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This series contains documents related to the North Vancouver City and District Property Owners’ Association, of which Tom Harbottle was a Chair. Included are minutes, correspondence, and reports of the association, as well as a collection of clippings related to association interests.

[File] Second Narrows Bridge
[File] Clippings and Reports
[File] Minutes, Correspondence, and Reports

Series consists of the summit registers for Mt. Rexford (1951-1998), Kwoiek Needle (1964-2000), Mt. Slesse (1989-2003), MacDonald Peak (1990-2002) and Sky Pilot Mountain (1999-2008). They include the names of party members, the date and route information. Given that these documents were stored at the summit over prolonged periods of time, they are generally in poor condition - several having been badly water damaged.

[Item] Mt. Rexford Summit Register

[Item] Kwoiek Needle Summit Register
[Item] Mt. Slesse Summit Register
[Item] MacDonald Peak Summit Register
[Item] Sky Pilot Mountain Summit Register

Series consists of miscellaneous records regarding cabins and huts built and maintained by the BCMC.

[File] Grouse Cabin Miscellaneous

[File] BCMC Cabins - Park Use Permits
[File] BCMC Cabin Rules
[File] Mt. Seymour Cabin plans and Locker Rental Book
[File] Property Assesment, Land Use Permits and Miscellaneous Cabin records
[File] Hut Use Statistics
[File] Permit re Mountain Lake Cabin
[File] Plummer Memorial Shelter Fund pamphlet
[File] Williamson Lake Shelter Call for Volunteers
[File] News Cuttings re Cabins
[Item] Map of Mt. Seymour area
[File] North Creek Cabin Information

This series contains materials related to Jeff Harbottle’s association with the Ivanhoe Heritage Foundation, a charity formed for the preservation of the towboat The Ivanhoe in the 1990s.

[File] Ivanhoe Documentaries
[File] Ivanhoe Heritage Foundation
[File] Spring ‘94 Ivanhoe Haul Out

This series contains materials related to the North Vancouver company “Grizzly Trucks Limited” and their flagship truck “The Grizzly.”

[File] Grizzly Trucks Promotional Material

Series consists of visitors' books for a number of cabins and mountain huts built and maintained by the British Columbia Mountaineering Club.

[Subseries] Grouse Cabin Visitors' Books

[Subseries] Seymour Cabin Visitors' Books
[Subseries] Black Mountain Cabin Visitors' Books
[Subseries] Himmelsbach Hut (Russet Lake) Visitors' Books
[Subseries] Plummer Memorial Hut Visitors' Books
[Subseries] Mountain Lake Cabin Visitors' Books
[Subseries] Wedgemount Lake Cabin Visitors' Books
[Subseries] North Creek Cabin Visitors' Books

Series consists of files of correspondence maintained, for the most part, by the Secretary of the British Columbia Mountaineering Club. The files contain all manner of routine business and particular concerns of the club - some of which were removed to separate subject files; for example those relating to access to watersheds, ski patrol services, and correspondence from club members during World War II.

This series contains records and photographs related to trips taken in the car, vintage car club activities, and photographs of the car itself.

[File] Hershey Auto Show
[File] Vintage Car Club Memorabilia
[File] Car Photographs
[File] Calgary Trip
[File] Photos of Final Sale

In 1938 Harbottle’s Jersey Products purchased a new Diamond T 1-ton pickup truck as a new delivery vehicle. Jeffery Harbottle personally travelled to Chicago to pick up the vehicle and drive it back home to North Vancouver. The truck continued to be used after the business was sold in 1942. In 1971 collector Dennis Montgomery rescued the vehicle from a scrapyard and displayed it with other antique vehicles at Expo 86, where it came to Jeffery Harbottle’s attention. When cleaning up the vehicle Dennis had discovered a set of Harbottle dairy milk bottle caps under the seats, confirming that it was the same truck Jeffery had driven back from Chicago 44 years earlier. In 1991 Jeffery acquired the the truck from Dennis and began a process of restoring the truck to its 1938 state. The process was completed by 1999 and the truck was donated to the NVMA in 2003. This series contains materials related to the original truck, such as manuals and original photographs, as well as a materials related to the rediscovery, restoration, display, and donation of the truck.

