RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1979-05-03 SUMMARY: Art Cooper was born in 1903 and was an accountant. He discusses early climbing on the North Shore mountains. A trip up Mt. Coquitlam. Food for trips. Trips to Golden Ears and Garibaldi. Ascent of The Camel. Winter ascent of the West Lion. How the B.C.M.C. organized trips. Clothing and equipment needed by the mountaineers. Travelling by boat to climb The Lions. Funny anecdote about cooking beans. B.C.M.C. cabin on Grouse Mountain. "Rock gymnastics" on Squamish Chief. Need for skill on rock and snow. Effect of the Depression on climbers. Description of Tantalus area. Using early maps.1964 trip to Squamish Valley. Rock climbing in the Bugaboos. Frightening thunderstorm in the Rockies. Climbing Mt. Sir Donald in the Selkirks. Bushwhacking on the Coast Range. First ascents. Changing character of A.C.C. Early ski equipment. Competitive aspect of modern skiing. Glissading. Climb of Mt. Columbia. Effect of ski development on mountains. Names of local mountains. Ascents by B. Darling. Discussion of climbs in Garibaldi. Sky Pilot group. Climb of Mt. Robie Reid (Old Baldy) in 1934. Danger from electrical storms. Taking pictures in the mountains. Comparison of equipment. Going in to Garibaldi from Garibaldi station. Pacing while hiking. More about picture taking. Climbing in the U.S.A. and on Vancouver Island. Mount Waddington. Climbs in the Rockies. Risk-taking in climbing. More cautious as he got older. "Brain work" involved in mountaineering.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-06 SUMMARY: An interview with mountain guide Edward Feuz, Jr.;

CALL NUMBER: T0896:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-11-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Edward Feuz describes the CPR's Swiss guides in the Rockies: his father came out to the Rockies from Interlaken Switzerland in 1899 as a mountain guide for the CPR, Ed came out in 1903 and worked as a porter, at twenty-one he returned to Switzerland to to pass his Swiss Guide exams - standard for Swiss guides, William Randolph Hearst, climbing with Col. Amery who was the Viceroy of India. TRACK 2: Feuz continues with more on Amery, Ed and all of his brothers were married in 1909, CPR "Swiss Village" at Golden, the village was a failure as the lots were too small, built on rocky slop;es, guides never got the winter work the CPR guaranteed them, eventually all the guides ended up in Lake Louise, did maintainable work in winter.

CALL NUMBER: T0896:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-11-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Feuz describes the alpine hut at Abbott's Pass, anecdote about when he was trapped in an avalanche, differences in the geology and climate of the Rockies, Selkirk and Alps, winters are much ;harder in the Rockies, rock faces often less secure here, regrets that there is no socializing after a day's climb as there is in Switzerland. [TRACK 2: blank.]

CALL NUMBER: T1392:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Railroading in the early days RECORDED: Revelstoke (B.C.), 1975-02-18 SUMMARY: Family background; early railroading and other jobs; comments and events; comments on the Connaught Tunnel and the Spiral Tunnels; change from coal to oil as fuel for engines; change from steam to diesel; women's suffrage movement; anecdotes and comments on Revelstoke life; prohibition years; Arrowhead branch line; river boats.

CALL NUMBER: T1392:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Railroading in the early days RECORDED: Revelstoke (B.C.), 1975-02-18 SUMMARY: Information on Mrs. Middleton; miscellaneous information on snow removal; caribou in Revelstoke, mountaineering; royal trains; gold trains; comments on mining east of Revelstoke; farming in the south area; Kootenay development; Williamson's Lake; today's transportation.

RECORDED: Canmore (Alta.), 1979-05-20 SUMMARY: Lawrence Grassi was born in 1890 and gives biographical information. Arrival in Canmore. Beginning to climb in Rockies. Early A.C.C. summer camps. Participation in 1936 B.C.M.C. -- Sierra Club attempt on Mt. Waddington. "To me it makes no difference whether I climb Grotto (small easy climb in the Rockies) or Everest -- it's all the same to me". Previous knowledge of Mt. Waddington. Discussion of the use of pitons and carabineers ("I do hundreds of climbs. I use one piton"). Use of piton on climb. Discussion of modern style of climbing. Resumes description of expedition to Mt. Waddington -- via Franklin River to Franklin Glacier and Glacier Point. Discomfort with heavy packs in bad weather. Establishing camps on Glacier. Meeting Weissner and House on mountain. Bad weather prevents attempts. Climbs lower north peak of Mt. Waddington. Disappointment of not making main peak. Climbing out of Rogers Pass. Climbing Sir Donald five times in six days. 6000' elevation gain in ascent of Mt. Waddington. Climbs in Dawson Range. Description of ascent of Fox and other mountains via the Alaskan Pass.

Group of women mountaineers sitting on porch of log cabin. Sign above cabin door: Kokanee Glacier [Park].

RECORDED: Trail (B.C.), 1968-03 & 04? SUMMARY: In a series of interviews with J.D. McDonald, Norman H. Brewster discusses climbing and ski mountaineering in the Selkirk and Rocky Mountains during the 1930s and 1940s. Mr. Brewster was CPR telegraph operator at Glacier Station (the west portal of Connaught Tunnel) during the ten years of his Selkirk experiences.

SUMMARY: This special program was broadcast separately from the season's regular "People in Landscape" sub-series. In the program, Edward Feuz recalls some of his experiences as a mountain-climbing guide for the CPR in the Rocky and Selkirk Mountains.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-11-10 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Eve Parker came from England to Donald, BC in 1892. She describes her childhood in Donald, and the social life and customs of the community. She traveled throughout the province employed as a school teacher working in Field, White Water (Retallack), Illecillewaet, Hope, Trail and Revelstoke.

TRACK 2: Mrs. Parker continues the tape with recollections of her mountaineering expeditions in the Revelstoke region. Eva Lake is named for her. She discusses briefly the Rogers Pass Slide of 1910. Her husband, Mr. Philip Parker, continues this tape. He came from England to Revelstoke in 1906 and worked for the CPR as a machinist. He contributes his recollections of the community of Revelstoke, the 1910 slide in Rogers Pass, and other accidents on the railway.