Occupation and exploration of Jasper National Park
- Series
- 1824 - 2020
Part of Peterson papers fonds
These records cover the history of the occupation of what would become Jasper National Park, from the First Nations Shuswap and Metis peoples, the homesteader families (Moberly, Swift, etc.), and the first Park Wardens in Jasper.
This series contains newspaper articles, photocopies of books and journal articles, photographs, transcripts of documents, handwritten notes of commentary and research, an oral history interview on CD, and photographic slides.
This series consists of the following files:
- Shuswap First Nations people
- History of Rocky Mountain Cree Richard Wuorinen and other Metis history
- Grande Cache - Jasper Metis/First Nations Families: Cardinal, Karakonte, Wanyandie, McDonald, Moberly
- Family History Prairie Creek General Information: Groat, Moberly
- Jasper’s First Homesteaders: Census Data and General Information
- Moberly Family Pictures
- Ed Moberly
- Henry John Moberly
- Henry House Flats
- John "Harry" Moberly
- Adolphus Moberly
- William "Bill" Moberly
- Ewan Moberly
- Suzanne Cardinal Moberly
- Moberly Plante Cemetery
- Local Aboriginal Graveyards
- Margaret McKirdy's The Colour of Gold and Alex McCauley murder
- Louis Loyer
- Finlay family: Jacques Raphael "Jaco" Finlay, James Finlay Sr. and Jr., Deome Findlay, Rose and Dione Findlay
- Adam Joachim and Mount Joachim
- Felix Plante
- Swift diary notes re Corrections
- Swift’s Homestead Researching Henry House Flats
- Swift’s legal situation - 1910-1911 Ron Pelletier information collection
- Swift family Suzette Chalifoux
- Swift Homestead Parks Canada Re Palisades History
- Swiftholm
- Mary Schäffer: Athabasca Headwaters
- Park Warden J.M. Christie 1920
- Park Wardens Percy Goodair
- Park Warden Frank Burstrom
- George Camp: Park Warden Cabins on Whirlpool Trail
- Park Wardens Toni Klettl
- Park Wardens George McCready 1939
- Charlie Phillips - Chief Warden Family History
- Park Warden Frank Wells
- Warden Frank Sivick
- Wardens and Guides: Steve Kun, Berry, Leonard Jeck, Jeffrey, Doris Kensit, Otto Brothers, Clarence Wilkins, Alex Wylie, Fred Brewster, Dick Dickenson, George Fowlie, Mona and Agnes Harragin, Mark Truxler, Caroline Hinman, Bert White
- 1978 Alpine Club Camp Scott Glacier Hike
- Jasper High School Athabasca Hike
- 1994 Scott Glacier Hike & 1987 Middle Whirlpool Hike
- August 2002 Grande Cote Hike
- August 2002 Parks Canada Mt. Brown Climb
- B.C. Heritage Trail 2003 & Athabasca Pass 2003/2007 Explorations
- 4 July 2007 B.C. Parks Cutting Trail from Forestry Road & 2010 Athabasca Pass Exploration
- 1970 Jasper Park Naturalist Explore Athabasca Pass to Boat Encampment
- Jasper National Park and Boat Encampment research references
- BC Heritage Trail Reclaiming Trail 1990- BC Historical decisions + involvement in 2011 celebration
- 1960 We Climb The Pathless Pass R.M. Patterson
- 1937 Canadian Alpine Journal "Following the Footsteps of the Fur Traders" Cyril G Wates
- George Camp Hauling Miners 1935
- “The Mountains of the Whirlpool” and “Athabaska Pass and the Voyageurs”: The Glittering Mountains of Canada J. Monroe Thorington 1924
- Donald “Curly” Phillips
- A.P. Coleman
- Travelers in the Whirlpool River Valley + Beyond from 1858-2007
- Fort Colvile “A Botanist at Fort Colvile”
- Boat Encampment/Whirlpool Aerial Images
- Boat Encampment
- 2002 Jon Wilsgard Heritage Trail Description Wood River to Athabasca Pass
- Wood River - Walter Moberly diary - David Suttill
- Whirlpool Tie Camp Exploration with Peter Murphy and Friends
- Committee Punch Bowl Athabasca Pass
- Le Trou Peter Murphy Research Pictures
- Columbia Trail La Grande Traverse
- Jack Gregg and “Teton” Jackson
- James Shand-Harvey
- The Human History of Jasper National Park by Brenda Gainer
- Jasper National Park Internment Camps
- Columbia Icefield and Sunwapta Pass travels
- Jasper National Park: Tourism, Wildfires, and Biodiversity
- Castleguard Glacier
- Pocahontas and Miette Hot Springs
- Jasper Community in the 20th Century
- Project Habakkuk
- Constance Peterson fonds