[Item] Diamond T Truck Restoration Album
[Item] Operation and Maintenance Manual
[Item] Diamond T Truck Restoration Album
[Item] Restoration Expenses
[Item] Restoration Working Files
[Item] Log – Notes – Correspondence
[Item] Salmagundi/The Diamond T Register
[Item] Diamond T Spare Parts Visit
[Item] Diamond T Truck Restoration Album
[Item] Diamond T Truck Restoration Album
[Item] Diamond T Truck Restoration Album Supplements
[Item] Log – Notes – Correspondence
[Item] Restoration Working Files
[Item] Log – Notes – Correspondence
[Item] Brochures and Articles
[Item] Diamond T Truck Restoration Album
[Item] Restored Truck Exhibition
[Item] Correspondence with NVMA

Series contains research notes compiled by Mary and David Macaree during the research into the publication of the books '103 Hikes in Southwestern British Columbia' and '109 Walks in B.C.'s Lower Mainland' and their subsequent revisions. Includes copies of printed maps and trail guides, notes and observations on trails and routes, and various other pieces of information.

[File] North Shore Trails
[File] Historic Trails in Hope
[File] Articles, maps and trail notes for 109 Walks
[File] Articles, maps and trail notes for 109 Walks
[File] Articles, maps and trail notes for 109 Walks
[File] Articles, maps and trail notes for 109 Walks
[File] Centennial Trail
[File] Garibaldi Trails
[File] Maps, letters and articles re Howe Sound Trails
[File] Maps, letters and articles re Gulf Island etc. Trails
[File] Maps, letters and articles re Upper Lillooet Valley - D'Arcy area trails
[File] Maps, letters and articles re Coquitlam - Pinecone - Burke area trails
[File] Maps, letters and articles re Chilliwack - Skagit area trails
[File] Maps, letters and articles re Fraser Canyon - Kamloops area trails
[File] Maps, letters and articles re Hope - Manning Park - Cathedral Park - Keremeos area trails
[File] Letters and articles re Cypress Provincial Park
[File] Maps, letters and articles re Vancouver Island trails
[File] Maps and articles re Okanagan trails
[File] Maps and articles re Cariboo - southern Chilcotin area trails
[File] Maps and articles re north west British Columbia trails
[File] Maps and articles re southern Columbia Mountains trails
[File] Maps and articles re Rocky Mountain trails
[File] Maps, letters and articles re Squamish area trails
[File] Maps, letters and articles re Whistler area trails
[File] Maps, letters and articles re Lower Fraser Valley trails (for 109 Walks)
[File] Maps, letters and articles re Lower Fraser Valley trails (for 109 Walks)
[File] Maps, letters and articles re Greater Vancouver area trails (for 109 Walks)
[File] Maps and correspondence for 103 Hikes
[File] Maps not included in 103 Hikes
[File] Maps for 103 Hikes 4th ed.
[File] BC Forest Service trail maps

Series consists of annual audited financial statements presented by the Treasurer at the annual general meeting. They are, like the executive reports, intimately linked to the minutes of the executive meetings, but were maintained as a distinct set of papers. There are also some earlier balance sheets contained within the series of Reports presented at the Annual General Meetings.

[File] Annual Financial Statements
[File] Annual Financial Statements
[File] Annual Financial Statements
[File] Annual Financial Statements

Series consists of reports prepared by various executive members and executive committees for presentation at Annual General Meetings, as well as Semi-Annual or Half-Yearly meetings of the British Columbia Mountaineering Club. They are, like the financial statements, intimately linked to the minutes of the Executive meetings, but were maintained as a distinct set of papers. Reports of the following officials and committees are included: President, Treasurer, Auditor, Editor, Librarian, Natural History Section, Climbing Committee (or Climbing and Ski Committee), Membership Committee, Cabin Committee, Nominating Committee, and Social Committee. Items are arranged in chronological order according to the date of the meeting.

