THE CANADIAN ROCKIES: A HISTORY PHOTOGRAPHS 111 Above: Terrace po at the Chateau, ca. 1925. TOday the terrace iS used as an outdoor restaurant during summer.

THE CANADIAN ROCKIES: A HISTORY PHOTOGRAPHS 91 Opposite: Scene from the movie, The Silent Force, filmed at Lake Louise, ca. 1925. Above: Chief 」 ohn Hunter on the Mt. Norquay chairlift, ca. 1950.

THE CANADIAN ROCKIES: A HISTORY 爪 PHOTOGRAPHS 83 Opposite: Stoney Natives at Ban 幵 lndian Days, n. d Above: Teepee at Maligne Lake, 1924. Left.:Stoney Natives racing horses in the foothills near MorIey, 1907.

68 THE CANADIAN ROCKIES: A HISTORY PHOTOGRAPHS Above: Conrad Kain, the Austrian mountain guide WhO led the first ascent of Mt. Robson in 1913. Opposite: A. C. C. members inspecting a crevasse on Robson Glacier, 1913.

84 THE CANADIAN ROCKIES: A HISTORY 爪 PHOTOGRAPHS ↓一ッ ッく . Above: Yoh0 park warden 」 ack Giddie with horse on Mt. Burgess, ca. 1930. Opposite: Horses on Victoria Glacier, 1922. Horses were used tO pack supplies partway along the ice during construction Of Abbot Pass Hut.

80 THE CANADIAN ROCKIES: A HISTORY PHOTOGRAPHS Top: lce boating on Lake Minnewanka, 1908. Bottom: lce harvest on the BOW River near Canmore, winter Of 1921-22. The ice was used by stores and hotels for refrigeration. Opposite: Log run on the BOW River above Bow Falls, ca. 1890. Timber berths and mining claims were permitted in the mountain national parks until 1930

8 THE CANADIAN ROCKIES: A HISTORY PHOTOGRAPHS 、な During constructron Of Turning MaJor Rogers the CPR, the "end of steel" surveyed line through the mountalns 1ntO rails Of steel was the place to be. For a was a formidable and time in 1883 , the steel dangerous task. On the stopped at Silver City, in the Bow VaIIey near Castle pralries, Wi th li ttle in the Mountain. Here, a rail 、 vay way of obstacles, railway b00n1 tO 、 flourished, 、 vith 、 MOrk gangs sometlmes the rumoured presence Of managed to lay more than silver thrown ln tO heighten miles oftrack a day. After the rush. At its peak, Silver crossing the Continental City boasted half a dozen Divide, progress slowed, as hotels and a population the 、 vorkers tOiled on larger than Calgary s. When hazardous sideslopes above the narro 、 canyon Of the the rails moved 、 Mest and the silver proved noneXIStent, K1ckmg Horse River, threatened by rockfall, Silver City quickly went avalanche, and the hazards 伝 om boom to bust. Except ofworklng with dynamite. for one die-hard resident, lt Above: Silver City, railway and lay deserted two years later. The 、 M()rkers overcame these mining boom town Of 1883-85. Today, all that remams a dangers, and the tracks Opposite top: The railway siding cleared meadow beside the crossed the Rockies tO 0f Laggan in 1885. The siding Bow Valley Parkway. Golden, British CoIumbia in name was changed tO Lake 1884. Louise in 1913. Opposite bottom: CPR section gang on a hand car, 1887 or 1888.

THE CANADIAN ROCKIES: A HISTORY PHOTOGRAPHS 63 several days on a raft exploring the largest body of water in the Rockies. Mary published a popular account of these journeys ln 1911. 0 を / 〃〃な was well received and made her intO a celebrity. At 50 years of age, Mary then gave up traillife tO reside at Banff, 、 vhere She lived until her death in 1 男 9. Above: Chief Sampson Beaver and family, 1907. Sampson provided Mary Schäffer with a crude map Of the route tO Maligne Lake. Right: Mary Schäffer, whO explored Maligne Lake in 1908.

THE CANADIAN ROCKIES: A HISTORY PHOTOGRAPHS 67 ascents" Kain made during 気 h an elevation of 3954m / bold and ill-equipped 25 seasons 0f guiding in 12972 伝 Mt. Robson is the attempts on the imposrng highest mountarn in the 、 vest face Of the mountaln. Canada. On the last of these Kinney Many climbing routes Canadian Rockies, standing claimed success, although it have since been established head and shoulders above on Robson, and this difficult later became apparent they the rest. B efO re the construc- mountain has lOSt none Of had not quite reached the tion of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway through the itS appeal tO n10 untarneers. summlt. Conquest Of the moun- area ln 1911, the mountarn tain then became a prlncip al and itS envlrons 、 kno 、 aim of the Alpine Club of only tO trappers, prospectors and a few intrepid explorers Canada. During the 1911 and guides. The first moun- Smithsonian/ACC expedition to Mt. Robson, Club talneermg attemptS on President A. O. Wheeler Robson [ 00k place in 1908. scouted the ViC1n1ty as a The following year, Rever- location for an ACC camp. end George Kinney and trail WheeIer wanted the highest guide Donald 。 Curly" Phillips made a series of peak in the Rockies [ 0 be climbed by Canadians ・ From the 1913 camp at Robson Pass, Austrian born mountaln guide Conrad Kain, led t 、 M() ACC members to the summit, fulfilling Wheeler s desire. Robson was one of 6 "first Opposite: The east face 0f Mt. Robson, 1913. Above: Climbers with movie camera on Mt. RespIendent, 1918. Mt. Robson is in the background.

94 THE CANADIAN ROCKIES: A HISTORY PHOTOGRAPHS Much to the chagrin of the Rockies. Now a rich part of guests. The Sunshine ski old-guard trail guides, who the area S human history, area 、 born. preferred winter travel on Skoki Lodge celebrated its ln the early days, before sno 、 vshoes, skiing in the 60th anmversary 1n 1991. rope tO 、 MS, lifts and sno 、 ROCkies began [ 0 catch on in mobiles, downhill skiers ln 1 男 4 , Jim Brewster the 1920 s. Jimmy Simpson obtained the 、 vinter lease on earned their runs by attach- called skiers : people wi th a CPR trail cabin just belOW ing tractlon-gwing seal skins wooden heads and feet to the Sunshine Meadows. The tO their SkiS, and "skinning match. " Nonetheless , the area had been visited by up hill. The first permanent Banff Ski Club was skiers from Banff during 1 翫 at Sunshine was installed founded, and its members several prevlous 、 M1nters, and ln 1945. Access tO S01 e Of took their skill and enthusi- was noted for its delightful the upper ski slopes was asm to the slopes of Mt. skiing conditions. Bre 、 vster provided by snowmobile No rquay, above the town. explored the area s potential buses, and in the days before Soon after, northeast Of as a Ski resort for t 、 V() the gondola, the ski area was Lake Louise in the Skoki seasons. Results 、 reached トメ a hair-ralsing Valley (pronounced SKOWE- promrsing, and the cabin drive a10 ng the access ro ad key), Sk1 enthusiasts con- was bought outright. from Healy Creek. structed the first back Mounta1n guides were soon hired to teach skiing to country ski lodge in the Above: Ski jumping at Mt. Norquay, n. d. Opposite: Sunshine L0dge and snowmobile bus, n. d.