Peaks and People

Rocky Mountain Guides and Outfitters is just one of the sections in the new Gateway to the Rockies exhibition being developed by the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies. We want your input and feedback on this permanent (ten year life) exhibition that we are planning to open at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies in the spring of 2012. Tell us what you think of this and the other concepts and stories featured here. Let us know how you think we could make this exhibition more interesting. Please keep in mind that this is a draft of the storyline, not the finished product. As the stories develop, information will be updated. Listen to Michale Lang (Executive Director, Whyte Museum), discussing the Guides and Outfitters exhibition: As the thrill of mountain climbing spread throughout the Canadian Rockies, the need for knowledgeable guides to show 'tenderfoots' through the potentially dangerous areas grew. They knew their horses. They could throw a diamond hitc...

This is a really fun design concept - when you enter the snow shed, you will hear immigrant workers talking and the sound of their tools on the track - then you hear and FEEL an avalanche! Listen to Michale Lang (Executive Director, Whyte Museum), discussing the Immigrants for Industry exhibition: The story of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) and the immigrants who helped build it is just one of the many stories in the new Gateway to the Rockies exhibition being developed by the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies. We want your input and feedback on this permanent (ten year life) exhibition that we are planning to open at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies in the spring of 2012. Tell us what you think of this and the other concepts and stories featured here. Let us know how you think we could make this exhibition more interesting. Please keep in mind that this is a draft of the storyline, not the finished product. As the stories develop, information will be updated....

A Wartime Log : a remembrance of home through the Canadian  Y.M.C.A., 1943.  Bill Waterworth fonds ( M215-lc-cover ; M215-lc-cover) The story of Bill Waterworth's experiences during the Second World War is just one of the many stories in the new Gateway to the Rockies exhibition being developed by the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies.  We want your input and feedback on this permanent (ten year life) exhibition that we are planning to open at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies in the spring of 2012. Tell us what you think of this and the other concepts and stories featured here. Let us know how you think we could make this exhibition more interesting. Please keep in mind that this is a draft of the storyline, not the finished product. As the stories develop, information will be updated. Bill Waterworth was born in Banff in 1922. His carefree childhood as a Boy Scout, fishing down by the Y, playing hockey and delivering newspapers did not prepare him for ...

Sid Unwin (V25-PA1), Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies  The story of Sid Unwin and his experiences during the First World War is just one of the many stories in the new Gateway to the Rockies exhibition being developed by the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies. We want your input and feedback on this permanent (ten year life) exhibition that we are planning to open at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies in the spring of 2012. Tell us what you think of this and the other concepts and stories featured here. Let us know how you think we could make this exhibition more interesting. Please keep in mind that this is a draft of the storyline, not the finished product. As the stories develop, information will be updated. Sid Unwin (1882-1917) was one of the Canadian Rockies legendary guides and outfitters in the years preceding World War I. He came to Banff from London, England in 1901 and soon became known for his resourcefulness, horsemanship, marksmanship and camp skill...

Audio visual presentations on the cenotaph will be used to tell the stories of the soldiers who went to war from the Canadian Rockies and of the prisoners who spent the war here. Listen to Michale Lang (Executive Director, Whyte Museum), discussing the World Wars exhibition: Just a few of the stories of the World Wars and how they impacted the Canadian Rockies are told in this sections of the new Gateway to the Rockies exhibition being developed by the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies. We want your input and feedback on this permanent (ten year life) exhibition that we are planning to open at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies in the spring of 2012. Tell us what you think of this and the other concepts and stories featured here. Let us know how you think we could make this exhibition more interesting. Please keep in mind that this is a draft of the storyline, not the finished product. As the stories develop, information will be updated. The two wo...

Edward Feuz Jr. with client, (NA66-2116 (v200)), Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies   The story of Edward Feuz Jr. is just one of the many stories in the new Gateway to the Rockies exhibition being developed by the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies.  We want your input and feedback on this permanent (ten year life) exhibition that we are planning to open at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies in the spring of 2012. Tell us what you think of this and the other concepts and stories featured here. Let us know how you think we could make this exhibition more interesting. Please keep in mind that this is a draft of the storyline, not the finished product. As the stories develop, information will be updated. With the growing interest in mountaineering at Lake Louise, increasingly more guests wanted to climb Mt. Lefroy and Mt. Victoria. Due to concerns over safety related to the endurance of the climbers, Swiss guide, Edward Feuz, Jr. suggested building a shelter with...

The story of the Swiss Guides is just one of the sections in the new Gateway to the Rockies exhibition being developed by the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies.  We want your input and feedback on this permanent (ten year life) exhibition that we are planning to open at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies in the spring of 2012. Tell us what you think of this and the other concepts and stories featured here. Let us know how you think we could make this exhibition more interesting. Please keep in mind that this is a draft of the storyline, not the finished product. As the stories develop, information will be updated. Listen to Michale Lang (Executive Director, Whyte Museum), discussing the Swiss Guides exhibition: The mountain guides who were brought from the Swiss Alps to work for Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) hotels between 1899 and 1954 led hundreds of first ascents and taught safe climbing techniques to thousands of climbers. The Swiss guides helped cultivate an ...