[File] Reports presented at the Annual General Meetings

[File] Reports presented at the Annual General Meetings
[File] Reports presented at the Annual General Meetings
[File] Additional Material used at Executive Meetings
[File] Climbing Chair Report

This series contains documents related to the engine specifically, as distinct from the M.V. Reliant as a whole. It includes engine manuals and parts books, research, notes, and plans of the engine rebuild, and records related to the final donation of the engine to the NVMA and its designation as a cultural heritage object in 1996.

[File] Research Notes and Schematics
[File] Manuals and Parts Books
[File] Instruction Book and Parts List
[File] Side Elevation Plan of Union Engine
[File] Union Engine Notes
[File] Cultural Property Certification
[File] NVMA Engine Donation Records
[File] L6 Union Engine Photographs

Series contains published examples of the guide books created by Mary and David Macaree: '103 Hikes in Southwestern British Columbia' and '109 Walks in B.C.'s Lower Mainland', as well as issues of the 'Western Canadian Wilderness Committee Newssheet'.

[Item] 103 Hikes in Southwestern British Columbia
[Item] 103 Hikes in Southwestern British Columbia 2nd ed.
[Item] 103 Hikes in Southwestern British Columbia 3rd ed.
[Item] 103 Hikes in Southwestern British Columbia 4th ed.
[Item] 103 Hikes in Southwestern British Columbia 5th ed.
[Item] 103 Hikes in Southwestern British Columbia 6th ed.
[Item] 109 Walks in Southwestern British Columbia
[Item] 109 Walks in Southwestern British Columbia 3rd ed.
[Item] 109 Walks in Southwestern British Columbia 4th ed.
[File] Western Canadian Wilderness Committee Newssheets

Series consists of files regarding affiliations between the BCMC and other outdoor and climbing clubs, club publicity material, a small collectio of songbooks, commemorative plaques and other miscellaneous items.

[Subseries] Associations with other Outdoor Clubs/Federations

[File] Songbooks
[Item] Plaque
[Item] Plaque
[Item] Challenge Cup Winners List
[File] BCMC Calendars
[File] BCMC General Information brochures
[File] Examples of BCMC Stationery
[Item] Documentary Films
[Item] Unknown Film

Series consists of files regarding the library and archives of the BCMC, including inventory lists, finding aids, administrative records, reports and correspondence.

[File] Library Records

[File] Library Information and Correspondence
[File] Library Inventories
[File] Correspondence
[File] ‘Climbing to the Clouds’
[File] Finding Aids

Series contains mainly files of news cuttings and articles either written by members of the BCMC, concerning BCMC activities, or of interest to members of the BCMC. The series includes several reprints of articles written by club members which were initially published in the Canadian Alpine Journal. There are also articles about early climbing efforts in the Coast Mountains and Garibaldi region.

[File] C. Dummit 'Risk on the Rocks'

[File] News Cuttings
[File] News Cuttings
[File] News Cuttings
[File] [Smith, Frank] ‘Billy and I and the White Mountain’
[File] News Cuttings
[File] Seymour River Trip by Charles Chapman
[File] Garibaldi Park Articles and Booklets
[File] Trip to Garibaldi
[File] 'The Mountaineer'
[File] Fyles, Tom 'Peaks of Bute Inlet'
[File] Tait, P.L. 'Conquering Mt. Salmon'
[File] Munday, D. 'Exploring Western Icefields'
[File] Tait, P.L. 'The Forbidden Plateau'
[File] Taylor, W 'Retreat of Glaciers - Garibaldi Park'
[File] Fyles, Tom 'Climbing at the Head of Narrows Arm'
[File] News Cuttings
[File] 'The Mountaineer'
[File] Articles on Early or First Ascents
[File] News Cuttings
[File] Canadian Alpine Journal reprints
[File] History of Coast Mountain Exploration
[File] Articles featuring Mary Wells
[File] Bryan, Liz 'Canada's Top Cabin'
[File] 'Garibaldi Neve Cross Over'
[File] 'The Tchaikazan'
[File] News Cuttings
[File] News Cuttings
[File] News Cuttings
[File] News Cuttings
[File] News Cuttings
[File] News Cuttings
[File] News Cuttings
[File] Cariboo and Monashee Guide
[File] Tivy, R. 'Mountains of Chilko Lake'
[File] Articles by F.A. (Brick) Spouse
[File] Centennial Trail History Articles

