July 28 – August 9, 1913
The Alpine Club of Canada’s eighth camp, organized and superintended by A. O. Wheeler, was held in 1913 in the valley of Lake O’Hara. This “Cathedral Mountain Camp” was followed by a special camp for active members, held at Robson Pass from July 28 to August 9. Sixty-nine persons were in attendance for the full period. The first complete recognized ascent and traverse of Mount Robson was made by one party.[1]
Selected attendees:
- Alpine Club of Canada [founded 1906] sponsor
- Arthur Oliver Wheeler [1860–1945] director
- Byron Harmon [1876–1942] photographer
- Robert Chamberlain Westover Lett [1870–1957] Grand Trunk Pacific
- Moritz Inderbinen [1856–1926] guide
- Conrad Kain [1883–1934] guide, first ascent party, July 31
- Walter Schauffelberger [1881–1915] guide
- Donald “Curly” Phillips [1884–1938] packer
- Basil Stewart Darling [1885–1962]
- Charles Ernest E. Fay [1846–1923]
- William Wasborough Wasborough Foster [1875–1954] First ascent party, July 31
- Frank Wilton W. Freeborn [1847–1919]
- Frederick William W. Godsal [1853–1935]
- Caroline B. B. Hinman [1884–1966]
- Albert H. MacCarthy [1876–1956] First ascent party, July 31
- Charles Hamilton Mitchell [1872–1941]
- Chas H. (Mrs) Mitchell
- Stanley Hamilton H. Mitchell [1863–1940]
- Arnold Louis Mumm [1859–1927]
- Elizabeth J. Parker [1856–1944]
- Harley H. Prouty [ca. 1857-1916]
- Margaret Stone
- Winthrop E. Ellsworth Stone [1862–1921]
- Preston Lambert Tait [1880–1970]
- Charles Doolittle Walcott [1850–1927]
- Helena Breeze Walcott [1894–1965]
- Paul Anthony Wilson Wallace [1891–1967]
- Horace Westmoreland
References:
- 1. Wheeler, Arthur Oliver [1860–1945]. “The camps of the Alpine Club of Canada in 1913 and Mr. A.O. Wheeler’s exploratory work.” Alpine Journal, Vol. 28, No.198 (1914):78