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Vintage Photos of Mountain Climbing from Alberta

November 3, 2022 Tyler Dixon

Mountain climbing, often referred to as mountaineering, arrived in Canada from Europe in the late 19th century. With the majority of Europe’s lofty summits already conquered, mountaineers were looking for new challenges. After the completion […]

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Vintage Photographs of the Alpine Club of Canada

June 30, 2020 Tyler Dixon

A. O. Wheeler founded the Alpine Club of Canada (ACC) in 1906 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Although similar to its British counterparts, the biggest difference was the ACC allowed women to become members. The ACC has […]

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Wild Jobs Part Thirteen: Mountaineering Guide

March 18, 2019 Tyler Dixon

“Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more that what we could learn from books.” ~John Lubbock When asked about […]

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