Series contains records related to the M.V. “Reliant”, including ship logs, a ledger, articles about the vessel, photographs of the vessel, and photographs of a model of the Reliant.

[File] Technical Drawings

[File] Engine Sales Order
[File] Ship’s Logs
[File] General Ledger
[File] Vacation Voyage
[File] M.V. Reliant Photographs
[File] ‘The Westcoast Mariner’
[File] Model – M.V. Reliant

Series contains original photographs taken in order to illustrate the publications 103 Hikes in Southwestern British Columbia and 109 Walks in B.C.'s Lower Mainland.

Series consists of the minutes of the Annual General Meetings of the British Columbia Mountaineering Club which were maintained as a separate series. Minutes of Annual General Meetings not listed here are included in the minutes of the meetings of the Executive Committee for the periods 1914-1976 (with gaps) and 2001-2006. There are no surviving minutes for the Annual General Meetings for the years: 1949, 1955, 1977-1987, and 2000. The reports tabled by the various committees at the Annual General Meetings have been maintained as a separate series. Please see Reports Presented at the Annual General Meetings.

[File] Minutes of the Annual General Meetings

Series consists of publications created in partnership with the BCMC, with the assistance of the BCMC, or about BCMC activities and some related correspondence and records. It does not include copies of the Mary and David Macaree books '103 Hikes' and '109 Walks' - for these, please see the Mary and David Macaree sub-fonds. For publications of the BCMC, please see the series 'B.C. Mountaineer' and 'B.C.M.C. Newsletter'. There are also some published (and unpublished) biographical works included among the series Membership - General.

[Item] Williams, M.B. ‘Jasper National Park’

[Item] Culbert, D. ‘A Climber’s Guide to the Coast Ranges of B.C.'’
[Item] ‘Mountain Trail Guide for Southwest Mainland of B.C.’
[Item] ‘Mountain Trail Guide for Southwest Mainland of B.C.’
[Item] ‘Mountain Trail Guide for Southwest Mainland of B.C.’
[Item] Curtin, F. ed. ‘Hiking Trails’
[Item] Culbert, D. 'A Climber's Guide to the Coast Ranges of B.C. - Supplement'
[Item] Culbert, D. 'A Climber's Guide to the Coast Ranges of B.C.'
[Item] Culbert, D. 'Alpine Guide to Southwestern British Columbia'
[Item] Freeman, R. and D. Thompson 'Exploring the Stein River Valley'
[Item] Leslie, S. ed. 'In the Western Mountains'
[Item] Fairley, B. 'A Guide to Climbing and Hiking in Southwestern British Columbia'
[Item] Stoltmann, R. 'Hiking Guide to the Big Trees of Southwestern British Columbia'
[Item] White, G. 'Stein Valley Wilderness Guide Book'
[Item] 103 Hikes Records
[Item] Correspondence re BCMC Publications
[Item] Correspondence re Earle Whipple's Guides
[Item] Stein Guide Records
[Item] Gordon Soules

The Canadian Alpine Journal is a publication of the Alpine Club of Canada. While not a record of the BCMC, the journals have been included in the fonds of the BCMC in order to facilitate their retrieval. They contain numerous submissions by BCMC members and will be of interest to anyone researching the history of mountaineering in British Columbia and in Canada more generally. They have not been listed individually but the series consists of loose copies of the journal (1907-2000), digitized copies of the journal (1907-2010), plus an index to the journal for the period 1907-1966.