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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).
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.
The 10,000 square foot Student Center houses a dining room capable of seating 300 people along with a furnished student lounge. The Student Center also includes an executive dining room capable of seating 35 people, a modern commercial kitchen, and two 1,200 square foot apartments occupied by college staff families.
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).
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.
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]
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 .
Broadly speaking, the facility is devoted to student recreation and socialization. A student center or student union is the community center of the college, serving students, faculty, staff, alumni, and guests. A student activity center might offer a variety of programs, activities, services, and facilities. [15]