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Alpine Club of Canada. Jasper/Hinton Section fonds

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  • Fonds
  • 1906-2009

The fonds consists of 2 volumes of the Centennial Gazette published in 2006; 1 volume of the Alpine Club Journal for the year 2009; "100 Peaks Project" (completed by the Jasper Hinton Section) and digitalized by Peter Amann, certified mountain guide and past Chairman of the Jasper Hinton Section.

Alpine Club of Canada: Jasper/Hinton Section

Hinton Train Crash collection

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  • Collection
  • 1986-2010

This collection consists of thirty-seven colored photographs taken by Rob Hoover of Northern Lights Freelance Photography of Hinton, Alberta, photographs donated by Dr. Duncan Murray, numerous newspaper and magazine articles,a DVD entitled "Disasters of the Century, The Hinton Train Crash", produced by Partners in Motion and a VHS labelled "VIA Train Wreck, Edmonton Tornado, July 1987".

Hinton Municipal Library

Olive and John Mitchell fonds

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  • Fonds
  • 1912-2009

The fonds consists of photographs of the Mitchells' lives in the coal mining towns of Mountain Park and Luscar and the recreational activities they enjoyed. Fonds also includes Mountain Park hockey crest, hand drawn map of the Luscar townsite, recipes from the Edmonton Journal dating back to 1949, program from a Luscar ice carnival dated 1951 and various Coal Branch newsletters; six yearbooks from Harry Collinge Highschool in Hinton; postcard written to Olive's father from 1911; calendar publised by Canadian Institute of Forestry for the years 1949-1990; map of Coal Valley Resources Inc. and a handwritten poem "The Rockies In June".

Mitchell, Olive

Tom Peterson collection

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  • Collection
  • 1957-2007

This collection consists of titles pertaining to local history and a copy of "A Hard Road To Travel" which Tom researched with Peter Murphy, Robert Udell and Robert Stevenson. His collection includes the rare book: David Thompson's Narrative 1784-1912.

Peterson, Tom

West Fraser Mills Ltd. fonds

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  • Fonds
  • 1955-1956

The fonds consists of scanned photographs of the construction of the pulp mill in Hinton during the years 1955-1956.

St. Regis (Alberta) Ltd. West Fraser Mills Ltd.

Willmore Wilderness Park fonds

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  • Fonds
  • 1993-2003

The fonds consists of journal records of visitors to the Eagle's Nest and Summit Lake backcountry cabins. The journals contain entries by hikers,backcountry skiiers, Conservation Officers, Wardens and horse riders. The entries include thoughts, diary entries, housekeeping notes, weather reports and animal sightings.

Willmore Wilderness Park