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Poco, BC
Canada
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Posted - 06/30/2012 : 11:39 AM
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Some photos from the mid 50's from my inlaws. the highlight is the original elfin lodge.
enjoy!
the guys lighting a fire
the guys setting up the tent
the original lodge
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Vancouver, BC
Canada
2660 Posts |
Posted - 06/30/2012 : 12:49 PM
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Good score! Permission to throw the first punch on the "lighting fires in the alpine" fight?  |
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opinionated-stove huggin'-fleece wearin'-arse burnin' hill virgin
Here
Canada
4642 Posts |
Posted - 06/30/2012 : 2:13 PM
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| Very nice pictures! Aside from a historical perspective, I think they would look nice framed and on a wall. |
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322 Posts |
Posted - 06/30/2012 : 3:29 PM
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| These could be of good historical value to track the retreat of glaciers and the reality of climate warming. |
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Campbell River, BC
Canada
761 Posts |
Posted - 06/30/2012 : 5:00 PM
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| Very nostalgic. Crowds weren't a problem in those days. |
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canine loving, machete-toting bushwhacking lake seeker, Indiana Jones hat-wearing off-road 4x4 guru
Surrey Hole, BC
Canada
6784 Posts |
Posted - 06/30/2012 : 5:24 PM
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I asume fires were permitted back then
Cool pics |
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Poco, BC
Canada
405 Posts |
Posted - 07/02/2012 : 10:20 AM
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Very few crowds. Apparently, this was when the trailhead was inside Squamish. That would add a few Km's to the hike to the shelter...
Next time I see my inlaws I plan to ask more questions and get more pics. |
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Burnaby, BC
Canada
1294 Posts |
Posted - 07/02/2012 : 10:46 AM
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Thanks for posting the pics.
Only been a few years since the lodge was removed, guess the history of the area might become lost, too.
I wonder if they ever used snowshoes to get there back then  |
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Smurf Village, BC
Canada
1497 Posts |
Posted - 07/02/2012 : 12:45 PM
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Very cool!
I adjusted the photo for fun, but the original faded image has character.
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Coffee swillin', wine lovin', Owl fearin' Andie McDowell stunt double, who sports retro gear
Vancouver, BC
5466 Posts |
Posted - 07/02/2012 : 10:36 PM
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| Wonderful!!! Thanks so much for sharing instead of letting these sit in a basement somewhere for nobody to see. Got any more? Of Vancouver, Squamish, various local hikes? |
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Poco, BC
Canada
405 Posts |
Posted - 07/02/2012 : 10:51 PM
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| Hopefully I will see my inlaws in the near future, and can find some more. Please, post your old photos and keep this thread unique and interesting! |
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Coffee swillin', wine lovin', Owl fearin' Andie McDowell stunt double, who sports retro gear
Vancouver, BC
5466 Posts |
Posted - 07/02/2012 : 11:00 PM
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I found this postcard in a collectibles shop, of some hikers in Garibaldi Park. I don't know who these people were, and I think the caption that states it's "Mount Garibaldi" is probably incorrect, but it's still a bit of history:
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Coffee swillin', wine lovin', Owl fearin' Andie McDowell stunt double, who sports retro gear
Vancouver, BC
5466 Posts |
Posted - 07/02/2012 : 11:06 PM
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| Come to think of it, when I was at summer camp in the late 70's, when I was 12, they took us on our first overnighter to Elfin Lakes, and I recall that each of us had to light a small fire in the campground area to get our billy cans boiling. And we were told it was just fine to drink from the mountain streams (ie no talk of boiling, filtering or treating) as it was "fresh mountain water, doesn't get any cleaner than this." I did not take one single picture on that trip, though; too bad! |
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North Vancouver, BC
Canada
81 Posts |
Posted - 07/03/2012 : 12:56 AM
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Originally posted by wilderness_seeker
I found this postcard in a collectibles shop, of some hikers in Garibaldi Park. I don't know who these people were, and I think the caption that states it's "Mount Garibaldi" is probably incorrect, but it's still a bit of history:
So what peak are they on? Surely someone here would know. |
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Burnaby, BC
Canada
1294 Posts |
Posted - 07/03/2012 : 05:29 AM
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Originally posted by Markhor
So what peak are they on? Surely someone here would know.
Diamond Head - pretty interesting how Squamish has changed since then. |
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Happy go lucky, plaid wearin, postholin, safeway gaitor sportin, old-school film shootin, giver of many regards
Abbotsford, B.C.
Canada
13465 Posts |
Posted - 07/03/2012 : 10:52 PM
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Beautiful Thread.
Thanks Glen and Tracy.
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322 Posts |
Posted - 07/04/2012 : 12:17 AM
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| I think they're actually on a north summit of Columnar Peak- probably walked up to the Saddle, then turned left to the bump on the west side of the Saddle. |
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Vancouver, bc
Canada
1009 Posts |
Posted - 07/04/2012 : 5:26 PM
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Originally posted by wilderness_seeker
I found this postcard in a collectibles shop, of some hikers in Garibaldi Park. I don't know who these people were, and I think the caption that states it's "Mount Garibaldi" is probably incorrect, but it's still a bit of history:
Little Diamond Head. |
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Coffee swillin', wine lovin', Owl fearin' Andie McDowell stunt double, who sports retro gear
Vancouver, BC
5466 Posts |
Posted - 07/05/2012 : 02:09 AM
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Originally posted by Gearhed
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Originally posted by wilderness_seeker
I found this postcard in a collectibles shop, of some hikers in Garibaldi Park. I don't know who these people were, and I think the caption that states it's "Mount Garibaldi" is probably incorrect, but it's still a bit of history:
Little Diamond Head.
Good one! Looks like the same place, all right. |
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Elfin lakes in the 1950's
