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  2. Alpine Club of Canada - Wikipedia

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    The inaugural meeting took place on March 27 and 28 1906. A.O. Wheeler became President and Elizabeth Parker was named First Secretary. Several categories of members were created with different levels of involvement: Honorary Members (who had already distinguished themselves in the field of mountaineering), Active Members (who have made an ascent of a peak of at least 10,000 feet).

  3. Canadian Alpine Journal - Wikipedia

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    The Canadian Alpine Journal is the yearly magazine of the Alpine Club of Canada.It serves as a worldwide journal of record for achievements in climbing, mountaineering, ski mountaineering, and exploration of mountains.

  4. Neil Colgan Hut - Wikipedia

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    www.alpineclubofcanada.ca /web /ACCMember /Huts /Neil _Colgan _Hut.aspx The Neil Colgan Hut is an alpine hut located at an altitude of 2,957 metres (9,701 ft) on the Fay Glacier in Kootenay National Park in British Columbia , Canada .

  5. Bill Putnam hut - Wikipedia

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    The Bill Putnam (Fairy Meadow) hut is an alpine hut located in the Adamant Range of the Selkirk Mountains in British Columbia.It is set on a knoll at the edge of a high mountain meadow and provides access to a great array of mountaineering objectives, but it is best known for its spectacular skiing terrain.

  6. Whyte Museum - Wikipedia

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    The museum was opened on June 16, 1968, by the Peter and Catharine Whyte Foundation. The Archives of the Canadian Rockies was the starting point of the museum and the Banff Library was incorporated in the Whyte Museum in 1970. The exhibition space saw several expansions during the 1980s and a new facility was opened in 1993.

  7. List of alpine clubs - Wikipedia

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    The first alpine club, the Alpine Club, based in the United Kingdom, was founded in London in 1857 as a gentlemen's club.It was once described as: "a club of English gentlemen devoted to mountaineering, first of all in the Alps, members of which have successfully addressed themselves to attempts of the kind on loftier mountains" (Nuttall Encyclopaedia, 1907).

  8. Arthur O. Wheeler hut - Wikipedia

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    The Arthur O. Wheeler hut is an alpine hut located four km southwest of Rogers Pass in Glacier National Park, British Columbia.Although not truly a backcountry hut, this log cabin is situated conveniently close to the Trans-Canada Highway in the Selkirk Mountains, west of the Rocky Mountains.

  9. Climber's Paradise - Wikipedia

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    Climber's Paradise: Making Canada's Mountain National Parks, 1906–1974 is a 2014 book by PearlAnn Reichwein. In this book, Reichwein provides a detailed history of the Alpine Club of Canada (ACC) and its involvement in the development of Canada's western Rocky Mountain National parks. [1]