and Jack Brester. The Neighbors. Otto brothers. Jack Hargreaves. First Jasper winter carnival in 1924: setting ski trail with Pete Withers, ski race, costume contest. Railroad surveys in Monkman Pass area. Kelly Sunderman. Monkman Pass highway trail work. TRACK 2: Henry Hobic, trapper. Alex Monkman, early trader, and origin of pass name. Monkman expedition: organization, work logistics, route description. Trapping area. Pack for Gulf Oil surveys, late 1940s. Onion Lake fossils. Gas seep. Volcano (sinkhole) near Jarvis Lakes. Description of Kakwa Lake area. Some cold sulphur springs. 1932 prospecting trip.

CALL NUMBER: T4105:0008.2 RECORDED: Gordondale (B.C.), 1983-11 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Carl Brooks died in a plane crash at Kakwa Lake in 1945. Tom Wilde. Met Hersh Neighbor during his pack move (1954) from Tete Jaune Cache. [TRACK 2: blank.]

RECORDED: Sundre (Alta.), 1984-10 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Rex Logan sold horses to miners in Nordegg, Cadomin, etc. Albert Gooey guided for Peter McKillop in local area, Charley Siegfried. Ed Grabiec outfit. Peter worked with Grabiec, Ed Sherbic, Ken Thomson, Johnny Kosteniuk, Herb Blake, Nordegg. Had two strings and mainly worked north of the North Saskatchewan River; Coral, Job and Opabin Creeks. Description of Upper Macdonald watershed. Open hunting gave way to an abundance of outfits/competition. Ken Thomson. Later oil company trips; good pay, hard on the horses. Tough work and bad conditions in the Monkman area. Some favored hunting areas. Fossils. Old Indian Camp on the Bighorn River. Joe Bifano, father, outfitted until circa 1936-37. Used Indian guides from Bighorn Reservation. Packhorse killed by lightning on Sunset Pass, one drowned crossing Brazeau River; broken ribs. [TRACK 2: blank.]