RECORDED: [location unknown], 1984-03-12 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: 1905 attempt by Thomas E. Price (H.A. Price's father), along with George Randall, to climb Garibaldi; heavy forest fires turned them back and the two men walked by to Moodyville, North Vancouver, following the Squamish River. In 1906, Atwell King, Arthur Dalton, David Grey and Thomas Price attempt to climb Garibaldi; group climbed to within 300 feet of the summit, but had to stop because of soft slushy snow; next day, the party found that King was snow blind, so they returned to Squamish and thence to Vancouver by steamer. In 1907, first successful ascent of Garibaldi is made; two of the 1906 climbers plus four other men make up the party. T.E. Price couldn't join the party as he had to write a make up exam for McGill University. In 1908, second ascent of Garibaldi was made with T.E. Price. Description of the work T.E. Price carried out as a member of the Garibaldi Park Board. Brief description of H.A. Price's first trip into Garibaldi Park, Black Tusk area, as an 8- or 9-year-old boy. Brief account of successive trips made by H.A. (Alex) Price into Garibaldi Park between 1930 and 1940. One change noted in the park during this time was the construction of Taylor Cabin. Description of H.A. Price's duties as a "packer's flunky" for Garibaldi Park Board packer Alex Munro. Account of T.E. Price's detailed log of the trail from Cheakamus River to Black Tusk Meadow; Alex Munro's expertise as a fly fisherman recounted; an account of H.A. Price's walk from Garibaldi station to Squamish to catch the steamer to Vancouver. TRACK 2: Continuation of trip from Garibaldi station to Squamish; Alex Munro's horse-breaking show.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1984-03-15 SUMMARY: First interest in hiking and first trip into Garibaldi Park in 1958; early access to the park by train, vehicle; early routes into the park; early camping facilities in the park; climbs by C. Sparks and friends in the Black Tusk area and northern areas of the park, from 1960 to the present; Diamond Head area services and trips into Diamond Head; equipment and supplies used for camping by C. Sparks; and friends; comments and opinions about future of the park, and park users.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1984-03-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Interest in parks related to involvement in rock climbing and how this interest in parks led to work with the BC Forest Service Parks and Recreation Division in 1948, and eventually to the position of Park Supervisor for Garibaldi Park in 1953. First visits to the Black Tusk and Diamond Head areas of Garibaldi Park in the spring and fall of 1951; an account of the Queen Charlotte Airlines; plane crash on Garibaldi Trail in 1951; commencement of administrative tasks in the Garibaldi region, March 1953, and description of services provided in Black Tusk and Diamond Head areas in 1953. Some of the first projects completed in the Black Tusk area; major cleanup of old campsites; construction of bridge across Garibaldi Lake Outlet in 1954; construction of a boathouse under rock overhang in 1954; construction of boathouse near Queen Charlotte Airlines cabin in 1955. Other activities involved with in relation to park work: public relations, search and rescue, periodic inspection of drilling taking place at Cheakamus Lake, hiring summer staff to work in the Black Tusk, administering youth crew programs. Any changes in park boundaries thought to have occurred after leaving parks service. Involvement with Garibaldi Park after leaving park service in 1962. TRACK 2: Continuation of involvement with Garibaldi Park after leaving the Parks Service.

RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1984-03-01 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Description of travel from Vancouver to the Black Tusk Meadows for the 1926 BCMC summer camp; steamship to Squamish; steam engine; in open car decks, to Daisy Lake and hike up the trail; first impression of the Black Tusk area; comments about the people who attended the camp. Description of trips made by Mills Winram and others to climb: Black Tusk; Table; Garibaldi; Castle Towers; and Sentinel Mountain (now Guard Mountain). Discussion of the first ascent of Glacier Pikes, made in 1926. Description of Plane Tabling, carried out by Neil Carter. Description of clothing and equipment used during the 1926 camp: boots, puttees, coats. TRACK 2: Continuation of description of clothing and equipment, packs, blankets, sleeping bags; socks; description of survival food, the ration bag, first aid equipment; description of camp meals.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1984-04-10 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: First trips made by Queen Charlotte Airlines (QCA) into Black Tusk; QCA proposal for a commercial venture in Garibaldi Park in 1948; QCA's first commercial operations on Garibaldi Lake, and the construction of the first of two QCA cabins in 1949. Other QCA developments in the Black Tusk area of Garibaldi Park: snow floats; boat construction; trail blazing from lake outlet to the QCA cabin; operation of cabin by the Brandvolds and Glen "Red" Mahon. TRACK 2: Continued from track 1 -- Red Mahon operating QCA cabin; memorable events; 1951 crash below Barrier Lake; 1950 meeting with W.H. Mathews; termination of QCA operations at Garibaldi Lake; wraps up with QCA being taken over by PWA.